Gems of Qur'anic Knowledge and Wisdom - Part 93
Part 93
Tags: Mountain of intellect, Kuh-i `aql, Pearl of Intellect, Gawhar-i `aql, Sacred Sanctuary
By the Name of Allah, the most Compassionate, the most Merciful.
There is a wisdom-filled mention in a blessed statement of surah-yi A`raf (7:143) that God manifested His supreme light on a mountain. According to the formalists this was the mount Sinai (kuh-i Tur) and according to the people of inner meaning it was the mountain of intellect (kuh-i `aql), i.e., the Pearl of Intellect (gawhar-i `aql). Thus it is a great bliss for all lovers of the Imam of the time who have witnessed the Sacred Sanctuary in the luminosity of their beloved Mawla's holy light because the Sacred Sanctuary is the sublime paradise of the secrets of recognition.
Hazrat Musa (a.s) experienced the great miracle of the Pearl of Intellect in the process of spiritual resurrection: "And when his Lord, i.e., Lord of resurrection revealed His theophany on the mountain, He made it crumble to dust; and Moses fell down swooning." (7:143).
Saturday 12 March 2005
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