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For the understating of time and space,
explanation of 'Kun' (Be) is necessary. When the word 'Quran' is said the
spellings of the word, Q-U-R-A-N, are seldom regarded as an object of
consideration rather the reference is made to that revealed understanding which
was bestowed upon the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in the form of Quran. It means that
there is a name (noun) or a symbol of everything which could be called the body.
But any symbol or the body cannot be regarded as the soul the life of that
object. the symbol or the body is assumption (fiction), the soul or the spirit
(life) residing in that body is the reality. A listeners listens to the words
and comprehended the reality.
When we say 'pen' the listener does not
conceive it as P-E-N, but a thing that writes comes to his mind. This describes
the law of structural formation. We would be mentioning the reality of an
object when we would be referring to that thing which is the movement or the
life of that object.
Now let us call every individual of every
species of the existents a particle. This particle, in fact, is a movement
having two sides. One side of the movement is the chromatic, colored light
which is known as the body or the manifestation of that particle. The other
side of the movement is achromatic (colorless light) which is known as the life,
character, nature or the reality of the particle. One side of the achromatic
light, the reality of the movement (Nasma) is known as time. There is a saying
of The Holy Prophet (PBUH),
" Do
not condemn time, time is Allah".
There is no variation in this aspect of
the movement. According to the declaration of Allah, the most exalted, movement
(Nasma) also has two sides and as the law is both these sides are contradictory
and opposite to each other in their qualities and properties. The side of the
movement in which there is no variation is called Time and the other side in
which variation is their, is known as Space.
All those characteristics and properties
which are the essence of life, character and entity, reside in time. Since time
itself is invariant therefore no change no variation ever takes place in these
essence whose center or abode is time. The reverse side of the movement is
known as Space. Every type of variation takes place in this very side.
It has been stated by Allah, the Most
High, in the Holy Quran, " Verily, we are closer to you then your jugular
vein". Time has been described in these words. Allah forbid, no word or
statement of Allah could be devoid of meaning and purpose. The afore mentioned
saying of the Holy Prophet (PBUH), "Do not condemn time, Time is
Allah" testifies the same. There is another saying of The Holy Prophet
(PBUH), that also explicates the same.
" He who recognizes his self, recognizes
his Lord".
Self is the name of that reality in which
no variation and change is possible.
After having understanding time, the
standards and values of the creator and the creates distinctively become
separated. It is the proclamation of Allah:
"Say ! Allah is matchless, the only
One. He is the absolutely Undependent, free of wants. He begotteth not nor is
He begotten. And, there is none like unto him".
(Surah 112)
All these are the characteristics of the
creator. To have a match, to be dependent, to have offspring’s, to have parents
and to have a family are the characteristics of the creatures.
These characteristics pertain to space or
the manifestation. But the characteristics of the creatorship or the opposite
of these properties. Creatures are characterized with the beginning, and
ultimate, ambiguity, variation of every type and classification of the
reflections of colors (shades of light) and then different species are marked
with distinct forms and figures, diversified shapes and features and verity of
situation and condition are prevalent in the different species.
Time and space can be elucidated with an
example of the passage and the passenger. The passage is Time and the passenger.
Space. Although the passenger remains engrossed in himself, that is, his
involvement remains confined to his own situation and circumstances concerning
him, he cannot maintain his existence without his association with the passage.
He could be oblivious of the passage but it is impossible that he could
disassociate himself from the passage. It is worth considering that there is no
possibility of even the he slightest gap between the two. Passenger in the
product of Passage i. e. , he is because of the passage. All the movements and
activities, all the style of life, all the thinking approaches, the total
character of the passenger, cannot exceed the limit of the passage. He is
restricted by the values and standards for the passage and he is bound to follow
the rules of passage. In human life, the passage is the unconscious, and the
conscious is the passenger. We can identify the unconscious by means of conscious.
When the person remains engrossed in the conscious the most of his time then
eventually his attention for the unconscious would be at the lowest which leaves
the lesser room for the functional activities of life and still lesser values of
the life to be practised. More consciousness is evidently a proof of the more active
conscious, this minimize the magnitude of the action and the practical work. When
man exercises thinking continuously, the period for the activation of the
unconsciousness is reduced to the minimum, and this is the only period which is
the period of the action because it is free from deliberation and thinking. Therefore
it is the law, that more time will be given to the unconscious to remain active
the more will life advance on the paths of the action. In fact, the unconscious
is that side of the movement of the Nasma that construct the spatiality’s of
the life i. e. the deeds and action of life.
We would like to explain once again that
the unity points has two sides. One is the realm of light (Alam-e-Noor) which
is the origin of time and the second is the realm of Behest which the origin of
space.
Time is dominant in the realm of behest
(the origin of space) and the space is the suppressed one. Space is dominant in
the spatial realm or the created realm and the time is suppressed. Time is the
baseline of the both space and the origin of space. The origin of space is the simple
Nisma and Space is the Compounded Nasma. The general build up of the simple Nasma
is called the realm of behest and the complete build up of the compound Nasma is
called the created realm. There is the screen of the realm of illustrative
forms (the astral realm or the limbo) separating both these realms.
Man takes five steps in the realm of
behest and to in the created realm. The five steps are: The Latend, the Obscure,
the Arcarnum, the spirit and the heart and the two steps are the perception
(self) and the mould (body) i.e, the five steps are of the realm of behest and
the two are that of the created realm.
The primary movement, the movement of the
latent and the obscure remain in the unconscious. The movements of the arcanum,
the spirit and the heart - The secondary movement is appear in the form of
fantasy, the idea and the concept respectively in the human mould. The
movements of the self and the body, that is, the final movement is known as the
perception and the action. The latent is the achromatic movement with aversion
in it. The obscure is also the achromatic movement with attraction in it. Acrarnum
is the monochromatic movement with aversion and the spirit is also the
monochromatic movement with attraction in it. The heart is the omnichromatic movement
with aversion and the self is also the omnichromatic movement with attraction
in it. The mould ( body) is the display of these movements.
All the movements of the realm of behest
are simple (uncompounded), two movements are devoid of any color and the basis
of negativity.
(La = naught).
No. 1. Negativity of aversion of the
latent the realm of specified.
No. 2. Negativity of attraction of the
obscure, the realm of general behest.
The latent (Akhfa) causes the revelation
of the negativity of the aversion and the obscure (Khafi) helps in discovering
the Negativity of the attraction. Both these subtleties type re the basic
points of the prototypes of the existents. Akhfa (latent) is that prototype of
a species in which an outline of a species is extended overall of the
individuals of that species. it can be exemplified by an object of the universe.
For instance, a seed of a tree that had germinated first of all. That seeds
contained, therein, all the trees that were to grow during the age of universe.
That same one seed laid the foundation of the outline of his whole species. In
the outline of that seed such a movement is found which is aversion from its
commencement (origin) towards its and result (manifestation). This is the first
step of the outline of the species. The second step is Khafi (obscure) which is
attracted towards its origin from its manifestation.
Two initial basic points of the realm of
behest are found in the word 'La'. These are the two initial steps of 'Kun'
(Be!). Lam (the first of the two letters forming the word La) is the basis of
the aversion and the 'Alif' (second letter in the word La) is the basis of the
attraction. Both these bases; the latent and the obscure are the origin
(unconscious) of the life. If the collection of both these basic points is
given the name of sight then this sight would be required to divide into two
sides, the surface and the depth. Akhfa (the latent) is the depth and the Khafi
(obscure) is the Surface. The latent sign always penetrates the screen and
witnesses behind the screen and obscure side always sees the surface. The
latent sight passes through the screen as the screen is the attraction and the
latent is the aversion. But the obscure sight itself is attraction therefore it
cannot permeate the screen and is hindered by it.
"Whatever is in the heaven and on
earth, declared the praises and celebrates Glory of Allah. He is the exalted in
might, the wise. To him belongs the dominion of the heaven and earth; He who
gives life and death, and He has power over all things. He is the First and the
last, the evident and the immanent; and He has full knowledge of all things. He
it is who created the heaven and the earth in six days and is moreover
established firmly on the Throne (of Authority); He knows what enters within
the earth and comes out of it, what comes down from heaven and what mounts up
to it. And He is with you wheresoever ye may be and Allah sees well all that ye
do. To him belongs the dominion of the heavens ans the earth and affairs are
referred back to Allah"
(Surah 57 Verses
1 - 5)
KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DEEN AZEEMI
Alshaikh Khwaja
Shamsuddin Azeemi, Chief Editor of the monthly Roohani Digest, the renowned
spiritual scholar, founder of the chain of Muraqba Halls the world over has had
the honour of learning the spiritual sciences from his spiritual mentor, His
Divine Grace Qalander Baba Auliya, the sage of this age. In order to teach him
the spiritual sciences Qalander Baba Auliya made Alshaikh Azeemi to pen down
the words that he used to narrate. Alshaikh Azeemi being a devoted disciple not
only noted the contents but also did his best to understand what he was taught.
The eventual out come of his dedicated work took the form of the ‘Loh-o-Qalum’,
the first ever book that comprises the whole syllabus of the spiritual science.
Who else was more suitable to explain the contents of this document but
Alshaikh Azeemi, the very able student of Qalander Baba Auliya. Dissemination
of that knowledge, which is the legacy of prophets and had reached him in
disciplic succession, has become an obsession for Alshaikh Azeemi because, according
to him, this knowledge is the only elixir and the antidote for the ailing
humanity in present times.