The Holy Qur’ān in the Ginanic Literature

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The key word Kursī, which translates as Pedestal, and in Ismaili ta’wīl symbolises the Universal Soul is in the above verse. The Qur’anic word ‘Arsh, which translates as the Throne, symbolising the Universal Intellect, is mentioned twenty-two times in the holy Qur’ān. These purely Arabic words, filled with esoteric meanings appear in the Ginān of Pir Sadardin entitled “Sakhi maha pad keri vaat ke ko’ik janere“, where vernacularising these two words he says: ‘Sakhi Aras Kurasna kot, ke joya nirkhire, Eva sapt dip navkhand, kejoya parkhire: Friend, I beheld the place of the lofty Throne and the Pedestal, I recognised the seven islands and nine continents’.

This excerpt has been taken from page 6.