The Meccan Revelations

Manuscript volume 30 · Page 16

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Arabic

علم الكشف والإيضاح وعلم تقليب الليل والنهار. فلما حصل عندي، زال الليل وبقي النهار في اليوم كله، فلم تغرب لي شمس ولا طلعت؛ فكان لي هٰذا الكشف إعلاما من الله أنه لا حظ لي في الشقاء في الآخرة.

وهود ع سألته عن مسألة، فعرفني بها، فوقعت في الوجود كما عرفني بها. هٰذا إلى زماني هٰؤلاء.

وعاشرت من الرسل[5] محمدا ص وإبراهيم وموسى وعيسى وهودا وداود وما بقي فرؤية، لا صحبة.

(مدد الولاية وهجير القطبية)

واعلم أن كل قطب من هٰؤلاء الأقطاب له لبث في العالم ـ أعني دعوتهم فيمن بعث إليهم ـ آجال مخصوصة مسماة، تنتهي إليها ثم تنسخ بدعوة أخرى كما تنسخ الشرائع بالشرائع وأعني بدعوتهم ما لهم من الحكم والتأثير في العالم.

فلنذكر مدد أعمارهم في حياتهم الدنيا: فمنهم من كان عمره في ولايته ثلاثا وثلاثين سنة وأربعة أشهر، ومنهم من كانت مدته ثلاثين سنة وثلاثة أشهر وعشرين يوما.

ومنهم من دامت مدته ثمانيا وعشرين سنة وثلاثة أشهر وعشرة أيام، ومنهم من دامت مدته خمسا وعشرين سنة.

ومنهم من دامت

Notes

[5]

(هذه المشاهدات والصحبة مروية في سياق كشف المؤلف، كما يصرح في مواضع هذا الباب.)

English

the knowledge of unveiling and elucidation, and the knowledge of the turning of night and day. When I attained it, night departed and daylight remained throughout the whole day. No sun set or rose for me. This unveiling informed me from God that I have no share in wretchedness in the Hereafter.

I asked Hud, peace be upon him, about a question, and he made it known to me. It occurred in existence as he had made it known to me. This extends to my present time.

Among the messengers[5], I have associated with Muhammad, God’s blessings and peace be upon him, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Hud, and David. The rest I have seen, without companionship.

(The Terms of Authority and the Constant Invocation of Polehood)

Know that each of these Poles has a duration of remaining within the world—I mean their call among those to whom they are sent—with particular, named terms that end before being abrogated by another call, just as Revealed Laws abrogate Revealed Laws. By their call I mean their ruling and effect within the world.

Let us mention the lengths of their lives in this world. One had a lifespan in his authority of thirty-three years and four months. Another’s term was thirty years, three months, and twenty days.

Another’s term lasted twenty-eight years, three months, and ten days, and another’s term twenty-five years.

Among them were those whose term lasted

Notes

[5]

(These witnessings and companionship are related within the context of the author’s unveiling, as he explicitly states in passages of this chapter.)

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