His Knowledge

[a form of cursing in Arabic], for the son of Adam was created in the image of the Most Merciful.” (Ibn Abi ‘Aasim in al-Sunnah, sahih).

And to understand how “Allah created Adam in His Image” we have to understand human physiology, and the manner by which it acquires knowledge.

In Fact the physiology of Man and its ability to learn and read the signs of Allah’s creation was the first thing Allah revealed to his messenger in the Quran.

When revelation first began and the Angel Jibril (as) came to the Prophet (saws) in the cave of hira and asked him to read (Iqra), the Prophet replied ‘I do not know how to read’. The Prophet added, ‘The angel caught me (forcibly) and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read (Iqra) and I replied, “I do not know how to read”. Thereupon he caught me again and pressed me a second time till I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read (Iqra), but again I replied, “I do not know how to read” (or what shall I read?). Thereupon he caught me for the third time and pressed me, and then released me and said:

٠اقرأ باسم ربك الذى خلق(١) خلق الإنسن من علق(٢) اقرأ وربك الأكرم(٣)

“Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists), (He) has created man from something that clings. Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous” (96: 1-3)

The First word of Revelation was “Iqra” (Read) to a man (saws) who could not read, Allah did not grant Him (saws) the ability to read afterwords because of this command either, although the Prophet (saws) himself granted others the ability to instantly understand other languages. The word (Iqra) was an instruction that was repeated a number of times by Jibril who already knew the prophet could not read or write. The fact he repeated it with conviction affirms and establishes that it was a literal instruction to the Prophet (saws), then Jibril in order to aid the Prophet (saws) with the ability to follow and carry out what he was being commanded to do, squeezed him, and after each time He was squeezed He commanded him to “Iqra” (Read). He pressed his chest, his entire being and heart against that of the prophets (saws) until the prophet (saws) could not take it.

In the instruction to Iqra and the response by Jibril to what the prophet (saws) said, is the answer to what kind of reading was intended, since this was the first word and command of revelation, Rasul Allah (saws) was being commanded to read the signs of Allah in creation. The Prophet (saws) said, “Beware the vision of the believer, for he sees with the light of Allah,” then he recited the verse: “Therein lie portents for those who read the signs” (al-mutawassimin) (15:75) (Tirmidhi), the prophet was being given the ability to read the signs by Jibril (as).

Allah instructed man to read the same signs elsewhere in the Qur’an, “We detail Our signs for people who know” (6:97), “On the earth are Signs (Ayat) for those with certainty in Faith (muqineen)”(51:20), “That is, [signs] for the arifun (Awliya) by which they find evidence for their ma’rifa (gnosis, spiritual insight)”(51:20, Tafsir al Tustari).

Allah’s first instruction to his prophet (saws) was to also read the signs and he was given the ability to do so by Jibril (as), the Ullumah said the Qur’an explains the Qur’an, since we come from a world that has changed drastically, in most cases the obvious contemporary assumption about past generations is not the correct one, especially when we know the Prophet (saws) never learned to read or write, and we know the word “sign” is significant because it appears in the Quran more than 351 times in more than 320 verses, instructing people to read many kinds of signs (ayat) that Allah intended for us to see. Allah also in many places warns about what occurred to previous nations who ignored the signs (ayat) of Allah and failed to read them.

“Verily, we shall bring down upon the people of this land a horror from heaven in requital of all their iniquitous doings!”, And [so it happened; and] thereof, indeed, We have left a clear sign (ayat) for people who use their reason”.(29:35-35)

The importance of human physiology, and the fact Allah created man in his own image is clear from the second instruction (96:2-3) after “Iqra” (Read). It was to read the signs in the name of your Lord, who is the Creator, and the first sign Allah taught his messenger (saws) was regarding Physiology, that man had been created from “allaq” (something that clings).

“Alaq is a derivative of ‘alaqa’ which means attached and hanging to something, alaq can also mean anything that clings: a clot of blood, a leech, even a lump of mud. All these meanings involve the basic idea of clinging or sticking. The term alaqah is the second stage of human prenatal development (23: 12-14) which descriptively encompasses the primary external and internal features of the early embryo”.

“Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists), has created man from something that clings”, in this verse Allah signifies his ability to create and connects this importance to Human physiology and what he created, He created Man.

The first revelation that the Prophet Muhammad received where the first verses from Sura al-Alaq, 96:1-3, according to others it was verses 1-5. The final two verse that were revealed when Jibril asked the Messenger of Allah to Iqra (read) where, “Read! In the name of your Lord who created: He created man from a clinging form. Read! Your Lord is the Most Bountiful One. who taught by [means of] the pen, who taught man what he did not know”. (96:1-5)

It was common knowledge among the prophets (saws) tribe that he did not know how to read, Allah and his Angels knew this better than man, and Jibril did not come to grant the prophet the ability to read or write, the last two verses where revelations endowing the prophet (saws) with his sense of responsibility as a guide to his Ummah. Allah was informing him (the prophet had no experience with reading or writing) how He taught Man by the pen and taught him what he did not previously know, this was the first time Allah addressed Mankind in front of him, it opened his heart (inner perception) to look at mankind, how he was created then how he was taught by Allah.

The last sentence “who taught man what he did not know “ should not be understood commonly (colloquially) but in its literal sense, Allah (swt) was saying He is the one who teaches and guides Man to all new knowledge. The scholars would take the works of previous generations and learn by the Pen, then, as is the context of the entire first verses of revelation, Allah inspires them to know knowledge they did not know, and in this way mankind has advanced scientifically based on the work of previous generations. Allah taught man by the Pen but he taught his prophets (saws) by inspiration and revelation, a distinction that was being made clear to the messenger of Allah, and the last two verse where a distinction for the prophet that was being made clear because he did not know how to read and learn by the pen, he had no understanding from experience how others learned, so Allah inspired that “knowing” in him.

And to understand Human Physiologies importance to reading the signs we have to understand Human Physiology itself.

Allah breathed the soul into mans body which gave it life and an ability to perceive the unseen world and take instruction from it, “and then He forms him in accordance with what he is meant to be, and breathes into him of His (Allah’s) spirit: and [thus, O men,] He endows you with hearing, and sight, and feelings as well as minds (al af’idah): [yet] how seldom are you grateful!”(32:9), Allah then gave man a heart which connects him to his soul that inspires him, “by the soul and how He formed it”, “And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it”(91:7-8).

In verse 32:9 Allah uses the word “al af’idah” usually this is translated as ‘heart’ or ‘mind’ or ‘feeling as well as mind’, the literal Arabic word for heart is Qalb, here Allah is pointing towards mans heart and its ability to guide him through what he perceives by it. In fact the entire verse is pointing towards mans perception, which he formulates from his faculties (hearing, sight and a heart that guides the mind) and the information they give him. Allah then connects it all back to the fact he deliberately formed man in this manner, breathed into him of His (swt) soul, from which man can come to know Allah through his creation by using his faculties to read the signs (ayat) in the universe and in himself.

“In time We shall make them fully understand Our (signs) messages [through what they perceive] in the utmost horizons [of the universe] and within themselves, so that it will become clear unto them that this [revelation] is indeed the truth”.(41:53), man has to first realize how his senses guide him, and his nature, then after understanding himself he can understand the ayat (signs) Allah placed in creation.

“Say, ‘Whoever is hostile to Gabriel—it is he who revealed it (the Qur’an) to your heart by Allah’s leave, confirming what preceded it, and (it is) guidance and good news for the believers.’” (2.97), the Qur’an, the words we read and which we perceive there meaning, where revealed to the heart of Rasul Allah (saws), they came through mans ability to gain information from his heart, affirming it’s faculty to perceive, understand and see things from the unseen spiritual world (Barzakh).

“As for that which We inspire in thee of the Scripture, it is the Truth confirming that which was (revealed) before it. Lo! Allah is indeed Observer, Seer of His slaves.”(35:31)

“This is of the tidings of the Unseen which We inspire in thee (Muhammad)”.(12:102)

“We sent none before you but men inspired with revelation from among the people of the cities”.(12:109)

The Human body and its physiology is the same for everyone, the Prophets were also humans, “I am but a man like yourselves”(18:110), but Allah chose them and used this faculty inherent in everyone to communicate his revelation.

“Thus Allah the Mighty, the Knower inspireth thee (Muhammad) as (He inspired) those before thee”.(42:3)

Inspiration isn’t simply revelation it is what guides us in life, revelation is received after the perceptive faculty of the heart is purified and the veils covering it are removed so it has a clear picture of the unseen world, the rest of us still have the veils placed over our hearts.

Anas ibn Malik (r.a) reported that when the prophet (saws) was young, Gabriel came to the Messenger of Allah (saw) while he was playing with his playmates. He took hold of him and lay him prostrate on the ground and tore (cut) open his breast and took out the heart from it and then extracted a blood-clot (black spot in other translations) out of it and said: That was the part of Satan in thee (the part Allah placed in every man to test him by Shaytan. He is given permission to use it against man to create desire). And then he washed it with the water of Zamzam (a water filed with baraka) in a golden basin and then it was joined together and restored to it’s place. The boys came running to his mother, (i.e his wet nurse), and said: “Verily Muhammad has been murdered.” They all rushed toward him, His color was changed, Anas said. “I myself saw the marks of needle on his breast (from the stitched incision).” (Sahih Muslim)

The Prophet (saws) said: “Trials are presented to the heart (repeatedly) as a mat is woven straw by straw. So, whichever heart absorbs it, a black spot is blotched on it, and whichever heart deflects it, a white dot is spotted on it. (This continues) until hearts become one of two states: a whitened heart that is not harmed by any trial so long as the heavens and the earth remain, or a blackened, deviant heart that knows no good and rejects no evil except what it absorbs of its desires” (Reported by Muslim).

When Allah wanted to first give the prophet (saws) capacity to carry revelation and guide the development of his character, he removed this spot from his heart in his youth, meaning the ability for this spot to form on the heart, as a result he always saw good and what was right and wasnt burdened by the test mankind was undergoing because Allah had forgiven him his past and future faults, the rest of us who still have this spot are tested by trials in life as the messenger described in the hadith.

Aisha (r.a) narrated: The Prophet used to offer prayer at night (for such a long time) that his feet used to crack. I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! Why do you do it since Allah has forgiven you your faults of the past and those to follow?” He said, “Shouldn’t I love to be a thankful slave (of Allah)?’ When he became old, he prayed while sitting, but if he wanted to perform a bowing, he wound get up, recite (some other verses) and then perform the bowing. (Bukhari)

Imam Ahmad reported in his Musnad and Imam Tirmithi in his Sunan that Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “When the believer commits sin, a black spot appears on his heart. If he repents and gives up that sin and seeks forgiveness, his heart will be polished. But if (the sin) increases, (the black spot) increases. That is the raan which Allah mentions in His Book: ‘Nay! But on their hearts is the Raan (like a rust covering the heart because of sins and evil deeds) which they used to earn’.” (Tirmithi, Sahih).

The veils on the heart are not an impenetrable wall covering the heart, we can still be guided by what we perceive in our hearts, what comes through though may not be clearly perceived, as some people have more veils covering their hearts than others, each person is different. Dreams are forms inspiration and there are three different kinds. Dreams from ourselves, from Shaytan and from Allah, the Prophet (saws) said the true dream is inspiration and is 1/46^th parts of prophecy.

While the hearts of the prophets Allah used to receive revelation, “Say: I am but a man like yourselves, (but) the inspiration has come to me”(18:110), the hearts of normal man Allah uses to guide him in life.

Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-’As reported that he heard Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) saying: Verily, the hearts of all the sons of Adam are between the two fingers, out of the fingers of the Compassionate Lord, as one heart. He turns them to any (direction) He likes. Then Allahs Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: O Allah, the Turner of hearts, turn our hearts to Thine obedience. (Muslim)

“and know that Allah comes in between a person and his heart.”(8:24)

Having good qualities that guide us, is inspiration from Allah, “Solomon smiled broadly at her (Queen Bilqis) words and said, ‘Lord, inspire me to be thankful for the blessings You have granted me and my parents, and to do good deeds that please You; admit me by Your grace into the ranks of Your righteous servants”.(27:19)

The hearts perceptive faculty can be also used as a punishment, the Prophet (saws) said: “if Allah (swt) willed, He could seal up your heart” (42.24),

Referring to the hearts faculty to perceive and guide, Allah said “Verily! The worst of beasts in the Sight of Allah are the deaf and the dumb, those who understand not”. (8.22)

“Have they, then, never journeyed about the earth, letting their hearts gain wisdom, and causing their ears to hear? Yet, verily, it is not their eyes that have become blind – but blind have become the hearts that are in their breasts!” (22:46)

“Those who were blind in this life will be blind in the Hereafter, and even further off the path…” (17:72)

“We would make their hearts and their eyes turn away, just as they did not believe the first time, and leave them to flounder in their obstinacy.” (6:110)

The ability for man to be guided by his heart is established by research and human physiology, the heart has its own special nervous system, “the heart has a complex intrinsic nervous system that is sufficiently sophisticated to qualify as a “little brain” in its own right. The heart’s brain is an intricate network of several types of neurons, neurotransmitters, proteins and support cells like those found in the brain proper. Its elaborate circuitry enables it to act independently of the cranial brain – to learn, remember, and even feel and sense”. When we feel love it can take on a life of its own leading us by our senses and what we feel, overruling what we think.

The hearts nervous system is composed of approximately 40,000 neurons, the type of neurons in the heart are the same type responsible for memory in the brain, in essence emotional memory is connected to intellectual memory in the brain. The Hearts rhythms directly impact physical and mental performance, the hearts signals especially affect the brain centers involved in social and situational awareness, the capacity to care, and the ability to self-manage. Regarding unborn infants, because of the hearts independence in the womb, the heart forms in the human body and begins to regulate systems and life before the brain, a mothers brainwaves can synchronize to her baby’s heart beat. Man’s heart senses life before his brain knows it and research is showing life in the womb is critical for later development. The heart in fact sends far more information to the brain than the brain to the heart.

“These neurons are connected differently and more elaborately than elsewhere in the body and while they’re capable of detecting circulating chemicals sent from the brain and other organs, they operate independently in their own right. Having it’s own “mini-brain” is the reason why heart transplants work, given the fact that severed nerve connections do not reconnect in a different body (the heart knows what to do without the brain). Furthermore, this elaborate nervous centre in the heart has more functions than simply regulating the electrical activities of the heart to keep it pumping”.

Researchers describe the brain and nervous system as a distributed parallel processing system, it can compute multiple things at the same time and act on each simultaneously, it consists of separate but interacting groups of neuronal processing center’s distributed throughout the entire body.”

The heart communicates with the brain and the rest of the body in four ways documented by scientific evidence: neurologically through transmissions of nerve impulses, biochemically through hormones and neurotransmitters, biophysically through pressure waves, and in addition, scientific evidence is beginning to show that the heart communicates with the brain through electromagnetic field interactions. Through these biological communication systems, the heart has a significant influence on the functions of our brain and body.

The human body produces an electromagnetic field which it depends on for life, this is produced through the brain, nervous system, heart and other organs and it affects every cell in the body. An electro-magnetic field is a physical field produced by electrically charged objects and affects the behavior of other charged objects in the vicinity of the field, so the heart can affect the brain and other parts of the body that are similarly generating this field (they are charged objects).

The Heart, generates by far the largest rhythmic electromagnetic field in the body, which is even stronger than the brain’s, “Compared to the electro–magnetic field produced by the brain, the electrical component of the heart’s electromagnetic field is about sixty times greater in amplitude (strength) and it permeates every cell of the body. The heart’s magnetic component is also approximately five thousand times stronger than the brain’s magnetic field and can be detected several feet away from the body with sensitive magnetometers.” Different laboratories have detected the electromagnetic field of the heart on a more sensitive quantum level from about 8 to 10 feet away, but using magnetometers it can be detected at 3 to 4 ft.

Researchers have discovered “that our emotions affect the heart’s electromagnetic field, which influences people around us, at both physiological and psychological levels”.

“Researchers have been investigating heart–brain interactions for more than eighteen years. They study how the heart and brain communicate with each other and how this communication affects consciousness and our perceptions of the world. In their studies, they have identified a state called coherence. When we are feeling positive emotions, like appreciating the sunset, feeling love, showing compassion, or expressing concern for someone—our heart beats out a unique message”.

The electromagnetic field is made up of electromagnetic waves, and in physics, coherence is an ideal property of waves that enables a stationary interference, that is, two waves superpose (add together) to form a resultant wave of greater or lower amplitude and signals can be passed through them.

Different emotions, like frustration, love, hate, fear produce different frequencies in the electromagnetic field, frustration is a more concentrated shorter frequency. Emotions are literally being broadcast into the Electromagnetic field around us and other peoples electromagnetic field pick this up in what physics terms coherence of the electromagnetic waves.

Essentially emotions effect the hearts rhythm and that effects the electromagnetic field the heart is producing, which other peoples electromagnetic field picks up because of the coherence of electromagnetic waves.

“These scientific studies, and others in the field of neurocardiology, suggest that the heart’s nervous system enables it to learn, remember, and make functional decisions independent of the cerebral cortex. The heart actually sends signals to the brain that influence the function of the higher brain centers involved in emotional processing, perception, and cognition”.

This field is generated by the bodies organs, Light is literally an electromagnetic wave, or an electric wave that creates a magnetic wave which in turn creates an electric wave and so on that propagates through space, which is how light travels. Light is also made up of photons, which are small condensed packets (or particles) of electromagnetic waves. The Messenger of Allah (saws) said: ‘The Angels are created from light (electromagnetic waves), just as the Jinn are created from smokeless fire (fire produces a bright light, heat, and smoke, except with Jinn the fire isn’t sourced by something burning so it doesn’t produce any smoke, so jinn are created from Light (an electromagnetic wave) and Heat (thermal energy, or a spark-a small fiery particle).) and Mankind is created from what you have been told about.’ (Muslim).

When researchers “looked at the spectrum analysis of the magnetic field radiated by the heart, they found that emotional information is actually encoded and modulated into magnetic fields. All electromagnetic fields are fields that carry energy. Like an electric current flowing in a wire or coil, these fields are capable of producing an action at a distance.”

It is because of this fact that Angles, which are created from an electromagnetic wave can communicate with Mans body through its electromagnetic field generated by mans nervous system, heart, brain and his other organs.

“Factors that act directly or indirectly on the nervous system causing morphological, chemical, or electrical changes in the nervous system can lead to neurological effects. The final manifestation of these effects can be seen in psychological changes, e.g., memory, learning and perception. The nervous system is an electrical organ. Thus, it should not be surprising that exposure to electromagnetic fields could lead to neurological changes…The consequence of neural perturbation (a change in the normal state of something) is situation-dependent (not all fields are the same and do the same thing). An electromagnetic field induced change in brain electrical activity, for instance, could lead to different consequences depending on whether a person is watching TV or driving a car”.

These fields don’t have to be strong enough to move us like the needle on a compass, simply enough to affect the heart causing the bodies inner perception to sense, then our body reacts to what is perceived.

The difference between one type of light (electromagnetic wave) and another is the length of its wave and there are many different kinds, simply because we say Angels are created from Light doesn’t mean any kind of Light, and that all light is the same and does the same thing, U.V light from the sun for examples burns us while the light from a full Moon is soothing.

There are many comparisons to the kind of light Allah preferred, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s peace and blessing be upon him, said, “The first group (of people) to enter Jannah will be shining like the moon on a full-moon night. Then will come those who follow them who will be like the most shining planet in the sky”. If we consider the coherence of waves and the verse in the Qur’an “Thou soul in complete rest and satisfaction! Return unto thy Lord, accepted and accepting! Enter thou among my servants (Angels), and enter thou my Garden!” (89:27-30) Allah made it a condition before entering Jannah (heaven) to enter among the Angels first, we can narrow down the possibilities by the light we ourself will have.

“[Some] faces, that Day, will be radiant.” (Qur’an 75:22)

The prophets (saws) grandson Hasan (ra) said regarding him, “his blessed face shone like the full-moon.”(Tirmidhi)

Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) was with the Messenger of God (saws) on a night of a full-moon. He had a moment of contemplation: which of these creations is more beautiful? So he looked to the full-moon, then he looked to the Prophet (saws), comparing them both. He said then and there, “I found that for me he was better than the moon.”(al Raheeq al Makhtum)

Ka‘b (ra) as well compared him to the moon. He (ra) said, “When he was pleased, his face would shine so bright that you would believe it was a piece of the moon.”(Bukhari)

Abu Bakr (ra) said about him (saws): “He is faithful, chosen (by Allah), and calls to forgiveness. He shines like a full-moon when it is far from dark (clouds).” (al Raheeq al Makhtum)

On one occasion, Umar (ra) was so captivated by the beauty of our Prophet (saws), he spoke some lines of poetry by a famous Arab poet, Zuhair: “Were you other than a human being, you would be the brightness on the night of a full-moon.” (al Raheeq al Makhtum)

The Prophet ﷺ said, “A group of my Ummah (community) consisting of seventy thousand persons would enter Paradise; their faces would be as bright as the brightness of the full moon.”(Muslim)

The Prophet (saws) looked to the clear, full-moon and told his friends around him, “Undoubtedly, you will see your Lord just as you see this moon and you will have no difficulty seeing Him.”(Bukhari, Muslim)

The Prophet (saws) said regarding the nature of this event, “Do you crowd one another in order to see the moon on the night of a full moon? Do you crowd one another in order to see the sun?” They said: “No.” He said: “Of a surety, you shall see your Lord as you see the moon on the night of a full moon, you shall not crowd one another to see Him.”(Tirmidhi)

“Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp (the Sun) and luminous moon.” (Qur’an 25:61)

“Allah (swt) uses two descriptive words to highlight the inherent difference between these sources of light. He (swt) calls the sun siraj, or “lamp”, to draw a comparison. Just as a lamp needs fuel to burn bright, the sun is in need of fuel (hydrogen gas) to burn bright. When any fuel is burned and reaches a certain level of heat, the flame becomes bright enough to produce a glowing light.”

“On the other hand, Allah (swt) describes the moon as muneer, meaning luminous and bright. Muneer, a derivative of the word “nur”, means a reflective light. The moon does not produce its own light, rather it reflects the light from another source, the sun”.

“Knowing the contrast between the meanings of siraj and muneer shows us how profound it is when Allah (swt) distinguishes the Prophet (saws) by naming him with both words: “O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness and a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And one who invites to Allah, by His permission, and an illuminating lamp.” (Qur’an 33:45-46)

“He is an illuminating lamp” The Messenger (saws) is siraj (which Allah used for the sun) and muneer (which He used for the moon), combining qualities from both the sun and moon. The Prophet (saws) is a lamp who shines bright with the fuel (Light) provided by Allah, (Allah is literally the Light of the heavens and the earth, in 24:35 He gives the similitude of how this light is in the Universe). He is reflecting a light whose source is Allah. The Prophet (saws) is not the source of the light, rather he is the lamp (siraj) that (reflects and) spreads the light (muneer) and truth from the source, Allah.”

Normal visible light and Ultraviolet light are in essence electromagnetic radiations and electromagnetic radiation is a form of energy. “Radiation is energy carried by waves or a stream of particles, and one type is electromagnetic radiation, which consists of a wave motion of both electric and magnetic fields. The quantum theory is based on the fact that electromagnetic waves consist of discrete “packets” of electromagnetic radiation, called photons, which have neither mass nor charge”. Currently telecommunications towers are being investigated for the harmful effects of the electromagnetic waves bouncing between them and our phones.

These radiations show the properties of a wave (like an ocean wave) as well as particles (like marbles) called photons (a packet of Light). In general, depending on the situation they are in is how they react to there surroundings, they travel in the form of either a wave spread out in space like water or contract and take on the form of a particle (like a marble) called a photon, and Photons are the most abundant particles in the universe.

When these radiations are acting like a wave, they are characterized by their wavelengths and when they are acting like a particle they are characterized by the energy of their photons. There is a spectrum of this radiation, normal Light is the only visible part of this spectrum, in general the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation has a range from radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, light (normal visible light), ultraviolet radiation (invisible light), X-rays to Gamma rays in order of increasing photon energy and decreasing wavelength respectively. So as the wavelength of Light decreases the amount of energy increases (Ultraviolet light) and that is when it becomes harmful to people like ultraviolet light from the sun which can burn us and cause cancer.

Normal light has its own smaller range in this spectrum of radiation, with a wavelength between approximately 390 nm (Newton metre, a unit of torque) and 750 nm which is directly detected by the human eyes. “This consists of red light, orange light, yellow light, green light, blue light and violet light in order of increasing energy and decreasing wavelength respectively”. The invisible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, Ultraviolet and infrared radiation have wavelengths just below the short end and above the long end of the visible spectrum, respectively. X-rays have wavelengths from about 0.005 to 10 nm. All forms of electromagnetic radiation travel at the speed of light. (1 newton metre ≈ 0.7375621 pound/feet and One pound-foot is the torque created by one pound force acting at a perpendicular distance of one foot from a pivot point.)

“So, the difference between ordinary light and ultraviolet light is that ordinary light is visible and consists of various colors while ultraviolet light is invisible, it has wavelength less than ordinary light but a greater amount of energy and can be harmful”.

Ibn ʿAbbas (r.a) related that the Prophet would say while in prostration: “O Allah, place light in my heart, light in my hearing, light in my sight, light on my right, light on my left, light in front of me, light behind me, light above me, light below me, and make light for me,” or he said: “Make me light.” (Muslim)

Such is the importance of Light and the electromagnetic field to mans ability to function, perceive and connect with the unseen world for the benefit of his growth as a human being that the prophet used to Ask Allah to grant him more light.

The spiritual growth of a person relates to his heart and how much light he is receiving from Allah through his actions, “for all you know, he might have grown (Yazaka) in spirit”(80:3), the word “Yazaka” in this verse comes from the word Tazkiya, meaning purification of the self. Tazkiya nafs (purification of self) is the act you perform in religion through prayer, charity, selfless acts, Hajj and Dhikr (remembrance of Allah), purifying your self from evil and bad qualities while promoting (Yazaka) good qualities in your self, this is growth, and what you try to achieve by it is Ihsan, Human Perfection.

In surah al shams (the sun), 91:1-9, Allah takes an oath in the Quran like no other and swears by the act of Tazkiya, “Qad Aflaha man Zakaha” (Zakaha = Tazkiya an Nafs), “He Who Purifies it (the self) succeeds”, this is talking about getting rid of your bad qualities. In surah abbasa, 80:3, The Blind Man comes to the Prophet (saws) seeking Islam and the Prophet (saws) frowns upon Him as his attention is elsewhere with the leaders of Quraish, Allah responds by Saying, “Wama yudrika La-alahu Yazaka”, “Yet for all thou didst know, [O Muhammad,] he might perhaps have grown in purity”. So in Surah al Shams Allah mentioned the first part of Tazkiyah an Nafs and that is Purifying your self of Evil, and in Surah Abbasa he mentions the second part, learning and Promoting Good qualities in your character, and growing as a person.

In surah ashurah, 26:88-89, Allah mentions the completion of this process, “The Day whereon neither wealth nor sons will avail, But only he (will prosper) that brings to Allah a sound heart”…“a heart free of sins and love for this worldly life” (Tanwir al miqbas Min Tafsir Ibn Abbas). You Have to know the Acts of Tazkiyah Nafs and the science (knowledge) behind it to know how to free your Heart from Sin and love for this Dunay (world).

The importance of the electromagnetic field, and wave (light), not only to the body, those around us, and the prophets (saws) role as a guide to others and as the messenger of Allah, is seen in the fact the prophet (saws) used to ask for light in very explicit and specific terms, he used to say, “O Allah, place light in my heart, and on my tongue light, and in my ears light and in my sight light, and above me light, and below me light, and to my right light, and to my left light, and before me light and behind me light. Place in my soul light. Magnify for me light, and amplify for me light. Make for me light and make me a light. O Allah, grant me light, and place light in my nerves, and in my body light and in my blood light and in my hair light and in my skin light”. (Bukhari, (hadith no. 6316) and by Muslim (hadith no. 763)) Other narration’s report: “O Allah, make for me a light in my grave… and a light in my bones”.(Tirmithi (hadith no. 3419)). “Increase me in light, increase me in light, increase me in light”.(Bukhari in Al-‘Adab Al-Mufrad (hadith no. 695)). “Grant me light upon light”. (Bukhari, cf. Asqalani in Fathul-Bari 11/118.)

“اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ فِي قَلْبِي نُوراً، وَفِي لِسَانِي نُوراً، وَفِي سَمْعِي نُوراً، وَفِي بَصَرِي نُوراً، وَمِنْ تَحْتِِي نُوراً، وَعَنْ يَمِينِي نُوراً، وَعَنْ شِمَالِي نُوراً، وَمِن أَمَامِي نُوراً، وَمِنْ خَلْفِِي نُوراً، وَاجْعَلْ فِي نَفْسِي نُوراً، وَأَعْظِمْ لِي نُوراً، وَعَظِّمْ لِي نُوراً، وِاجْعَلْ لِي نُوراً، وَاجْعَلْنِي نُوراً، اللَّهُمَّ أَعْطِنِي نُوراً، وَاجْعَلْ فِي عَصَبِي نُوراً، وَفِي لَحْمِي نُوراً، وَفِي دَمِي نُوراً، وَفِي شَعْرِي نُوراً، وَفِي بَشَرِي نُوراً،” [“اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْ لِي نُوراً فِي قَبْرِي.. وَنُوراً فِي عِظَامِي”] [“وَزِدْنِي نُوراً، وَزِدْنِي نُوراً، وَزِدْنِي نُوراً”] [“وَهَبْ لِي نُوراً عَلَى نُورٍ”].

Imam Ali (r.a) instructed people to “Enlighten the heart with prayers.” Meaning because prayer creates light, increase the light of the heart with it.

Once the scientific nature of Light is understood we can conceptualize what the prophet was talking about in many places, which is the quantum reality of this world that this all occurs in.

If emotions are “encoded” in the electromagnetic wave and other people’s hearts sense this field and we sense theirs, the Jinn who are essentially emotions, made from thermal energy, and thermal radiation is electromagnetic radiation generated by the thermal motion of charged particles in matter, they can manipulate us through the electromagnetic field generated by the heart, brain, nervous system and other organs in the body.

The Prophet (saws) said: ‘The Shaytan flows through the son of Adam as the blood flows through his veins.’ the only thing that flows through the body like Mans blood and veins is the nervous system of the body, the bodies “electrical wiring”.

The difference between Angels and Jinn is that Angels are made from an electromagnetic wave, meaning their connection with us is more direct and pure, while the Jinn are made from thermal energy, their connection with us is less direct and requires motion of the particles to generate the electromagnetic field.

Allah spoke to mankind about the Physics of the Universe and its Quantum nature in the Quran, “Allah is He, Who is the only God, the knower of the Unseen and the Observed.”(59:22).

“VERILY, your Sustainer is Allah, who has created the heavens and the earth in six aeons, and is established on the throne of His almightiness. He covers the day with the night in swift pursuit, with the sun and the moon and the stars subservient to His command: oh, verily, His is all creation and all command. Hallowed is Allah, the Sustainer of all the worlds!”(7:54)

A more precise understanding and tafsir of the verse would translate as “O Rasool! [messenger] tell them that your Rabb (Lord) is the One who has created the universe in six aeons and He is in constant control over it (10:3). In accordance with His laws, the planets revolve in such a way that day and night succeed each other in quick succession. The sun, moon and other stars also obey His orders. Take note! The domains of Khalq and Amr both belong to Allah, Who is the source of all blessings and Rabb of all the worlds. (7:54)

And similarly this verse, “This Book has been revealed by the One in Whose domain everything lies. His Law is in force everywhere in the universe. He needs neither any offspring for help, nor can any one become a partner in His authority. He has created everything in a particular proportion and has determined the measures for its capabilities and potentialities. (These measures are called the ‘taqdeer’ of these things); and ‘taqdeer’ is the ultimate stage of everything”. (25-2) Taqdeer is also the path something is on, meaning its predestination according to its “capabilities and potentialities”.

A study was recently conducted by a Nobel prize recipient in medicine who discovered a new property of DNA, it has now been replicated in over 70 labs, called the Transmission of DNA information through Electromagnetic Waves.

“Some bacterial and viral DNA sequences have been found to induce low frequency electromagnetic waves in high aqueous dilutions (Water). This phenomenon appears to be triggered by the ambient electromagnetic background of very low frequency. Quantum field theory is able to account for the observations and the reported phenomenon could allow for development of highly sensitive detection systems for chronic bacterial and viral infections. These fields can be induced by suitable procedures in water dilutions which become able to propagate the information contained in the DNA of the original organisms to other ones”.

In other words, the information in a DNA strand could be transmitted, via electromagnetic emissions in water, they took a 104 base pair fragment of DNA from HIV and copied it with at least 98% fidelity.  This result shows how information of biological material can transfer over electromagnetic waves.

Theoretical physicists have proposed an explanation for how DNA Could Act as Antenna and transmit and receive electromagnetic signals: Chromosomes could act like antennae, with electrons traveling along gene circuits to produce species-specific wavelengths, but this is still a hypothesis at this point.

In Physics, and in general, the quantum transfer of information between particles (electrons, photons, etc) is scientifically well established, it occurs through quantum entanglement and teleportation, scientist are already using these laws of physics to create quantum computers. A quantum computer is a computer design which uses the principles of quantum physics such as superposition and entanglement, to increase the computational power beyond what is attainable by traditional computers.

It has become increasingly clear to researchers that the magnetic influences emanating from the Sun and Earth affect life from birth to death. Many studies have shown that when these fields affecting the Earth change so do we.

Research has shown that rhythms in the Earths Magnetic field Affect:

• Brain and nervous system activity.
• Performance of tasks.
• Blood pressure, heart rate, hormones.
• Traffic violations and accidents.
• Number of hospital admissions for heart attacks and strokes.
• Societal conflicts and criminal acts.

Of all the Human bodies systems, changes in geomagnetic conditions most effect the rhythm of the heart (HRV). Geomagnetic Disturbances can evoke Emotional Storms: mental confusion, frustration, impatience, irritation, fatigue, Anxiety, these fields affect life as a whole as we go about our lives.

In General each of the objects  in space have there own fields, the Earth, the Sun and the Moon, the fields in space have a real affect on life, for example High tide occurs when a body of water is facing the moon (above it) and the moon is pulling the water toward it with its gravity. High tide also occurs when an ocean is facing directly away from the moon which is now on the opposite side of the earth, and the moon is pulling the mass of the Earth away from the water towards it.

The Earth itself affects other bodies like they affect us. Our entire planet is enveloped in a bubble of magnetism, which springs from the molten dynamo (Lava rotation) in the Earth’s core and its rotation in space.

The sun also has an impact on us, “The Solar wind is a stream of plasma released from the upper atmosphere of the Sun, this wind (made of electrons and protons) streams off of the Sun in all directions at speeds of about 400 km/s (about 1 million miles per hour), it can vary between 800 to 300 km/s. These wind speed variations buffet the Earth’s magnetic field (bubble) and can produce storms in the Earth’s magneto-sphere (it’s magnetic bubble)”.

“Out in space, the solar wind presses against this magnetic bubble surrounding the earth and stretches it, creating a long “magneto-tail” in the downwind direction, making it look like the tail of a comet. The Earth’s magneto-tail extends well beyond the orbit of the Moon and, once a month, when the Moon is full it orbits through it. This can have consequences on the moon ranging from lunar ‘dust storms’ to electrostatic discharges”.

Researchers have scientifically shown (1997) that historically bursts of human creativity correlate with solar activity. The periods of greatest levels of human flourishing and creativity in science and the arts recorded in history were clearly shown to occur during solar activity (Solar wind) peaks.

Solar Activity is mapped by the Suns solar cycle which lasts for 11 years, in 1610, the first European observations of Sunspots were made. Continuous daily observations were started at the Zurich Observatory in 1849 and earlier observations have been used to extend the records back to 1610. Monthly averages (updated monthly) of the sunspot numbers show that the number of sunspots visible on the sun waxes (increases) and wanes (decreases) with an approximate 11-year cycle, it’s peak roughly in the middle of the cycle, this is reflected in the fields surrounding the earth which first affects the ionosphere (upper regions of the atmosphere) then life on earth through the electromagnetic field that all creatures on earth produce and sense.

(Late Summer Solar Flare)

(This photograph taken by astronauts from the International Space Station is of an aurora covering the Earth.)

(An Astronaut’s View from Space.)

“A large variety of animals possess a magnetic sense. Migratory birds use magnetic clues (in addition to light polarization, star signs, position of the sun) to find their way south in fall and north in spring. Salamanders, frogs, use the magnetic field for orientation when they have to find the direction of the nearest shore quickly, e.g., when they sense danger”.

If one thinks about  how magnetic fields can be perceived in principle, three mechanisms immediately come to mind:

Mechanical Reception – This is the principle behind a compass needle. A magnetic field exerts a torque on a ferromagnetic material.

Electric Induction – Movement in a magnetic field will result in an induced electric field. Many creatures can perceive electric and magnetic fields with high accuracy.

Chemical Reception – Chemical reactions that involve transitions between different spin states can be influenced by magnetic fields, so that one of the possible products is favored due to the influence of the magnetic field.

When we consider Quantum Mechanics other mechanisms based on the laws of physics can be enumerated such as the coherence of waves.

In the Human Body, its electromagnetic field will interact with other fields around it and its perceptive organs will be influenced by it. Scientist are beginning to realize that human consciousness is a state of matter, like a Liquid, Solid or Gas but only Quantum and is subject to the same laws of physics that govern the rest of the universe.

What we know as consciousness is the result of the bodies interaction with the universe around it on all levels, because the brain and nervous system are a distributed parallel processing system, it can compute multiple things at the same time and act on each simultaneously, so consciousness is born out of the sum of those interactions. Who we are is what our body has recorded from the results and effects of our actions in life, the Prophet (saws) said “Your body has a right over you”(Bukhair), and Allah said on the day of judgment, “This Day, We shall seal up their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their legs will bear witness to what they used to earn.” (36:65).

It is very significant that it was in Surah al Shams (The Sun) that Allah took one of the most significant oaths in the Quran, only less important than the oath he took by the prophets (saws) own soul, equating the importance of its attributes to his.

The Oath was regarding the very nature of Man and its connection to the objects in space and their radiance:

91:1 CONSIDER the sun and its radiant brightness,

91:2 and the moon as it reflects the sun!

91:3 Consider the day as it reveals the (sun to the) world,

91:4 and the night as it veils it darkly!

91:5 Consider the sky and its wondrous make,

91:6 and the earth and all its expanse!

91:7 Consider the human self, and how it is formed in accordance with what it is meant to be,

91:8 And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it.

91:9 To a happy state shall indeed attain he who causes this [self] to grow in purity (Zakaha),

91:10 and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness].

91:11 TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud,

Allah (swt) says the reality of All these things he swore by is a truth that Thamud “gave a lie to” (91:11), He not only asks us to consider the sun and its brightness (91:1) but the moon that reflects the sun, which is the other body in space affecting earth (91:2), then he asks us to consider the cycle between increased activity in the fields around the earth and decreased activity by saying, “Consider the day as it reveals the (sun to the) world (91:3), and the night as it veils it darkly!” (91:4), scientist have been measuring these effects, their peak is during the day and weakest at night. Allah then asks us to consider this relationship with the sky and how it is made (91:5) and the whole earth its expanse and how this is spread over it (91:6), then think about how this is connected to the human self and how it is formed (91:7) and how through the soul this inspires and affects its conciseness of what is right for it and what is wrong for it (91:8). He will be happy who causes his soul to grow (91:9) and He will be wretched who buries it in darkness (91:10).

In Arabic the word consider is translated according to the aim of Allah in the verse, literally the oath reads in Arabic: BY the sun and its radiant brightness, By the moon as it reflects the sun! BY the day as it reveals the (sun to the) world, By the night as it veils it darkly! BY the sky and its wondrous make, By the earth and all its expanse! BY the human self, and how it is formed in accordance with what it is meant to be, And inspired it (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it. To a happy state shall indeed attain he who causes this [self] to grow in purity (Zakaha), and truly lost is he who buries it [in darkness]. TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud.

The intent is to consider the things been sworn by in greater detail and how they relate to each other, Allah then mentions that this relationship the Tribe of Thamud (7:73) which the Prophet Saleh (saws) was sent to guide, lied about it, and ignored the reality between the things Allah swore by and Himself, consequently they where destroyed because of their evil.

Their depth of knowledge regarding the celestial bodies and their effect on humans shouldn’t be surprising since nearly all ancient cultures around the world had an advanced understanding of these celestial bodies and their effects on the human self, reflected in their religion and the elaborate structures they constructed and left behind in perfect alignment with the celestial bodies that marked their elaborate movements through the sky. Some took to worshiping them instead of Allah as they saw them as the source of inspiration, power and influence on human life, which Allah condemned because He was their creator and said that through them He inspired the soul (with conscience of) what is wrong for it and (what is) right for it (91:8).

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said, “When the believer commits sin, a black spot appears on his heart. If he repents and gives up that sin and seeks forgiveness, his heart will be polished. But if (the sin) increases, (the black spot) increases. That is the raan which Allah mentions in His Book: ‘Nay! But on their hearts is the Raan (like a rust covering the heart because of sins and evil deeds) which they used to earn’ .” (Tirmithi, Sahih). This Raan (something like a rust) stops light from reaching the heart and affects the hearts perceptive faculty, if the electromagnetic field of the heart needs coherence to connect with other electromagnetic fields then this would impact mans ability to perceive, the worse the heart the worse the situation, then “if Allah (swt) willed, He could seal up your heart” (42.24).

Imam Ali  said: “The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.”, Imam Al-Nawawi said: “This hadith was used as proof that the seat of the mind is the heart (al-ʿaql fi al-qalb) and not the head.” The hadith refers to the close relationship between the bodily organs and the subtle quantum aspects of the body such as the human soul. Therefore as Imam An-Nawawi (rahimahu-llah), explained in al-Majmuʿa “as for the knowledge of the heart, it is knowing the diseases of the heart, such as envy, conceit and the like.” Imam al-Ghazali (rahimahu-llah) said: “Knowing the definition of these diseases, their causes and their cures, and remedies how to fix them, is personally obligatory (fard ʿayn) on every Muslim.”

Imam Ali (r.a) also said:

• What the eye sees the heart preserves.
• The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.
• Resignation to the Will of Allah is the cure of the disease of the heart.
• The word of Allah is the medicine of the heart.
• Strengthen your heart with faith.
• If you love Allah, tear out your heart’s love of the world.

In the Qur’an Allaah, the Exalted, affirms that reason (aql) (22:46), understanding (fiqh) (6:25, 7:179, 9:87) and reflection (tadabbur) (47:24) are affairs that the heart partakes in, and its importance is stressed in many places “Do they not traverse through the Earth wherewith they have hearts with which they understand” (22:46).

“The heart’s “mini-brain” can send its own signals to the brain and exercise its influence on it. To give one illustration: oxytocin, which is typically referred to as the “love hormone”, has been shown to be released not only from the brain, but also from the heart. Oxytocin is not only important for love and bonding, especially for pregnant and lactating mothers, but it also has roles in social behavior, wound healing, learning, memory, and empathy, it is one hormone that affects a very wide variety of important functions”.

“It’s generally assumed that learning and memory are a central nervous system function, however, due to observations (and recent research), there is a growing push (in science) towards a systemic memory mechanism. In other words, not to limit intelligence functions to the brain. This came from observations in organ transplant patients, specifically heart-transplant recipients. In a study from 2002, researchers published a paper titled Changes in Heart Transplant Recipients that Parallel the Personalities of their Donors” in which it was shown that it was possible for recipients of organs to undergo psychological changes that mimicked the donors behavior”.

When two people are in close proximity “the electromagnetic fields of the two hearts merge, they begin to entrain, or synchronize, with each other and exchange information. The information embedded in each field is taken in by the receiving organism. This produces an informational gestalt (An organized whole) and becomes something more than the sum of its parts. This harmonization, or exchange of heart energy (through the EM field) between individuals, is measurable. When we generate a smooth and coherent heart rhythm, our brain waves can actually synchronize to another person’s heart” and affect them, one persons calming influence can cause others to be calm.

The Prophet (saws) said, ‘The angel caught me (forcibly) and pressed me so hard that I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read (Iqra) and I replied, “I do not know how to read”. Thereupon he caught me again and pressed me a second time till I could not bear it any more. He then released me and again asked me to read (Iqra), but again I replied, “I do not know how to read” (or what shall I read?). Thereupon he caught me for the third time and pressed me, and then released me and said:

٠اقرأ باسم ربك الذى خلق(١) خلق الإنسن من علق(٢) اقرأ وربك الأكرم(٣)

“Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists), (He) has created man from something that clings. Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous” (96: 1-3)

The Prophets (saws) mind did not how to perceive, his heart (cup) was full with his assumptions and presumptions on life, “Thy Lord hath not forsaken thee (muhammad) nor doth He hate thee, And verily the latter portion (Akhira) will be better for thee than the former (this life), And verily thy Lord will give unto thee so that thou wilt be content. Did He not find thee an orphan and protect (thee)? Did He not find thee wandering and direct (thee)? Did He not find thee destitute and enrich (thee)?” (93:3-8)

This verse was in reference to that moment when the prophet (saws) first saw Jibril (r.a), He wasn’t connecting with Jibrils (immediate) presence so his inner self could tell him the truth of who he was. Jibril (r,a) then hugged the prophet and squeezed him with a lot of pressure, if any person is hugged until they can not take it, there mind is entirely focused on what they feel, their inner perception is open and entirely (focused) looking at the pain. The first time wasn’t enough for the prophets heart to connect with Jibril (as), so this was repeated three times, and when it was enough only then did Jibril (r.a) recite the verse of the Quran to him, and as he was reciting Jibril’s ability to read the signs (ayat) of Allah was given to Rasul Allah (saws), this was Jibril (r.a) role as an angel to teach the prophets the ayat (verses) of Allah in all regards and how to read his signs in the Universe.

We should consider Jibril’s initial assumption, that his presence, should have been enough for the prophet (saws) to carry out his first instruction to “Iqra” (read). He would not have began with a command otherwise, he only later thought it was necessary to press the prophet (saws) against him. This was entirely a physiological assumption, as the Ullumah have always understood and given tafsir to this verse and what the hug of Jibril (r.a) meant, that it raised the prophet (saws) spiritually to a state where he could read the ayat (signs) of Allah in the Universe and receive revelation.

This understanding about the effect of being in the presence of Angels is clearly stated in the Quran “And they say: “Why has not an angel been sent down to him?” (to confirm his truthfulness to us). Had We sent down an angel, the matter would have been judged at once, and no respite would be granted to them”(6:8).

Literally Allah is saying the presence of the Angels sent down with the intent of testifying to revelation would have caused the immediate judgment of the person, in this case the people who challenged the prophet (saws) to show them Angels. This is the physiological judgment being pronounced on the individual, as evil people can not stand to be in their presence. Angels embody perfect qualities which their light characterizes in its essence.

If a man had been witness to an Angel, who had bad qualities in his heart which the rest of his body was influenced by, as our psychology impacts our physiology because our conciseness governs our body and all its systems right down to our electromagnetic field (literally our Light), if we where to stand in the presence of an Angel being sent down for the purpose of testifying, meaning at that time they embody revelation and judgment, then the Angels presence (his light) and perfect qualities would have destroyed any imperfection we had in our self and the judgment on those faults would have been pronounced immediately. That person would have been hurt to the extent of the evil in his self and it would have been his punishment.

This purity of the Angels is embodied by Isa (saws) who is in Jannha (Heaven) and will descend at the end of time, the prophet (saws) described what would occur when he descends to kill the Dajaal (Allah’s curse be upon him), “Allah would send Christ, Son of Mary, and he will descend at the white minaret in the eastern side of Damascus wearing two garments lightly dyed with saffron and placing his hands on the wings of two Angels. When he would lower his head, there would fall beads of perspiration from his head, and when he would raise it up, beads like pearls would scatter from it. Every non-believer who would smell the odour of his self would die (the judgment mentioned in 6:8) and his breath would reach as far as he would be able to see. He would then search for him (the Dajaal) until he would catch hold of him at the gate of Ludd and would kill him” (Muslim).

This is the understanding of the Ullumah who related the matter back to our physiology, the light of the Angles would have annihilated the person’s character, who he was, the followers of the Dajjaal (allah curse be upon) would be the most evil people on earth so the effect is death.We can understand this by knowing that life needs light (electromagnetic waves), and our body needs its electromagnetic field to function, it runs all the systems in our body.

The process of annihilation (in relation to our ego) is spoken of very frequently in the works of scholars but in reference to annihilating our self in the light of Allah, meaning letting go of our attachments and who we are so we completely embody the will of Allah in our essence, so our very instincts are in line with His will. This is established by the verse in the Quran, “And he speaketh not of his own desire. It is but a revelation revealed” (53:3-4), the opposite of this is the verse “[but] his own desires divert thee…lest thou perish!” (20:15), and the words of Aisha (r.a) describing the prophet (saws) as a “Walking Quran”, He is a person who embodies the will of Allah as mentioned in the Quran.

For the ordinary person who has not gone through this process of letting go of his self, the Angels would have annihilated him and hurt him simply by being there, which is one of the reasons why most people don’t ever get to see them except from behind a veil or not in their true form like the prophet (saws) was witnessing. The Prophet said: “If your hearts were always in the state that they are in during dhikr (a time when the heart is receiving light, and in other words if you where always receiving light), the angels would come to see you to the point that they would greet you in the middle of the road.” (Muslim). Imam Nawawi in his Sharh sahih muslim commented on this hadith saying: “This kind of sight is shown to someone who persists in meditation (muraqaba), reflection (fikr), and anticipation (iqbal) of the next world.”

Allah will say too all those who will enter Jannah “O soul that art at rest! Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him), So enter among My servants (Angels), And enter into My garden.” (89:27-30).

The Ullumah said regarding this: “The perfect state of human beings can no doubt never be achieved until the angelic power is linked with it. By Allah’s permission, angels monopolise that angelic power which enlightens any human individual that connects with it. The perfection of human beings, therefore, depends on the capacity to annihilate the human soul in the crucible of the angels (Annihilate here means to rid the soul of what isn’t perfect and what we have attached our self and perception to, in this life).

The conclusion of this process is described in the Qur’anic verse: “Thou soul in complete rest and satisfaction! Return unto thy Lord, accepted and accepting! Enter thou among my servants (angels), and enter thou my Garden!” (89:27-30)”

“According to that verse, Allah causes the spirit of human beings to enter the throng of the angels first, then Paradise. A condition of entering Paradise is to receive angelic greetings and revelation, at which time one enters it as a spirit endowed with angelic attributes. Allah then makes of such spirits messengers for His continuous creations; they are granted the happiness of living in Paradise and enjoying the sight of their Lord.

Allah made the greetings of angels necessary for human beings when their spirits enter into the angelic power. This is to elevate them to a higher state and produce for them a great happiness. Therefore, without the heavenly input of angels, the spirit of human beings cannot reach everlasting happiness.”

‘The contribution of the angels to human happiness is derived from their perfection. Angels are free from any kind of anger, illusion, imagination, or delusion. This characteristic gives them the power to be in the divine presence and under Allah’s divine light. It is because of these shortcomings that human beings are prevented from being in the divine presence’. (Imam al Suyuti)”

Mans heart moves him to go after what he desires but Allah protects him from error, “O you who believe! answer (the call of) Allah and His Apostle when he calls you to that which gives you life; and know that Allah intervenes between man and his heart, and that to Him you shall be gathered”. (8:24), those who are responsive and act on what gives the heart and man life Allah intervenes on their behalf.

To understand the significance of mans ability, through his physiology, to read the signs of Allah, we have to  first understand the different kinds of inspiration and guidance man receives, and how they are granted to him, because after the Prophets come the Awliya (saintly men) who Allah inspires.

Allah said about al Khidr (r.a)  “And We taught him knowledge from Us”(18:65).

Imam Ibn al Arabi said, “When someone is able to sacrifice his attributes (who he is) to the holy Shariah (the mu’min surrenders his will to Allah), We (Allah) will engrave the secrets of the knowledges of the Haqiqah (reality of creation) on his heart: “And We taught him knowledge from Us.”(18:65) The one who speaks of this knowledge is the realizer, who speaks from finding (actual experience). Light is apparent from his words, familiarity on his face, and servanthood in his conduct (he has surrendered his will, stopped chasing this life, and become a servant of his Lords will). A lightning flash of the Greatest Light has shone in his heart, the lamp of his recognition has been lit, and the unseen secrets have been unveiled to him. Such was Khiḍr in the work of the ship, the boy, and the wall”. [Imam Maybadi, Kashf al Asrar wa-Uddat al-Abrar]

Allah Says in the Quran: “Are they equal, those who know and those who know not?”(39:9).  Literally meaning: “Are they equal those who have gained knowledge from experience and those who have not gained knowledge from their experience”.

The scholars explained the knowledge of Khidr in the following manner, “Knowledge is (of) three (kinds): reported knowledge, inspired knowledge, and knowledge of the Unseen. Reported knowledge is heard by ears, inspired knowledge is heard by hearts, and knowledge of the Unseen is heard by spirits”.

“Reported knowledge comes to outwardness so that the tongue may speak of it, inspired knowledge comes to the heart so that explication may speak of it (explicate is to explain or analyze something, so to know it by its essence and then to explain it) , and knowledge of the Unseen comes to the spirit so that the present moment may speak of it (this is seeing the sign of Allah in creation, it is seen in the present moment as it is occurring then the heart perceives its meaning). Reported knowledge comes from narration, inspired knowledge comes from guidance, and knowledge of the Unseen comes from solicitude”

(Solicitude is the state of being concerned and anxious, when someone is working towards something with real effort and sincerity the heart becomes concerned and anxious with it, “Man shall have nothing but what he strives for” (53:39), in a hadith Qudsi Allah’s Messenger said that Allah said: “He who comes with a good deed, its reward will be ten like that or even more. And he who comes with vice, his reward will be only one like that, or I can forgive him. He who draws close to Me a hand’s span, I will draw close to him an arm’s length. And whoever draws near Me an arm’s length, I will draw near him a fathom’s length. And whoever comes to Me walking, I will go to him running. And whoever faces Me with sins nearly as great as the earth, I will meet him with forgiveness nearly as great as that, provided he does not worship something with (beside) me.” (Muslim, Ibn Majah and Ahmad in his Musnad), having solicitude with Allah results in “And whoever comes to Me walking, I will go to him running”).

“Concerning reported knowledge He said, “Know that there is no god but Allah” [47:19]. Concerning inspired knowledge He said, “Surely those who were given knowledge before it” [17:107]. Concerning knowledge of the Unseen He said, “We taught him knowledge from Us” [18:65]”.

“Beyond all these is a knowledge never reached by the Adamite’s (mans) imagination or grasped by his understanding. It is Allah’s knowledge of Himself in keeping with His reality. Allah says, “They do not encompass Him in knowledge” [20:110]”.

“Someone said to Junayd (r.a), “From where do you speak of this knowledge?” He said, “If it were ‘from where,’(something you can find in a book) would you have asked?” (you would have found it without experience from what you strive for, but this is the understanding Allah gives to people who work to achieve nearness to him, “Those who strive hard in Us, We shall most surely guide them in our Ways” (29:69))”[Maybadi, Kashf al Asrar wa-Uddat al-Abrar]

Allah says in the Quran “The All-Merciful—He taught the Qur’an”(55:1-2).

Imam Maybadi said, “No one’s hand will reach the knocker of the Qur’an’s gate simply and easily, (“None shall touch it save the purified ones”, Allah said that this is a Qur’an which is Kareem (honored), and because of this it is protected, and because of that protection no one will reach its deeper meanings except those who have purified there hearts, “Most surely it is an honored Qur’an, In a book that is protected, None shall touch it save the purified ones”. (56:75-79)) unless with the success-giving and facilitating of the All-Merciful. If anyone could reach this good fortune without the help of the All-Merciful, that would be Muṣṭafa (Muhammad), the Seal of the Prophets. But there is no one among the creatures with the majesty and rank that he had. Concerning him the Real (Haq) says, “The All-Merciful—He taught the Qur’an,” that is, He taught Muḥammad the Qur’an”.

(Taught, is being emphasized because of its actual meaning in relation to revelation, “Someone said to Junayd, “From where do you speak of this knowledge?” He said, “If it were ‘from where,’would you have asked?”, “Reported knowledge comes to outwardness so that the tongue may speak of it, inspired knowledge comes to the heart so that explication may speak of it, and knowledge of the Unseen comes to the spirit so that the present moment may speak of it. Reported knowledge comes from narration, inspired knowledge comes from guidance, and knowledge of the Unseen comes from solicitude.” He taught Muhammad (saws) because of his sincere solicitude.)

“He taught Adam the knowledge of the names: And He taught Adam the names, all of them [2:31]. He taught David chain-mail making: And We taught him the artisanry of garments for you [21:80]. He taught Jesus the science of medicine: And We will teach him the book and the wisdom [3:48]. He taught Khiḍr the science of recognition: We taught him knowledge from Us [18:65]. He taught Muṣṭafa (Muhammad) the secrets of the divinity: He taught thee what thou didst not know [4:113]”.

“He taught the folk of the world explication: “He created man. He taught him the explication”(al Bayan) (55:3-4)”.

“They say that He created everyone and taught them all explication. In other words, He gave everyone intellect, understanding, and upbringing so that they would find the road to their own best interests and discern between good and bad. He gave everyone language so that they would know each other’s desires—in every region a language; or rather, in every city a language; or rather, in every neighborhood a language. He specified the human individual for this and separated him out from other animals with this specification and bestowal of eminence”.

“He set this road (system) up in three stations: first, recognition of the outward Shariah; second, recognition of the inward struggle and discipline (experience from our work,“Man shall have nothing but what he strives for” (53:39) this isn’t limited to physical objects but knowledge gained from life’s experience as well); third, talk of the heart and its Beloved and the story of the friends (of Allah). Then He turned this over to three groups and taught the people on the tongues (way) of these three groups: “Ask the ulama, mix with the possessors of wisdom, and sit with the great ones (Awliya).” Learn the science of the Shariah from the ulama, the science of discipline from the possessors of wisdom, and the science of recognition from the great ones” (Awliyah) [Imam Maybadi, Kashf al Asrar wa-Uddat al-Abrar]

Each group has knowledge according to what they strive to achieve, so go to the scholar to learn shariah, that is what they strive for, go to the people of wisdom to learn wisdom that is what they have been give, and go to the people who have learnt the science of recognition (Ma’rifa) becouse Allah gave them according to their actions. “Everything is according to its intention” as the prophet (saws) said (Bukhari).

When the commander of the faithful, Ali ibn Talib (r.a) was asked concerning Ma’rifa which is to first Observe Allah in Everything, then to have Direct Witnessing, then Divine Gnosis or Maarifa, He (r.a) said, “I know Allah by Allah, and I know that which is not Allah by the light of Allah”(15:75). Allah The Almighty says in Qur’an: “I am the Creator of Light in which believers are illumined.” (39:23) this is the role of the light around us, And “It is Allah that opens and seals the hearts of men.” (2:6), Imam Ali (r.a) defined Ma’rifa by saying he knows Allah by the ma’rifa of Allah “i know Allah by Allah” and then mentioned the degrees of Ihsan (Human Perfection).

The first step of Ihsan (human perfection) is Muraqaba, to have awareness of your heart and self with solicitude, which is mentioned in 15:75, the second step Mushahada, direct witnessing of the signs, mentioned in 39:23. Rasul Allah (saws) defined Ihsan (human perfection) as “worshiping Allah as you see Him” (Hadith Jibril, recorded by Bukhari and Muslim) and both Muraqaba and Mushahada are required to reach the third stage of Ihsan, Ma’rifa (Gnosis from real experiance) of Allah. Ma’rifa is to witness in the literal sense how our inner most being can show us everything (the signs in creation) originate from Allah, this is what Allahu Akbar means when embodied in the truest sense, Allah is above all else in our heart and because of it we see (perceive) him in life, we worship him (live life) as we see him (his signs).

The most important hadith in all Islam is the hadith of Jibril (r.a) which occurred 86 days before the prophets (saws) death around the time Allah revealed the verse “This day have I perfected your religion for you (sent down all it should be about), completed My favor upon you (decided your blessings and what you shall receive spiritually and materially), and have chosen for you Islam as your religion (All that is mentioned in the Hadith of Jibril)”(5:3), Becouse Jibril (a.s) was the one who brought down this verse to the Messenger, Allah inspired him to prepare the Prophet (saws) and the Ummah for what it meant by first visiting them and instructing them on all the aspects of the Deen:

Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “While we were sitting with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless with him and grant him peace, one day a man came up to us whose clothes were extremely white, whose hair was extremely black, upon whom traces of travelling could not be seen, and whom none of us knew, until he sat down close to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, so that he rested his knees upon his knees and placed his two hands upon his thighs and said,

‘Muhammad, tell me about Islam.’

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Islam is that you witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and you establish the prayer, and you give the Zakat, and you fast Ramadan, and you perform the hajj of the House if you are able to take a way to it.’

He said, ‘You have told the truth,’

and we were amazed at him asking him and [then] telling him that he told the truth.

He said, ‘Tell me about Iman.’

He said, ‘That you affirm Allah, His Angels, His Books, His messengers, and the Last Day, and that you affirm the Decree, the good of it and the bad of it.’

He said, ‘You have told the truth.’

He said, ‘Tell me about Ihsan.’

He said, ‘That you worship Allah as if you see Him, for if you don’t see Him then truly He sees you.’

He said, ‘Tell me about the Hour.’

He said, ‘The one asked about it knows no more than the one asking.’

He said, ‘Then tell me about its tokens.’

He said, ‘That the female slave should give birth to her mistress, and you see poor, naked, barefoot shepherds of sheep and goats competing in making tall buildings.’

He went away, and I remained some time. Then he asked, ‘Umar, do you know who the questioner was?’ I said, ‘Allah and His Messenger know best.’ He said, ‘He was Jibril who came to you to teach you your deen’.” (Muslim and Bukhari narrated it and has a grade Higher than Sahih and that is “Agreed upon”).

The Prophet (saws) said,”Many amongst men attained perfection (like al khidr) but amongst women none attained perfection except Maryam (Mary), the daughter of ‘Imran (and mother of Isa), and Asiya, the wife of Fir’aun (Pharaoh). And the superiority of Aishah to other women is like the superiority of Tharid (an Arabic dish) to other meals.” (Sahih Al-Bukhari)

When the heart is purified of bad qualities that blind perception and Allah grants it nearness, He Grants that person wisdom and they speak by it.“He granteth wisdom to whom He pleaseth; and he to whom wisdom is granted receiveth indeed a benefit overflowing; but none will grasp the Message but men of understanding”(2:269), wisdom needs to be combined with understanding to understand the message of the Quran, in this manner Imam Maybadi figuratively gave tafsir to the following verse in relation to the nature of Man:

Al Khidr said, “Surely thou wilt not be able to bear patiently with me.”(18:67)

The meaning according to true understanding is this allusion: “O Moses, the secret core of your (natural) disposition so much expansiveness (the hearts openings gained from the experience of practicing Islam) from the marks giving witness (Ibadah, worship) to the Divinity (of Allah) that you say, ‘Show me, that I may gaze upon Thee!’ [7:143]. I who am Khiḍr do not have the power and strength to pass these words (your request) over my heart or to busy my thoughts with them (they distract from what I am doing). Your ruling authority (the knowledge you gained from Fiqh, the Law-Torah, which is who you are) will not be able to put up with the grief of my deprivation (the level of my unatachment). Surely thou wilt not be able to bear patiently with me (and my natural disposition).

As for the breaking the ship in the sea, killing the boy, and repairing the wall, each of these, in keeping with the understanding of the Folk of Findings (those who gain knowledge of Allah from the experience of their Ibadah, worship), alludes to a great principle. It is said that the sea is the sea of recognition…for “He who recognizes (knows and understands) himself has recognized his Lord.”(Allah created man in his own image).

(The prophet (saws) said “when Allah wishes good for a person He bestows upon him the Understanding of the Deen”. Allah said, “Whomever Allah wishes to guide, He expands His breast unto the Surrender (Islam); but whomever He wishes to lead astray, He tightens and constricts his breast as though he were climbing steeply into heaven. Thus does Allah set dishonour on those who do not believe.”.(6:125))

The ship is the ship of human nature. Khiḍr wanted to ruin and break that ship with the hand of tenderness (out of his concern), for the owners of the ship were “indigent” [miskin], and their (Musa and al Khidr’s) attribute was “tranquility” [sakina]. The Court of Eternity (Allah) had addressed them with these words: “He it is who sent down tranquility into the hearts of the faithful” [48:4]…When Khiḍr ruined the ship of mortal nature with the hand of tenderness, Moses (only) saw that outwardly it (the situation) was adorned and flourishing with the ornament of the Shariah and the Tariqah (his perspective, he saw the act of al khidr only in the extremes of right and wrong). He said, “Have you made a hole in it to drown its folk?” [18:71]. Khiḍr responded, “And behind them was a king [18:79] (which Musa (saws) did not perceive in that moment like al Khidr): Behind its flourishing was a king, a Satan who had prepared the ambush of severity in the neighborhood of the ship so that he might take the ship with his severity and deception and travel in it by night and day (experiencing this act of oppression would have ruined the sailors nature), for ‘Satan runs in the children of Adam like blood.’ We took away this adornment and flourishing with the hand of tenderness so that, when Satan comes like a king, he will see it ruined outwardly, and he will not come near it.

(Fiqh applied with limited information leads to shortsighted judgment with out the greater sense of the situation in life, al Khidr knew in great detail what was going to occur while Musa (r.a) had not gained this kind of spiritual sight. Shortsightedness can be a bad habit for a Faqih (Judge), to think he knows everything from complacency, this blinds mans perception who should in times of learning and judgment always be open and accepting. Because Musa reached a place where He thought he gained a lot of knowledge that Quality of closing up, which comes from being happy with what we have, came to blind his perception and he thought he was the most knowledgable person. Since this kind of complacency is a quality it has nothing to do with with who we are, it affects mans nature, Musa (r.a) was prophet. The prophet (saws) said “when Allah wishes good for a person  He bestows upon him the Understanding of the Deen” which Musa had, but we should always be open and accepting like the people about to enter Jannah (Heaven), “Thou soul in complete rest and satisfaction! Return unto thy Lord, accepted and accepting! Enter thou among my servants (angels), and enter thou my Garden!” (89:27-30), this is a time when Allah will wish immense good for us so he will place us (and our hearts) in that state of constant increase and acceptance among the Angels, our hearts will be one with theirs. “Whomever Allah wishes to guide, He expands His breast unto the Surrender (Islam); but whomever He wishes to lead astray, He tightens and constricts his breast as though he were climbing steeply into heaven. Thus does Allah set dishonor on those who do not believe.”.(6:125))

Imam Maybadi continues, As for the boy whom Khiḍr killed and Moses’s disavowal of the act, this is an allusion to the wishes and fancies that stick up their heads from a man’s makeup (composure of himself) in the playing field of discipline and the crucible of struggle. He (al Khidr) said, “I have been commanded to strike off the head of everything not related to faith (Iman) with the sword of jealousy (only the Mu’minun (faithful) will prosper, not what had been decreed should happen had the boy lived). Once fancies mature, the result is that a man becomes a disbeliever in the Tariqah (your desire is Kufr of Allah’s way, you want something while Allah decreed something else should occur so your desire blinds you to seeing what Allah wants). In the world I ambush them at the beginning of the road of disbelief (before its influence spreads in them and to other people) so that they will return to their own measure (it stays in check).

As for the wall that he repaired, that is an allusion to the serene soul. When he saw that it had become pure and cleansed in the crucible of struggle (it was built with a pure intention) and was about to become nothing, he said, “O Moses, do not let it become nothing, for it is the rightful due of that Threshold to receive its service. Repairing its outwardness and taking into consideration its inwardness (repairing the damage done to Iman outwardly with acts of worship (salat), and inwardly with practicing good qualities (being kind and giving)) are obligatory for everyone. ‘Surely your soul has a rightful due against you.’ Beneath it have been placed the treasuries of the secrets of Eternity (knowledge of the human self). If this wall of the soul is laid low, the lordly secrets will fall onto the plain (of this world), and every worthless nobody will crave to have them (this is why they are hidden, so their worth remains relevant).”

The secret in these words is that the treasure of the Haqiqah (reality) has been placed in the attributes of mortal nature (human qualities), and the stages (states) of the clay (bodies) of the poor were made its curtain (keepers, as we develop and grow that curtain, perception, is removed and our knowledge increases from the experience we gain from Ibadah, worship and abstaining. If a mechanic wishes to become a scholar his perception as a mechanic falls away, and he gains new perception as a scholar when he strives to become one). This is exactly what that chevalier (a member of nobility or knighthood) said:

“Seek the religion from the poor, for reigning kings have the custom of keeping treasures in ruined places.” (They keep the real treasure in themselves, and its ruin (their selves) is an obstacle for anyone wishing to attain it (learn it from them).)

It has also been said that when Khiḍr said about the ship, “I desired to damage it” [18:79], he was reporting that he alone desired that; he said, “I desired to damage it,” observing courtesy by ascribing to himself the desire for damage. When he reached the talk of the slain boy, he said, “We desired” [18:81], because within it was killing, and killing is something earned (permission is needed) by the created thing (from Allah), whereas creation is Allah’s bounty. When he reached the talk of the two orphans, he said, “So thy Lord (alone) desired that they should reach their maturity” [18:82], for there was none of his own acquisition in that (Allah had informed him with out the need for his Mushahada). [Maybadi, Kashf al Asrar wa-Uddat al-Abrar]

Imam al Suyuti said in his Tafsir, “And as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys [who lived] in the city, and beneath it there was a treasure, a buried trove of gold and silver, belonging to them. Their father had been a righteous man, and so because of his righteousness they were protected both in [terms of] their souls and their possessions, and your Lord desired that they should come of age, that is, [He desired for them] the attainment of maturity, and (to) extract their treasure as a mercy from your Lord (rahmatan min rabbik is a direct object denoting reason, operated by [the verb] arada, ‘He desired’). And I did not do it, namely, what has been mentioned of [his] making a hole in the ship, the slaying of the boy and the repair of the wall, of my own accord, that is, [out of] my own choosing; nay, it was because of a command in the form of an inspiration from Allah. This is the interpretation of that over which you could not maintain patience’ (one may say ista‘a or istata‘a to mean ‘he had the capacity for [something]’; in this instance and the previous one, both forms [of the verb] have been used. Moreover, there is a variety of expression in the use of fa-aradtu, ‘I desired’, fa-aradna, ‘We desired’, and fa-arada rabbuk, ‘Your Lord desired’).[18:82,Tafsir al Jalalayn]