The Fourteenth Word

The Fourteenth Word

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.

Alif. Lam. Ra. [This is] a Book with verses fundamental [of established meaning]. Further explained in detail, from One All-Wise and Well-Acquainted [with all things]. (11:1)

[In order to ascend to some of the elevated truths of the All-Wise Qur’an, and of Hadiths, which are the true expounder of the Qur’an, we shall point out a number of comparisons of those step-like truths to assist hearts deficient in submission and obedience, and shall explain in the conclusion an object lesson and a mystery concerning divine favour. From among those truths, comparisons of the Resurrection and Day of Judgement are given in the Tenth Word and its Ninth Truth in particular, so there is no need to repeat them. Here we shall mention only five matters as examples of the other truths.]

The First

THE FIRST: For example, the verse,

He created the heavens and the earth in six days. (7:54)

With these Qur’anic days, which consist of a long period of time like perhaps a thousand or fifty thousand years, this verse alludes to the fact the world of human beings and of the animals will last six days. So in order to induce certainty about this elevated truth, we draw attention to the travelling worlds, transient universes, and passing cosmoses which the Glorious Maker creates every day, every year, every century, each of which is like a day. It is as though these worlds are all guests like man. At the All-Glorious One’s command, each season the world is filled and emptied.

The Second

THE SECOND: For example, the verses,

Nor anything fresh or dry but is [inscribed] in a Record Clear.(6:59) ∗ And of all things have We taken account in a Clear Book.(36:12) ∗ From Whom is not hidden the least little atom in the heavens or on earth; nor is there anything less than that, or greater, but it is in the Record Clear.(34:3)