The Meccan Revelations - the 3rd Bulaq Edition |
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Chapter: | On knowing the bearers of the Throne who are: Raphael, Adam, Michael, Abraham, Gabriel, Muhammad, Ridwân and Mâlik, may peace be upon them. |
Page 147 - from Volume One (Display Image)And the Almighty said, Do not fear them. So he made clear the place in which the creation of fear should not appear. Then he said to them, Be afraid. He made it clear to them where the rule of this attribute should appear, as well as envy and greed, and all that is in this natural emergence, the apparent rule of its spirituality in it, God has made clear to us where we manifest it and where we prevent it. It is impossible to remove it from this formation except by its demise, because it is the same and the thing does not separate itself He, peace and blessings of God be upon him, said: There is no envy except in two cases Rather, we said the apparent rule of its spirituality in it, to guard us against this for the sake of the people of disclosure and the scholars who are firmly rooted in knowledge from the worldly investigators. A living, speaking, other than that this particular temperament is called a human being only in the form, and the differentiation between creatures occurs in the temperament, for there must be in each mixed temperament a special temperament that only has him distinguished from others as he combines with others in a matter. What happens to participation and lack of distinction, know that and verify it [ The whole world is a living speaking world ]The Almighty said, And there is not a thing that does not glorify Him with His praise, and nothing glorifies, and only a living, sane person knows his praises, and it has been reported that the muezzin bears witness to him the extent of his voice of wet and dry, and the laws and prophecies of this kind are charged, and we have increased with faith in the news of revelation, so we have heard the stones remember God. An eye with a tongue that our ears hear from it and it addresses us, addressing those who know the majesty of God, which is not comprehended by every human being. The engineer s realization of it, the sacrifice, tells their knowledge absolutely of their benefits in what they eat of weeds and food, and avoiding what harms them from that. Their belief in it is correct as a matter of knowledge of disbelief by which they want the knowledge of rebuke, even if the knowledge of rebuke is true knowledge in the same matter and that it is one of God s secrets, but it is not the intention of the Lawgiver in this speech, so he, may God s prayers and peace be upon him, had the most complete disclosure. Do we not see, and he, peace be upon him, warned him about a matter that the people of God had done, and they found it to be true He said, If you had not increased your speech and swayed your hearts, you would have seen what I see and heard what I hear. He was singled out for the rank of perfection in all his affairs, including perfection in servitude. Aisha said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, used to remember God at all times And we have from him an abundant inheritance, and it is a matter that is specific to the inner person and his words, and the contrary may appear in his actions with his realization of the station, so that he is confused by the one who does not know the conditions. Chapter Thirteen on Knowing the Throne BearersThe Throne and God is with the Most Merciful is portable *** and its bearers, and this saying is reasonable And any power and ability for a creature *** without it, it was brought by intellect and revelation Body, soul, faculties, and order *** What is then other than that which you have arranged in detail? So this is the Throne if you fulfill its surah *** and the level in His name, the Most Gracious, is hoped for And they are eight, and God knows them *** and today there are four that have an explanation Muhammad, then Radwan, and their owner *** and Adam and Khalil, then Gabriel And the truth in Michal Israfil is not here *** but eight ghare bhalil [ The Throne is in Lisan Al Arab ]Know that God supported the intimate guardian that the throne in the tongue of the Arabs is called the king and means the king. Whoever carries it on their shoulders, and the number enters into the bearers of the throne, and the Messenger has made it |
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This is the book of the Meccan Revelations, by the Greatest Master Muhyiddin Ibn al-Arabi The pagination is in agreement with the Cairo edition (Dar al-Kutub al-Arabiya al-Kubra) - al-Maymaniya - known as the Standard Edition. Subtitles have been added within square brackets. |