A021
Surah: 059 - Ayah: 021
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59:21
In this wisdom-filled verse God says: "Had We sent down this Qur’an on a mountain, you would certainly have seen it humbled and rent asunder for fear of Allah. And We strike parables for men so that they may reflect." (59:21). When God manifested Himself on the mountain, it smashed into particles (7:143). This manifestation was not without meaning, for it was the heavenly Book, the Torah in its luminous form. This magnificent event happened twice, firstly at the mountain of soul and then at the mountain of intellect. These miracles of the fear of God also happened in the spirituality of the Holy Prophet, in that God first manifested Himself to him at the mountain of soul and in which the spiritual manifestation of the Qur’an took place and then again at the mountain of intellect where the intellectual manifestation of the Qur’an took place. Both these mountains were smashed into pieces.
Q399 It is mentioned in verse (59:21): “Had We sent down this Qur’an on a mountain, you would have certainly seen it humbled and rent asunder for fear of God.” You say that all wisdoms are gathered first in the personal world and finally in the sacred Sanctuary. Accordingly, please tell us where the mountain in the personal world is?
A399
- Undoubtedly there are two mountains in the personal world: the mountain of the soul and the mountain of the intellect.
- These two mountains of Hazrat Moses(c) were smashed into pieces by the theophany of God. However, it should be remembered that God’s Book is not separate form His light or theophany. Thus, the inner light of the Qur’an smashed the two mountains of the personal world [of Hazrat Moses(c)] into pieces.
This verse has been referred 6 times.