A010
Surah: 081 - Ayah: 010
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81:10
It is also necessary to write something about the record of deeds in connection with the subject of "Practical Sufism and Spiritual Science". God willing, we will receive the charity of knowledge of Muhammad (s.a.s.) and his progeny. We will continue to call “shay’an li’llah (a thing for Allah’s sake)” at their sacred door until some alms are put in our bowl. I wish we were able to duly thank God for His supreme bounty of keeping us linked to their house!
(1) Record of Deeds - Book of Subtle Particles:
The record of deeds is in different forms. In the world of particles, it consists of particles. That is, it is the most amazing book because it is in the form of subtle living particles, as mentioned in verse (81:10): "And when the records of deeds are scattered." The same scattered record of deeds is mentioned in verses (17:13-14): "And We have made the deed of every human being cling to his neck, and We shall bring forth for him on the day of resurrection a book which he will find scattered. (It will be said to him): Read (yourself) your record of deeds. Today, you alone are sufficient as a reckoner against yourself." (17:13-14)
(2) Hashr (gathering), nashr (scattering) and nashirat (scatterers):
The personal resurrection of the salik, who dies spiritually before the physical death, takes place. This, indeed, is the minor resurrection, but is like the major resurrection in every respect. The only difference is that the people of the world are not aware of it while all of them are gathered in and scattered from him. That is, hashr here means to gather the souls of the entire universe at the centre of the resurrection, i.e. the salik, by the force of Hazrat Israfil and Hazrat Izra'il, and nashr means to scatter them throughout the universe. Since the spiritual army of Hazrat Israfil and Hazrat Izra’il continue to do this exercise for seven nights and eight days continuously, therefore, one of their names is nashirat (scatterers, 77:3). It is strange that the same scattered souls are also the record of deeds of the salik.
(3) All things are encompassed in a book:
God has enfolded the heaven and the earth of knowledge and recognition in the record of deeds of His servants, so that the treasure of secrets may not be distant from the mu'min, as mentioned in verse (78:29): "And We have encompassed everything (of knowledge and recognition) in (the form of) a book." This is the record of deeds, another form of which is the Perfect Man.
(4) A bright proof of the individual resurrection:
It is mentioned in verses (84:6-9): "O man, verily you are striving hard towards your Lord. He who is given his record in his right hand will have an easy reckoning, and will return to his people full of joy." This magnificent Divine teaching is related to every arif who, after the success of personal resurrection in this world, returns to his people with the happiness of the treasure of recognition. Had it been a collective resurrection, God would have shed light on the states of all people as has been done in verses (80:33-42).
(5) Ascent and elevation of the record of deeds:
Since the collective resurrection of all is hidden in the individual resurrection of the arif, therefore, they are also represented in his record of deeds. Thus the record of deeds first speaks in the left ear, then in the right ear and finally this speaking book becomes transferred to the forehead. These are the examples of the records of deeds of the people of the left side, the people of the right side and those who are close to God. This shows that the record of deeds of the arif ascends gradually, until it reaches the illiyyin (83:18-21).
(6) Speaking book:
The speaking book is mentioned in verses (23:62; 45:29). This is indeed the speaking book, but in the form of the perfect guide (murshid) and it is the arif himself, after having been annihilated in the perfect spiritual guide. In fact, it is everyone, but in an unconscious state. This is not only a matter of annihilation in the spiritual guide, it is also annihilation in the Prophet and in God, too. The speaking book (record of deeds) is an extremely revolutionary concept. Record of deeds=speaking book? The supreme reward of annihilation in God? Speaking book in the form of the Perfect Man?
(7) The language of the record of deeds:
A question can be asked by learned people: What is the language of the record of deeds and what is its writing? The answer is that as a principle, its language is the mother tongue. There are examples of writing and of miraculous books in spirituality, but the record of deeds is as a living universe. Therefore, it contains countless things, some of which can be compared with audio visual instruments of secular science. Praise be to God, the Lord of the worlds!
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