Gems of Qur'anic Knowledge and Wisdom - Part 69
Part 69
Tags: Seventy thousand, Mount of Intellect, Kuh-i `aql, Pearl of Intellect, Gawhar-i `aql, Kitab-i mastur, Kitab-i maknun, Prosperous house, Baytu'l-ma`mur, Elevated roof, Saqf-i marfu`, Unrolled parchment, Raqqin manshurin
By the Name of Allah, the most Compassionate, the most Merciful.
Read surah-yi Tur (52:1-8).
Ta'wili purport: By the mount of Tur, i.e., the mount of Intellect (kuh-i `aql) = Pearl of Intellect (gawhar-i `aql), and by a written book (kitab-i mastur), i.e., the hidden book (kitab-i maknun) which is written on the page of the universe, and by the prosperous house (baytu'l-ma`mur) and the elevated roof (saqf-i marfu`), i.e., `arsh = the Sacred Sanctuary, and by the billowing sea, i.e., Divine knowledge, that your Lord's chastisement (i.e., the event of resurrection) is certainly going to happen.
The unrolled parchment (raqqin manshurin) means the particles of soul which are repeatedly gathered and dispersed in the universe as the Lord of resurrection creates seventy thousand universal angels from the circle of invitation to the truth.
Friday 25 February 2005
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