Recognition of Imam Part I - The Light of Imamat is God's Speaking Book
The Light of Imamat is God's Speaking Book
Tags: Hazrat Musa, Hazrat Harun, Torah
In verse (46:12) God says: “And before it there was the Book of Musa, a guide (Imam) and a mercy (for the people); and this is a Book confirming (it) in the Arabic language, that it may warn those who do wrong and bring good tidings to the doers of good.”
True mu'mins must know that it was the holy and blessed light of Mawlana Harun(`a), which was the real Book of Hazrat-i Musa(`a). Since a heavenly Book is a living light in the state of revelation (wahy), then in this sense it was a guide (Imam) and a mercy for the people. How the Imam's Holy Spirit or light can be a Book has already been discussed in this book.
When studying Isma`ili literature on ta'wil, it will be noted that in the language of ta'wil, the Book frequently stands for the Imam or the asas. Thus the asas of every natiq is his luminous Book. Therefore, by Hazrat-i Musa(`a)'s Book is meant Hazrat-i Mawlana Harun(`a), whose blessed light was called the Torah.
If, contrary to this explanation, we accept that prior to the Qur'an, the external Torah (with the interpolations made in it by the Jews) was a guide and a mercy for the people, it would be tantamount to saying that there was God's pleasure, guidance and mercy even in the interpolations made by the Jews in the Book. However, this cannot be true, because the physical Book (Torah) in which people have interpolated, cannot be an Imam and a mercy for the people, nor does the Qur'an confirm this.
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