Loh o Qalam [8]

Lecture 8

Kun Fayakoon

Three terms of taddalla, abdaa and khalq have been coined to describe the whole domain of the spiritual sciences and the Knowledge of the Appellations, which God granted to His vicegerent, man. Taddalla (Inclination) is the attribute of the Implied Names. Abdaa (Germination) is related to with the Substantial Names and Khalq (Creation) is the property of the Controlling Names. When the properties of the Controlling Names are exhibited in the form of features of a manifestation or, to say, when the attributes of the Controlling Names are manifested then the ability of distinguishing between them is known as tadbeer (Contrivance).

• 1. Taddalla (Inclination)      Isma-e-Itlaqia (The Implied Names)
• 2. Abdaa (Germination)       Isma-e-Ainiya (The Substantial Names)
• 3. Khalq (Creation)             Isma-e-koniya (The Controlling Names) and
• 4. Tadbeer (Contrivance)     Variety of features in manifestations.

Every Appellation of God, before taking the form of a manifestation, covers three descents. When we mention Raheem (The Merciful) as an Appellation or Name of God, all these three stages are referred to. All these three stages are always actively operating in every creature of the universe but only man and jinns have been given knowledge about them. Man has been granted this knowledge because he has been appointed as the vicegerent of God and being the vicegerent he has to exercise certain powers on behalf of God which is only possible when the knowledge about the powers and the manner in which these are required to be exercised is not only known but also observed carefully. A person who knows the knowledge of the Implied, Substantial and Controlling Names becomes the vicegerent of God on earth and participates in the administrative system of Lord's kingdom.

The Attributes operative in the Appellation Raheem are related to with the creative working that includes both the departments of life and death or life here and hereafter. When a person dies, in actual fact, leaving one zone he enters into another zone. A person, for instance, who expires here in this material world, is borne in the Purgatory. The cycle of coming into being in one zone and after expiry over there one borne again in another zone, keeps on going from one's Beginning in Eternity (azal) and continues until one reaches the Ending in Infinity (ab'ad).

Where the miracles of Christ have been mentioned in the holy Quran, a reference to all these three attributes of Raheem (The Merciful) is made and the manifestation of the third descent, the act of breathing soul has been named. Sabita or the Great Soul enjoys the property of possessing the Implied Names, that is, when a person manages to know the Inclining Power or taddalla of the Appellation Raheem, he is bestowed upon with the powers of the vicegerent of God and he can bring back a dead body to life or can create anything. If a spiritual associate wants to make use of the Attribute of the Appellation Raheem, he has to incorporate this thing in all the three levels of the soul, the Great Soul, Human Soul and Animal Soul, by means of muraqba that he is directly associated with his Lord because of this Attribute of Mercy. When a spiritual associate performs muraqba of the Attributes of Raheem, the Attribute becoming the Beatific Vision enters his soul and step-by-step descends down to the level of the Animal Soul. When, from there, it is inducted into a dead body, that body is brought back to life.

The Insinuated Knowledge

Our sight, as a matter of law, witnesses a thing if we already have some knowledge about that thing and if we do not have any prior knowledge about something then we cannot see it.

If we happen to see a picture framed and covered with a transparent glass sheet, the sight just gets to the picture and the glass is not noticed at all. Another example of this is the transparent glass sheets installed at the entrances of large shops, show rooms and offices, which, at times, cannot be noticed and the people bang into them because they did not know that a transparent glass is affixed in the door, otherwise, if we happen to know that there is a glass over the picture then, we cannot miss the presence of the glass and see the picture having this realization in mind that we are looking at a picture through a transparent glass.

Yet another example is that of the incident experienced by the people of Hiroshima when an atom bomb was dropped there, the hills transformed into smoke and people, who could not have imagined such a catastrophe could be inflicted upon them, thought that the hills were still existing but when the smoke cleared, only then, they came to know that the hills that used to be there are no longer existing. They simply failed to believe their eyes because it was not in their knowledge that there could be such a devastating weapon, which can make a mountain change into smoke and dust.

Sighting, hearing or touching are all different branches of knowledge and function as these are guided by the knowledge. If knowledge about something is not there, that is, we do not know whether it exists or not then, we can neither see nor feel that thing in spite of having all the senses at our disposal. Existents are nothing more than knowledge. Knowledge is the reality and nescience is nonexistent. The knowledge and all its details transfer to us from the Appellations of God and it is the very same knowledge, which God taught to Adam. The knowledge exists in four stages. First existence of an attribute, property or characteristics has been termed as Itlaq, the second one is called ain, the third one is kon and the collective name of all these three existences of knowledge is the manifestation.

• 1. Itlaq (absolute implication) = First existence of an Attribute,
• 2. Ain (substantial state) = Second existence of the attribute,
• 3. Kon (creative controls) = Third existence of the attribute,
• 4. Mazhar (Manifestation) = Diffusion of three attributes.

In order to have a better understanding of the cosmic program and its display, let us assume that the God's Program is something like a cinematographic film, and lights responsible for display of pictures of the film upon the screen, are the God's command Be (kun), that is, the program of the cosmic film, as God thought and chalked it out, started relaying when it was switch on by commanding it, 'Be!' and the Personal Knowledge of God, because of the Will of God, activated. It means that every particle of the universe is only a manifestation of the Knowledge of God. Every feeling with which we are familiar or not and all the senses operative in our life are nothing else but the Knowledge.

The first aspect of the knowledge is its direct linkage with God. Its second aspect is that it is forged into the universe. Life and all its stages whether these are in the world seen or the unseen, are all based upon the knowledge. It is the very same knowledge that God had granted to Adam and about which angels had to acknowledge that they never knew anything about it. Every Appellation of God is an Attribute of God and God being the Creator enjoys total authority whatsoever and therefore every attribute of God includes the Attribute of His Omni potency and Mercy.

The Appellation, for instance, Baseer (The All Seeing) includes the meanings that God is Omnipotent to grant to anyone the ability to see and with the creative attribute the attribute of mercy also accompanies the Attributes of God. For example, God has blessed us with eyes so that we should be able to see. The eyes produced by God besides exercising the ability to see also continue to function under the umbrella of Mercy, to wit, every grant and bestowal from God includes the attribute of Mercy, which means, in the lay man's terms, that not only that man should benefit himself from the bestowed faculties but should be beneficial for the others as well. He should be enjoying the blessings of God and must be benefiting others as well. Not only that he should be learning the knowledge for himself but must be teaching to others as well. Be happy and let the other be also happy.