Recognition of Imam Part II - Luminous Oneness of the Sun and the Moon
Luminous Oneness of the Sun and the Moon
In verse (10:5), God says: ""He it is Who appointed the sun a glow (ziya') and the moon a light (nur), and measured for her stations, that you might know the number of years and the reckoning"".
The ta'wil of this verse is that, just as the sun and the moon are two with respect to body and one with respect to light, similarly the Prophet and the Imam are two with respect to corporeality, and one with respect to spirituality. Further, in the cycle of Imamat, the Imam and the hujjat-i a`zam (bab) are the sun and the moon of the world of religion, who are separate physically but one spiritually.
Another ta'wili wisdom of this verse is that, just as the number and reckoning of the worldly years, months, weeks and days become known by the external sun and the moon, similarly the times of religion are created and become known by the spiritual sun and moon, which are the Prophet and the Imam or the Imam and the bab [in their respective time].
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