THE
POINT ON THE AIR
In His Name, be He
glorified
And there is nothing but
it glorifies Him with praise.
My
very dear and loyal brothers!
and 
My brothers, I observed
in a subtle point concerning Allah's Unity, which suddenly became
clear while studying the page of the air on a journey of the
imagination and mind, that is, in the word
in the phrases
“THERE IS NO ALLAH BUT HE”, and, “SAY
HE IS ALLAH”, (and that was only in its material aspect) that
the way of belief is infinitely easy, easy to the point of being
necessary, and that the way of misguidance and associating partners
with Allah is infinitely difficult, so difficult as to be impossible.
I shall explain that long
and extensive point with an extremely brief indication.
Indeed, if soil, one handful
of which can act as a flower-pot for hundreds of plants in turn,
is attributed to nature or causes, it becomes necessary either
for there to be present in such a handful hundreds of immaterial
machines, rather, machines and factories to the number of the
plants, or for each particle of that small amount of soil to
know how to make all those different plants together with their
different characteristics and living organs; quite simply, each
would have to possess infinite knowledge and limitless power
like a Allah.
The same is true for the
air, which is a place of maximum manifestation of the Divine
Will and Command; either there would have to be present on a
minute scale in each of its molecules, in each waft of wind,
each breath, and in the tiny amount air expended with the
word
, the innumerable
different exchanges, centers, receivers and transmitters of
all the telephones, telegraphs and radios in the world so that
each could perform those innumerable acts at the same time.
Or each particle of each molecule of air exhaled with
, and indeed
of the element air, would have to possess abilities and personalities
to the number of all the different telephone users, telegraphers,
and those who speak on the radio, and know all their different
languages, and broadcast them to the other particles at the
same time. For such a situation is actually apparent, and every
bit of air possesses that ability. Thus, in the ways of the
unbelievers, Naturalists, and Materialists not one impossibility,
but impossibilities and difficulties are clearly apparent to
the number of molecules of air.
If attributed to the All-Glorious
Maker, however, the air together with all its particles becomes
a soldier under His command. With its Creator's permission and
through His power, and through being connected to its Creator
and relying on Him, and through the manifestation of its Maker's
Power, in an instant with the speed of lightening, and
with the ease of uttering the word
and the movement
of the air in waves, its innumerable universal duties are performed
as easily as an orderly, single duty of a single particle. That
is to say, the air becomes a page for the endless, wonderful,
and orderly writings of the pen of Power. And its particles
become the nibs of the pen, and their duties the points inscribed
by it. The air functions as easily as the movement of a single
particle.
And so, while on my journey
of contemplation prompted by the phrases
and
THERE IS NO ALLAH BUT
HE, and, SAY, HE IS ALLAH, and while observing the world of
the air and studying the page of that element, I witnessed this
brief truth with utter certainty and clarity, and in detail.
And I understood with 'certainty at the degree of knowledge'
that it was because there is in the word
, in the air of its utterance,
such a brilliant proof and flash of Divine Unity, and also in
its meaning and allusions such a luminous manifestation of Divine
Oneness and powerful proof of Divine Unity, and in that proof
an
is unconditional and indefinite, it suggests the question,
"Who does it refer to?" that both the Qur'an of Miraculous Exposition
and those who constantly recite the Divine Names frequently
repeat this sacred word in the station of Unity. Indeed, if,
for example, there is one point on a piece of white paper and
two or three other points are jumbled around with it and then
someone who already has numerous jobs tries to distinguish them,
he will be confused; and if many burdens are loaded on a small
creature, it will be crushed; and if numerous words issue from
one tongue and enter one ear altogether at the same time, their
order will be broken and they will be a muddle.
Despite this being the
case, I saw with complete certainty that with the key and
compass of
, although thousands
of different points, letters and words had been put in each
molecule-and even in each particle of the element air, through
which I journeyed in my mind, neither did they become mixed
up nor did they spoil their order; and although they performed
a great many different duties, these were carried out without
being confused in any way; and although very heavy loads were
laid on each molecule and particle, they bore them in order
without lagging or displaying any weakness at all. And I saw
that thousands of different words of all different sorts enter
and issue with perfect order from what is in effect those minute
ears and tongues without being mixed up and spoilt in any way,
they enter those minute ears and issue from those tiny tongues,
and by performing these extraordinary duties, each particle
and each molecule declares through the enraptured tongue of
its being and its perfect freedom, and through the testimony
and tongue of the above truth:
and
THERE IS NO ALLAH BUT
HE, and: SAY, HE IS ALLAH, THE ONE, and travels among air-clashing
waves like storms and lightening and thunder without in any
way spoiling their order or confusing their duties. And one
duty is not an obstacle to another duty. I observed this and
was utterly certain.
That is to say, either
every particle and piece of the air has to possess infinite
wisdom, knowledge, will, and power, and the qualities for being
absolutely dominant over all the other particles so that it
can be the means of those functions being carried out, which
is absurd and impossible to the number of particles, and no
devil even could imagine it, or else, and it is self-evident
to the degree of 'certainty at the degree of knowledge', 'certainty
at the degree of witnessing', and 'absolute certainty' that
the page of the air functions through the boundless, infinite
knowledge and wisdom of the All-Glorious One, and is the changing
page for the pen of Divine Power and Determining, and like a
signboard for writing and erasing, known as a Tablet of Appearance
and Dissolution, which has the function of the Preserved Tablet
in the world of transformation and change.
Thus, just as the element
of air demonstrates the above-mentioned wonders and manifestation
of Divine Unity in only the duty of transmitting sound and shows
the impossibilities of misguidance, so also does it perform
other important duties like transmitting subtle forces and energy,
like electricity, light, and the forces of attraction and repulsion
with order and without confusing them. And at the same time
as conveying these, with perfect order, it carries out duties
essential for the lives of all plants and animals, such as respiration
and pollination. It proves in decisive fashion that it is a
place of maximum manifestation of the Divine Will and Command.
I came to the firm conclusion that it proves that in no way
is there any possibility of vagrant chance, blind force, deaf
nature, confused, aimless causes, and powerless, lifeless, unknowing
matter interfering in the writing and duties of the page of
the air. And I understood that every particle and part of it
says with the tongue of its being:
and
SAY, HE IS ALLAH, THE
ONE, and: THERE IS NO ALLAH BUT HE. And just as with the key
of
I saw these wonders
in the material aspect of the air, so also, as a
, did the
element of air become a key to the World of Similitudes
and the World of Meaning.
I saw that the World of
Similitudes is all the time taking innumerable photographs without
con-fusing them, and that each photograph contains innumerable
events occurring in this world. I understood that it was a gigantic
camera, and a vast cinema of the Hereafter thousands of times
larger than the world for showing the fruits of the transitory
and impermanent states and lives of ephemeral beings in eternal
theaters, for showing to those enjoying everlasting bliss in
Paradise scenes from their old memories and adventures in this
world 5. While the faculties of
memory and imagination, which are two proofs, two small examples,
and two points of both the Preserved Tablet and the World of
Similitudes situated in man's head, are as tiny as lentils,
within them are written in perfect order and without being mixed
up as much information as contained in a large library. This
proves decisively that the great and large examples of those
faculties are the World of Similitudes and the Preserved Tablet.
It is definite and certain
with 'certainty at the degree of knowledge' that the elements
of air and water, and the element air and water like seminal
fluid in particular, are far superior to the element of earth,
and are written with more wisdom and will, and with the pen
of Divine Determining and Power, and that it is completely impossible
for chance, blind force, deaf nature, and lifeless and aimless
causes to interfere in them, and that they are a page of the
pen of Power and the wisdom of the All-Wise One of Glory.
(Almighty God did not draw back the veil
of the unseen, and I was not inspired to write the rest of this
piece.)
Many greetings to all.
5
Since the time and place and conditions do not allow this to be
proved with firm proofs and arguments like clear facts, it is
cut short here.
