A Letter of Knowledge in Modern Style (7)
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1. My cazizan in Atlanta (USA): Ya cAli Madad! This is a sacred greeting and prayer which is both a beloved tradition and a bright reality. Now (God willing), we will present a point of knowledge. "New Creation (khalq-i jadid)" is mentioned in eight different places in the mighty Qur'an (13:5, 14:19, 32:10, 34:7, 35:16, 50:15, 17:49, 17:98). The exoteric meaning of the New Creation is to be reborn after death, but its esoteric ta'wil is the luminous body, i.e., the ibdaci body (juththah-yi ibdaciyyah) in which a mu'min's soul is kept after death (Hazar Hikmat, hikmat 672). This subtle and living body is called "New Creation" because it always maintains newness and freshness through constant renewal. That is to say, it is like the unceasing flame of a lamp that maintains its freshness in every moment. In my opinion, this is an extremely great secret, which also reveals the secret of the eternal youth of the people of paradise. This same ta'wil also lies in "Grant me new attire and old sustnenance (Thos? ga?u? joo?, mee?n s?uro? joo?)".
2. The cazizan of my heart and soul and my companions of both worlds are: Dr. Rafiq Jannat Ali, Dr. Shah Sultana Rafiq, Shafiq s/o Rafiq, Gulab Khanam d/o Rafiq, Imran Fath-i Ali and Little Angel Nasiruddin Nawshad. I pray a lot for their and other cazizan's safety and progress. Both doctors have rendered many services. Everyone here also remembers my beloved Imran for the various services he has rendered.
3. A blessed saying of Mawla cAli is: "I am the one who has the seal-ring of Sulayman" (Kawkab-i Durri, chapter III, manqabat 6). This seal-ring means the Supreme Name (ism-i aczam), which is with the Imam and in which the secret of the spiritual kingdom is hidden. Every Imam is the spiritual sovereign of his time, just like Hazrat-i Sulayman, because God has given the spiritual kingdom to the progeny of Ibrahim and the progeny of Muhammad (4:54). You can attain its complete recognition by entering the personal world.
Margala Towers, Islamabad Friday 4 Muharram al-Haram 1419 AH / 1 May 1998
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