A Letter of Knowledge in Modern Style (6)
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1. My cazizan in Seattle (USA): Ya cAli Madad! Sacred Traditions are extremely beneficial, as are Qur'anic verses. Therefore, the heart wants to talk about the gems of these treasures repeatedly. If the truth be told, every treasure is seen in the Sacred Sanctuary, where the Divine vision is the treasure of treasures. To attain this exalted rank, it is necessary to perform an extremely beneficial service along with knowledge, wisdom and lover-like worship. If God wills, no [rank of] spiritual progress is impossible.
2. Not only is our beloved student daughter Rabia Amin an angel on earth, but her brother Murad and her sisters Shah Noor and Karima Shams are also among the earthly angels. A few years ago in Karachi, we had seen Rabia's exemplary silent giryah-u zari, which is unforgettable in my imagination. The luminous love for Hazrat-i Imam is ever present in Rabia's pure heart, which is why she is always engaged in Divine Remembrance and in serving the jamacat.
3. At the beginning of the third verse of surah-yi Tallaq, it is said: "And (God) will provide him sustenance from whence he has no expectation" (65:3). This means that there is no verse in the noble Qur'an that does not have both an exoteric and an esoteric aspect, and that it is the esoteric aspect in which there is powerful and immense wisdom. Furthermore, there are signs in the external and the internal worlds in which there is much for the people of insight.
4. In the wise Qur'an, the secrets of the trumpet of resurrection (sur-i qiyamat) are present in the story of Hazrat-i Dawud as well as in a few other verses. God commanded (the souls of) mountains and birds to do tasbih with Dawud (khalifatu'llah, i.e., God's vicegerent) (34:10). Thus, with this Divine command, everything became harmonious with the trumpet of resurrection. This secret of all secrets, that everything performs tasbih in unison with the trumpet of resurrection (17:44), is extremely magnificent and it also sheds light on other secrets. Praise be to Allah, the Sustainer of the worlds!
Margala Towers, Islamabad Thursday 3 Muharram al-Haram 1419 AH / 30 April 1998
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