A103
Surah: 037 - Ayah: 103
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37:103
Study the wisdoms of the sacrifice of Hazrat Ismail Dhabihu'llah. Sacrifice and martyrdom are of three kinds: physical, spiritual and intellectual. Physical sacrifice is in the sense that the great blessed door of spirituality is opened to a fortunate salik in such a way that, one day Hazrat Izrail with his countless army comes to him and repeatedly seizes and releases his soul for almost a week, a process in which except for the brain, the rest of the body becomes martyred and sacrificed. In this process the soul also becomes sacrificed repeatedly for the Beloved, whereas in the case of a physical martyr he offers the sacrifice of his sweet soul only once.
This story, which is related to recognition, is the story of the spiritual martyrdom of the people of recognition in which, together with Harat Ismail, all Prophets, awliya', kamils and arifs are also included. Thus, great esoteric wisdom is preserved in the exoteric aspect of Hazrat Ismail, so that at the time of discovery, some may believe in it and some may not pay attention to it. In any case, the word "forehead (jabin) is extremely important in this blessed story and signifies the Sacred Sanctuary, as mentioned in verse (37:103): "And when they had both surrendered (to the will of God) and he threw him on his forehead." That is, when in the stations of spirituality, both of them accomplished absolute obedience and the father made him follow the secrets of the forehead (Sacred Sanctuary), i.e. enabled him to study the secrets of pre-eternity (azal).
This verse has been referred 3 times.