Recognition of Imam Part III - Key 7 Explanation of Everything in the Celestial Book
Key 7 Explanation of Everything in the Celestial Book
Tags: Hazrat Musa, Torah, Hazrat Harun, Qur'an
In verse (6:155) God, may He be purified, says: “Then We revealed such a Book on Mūsa that was for the doers of good, perfect and everything was detailed in it and it was guidance and blessing so that they might believe in the vision (didar) of their Lord.”
From this verse it is clear that in Hazrat-i Mūsa(`a)'s celestial Book (Torah), nothing was lacking of religious and worldly guidance for the righteous people of that period. It contained the detailed description of everything and every kind of guidance and mercy, as a result of which they would have been sure of the didar of their Sustainer.
This verse invites the wise people to reflect on how the benefits of the Torah could be confined only to the righteous whilst it was complete and comprehensive and contained every kind of guidance. It is not possible unless it was an unbounded treasure of wisdom and ta'wil, because had it not contained wisdom and ta'wil, it would have been equally beneficial for the common people as well as the chosen (i.e., the righteous). Thus, it is clear that the Torah was complete, comprehensive and full of guidance and mercy in the form of wisdom and ta'wil. This is possible only if, along with the Divine Book, there is also a teacher appointed by God. Thus, the greatest virtue of the Torah was that its living spirit was in the noble person of Hazrat-i Hārūn(`a), who was Hazrat-i Mūsa(`a)'s vizier (minister) and the Imām of that time.
Now as for a clear proof of the fact that Hazrat-i Hārūn(`a) was the vizier of Hazrat-i Mūsa(`a) and that the Holy Spirit of the Torah i.e., living wisdom and speaking ta'wil were hidden in his spirituality, is to be found in the following blessed verse of the holy Qur'ān: “In fact, We had given Mūsa the Book (Torah) and We had appointed his brother Hārūn, his vizier.” (25:35)
This verse shows that whether Hazrat-i Hārūn(`a) was or was not the vizier of Hazrat-i Mūsa(`a) in any other matter, but in matters of spiritual guidance, wisdom and ta'wīl of the Torah, he was definitely his vizier in the first and foremost sense, because vizier is mentioned with the Book in the context of the words and meaning of this blessed verse. Since vizier literally means the one who carries the burden, it is in this context and relation that Hazrat-i Hārūn(`a) was carrying the heavy burden of the tanzil (revelation) and the ta'wīl of the Torah. Further, every celestial Book, in reality, is as a living and speaking spirit or a light, hence this spirit or light that was known by the name of Torah in the time of Hazrat-i Mūsa(`a) was hidden within the personality of Hazrat-i Hārūn(`a).
When it is conceded that the Torah was not only that which was silent in the form of external writing, but was also living and speaking in the luminosity, spirituality and corporeality of Hazrat-i Hārūn(`a), then one must be sure that the verse: “Then We revealed such a Book on Mūsa that was for the doers of good, perfect and everything was detailed in it and it was guidance and blessing so that they might believe in the vision (didar) of their Lord.” (6:155), which is mentioned in the beginning of this subject, is revealed in this sense.
Then related to these realities, God, may He be exalted says: “And this Book (Qur'ān) that We have revealed is blessed; so obey it and become pious, so that you may find mercy.” (6:156)
In the meaning of the “Blessed Book” again are contained all those realities that are mentioned above in connection with the Torah. The abundance of knowledge and wisdom, rectitude and guidance and plenitude of goodness and blessings are in the wise Qur'ān in the sense that it abounds in the wisdoms of tanzil and ta'wil, well-being and success and its living realities and recognition are preserved in the holy light of the True Guide, may peace be on him. It is in this sense that the holy Qur'ān is “an explanation of all things” (16:89). Hence, one must know that the celestial Book explains everything only in the company of the True Teacher.
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