A003
Surah: 017 - Ayah: 003
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17:3
Criterion of Hazrat Nuh: If I am permitted, I would like to say with due humility and respect that, in the perspective of the above-mentioned sacred hadith, how can a true mu'min and a true lover claim that he is not spiritually sick, his inner ear and inner eye are open and the work of knowledge and gnosis progresses smoothly, while his inner senses are still inactive? When the spiritual creation of the friends of God becomes complete, they see themselves in the form of particles in the Ark of Hazrat Nuh, in the deluge of the world of particles. God mentions His supreme favour and this spiritual miracle in the holy Qur’an in verses (17:3; 36:41) that He bore the particles of souls in the laden ship; at that stage such fortunate mu'mins become enriched with the lasting wealth of spiritual health.
Another example is that as people were in Hazrat Nuh’s Ark (17:3; 36:41), in the same way, they have lived in the garden of Paradise in the loins of Adam (7:11; 7:189), but they do not remember this great event, such as the event of “alast (Am I not?)”. no one remembers, but the wise Quraan reminds us of it, because man has entirely forgotten the long life of the world of particles. Yet, there is a dormant and hidden familiarity of those bounties due to which he likes them, but cannot explain the reason.
This verse has been referred 6 times.