A096
Surah: 018 - Ayah: 096
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18:96
In every word of the Qur’anic story of Hazrat Adam is hidden a treasure of the secrets of macrifat. For example take the word "nafkh" which in different forms is mentioned in twenty places in the Wise Qur’an, and which in its exoteric use has three different meanings, but is united in its esoteric meaning:
(a) To blow with bellows so that pieces of iron turn white hot in a fire (18:96). The ta’wil of this is the
revolutionary form of cibadat which every Prophet or Imam performs.
(b) To blow the sur (trumpet), because without passing through all the stages of the personal resurrection,
Adam cannot be the bearer of light, the vicegerent of God, the fountainhead of knowledge and wisdom, and
the masjud (the one to whom prostration is made) and the teacher of angels.
(c) To blow the spirit. This is the name for the transference of light from one Perfect Man into another Perfect Man in accordance with the law of "light upon light".
Thus the realities and the recognitions of the way Hazrat Adam performed the revolutionary ibadat, the way his personal resurrection took place and the way the light was transferred to him, are spread throughout the Wise Qur’an and in accordance with the unchangeable law (or sunnat) of God, continues to pass through each bearer of light, and is the same story for each and every Prophet.
In verse (57:25), it is mentioned: “And We sent down iron (hadid) wherein is severe war as well as many benefits for humankind.”
Hadid exoterically is iron and esoterically, the light of Hazrat qa’im, calayna salamuhu, in which there is the severe spiritual war of the resurrection and many spiritual benefits for the people. That is, there are great benefits of knowledge and recognition for those who recognise the qa’im.
Dhu’l-Qarnayn said: “Bring me blocks of iron.” (18:96) Ta’wil: Strengthen me with (the remembrance of) the supreme Name of Hazrat qa’im.
This verse has been referred 2 times.