Qur'anic Minarets - The Miracles of Laylatu'l-Qadr (the Night of Estimation)

The Miracles of Laylatu'l-Qadr (the Night of Estimation)

Tags: Laylatu'l-Qadr, Angel, Night of Estimation (Qadr)

Laylatu'l-Qadr in the Personal World (97:1-5 ): It is extremely important for every mu'min to comprehend with the utmost effort the surah of Qadr, not only with its translation and commentary but also its wisdom. It is obvious that the night of Qadr is the blessed night in which descend angels, the Holy Spirit and other spirits in which Hazrat-i Israfil (May peace be through him) and Hazrat-i `Izra'il (May peace be through him) also do their respective work. Thus, whenever the revolutionary progress of spirituality starts and individual resurrection takes place, it is by the blessings of the night of Qadr, which is the fountainhead of good and blessing and which [in ta'wil] means the hujjat of the Qa'im (May peace be through him) (7:3; 44:3).
Address of the Angels: Check verses (41:30-32 ) meticulously about how the angels are addressing those mu'mins in whose personal world the night of Qadr has taken place: The angels descend/will descend (tatanazzalu); because this word is an aorist. They say: We are your friends in the life of this world and in the hereafter … (41:31). There are many allusions in the angels' friendship of mu'mins, such as spiritual help (ta'yid), progress in the spiritual destinations and intellectual stages and attainment of perfections, etc.
The Purpose of the Descent of the Angels and Souls: If the question here is: Why did the descent of all the angels and souls become necessary in the night of Qadr? The answer is that their presence is necessary to accomplish all those deeds which are necessary for the practical recognition and the renewal of similitudes in the personal world as God Himself says in verse (97:4): "The angels and the Spirit descend in the night of Qadr by the permission of their Lord for the sake of every matter." If you look carefully at 'the universal mirror' of the verse: "For the sake of everything" (97:4), it will be crystal clear to you without any doubt that all those matters mentioned in the Qur'an related to the angels and souls are renewed in the personal world, so that there should not be any deficiency in connection with the observation of spirituality and attainment of recognition. Remember that the renewal of similitudes is the exegesis and explanation of the Divine sunnat. Thus, it is necessary to explain the realities and recognitions through renewal [of similitudes].
Concentration of the Past and Future in the Present: There is neither the past nor the future in paradise, there is only the present. The reason for this is that there is no movable time, rather there is only the immovable time there. Thus, when paradise is brought near in the spirituality of the personal world, the same condition of the past and the future being concentrated in the present exists and so the `arif observes everything in the very present. In the light of this law, it becomes evident that through the night of Qadr, the door of such spirituality opens, that the miracles of all the Prophets and Imams are in it, as well as the living events of the final resurrection and the manifestations of the great secrets of azal and abad. It is thus in this sense that the blessed night of Qadr, that is, the hujjat-i Qa'im (May peace be through him) is the universal good (khayr-i kull).
Ascent in the Background of the Descent: The coming of the Lord and the angels was mentioned in the second part of the Topmost Questions, similarly we can say here that in the night of Qadr, there is the ascent of the personal world, in which the angels and souls descended. In fact, from another aspect, it is also correct to say that according to verse (70:4), the angels and souls also ascend to God in the night of Qadr, because the spiritual and the Qur'anic reality is the same, but its examples are mentioned in various ways (17:89; 18:54) so that people can understand it easily.
The Night of Qadr and Hazrat-i Adam (May peace be through him): From the ta'wili point of view, when the angels prostrated to Hazrat-i Adam (May peace be through him), it was also the night of Qadr, while there countless souls were a part of his chosen personality, just as every individual is a compendium of countless souls. Thus, you can see in the glorious Qur'an that when the angels prostrated to Hazrat-i Adam (May peace be through him), he was not alone (7:11). And how is it possible to be alone while there is a world of particles in every Perfect Man? He has numerous copies too, which are observed not only in the stage of `Izra'il (May peace be through him) but also at the level of Intellect. Reflect and conceive how every time a new luminous birth takes place there!
The Renewal of the Covenant of "Am I not?": Every spiritual event and every intellectual miracle of the glorious Qur'an is related to the personal world. Therefore, it is a must for all the miracles of the past to appear in every personal world. Thus, the night of Qadr is the occasion on which their dhurriyyat are brought forth from the loins of the children of Adam and they are made to observe their own soul and in view of this spiritual and intellectual upbringing, God asked them: "Am I not your nourisher?" (That is, the nourisher of every kind) They said: "Why not?" This is the covenant of "Am I not?" which is taken from all human beings by making them present in the spirituality of each and every Perfect Human Being.
Single Soul (nafs-i wahidah, 31:28): It is mentioned in verse (31:28): "Your creation and resurrection (i.e., ibda` and inmbi`ath) is but like a Single Soul (i.e., a Perfect Human Being). This translation is not enough to lift the veil of the main secret. Let us therefore see its other meaning. The other meaning of 'wahidah' on the pattern of 'fa`ilah' [in Arabic] means that which unifies. Thus, nafs-i wahidah means Hazrat-i Adam (May peace be through him), every Prophet, every Imam, i.e., the Perfect Human Being who unifies all souls in his ibda` and inmbi`ath. It is because in reality, every whole becomes whole when all its parts are merged in it. Thus, every individual is linked not only to the ibda` and inmbi`ath of the Perfect Human Being but also possesses the full capacity of undergoing the individual resurrection within himself. Had it not been so, God would not have sworn and said that the human being is in loss (103:1-2 ). It is obvious that a human being's loss is only in spiritual progress.
The Morning of the Night of Qadr (97:5): In this verse, is said: "It is peace (salam) till the breaking of dawn (fajr)." What wisdom is hidden in this blessed verse?

Answer: Peace (salam) means spiritual help (ta'yid) and dawn means the morning of the resurrection, which is the rising of the light of the Intellect and the morning of azal. This means that the spiritual cycle of the personal world is the night and the intellectual cycle is the day. Thus, the night of Qadr comprises all spiritual stations and its perfection is that it leads [a human being] to the manifestations and theophanies of azal, from where the human being has come and has to return.
The Night of Qadr and Collective Resurrection: You may have read that resurrection is both individual and collective. Thus, the night of Qadr of the collective resurrection of this cycle is the hujjat of the Qa'im (May peace be through him). And in such a night of Qadr Hazrat-i Qa'imu'l-qiyamat (May peace be through him) has secretly descended and the resurrection has taken place secretly and now the chain of its far-reaching effects and results continues to occur. One day of God is equal to a thousand years of our [reckoning] (22:47), therefore the day of resurrection which is Saturday, comprises a thousand years with respect to its decision and results. It will be the last cycle of seven major cycles. Very great events and miracles will appear in it, there will be the reign of international alliance and unity, the planet earth will be a model of paradise, the light of Islam will spread throughout the world, spiritual science will be common, people will fly with the help of flying saucers and tour other planets and miracles will start to manifest from staunch mu'mins similar to God's friends (awliya'u'llah).
The Universal Purpose of the Descent of Angels and Souls: One purpose of the descent of angels and souls is in the personal world, which has been mentioned briefly. The other is worldwide and universal. The meaning of the latter is that by the inner action of these heavenly powers the same revolution, which is mentioned in the noble Qur'an by the name of resurrection, will take place. However, it is necessary to understand all these wisdom-filled prophecies in their true sense, which are related to the great changes and advancements of the cycle of resurrection. Do not forget the fact that at the level of spirituality angel and soul are something else and at the level of materiality something else. Thus, it is a fact that every scientific discovery took place as a result of a thought [process] and in such a thought there was an angel or soul. Similarly, today's unprecedented tempestuous progress is controlled by the angels and souls of the night of Qadr, so that the condition of the world may change completely, and the Divine promise may be fulfilled. That promise which He has mentioned in the Qur'an, and is related to the illumination of the planet earth by the lights of religion, ethics, humanity, knowledge and science (wisdom) (39:69).
An Ordinal Wisdom: This ordinal wisdom is in verses (15:85-87 ) of the Qur'an. In the first verse (15:85) the creation of the universe is mentioned, and together with assuring the coming of resurrection, the Prophet is told: "Do not be sad because of the ignorance and disobedience of the people, rather pardon them graciously." In the second verse (15:86) God's attributes of creativity and knowledge are mentioned [saying] that your Lord is khallaq (constantly creating) and knowing. Khallaq is the emphatic form of khaliq (creator) just as razzaq is the emphatic form of raziq (sustainer). Thus, in this command in the language of wisdom, this glad tiding is given that in the position of the vicegerency of the Prophet for the work of religion exoterically and esoterically, God will continue to create the persons of Imamat from the Family of the Prophet one after the other. The third verse (15:87) mentions the tremendous favour of God that He has graciously given the Prophet the luminous chain of the heptads of Imams like the days of the week and Hazrat-i Qa'im (May peace be through him), who is the ta'wil of the glorious Qur'an, because the ta'wil had to come in the form of spirituality and resurrection, which is linked with the light of the night of Qadr and Hazrat-i Qa'im (May peace be through him) (53:7). Praise be to God, the Sustainer of the worlds!

22 Jumada II 1410 AH/20th January, 1990 AD

Note: Read Wajh-i Din carefully so that your knowledge of the night of Qadr and Hazrat-i Qa'im (May peace be through him) may increase tremendously.

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