A001
Surah: 079 - Ayah: 001
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79:1
Naziat (The angels who pull)
O the light of my eyes! Read verses (79:1-5): "By those (angels) who dive and pull (the soul), and those (angels) who undo gently and those (angels) who swim and those (angels) who go ahead with foremost speed and those (angels) who repeat the command." This is a description of the spiritual and revolutionary miracles of the personal world which take place in the destination of Israfil and cIzra'il. In this destination the successful soul of the salik is repeatedly seized and re-cast in the body. In this exercise, according to the requirement of wisdom, first of all the hardship and bitterness of the seizing of the soul is experienced and then gentleness and sweetness. Along with this the angels spread the soul in the entire universe and enfold the Universal Soul in the body, and this process continues for several days, as has already been mentioned in our other books.
Study the exoteric and esoteric aspects of verses (79:1-5) carefully. Here there is a detailed description of the seizing of the soul in “spiritual resurrection” – how the junction of soul and the matter of the universe takes place and where and why the soul is spread. Remember that the literal translation of these verses is not adequate.
By sabiqat are meant those angels who take the soul out of the universe. Mudabbirat means those angels who repeat the action of gathering and scattering the soul. The wisdom that you and I are microcosms or small human beings and the universe is a macrocosm or the great human being must be borne in mind. Nevertheless there are two junctions between us, one physical and the other spiritual.
This verse has been referred 2 times.