Resurrection whilst Living
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1. Why not write repeatedly about a subject if it is of the utmost importance? The subject of resurrection is extremely important for the reason that all other subjects are contained in it. This is because resurrection is that wonderful and marvellous day when God enfolds the whole subtle universe in His mighty hand. In this way, all the subjects of knowledge miraculously become the subject of resurrection, and no prudent person can doubt this reality.
2. Perfect Human Beings (kamilin) and those who have attained God's recognition (carifin) undergo resurrection in their lifetime, for without [undergoing] spiritual resurrection, neither perfection nor recognition can be attained. Nevertheless, the wealth of the knowledge of certainty (cilmu'l-yaqin) can be made available to all believing men and women, but the eye of certainty (caynu'l-yaqin) is superior to it, and the truth of certainty (haqqu'l-yaqin) is the highest [rank], in which lies the treasure of treasures.
3. The spiritual resurrection that takes place during one's life is mentioned in the noble prophetic tradition: "manm mata fa-qad qamat qiyamatuhu = whoever dies, their resurrection takes place (Ihya'u'l-culum, vol. IV, chapter 2). This means that whoever undergoes the death of the carnal soul, their spiritual resurrection takes place. This resurrection, in which there are innumerable benefits for the people of faith, is also called merging in the Imam (fana' fi'l-Imam), merging in the Prophet (fana' fi'r-Rasul), and merging in God (fana' fi'llah).
4. What would be the nature of the great secrets and spiritual miracles of this merging (fana')? What would be the glory of the personal world in this state? How would spirits and angels be conversing? What would be the state of remembrance (dhikr) or remembrances (adhkar)? In what places would the manifestation of the beatific vision take place? An essential question here is: What is the relationship between resurrection and the knowledge of certainty? Is it [i.e., the knowledge of certainty] a result of the eye of certainty and the truth of certainty?
Zulfiqarabad, Gilgit 14 July 1998
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