Introduction
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1. In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. "Do you not see that Allah has subjugated to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and has completed His favours, both apparent and hidden on you." (31:20). The method of friendly question and answer has always been useful in order to understand and teach the truth. Thus, here we should ask: What kind and of what level is this subjugation? Is it material, spiritual, or both? Do all people of the world share in this Divine favour? Or is it for the chosen ones? What are the hidden favours of the Qur'_n and Islam? Is it not true that they are not material, because in material favours, others are far ahead of us? Thus, the subjugation of the universe is a hidden secret and a spiritual favour for mu'mins. By hidden favours are meant esoteric knowledge, recognition and ta'w_l_ wisdom. It is well known that in every example, the hidden is more exalted and excellent than the apparent.
2. The importance and excellence of the hidden favours can be estimated from this Had_th: "Indeed, the Qur'_n has an apparent (z_hir) and a hidden (b_tin), and every hidden has a hidden until seven hidden ones." And according to another narration, "until seventy hidden ones." Thus, are there not innumerable favours in the Holy Qur'_n? If there are, who are they for?
3. A similar Had_th is reported from Imam Ja`far as-S_diq: "The speech of God has four (aspects): expression (cib_rah), allusion (ish_rah), subtleties (lat_'if) and realities (haq_'iq). Expression is for the common people, allusion for the chosen ones, subtleties for the Awliy_' (friends of God) and realities for the Prophets." These two Ahad_th show that there are many levels in the understanding of the Qur'_n, as the Qur'_n itself says about the ranks in knowledge in verse (12:76): "We raise to degrees (of knowledge) whom We will; and over every possessor of knowledge, is a possessor of knowledge."
4. As you are aware the sound Ah_d_th are the explanation of the Qur'_n. Thus, in the holy luminosity of the Imam of the time, there are the "Perfect Words" of God in the form of treasures of knowledge and wisdom, which are mentioned in the prayers of the Holy Prophet. As treasures of secrets, they are extremely efficacious, therefore, they are praised profusely in the Qur'_n: "If all the trees in the earth were pens; and the ocean, with seven more oceans to help it (were ink), (the explanation of the knowledge in the perfect) words of Allah could not be exhausted." (31:27). The reason for such unbounded knowledge and wisdom in these treasures of words is that God folds, as well as unfolds, the universe of knowledge, just as He spreads innumerable human beings from one _dam and enfolds them in another in the form of particles of soul.
5. By the grace of God, this book called "Manifestations of Wisdom (Tajalliy_t-i Hikmat)" is before you, in which forty circle-like wisdoms are discussed in the proof of the beginninglessness and endlessness of the "Idea of Creation". Whether they are the Qur'_nic verses or signs of the external world and internal world, there is not a single sign which does not indicate to the circle-like wisdom. If that is the case, then why should it not be the greatest secret of the law of nature, that the circle-like wisdom is engraved on everything in the writing of God?
6. Now, it is appropriate to ask why this booklet is given the name "Manifestations of Wisdom"? The answer to which, God willing, will be quite interesting and useful, as Shaykh `Attar says:
Chashm bikush_ kih jilwah-i dildar Mutajall_st az dar-_ d_w_r
Open the eye so that the manifestation of the beloved Is resplendent from door and wall.
He is the first as well as the last, He is apparent as well as hidden (57:3). Therefore, He is unlimited. That is, He is not confined within the unseen world. There is no place without Him. He is present everywhere. He is waiting to give d_d_r, but the opening of the eye of lovers takes time.
7. No manifestation of the spiritual beloved is devoid of the secrets of knowledge and wisdom. Because manifestation implies the concept of the appearance of (Divine) attributes which can be better understood by the intellect, the manifestation of T_r or Mount Sinai took place once at the level of soul and the second time at the level of intellect, and in both kinds of manifestations there were the treasures of knowledge and wisdom. How can it be appropriate to think that the physical Mount was smashed into pieces, while according to verse (24:35) God is the light of the heavens and the earth of the universe from which they receive innumerable benefits, such as their existence and subsistence and thus the universe is not smashed by it (Light) in a destructive sense.
8. Wherever a secret of recognition is discovered, it is a manifestation and an intellectual d_d_r, in which there are numerous bounties of knowledge, because according to a sacred Had_th, God is a hidden treasure, and this treasure is in the form of knowledge, wisdom and the secrets of recognition and not anything else. When an c_rif discovers the hidden treasure, he finds his reality or his higher "I" together with it pre-eternally and post-eternally.
9. All secrets of the world of intellect are circle-like, under whose influence everything of the spiritual world and the physical world is circle-like or circular. This is the sign of beginninglessness and endlessness, for it is not possible for the favours of God to be in a time either in the past or in the future, rather, all the things of the world, on the one hand come from the Divine treasures, and on the other, they go back to them, just as in the system of a worldly treasury where on the one hand, coins, etc., are deposited in it and on the other, spent from it and this continues in a circle.
10. The following verse of Hak_m San_'_ is worth reflecting on:
Bi-m_r ay d_st p_sh az marg agar cumr-i abad khw_h_ Kih Idr_s az chun_n murdan bihisht_ gashtah p_sh az m_
O friend! If you want the eternal life, die before (compulsory) death, Because by doing so before us, Idris became a Paradise dweller.
Referring to this God says about Idris in verse (19:57): "And We raised him to an exalted station (Paradise of spirituality)".
11. Countless thanks to God, the Blessed, the Exalted, that the second ceremony of the "Al-Qalam Award" was successful beyond all expectations. Friday came to our caz_z_n with abundant blessings. The great historic day of 29 Dhu'l-Hijjah, 1414/10th June, 1994 will be remembered forever. The Advisory Board which was charged with the task of making this a useful function for all, is very praiseworthy and commendable. Their unique thinking, plan, sacrifice of time, devotion and dedication are beyond description and praise. I ardently love all the fortunate souls, the earthly angels of the Northern Areas; I particularly want to sacrifice myself for them on such occasions of success.
12. This function did not bring a single happiness only, but there was a stormy world of happiness and delights. I was specifically overwhelmed and enraptured by spiritual happiness and started to tremble when one of my Urdu poems was sung with modulation and music, but out of a sense of respect, I controlled myself with utmost effort. Since the collective happiness of the community has greater weight than that of an individual, I would like to mention that perhaps for the sake of pleasing the community and to encourage the people of the pen, I was awarded a prestigious title "Hak_mu'l-Qalam (Sage of Pen)" and this kindness was demonstrated by Jan_b Mahm_d Kh_n S_hib, Chief Commissioner for the Northern Areas. Although I do not deserve it, yet when the flood of mercies comes, it is impossible to say that one is not ready, one is not capable.
13. Today's enviable and historic success is the result of the collective effort of all our caz_z_n. I wish all of them were present on this occasion of tremendous happiness, I would have kissed their hands individually with great yearning, thanked them with humility, and all of us together would have prostrated ourselves with gratitude in the Divine court! We would have together done mun_j_t (supplication), giryah-_ z_r_ (weeping and showing humility) and offered some pearls of tears!
N.N. (Hubb-i `Al_) Hunzai, Dhu'l-Faq_rab_d, Gilgit, Sunday, 1 Muharram 1415/12th June, 1994.
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