A012
Surah: 016 - Ayah: 012
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16:12
Subjugation (taskhir) of the universe is not only a most interesting subject of material science, but more so of spiritual science. Thus, there are great glad tidings to the people of knowledge and wisdom in all those Qur'anic verses which are related to subjugation. One such glad tidings is that there are subtle kingdoms of Paradise on the stars. The pre-requisite to attain these kingdoms from God, in which there is the everlasting wealth of the great secrets of the Word "kun", is the recognition of one's own soul and that of God, because it is the command of "kun" which is obeyed by the sun, the moon and the stars, as mentioned in verse (16:12): "And He has subjugated to you the night and the day, the sun and the moon and the stars (also) are subjugated to you by His command. Verily in this are signs for those who understand (yaqilun)." That is, unless the treasure of recognition is obtained, neither are the great secrets of the word "kun" discovered nor the goal of subjugation of the universe attained.
If the sun, the moon and the stars had no intellect and soul in their inner aspect, they would not have been subservient forever to the command of "kun" (7:54; 16:12), as it has already been explained in this article in connection with the creation of Hazrat Adam and Hazrat Isa that the command of "kun" is related only to the soul and the intellect and not to the body (3:59). Thus, according to the verse of creation (30:30) the universe internally is a great man (insan-i kabir), the brightest proof of which is the verse: "Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth." (24:35). That is, God is the light of the universe and this light of God is called the Universal Soul which has many other names, such as, the Supreme Soul, the Soul of souls, Cosmic Soul, the Soul of the world, the Single Soul, Pedestal (kursi), etc.
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