Notes
1) Time is Born Out Of Quantum Entanglement
Science is experimentally establishing that Time emerges from quantum entanglement, this would mean the expansion of the universe is ultimately “driving” entanglement because the expansion gives the four fundamental forces of the universe there existence as they are essentially born out of motion (or momentum), and Human consciousness is a state of matter, like a solid, liquid or gas, but quantum, it and human physiology is governed by the same laws of physics that govern the rest of the universe. In this respect Imam Ibn Arabi said “If you have fully understood the fruits of time, time is clearly recognized, known to be the child of imagination. Similar to the natural world, its power lies in its effect; in itself, however, time, just as nature, is a nonentity.
All things receive their particularity through time although it itself has no being (ayn/eye) through which to rule. Human intelligence cannot grasp its form, wherefore we say, time (dhuhr) is imaginary. Had it not honored His transcendence, Allah would not have called His existence by time’s name; thus in man’s heart it is glorified. Strictly speaking, time takes its origin from eternity (azal), even while ruled over, its own rule is eternal. Like the depths of space it is a limitless extension, possessed of no physical shape; imagination alone gives it body. (“You did not throw, when you threw, but Allah threw” (8:17). Even though in the origin of time there are the limits of being created, once Allah lifts the limit of its decreed end with the end of the Universe, it will endure eternally in the next life).
2) Ali Bin Abi Talib’s Advice To Kamil Bin Ziyad
Abdu-Rahman bin Jandab narrated that Kamil bin Ziyad told him: “Ali (r.a) held my hand once, and he walked with me in the direction of the cemetery. When we reached the open desert, he soughed a deep breath before he said to me, ‘O Kamil son of Ziyad, hearts are like vessels, the best are exceptionally conscious and vast. Learn from what I am going to tell you. There are three types of people:
- (1) A godly scholar,
- (2) a student who is seeking salvation, and
- (3) a ferocious follower of every howler and his own type.
The third type of people are biased, and they float with the currents. They neither seek enlightenment through knowledge, nor do they take refuge in a safe recess during a storm.
You must understand that knowledge is better than money, for knowledge will guard you, while you have to be the guard of your money. Deeds are more exalted than knowledge, while money needs someone to spent it justly in order to render it pure (Tayib). To love a man of knowledge and to learn at his hand is a debt one can never repay. Knowledge earns its owner respect during his lifetime and praiseworthy remembrance after his death, while what money can do expires once it is spent. The keeper of a safe dies and what he guards and the treasures remain, however, a man of knowledge lives throughout the ages.
Their distinct form may no longer be seen, but their findings are preserved in people’s hearts. Although knowledge is preserved in the hearts, yet if it is acted upon, it will carry its bearer, otherwise when merely memorized, knowledge remains vulnerable. (Another) person may use his religious knowledge for worldly gains … like that, knowledge dies away when its carrier dies.
However, the earth will never remain devoid of someone who carries the proof of Allah’s sovereignty, and the testimony of His messenger otherwise, Allah’s revelations and clear signs will be abrogated. Such true human beings are the rare few, although they are the most exalted in Allah’s sight. Through them, Almighty Allah guards His message, and He will not take them back unto Himself until they have delivered the same to their coequals. These people endeavor to plant such seeds in hearts akin to their own. Hence, knowledge gushes forth from their hearts, and they take from it the terrain the opulent ones judge as rugged and what the ignorant ones deem as reprehensible. In fact Allah’s people live in this world with bodies who’s souls are captivated by the Supreme Observer of all. Such are Allah’s vice-regents on earth, and such are the callers to His religion. Ah, ah! I yearn to meet them, and I ask for Allah’s forgiveness for me and for you. Now if you wish we may go back.” (taken From “The Beauty of the Righteous and Ranks Of The Elite”)
3) The Prophet (saws) on the External Meaning and an Internal Meaning of the Quran.
The Prophet said, “Indeed, there is an external meaning and an internal meaning to the Qur’an, a scope and a point.” `Ali, pointing to his breast, said, “Indeed, herein lies abundant knowledge; would that there were some to (comprehend and) transmit it.” The Prophet also said, “We prophets were ordered to communicate with everyone according to his ability to understand.” And again, “No one has ever recited a prophetic quotation to a people which their minds have failed to grasp without it being a temptation for them.” Allah says: “And we strike these similitudes for the people, but none understands them except those who know.” (29:42).
The Prophet – the praise and peace be upon him – said, “Indeed, knowledge has a branch which resembles a hidden thing; no one grasps it except those who know Allah.” and he said, “If you only knew what I know, you would laugh a little and weep much.” If all this had not been a deeper knowledge which he was forbidden to divulge because of the inability of the minds to comprehend it, why then did he not explain it to them, especially as they would have certainly believed him if he had done so? In connection with the interpretation of the Words of Allah, “It is Allah who has created the seven heavens and of (the) earth, their like; and between them the Command descends….” (Ch.65:12 Qur’an). Ibn Abbas (r.a) said, “Were I to relate its interpretation you would stone me.”
In another naration, “you would have said, `He is an unbeliever’.” Abu Hurayrah said, “I have received from the Prophet of Allah two things, one of which I have made public. Were I to divulge the other, this throat would be cut.” The Prophet – the praise and peace be upon him – said, “Abu-Bakr has excelled you not by excessive fasting and much prayer, but by a secret which rests in his chest.” No doubt this secret was connected with the foundations of Religion and not removed from it. And whatever belonged to the foundations of Religion could not have been hidden from the other Companions through its outward (apparent) form (meaning).
4) The Electromagnetic Field and the Hadith of Ali.
When we consider the electromagnetic field of the body in relation to its organs and nervous system we can clearly understand Imam Ali’s words in relation to the centers of the body, Iyad ibn Khalifa heard ‘Ali say at Siffin, “The intellect is located in the heart. Mercy is located in the liver, Compassion is located in the spleen. The self (nafs) is located in the lungs.”(Adab al Mufrad, Hasan), these are the centers for these qualities.
5) Man Was Created with Allah’s Two Hands
Allah said to Iblis “What prevented thee from falling prostrate before that which I created with My two hands?” (38:76). Imam Ibn Arabi said “Everything other than Adam had been created with one hand, (referring to attributes) because it was the locus of manifestation (the place where something is situated or occurs, a center of activity) of either the attributes of Beauty, like the Angels of Mercy, or those of Majesty, like the angels of Chastisement and the satans (Jinns).”
Their creation wasn’t encompassing all of Allah’s Attributes (while Allah created man in his image), by similitude the Angels and Jinn, though more powerful relatively are “one dimensional”, created from Light (an electromagnetic wave) or Fire (Thermal Energy), while we are “two dimensional” in who we are, physical, and embody the complete spectrum of matter. So we can understand (take) more from what we perceive in creation from our experiences. The Angels of Mercy this is there primary concern in life and all they take care of, the Angels of Majesty that is there primary concern in life and all that they take care of, from which comes there strength of specializing in one thing and experiencing it, through this they can come to earn what Allah has given them while we receive it through mercy, for us the gift of sight itself is not even worth 500 years of worship with Allah while for each of Allah’s 99 attributes He has specific types of Angels dedicated to each of them.
Jibreel (عليه السلام) came to Rasulullah (صلي الله عليه وسلم) and related him the following:
A man in the past worshipped Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) continuously for 500 years. He was granted a shelter on top of a mountain that was surrounded by salty water. However, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) caused a stream of sweet water to flow through the mountain for that individual. The man would drink from this water and use it to make ablution. Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) also raised a pomegranate tree from which the man would eat one fruit every day.
One day, this person supplicated to Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) that, “Oh Allah (سبحانه وتعالى), bring my death while I am in the state of prostration.” Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) accepted this dua of his. Whenever Jibreel (عليه السلام) came down to the Earth, he found this man prostrating to Allah (سبحانه وتعالى). Jibreel (عليه السلام) said that on the day of Judgement, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) will tell the angels to take this individual to Paradise through His mercy. However, this man will insist that he should enter paradise through the good deeds that he had performed.
Then, Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) will tell the angels to compare his good deeds with the blessings that were given to him in the world. It will be seen that 500 years of his worship does not even equal to the gift of eye sight that was given to him by Allah (سبحانه وتعالى). The angels will be asked to take him toward the hell fire. Then the man will plead, “Oh Allah (سبحانه وتعالى)! Enter me into Paradise only through Your mercy.” At that point, the following discussion will take place between Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) and that man.
Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) will say: Oh my servant, who created you?
The worshipper: Oh Allah (سبحانه وتعالى), You have created me.
Allah (سبحانه وتعالى): Were you created because of the good deeds you have done or because of My mercy?
The worshipper: Because of Your mercy.
Allah (سبحانه وتعالى): Who granted you the ability to worship for 500 years?
The worshipper: Oh the Almighty! You have granted me that ability.
Allah (سبحانه وتعالى): Who placed you on the mountain surrounded by the ocean? Who caused a stream of sweet water to flow in between the salty water? Who caused a pomegranate tree to grow for you? Who granted you death while in the state of prostration?
The worshipper: Oh the Sustainer of the Worlds! You have done all of these.
Then Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) will say, “All these have happened due to My mercy and you too will enter Paradise only through My Mercy.”
6) The Human Body and Science
The Human Body produces the relevant chemicals needed for man to carry out what ever act He chooses.
Notes 7… 17, see relevant sections.
18) Some may wonder why reading the Quran in English we don’t perceive the same depth and understanding, linguistics studies conclude that there can never be equivalence between languages and is linguistically unattainable. For example modern english is sluggish in comparison to old english which was more descriptive, hence a translation will never be a representation of the original text because the imagery and the reality the words conjure is of that world and much is lost over time and in translation because we are substituting expressions that can never convey the complete reality of a society, so all translations are simply the best equivalent expressions we can borrow from our time that match what is being said. This tends to raise many problems when in our time we seek scientific precision, where every letter of every word is under a microscope.
Classic Arabic and specifically Quranic Arabic which is even more unique, is visually rich, it speaks in descriptive imagery that hones the mind’s image to the specific aspect of the matter Allah wishes to convey. What we read in English is a translation of the Quran conveyed in english terms, to the capability of the translator, in reality most of the message is lost in other languages because a single verse can contain information regarding multiple areas of knowledge while the translator can only choose one to convey in english. When a muslim reads the Quran they read it having already studied volumes of other material, or heard hours of lectures giving each verse more context than exits in the translation and can take more from it in relation to what is actually written in word.
19) When the messenger of Allah passed away the Umah was left with the knowledge his companions had, when the companions passed away the Ummah was left with the knowledge the Tabiin had, when the Tabiin passed away the Ummah was left with the knowledge the Tabi Tabiin had, when the Tabi Tabiin passed away the Ummah was left with the knowledge their successors had, this has been our state from generation to generation over the past 1400 years, and the prophet (saws) said the first knowledge to disappear will be that of inheritance, which disappeared in the time of Umar (r.a) and his passing away.
This has been the will of Allah as one thing is taken away it is only replaced by another thing relevant to the time people are living in. Over the centuries the scholars din not only look at the Quran for rulings on how to deal with issues in their life, they began to understand the scientific knowledge contained in it as mankind’s scientific understanding increased, and hence knew knowledge in the Quran was understood. The most famous work written on this is the Ihya Ullum al Deen (the Revival of Religious Sciences) by Imam al Ghazali (r.a), he used the scientific knowledge of his time to explain bothe the universe and the human boday in every respect, and Allah in the Quran made a promise to one day reveal the hidden realities of the universe and the Human body.
Many scholars used terms like secrets when speaking about these matters and some titled their works after this common understanding among them, one example is Shaykh Abdul Qadir al jilani’s “Sir al Asrar” the Secret of Secrets, but science itself was a secret knowledge waiting to be revealed before the modern age so what we understand from the titles of scholars today is not what they intended by it themselves, most of these works dealt with Human physiology and how to perfect human nature.
Later scholars said Imam al Ghazali only made small mistakes in relation to the science of his time that he relied upon and their is a need in every generation to look at the Quran with Mankind’s scientific understanding.
20) Many sources where used in writing this book, evident in most cases by the quotation marks, at times we have paraphrased, and many times we have not cited them for spiritual reasons, this work was done feesabilillah.
To understand who Al Khidr was we have to understand the physiology of man in relation to Allah creating us in His image, and in order to understands how this image is similar to Allah we have to understand the physical attributes of human consciousness and what our imagination is.
