A027
Surah: 015 - Ayah: 027
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15:27
'Circle of Subtle and Dense Cycles
Q. 75. The Holy Qur'an says that before mankind, God created jinns from fire (15:27), but according to your ta'wil in answer to Q. 70, angels, jinns and devils are created from mankind. Please explain to us how it is possible.
A. In the background of your question, two things are important: One "before" and the other is "fire". So it should be known that in this world, like day and night, there are two great cycles, which rotate one after another. One is the subtle (spiritual) cycle and the other is the dense (physical) cycle. If you want to see the entire circle, then none of them is before or after. But while you are living in the physical cycle, it is correct to say that the spiritual cycle is before the physical cycle.
As for the question of fire, it means subtlety (latafat). That is to say, when the spiritual cycle comes, then those who are the highest in knowledge and good deeds become angels in varying ranks, those who are in the middle, become jinns in different grades and those who are wicked, become devils.
The example of the creation of jinns and man is as though a sage says: "Worm is created from density (kathafat) and before worm, moth was created from subtlety (latafat)". From this, an intelligent person can understand that this subtlety of the moth emerged from the worm and the density of the worm from the moth.
Hazrat Adam, Hazrat Hawwa and their innumerable companions were in the dense body before going to Paradise, but in the process of going to Paradise, they became subtle (latif). Again when they were sent down from Paradise, they were transformed into the dense body and again they became subtle when they returned to Paradise.
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