Recognition of Imam Part II - From Darknesses unto Light
From Darknesses unto Light
Tags: faith
In verses (33:41-44), God says: "O you who believe! Remember Allah with abundant remembrance, and do His tasbih morning and evening. He it is Who blesses (yusalli) you and His angels, that He may bring you forth from darknesses unto light; and He is merciful to the believers. Their salutation on the day when they shall meet Him will be: Peace! And He has prepared for them a goodly recompense".
The overall wisdom of these verses shows that the real recognition of light is not possible for someone until his faith has become duly perfect. And the sign of perfect faith is that he remembers God abundantly in his heart, by his tongue and in the form of knowledge, until he remembers God constantly in a state in which remembrance abounds in spiritual happiness; he glorifies Him, morning and evening, with the silent language (zaban-i hal) and the spoken language (zaban-i qal); his outer and inner and his speech and deed all become pure; he does giryah-u zari in the presence of God and by expressing his humility and indigence morning and evening, purifies his soul. As a result, God and His angels send blessings on him and the darknesses of negligence, ignorance and disobedience gradually disappear from him and the single light of the Prophet and `Ali (may blessings be upon them and their progeny), begins to manifest in his heart and mind with the wonders and miracles of knowledge and recognition. This special mercy of God is granted only to true mu'mins. The day the pure mu'min attains the spiritual didar (vision) of this holy light, in his silent language (zaban-i hal) he prays for eternal life and peace, which God, may He be exalted, accepts. By the grace of God, we have presented the gist of the ta'wil of the above verses collectively.
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