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    THE GLORIOUS

    ARTIFICERS

    MAGNIFICENCEAND PERFECTION

    IN ARTS

    By Mawlana FaizaniCopyright Mawlana Faizani 2002

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    Contents

    The Glorious Artificer's Magnificence and Perfection in Arts

    Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Composition of Mans Body

    Chapter 3: Man is looking with Astonishment at His Creation

    Chapter 4: Portion of Mans Possessions in the Favors and Pleasures of Landand Ocean

    Chapter 5: A look at Meat and Food Gathering

    Chapter 6: Fruits and the Secrets Behind their creation and tastesChapter 7: Manner of Growth and Creation of FruitsChapter 8: A Glance at trees their way of Reproduction and Display

    Chapter 9: Wisdoms behind the Distribution of SustenanceChapter 10: Some of the Incomparable Attainments in Mans Blood CirculationChapter 11: The Bloods Order, and its Defense and Attacks on the bodys

    calamitiesChapter 12: A glance at living creatures, and the Differences in their CreationChapter 13: The Seed, Sperm1 and Its Development in Living and Non-Living

    Creatures

    Chapter 14: A portion of Comparison in the Marine Creatures

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    1Nutfa

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    In The Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

    Praise be to God, Who hath guided us to this (felicity): never could wehave found Guidance, had it not been for the Guidance of God. (Quran)

    Surely, the reader will read this series of particular luminosities2 all over, with full

    interest. For the faithful aware reader knows well that these truths have been received

    recently. They are the extract and outcome of 25003 verses of the intact Quran of Islam

    and of related Ahaadeeth4 of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, which the

    Qur'an insistently reveals. The shortest path to relationship with Great God has been

    perfectly clarified to Muslims and even to all humanity through the observance of these

    artifacts.5 It is considered to be more efficient than all conditional worships.6 Rather, a

    minute of such engagement is equivalent to a year of worship unattained by hypocrisy

    and an hour of it to 60 years; such understanding has come through Prophet

    Muhammad, peace be upon him, on the basis of repeated emphasis of the Holy Qur'an,

    and he has advised us on its practice.

    Namely, the remembrance of God, Glorified and Exalted be He, in solitude, and

    the ponderance on things7everywhere are considered unconditional worship. These are

    considered the most complete way of worshiping in the generous Messenger's sound

    jurisprudence, peace and blessings of God be upon him. Some religious leaders8 have

    placed less emphasis on this, while later followers have forgotten it entirely. Their

    carelessness makes for valuable and awakening topics of discussion. This negligence of

    those truths has caused the weakness of faith,9 and the weakness of faith is expressive

    of the lack of affection and concern towards Almighty God of the Earth and Time.

    As a consequence, the relationship of Muslims with Him, Mighty and Sublime

    be He, has decreased more and more. Hence, they are caught and trapped in today's

    2anwaar

    3 The entire Qur'an consists of 6666 verses. 2500 of these verses are particularly revealing the sings of theGreatness, Glory, Beauty, and Perfection of the Almighty Creator in the creation for Man to reflect andponder in order to know Him Almighty4: Plural of Hadith, the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of God be upon him.5Masnoaat: The creatures of Almighty Creator are called in here as His handiwork, artifacts or

    masnoat.6 For conditional worship refer to First Goblet.7 Reflecting on Gods Beauty and Perfection in things - Tafakkur8Imams, mercy of God be upon them

    3

    9iymaan

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    immoralities, misery, and underdevelopment. Finally, some are appealing to the east for

    help, while others have fallen to their knees in the presence of the west.

    Therefore for the last time on this basis, with the Grace of Almighty God,

    Epistles and books have been arranged for the purpose of guidance of this rare and

    precious wealth. They are made accessible to his Excellency Man to read and ponder.

    We draw your attention to an introductory discourse on the composition of Man's body.

    The Glorious Artificer's Magnificence and Perfection in

    Arts

    The Composition of Man's Body

    1. Have you reflected? How the nostrils, the mouth's cavity, the intestines and

    lungs with all their tortuous and winding shapes are drilled; how the marrow cavities

    inside the bones are drilled?

    Who should receive merit for these but the powerful imperceptible Hand of the

    Glorious One, Whose favors are indiscriminately abundant, Whose Name is honorable,

    and Whose station is high.

    2. Have you reflected? There is something more astonishing in the drilling of

    the body's tiny arteries and veins. They are drilled with perfect order and precision. They

    are designed in such a way that blood arrives in blood vessels called capillaries at one

    end and feeds the veins underneath the muscles at the other, so that circulation is

    facilitated.

    3. Have you reflected? The truth in this secret is clearly observed today in the

    light of medical treatments and surgical operations. Children have never been operated

    on at birth for obstruction of blood arteries caused by imperfect order of blood

    circulation. This conveys that the affairs corresponding to the word Be kun10 of the

    Almighty Eternal Being contain so much Perfection Kamaaland Glory Jalaalthat even

    an atom of shortage can not be seen.

    10

    Kon Fayakun: When God wills something to come into existence in whatever shape and design, Hiscommand is only that He says unto it : Be! and it is.

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    How Wise Hakeemis Glorious God, and Powerfully Generous Kareemis Exalted

    He!

    9. Have you reflected? Some of the brain's cells circulate, via the spinal cord,

    throughout the nerves. They complete a circuit back to the brain within six months in

    such a way that the cells that have reached the bodys limits will turn back and head

    towards the brain. There are different cases depending on the annual frequency of this

    circulation. Memory deficiency can often be attributed to excessive circulation if not

    affected by any other diseases. Therefore, whatever has been stored in particular brain

    cells goes rapidly towards the marrow and organs, there to be forgotten. This circulation

    takes place inside the neurons.

    10. Have you reflected and ever pondered? Often the palm is whiter and

    nicer than the back of the hand. In any case, there is an inherent separation between thepalm and the back of the hand.

    Since most food and drink reaches one's mouth via the hand, fingers, and

    palm, one observes them with full control. Therefore, in order for the person not to

    become displeased, the palm is created nicer and whiter than the back of the hand.

    So blessed be God, the best of the creators.11

    11. Have you reflected? Why are the seeds of most fruits, those locatedinside watermelon, loquat and the like, created in a very smooth shape with no edge, no

    sharply pointed ends? For human beings, hasty creatures that they are, would have

    swallowed them whole. They would irritate the stomach or intestines, and block them,

    and so cause the so-called disease of appendicitis.

    How Great Azeemand Knowledgeable is He about the minor and major

    conditions and states of human beings and His all other creatures as well, the Almighty

    Generous Kareem.

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    Man is looking With Astonishment at his Creation

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    Preface

    Since you have been introduced to some required extents to the circumstances

    of Man's creation and other related issues, it is appropriate to step forward and talk

    about the basis of creation and the manner of his development. It is appropriate, then, to

    examine the reasons why all kinds of small and big domestic animals, except Man, have

    been given the particular powers of moving about and communication from the birth,

    whereas Man's offspring, despite inborn intelligence, was not privileged with this wealth

    from the birth. After two or three years in this manner, he acquires that ability and

    excellence.

    It is necessary that you ponder on the topics enlightening the corresponding

    truths.

    1. Have you reflected? The purpose of this worlds creation has not only beenfor its observance of various kinds of beings. Nor has it been for Man to obtain the most

    from this world and become the absolute in nobility on the face of the earth or even of

    this solar system.12 Rather, there are hundreds of other truths therein. One among them

    is that out of the most commonplace and unworthy things a variety of colors are created

    each following its own wisdom. He Almighty is exhibiting the Perfection of His Art and

    His Absolute Power by making us observe each of these, so that we may establish the

    relationship with Him Almighty through this short way.

    2. Have you reflected? The composition of one single sperm while a less

    sensual Man ejaculates two or three million sperms and a more sensual person fifteen to

    twenty millions or more at one time, each of them is endowed with all the major and

    minor organs. By just reaching the womb and uniting with the mother's ovum in the

    uterus, within more or less nine months, Man's offspring comes into existence.

    Deliberate, what is the inborn quality of Man's creation.

    3. Have you reflected? A child's development during its residence in the

    mother's womb is taken care through the umbilical cord. It is the only means of

    transporting nutrients to the child in the womb, and it possesses specialized activities in

    the ordered distribution of those nutrients. This gives clear understanding that Exalted

    11

    Muminun S.23, V.14)

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    12falak

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    God is Able Qaadir to grant growth and development to beings in other ways as well

    than through the chewing and gnawing, as we mentioned above.

    4. Have you reflected? At birth, the human or animal is much larger than its

    birth outlet. So what is the mystery that this being, during birth, comes out undamaged

    from that small passage? How is it possible that, after the infants development in the

    womb, the infant, synchronously or asynchronously with its amnion, automatically comes

    out?

    How Glorious Able Qaadir, Exalted Self-Subsisting Qayyum, and how Evident

    Supremacy Kibriyaais the Unique God.

    5. Have you reflected? The body of Man and most animals consists of bones,

    flesh, brain, blood, nails, hair, blood vessels, intestines, glands, lungs, liver, kidneys, and

    the necessary muscles. Each has its particularities pertaining to its specific task andactivity. The wastes of each organ caused by the work done are restored with the same

    corresponding elements through blood.

    6. Have you reflected? Why is Man's offspring unable to walk on its feet and

    talk in its maternal language for at least one to two years after birth?

    Because among these beings there are some who will become the owners of

    such capability and great mastery that they will then be thinking on the essence of the

    Almighty's Being. They will become people of high authority. They shall remember this

    period of ignorance and incapability, and stand humbly in front of His Supreme Being.

    and stand in total humility and meekness13 before Him Almighty.14

    Namely to be merciful and kind with the weak and helpless, for the sake of the

    Almighty's happiness Who has bestowed upon you this capability.

    7. Have you reflected? Why are the offspring of most domestic animals

    needed by Manthe camel, horse, donkey, goat, sheep, even chicken and the rest

    given the ability to walk, and the talent to understand their maternal language from the

    13khosho, khodho14

    (Al-Baqarah, S.2, verse238): Al-Baqarah is the name of the Surah, 2 indicates the Surah number,

    8

    and 238 is the verse or Iatnumber.

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    birth? Man's offspring, however who in their future will become great leaders in science,

    administration, and business affairs, were not made to deserve that wealth from birth.

    If infant domestic animals were unable to walk, then it would have been a trouble

    for Man to move them about. Therefore, Exalted God has bestowed upon them the

    ability of walking from birth.

    8. Have you reflected? There are other wisdoms15 behind the human infant's

    inability to walk and talk as well besides the ones mentioned. Namely, they are unable to

    walk, talk, and grab things. They should realize that there is no difficulty for Almighty

    Great AzeemLord to bestow this ability at the beginning of birth. There are, however,

    wisdoms behind it that He has not bestowed upon Man.

    9. Have you reflected? Our world is like a caravansary16 throughout which

    Almighty God has scattered a variety of things and tools called "trees," "plants," "grains,"and "mines" on land, in the oceans, and elsewhere, over the face of this earth. Only

    Man, with the power of his exploring brain, rearranges these things and, hence,

    organizes his life and his worlds order.

    10. Have you reflected? Likewise, the mines of good17 or evil,18 in time span

    of centuries, or more or less by the order of Be kun, are passed to the pious children of

    mankind, as a Beloved One Habeeb, a Messenger Rasool, a Friend Khallel, an

    Interlocutor with God Kaleem, a Spiritualist Roohee, or a Saint Walee. These majestic

    ones are the guides of the good path and the divine knowledge, among human beings.

    Ask always Glorious God that He may keep us in the sources of goodness

    and benevolence, and may guide and give us success in spreading monotheism .19

    Amen.

    11. Have you reflected? This secret passes through human generations to

    one of the sidesprosperous or wretched.20 Contrarily, sometimes beloved ones21 at the

    15hikmat16 Ribaat, In the Near or Far East, an inn built around a large court for accommodating caravans, similarto a Service Area or Rest Area on the highway in North America.17

    khayr18sharr19Shiu-e Tawheed20

    saeed or shaqee

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    21Mohib

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    level of Ibrahim Khaleel-ullah22and Muhammad Rasool-ullah23emerge from unbelievers.

    Other times, out of the Gods beloved24 comes Gods enemy,25 such as Kinaanson of

    Prophet Noah, and so forth. These occurrences prove that there is no reckoning of the

    child for the wickedness or goodness of his father if he does not follow, or he follows but

    returns later.

    12. Have you reflected? The greater secret is that this world is basically each

    individual human beings trial residence. In those struggling and fighting in the path of

    Exalted God, the Almighty is more gracious creating them in noble, knowledgeable, and

    practicing families.

    In this case, the sinful and nonbelievers are figuratively deprived compared to

    them.

    13. Have you reflected? On this basis, there are excellent stations respectivelyfor people who were initially created at the environment of unbelievers and libertines,

    and the like, if they turn to the path of guidance.

    Likewise, pious people's children are scarred with-

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    when going astray, such as the son of the prophet Noah peace be upon him by

    just a small disobedience. For, they are as created in perfumery, and the other category

    in non-perfumery, comparatively speaking.

    Is it not a crime and great sin to go from fragrance to malodorous? The

    answer is positive.

    14. Have you reflected? Man should not be disappointed in himself, even if he

    is gone to wickedness.27 He should not think that guidance would be no more destined

    for him. This is a temptation of Satan. If the person is steady on the guided path, he

    should fear lest he might lose himself by this confidence. We take refuge in Almighty

    God.

    In summary, by keeping His Almighty's Presence in oneself, one should

    always have mercy on weak people being intent on God's pleasure.

    22Khalil-Ullah: friend of God, referring to prophet Ibrahim or Abraham, peace be upon him.23Rasool-Ullah: Messenger of God, referring to Muhammad, peace and blessings of God be upon him.24Mohib-ullah25Adoo-ullah26

    - (Hud, S. 11, verse 46)

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    27 - shaqaawat

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    15. Have you reflected? On this basis, in all religions, especially in the religion

    of Islam it is fixed that faith28 is between Fear and Hope.29

    The other point, more delicate than hair: wisely and intelligently analyzing, for

    the followers and seekers of the path of guidance in both cases of disappointment and

    hopefulness, a luminous torch would be to locate faith between fear and hope for pious

    beginners.

    Without doubt, the Self-Sufficient Guide Ghanee ul-Haadee and the Alone

    Everlasting Fard ul-Baaqee is Exalted He.

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    Portion of Man's Possessions in the Favors and Pleasures

    of Land and Ocean

    Preface

    You are informed to some extent about the composition of Man's body and briefly

    about the basis of his creation. Hence, it is appropriate to examine some of this beingspossessions. There we shall know what authorities this model with his small stature has

    on land, in the ocean, and over all other living creatures. We shall find out through what

    masteries he has kept stable his God-granted honor.

    It would be appropriate to mention that the topics under each title are keys to

    the secrets of the things categorized and they become accessible to the reader with the

    help of the Almighty Great God.

    There the reader, according to the development of his Nucleus of Monotheism

    Hasta-e Towhead30 and the depth of his pondering, may discover more things. This is

    28iymaan29khawf and rijaa30

    The second lowest partition of the heart which is the nourishment intake of the Rooh. It is dealt

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    with in more detail throughout the advanced books ofMadrasa-e Tawheed.

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    his own business. By increasing these inner31 explorations, certainly his light of faith32

    appears increasingly bright.

    One may write down and compile the things on which he has pondered, and

    hand them over to the instructors of Madrassa -e- Towhead.33These instructors are the

    experts and experienced masters for evaluating these secrets. They would be able to

    determine your inner purity34 and luminosity of faith,35 with the help of Almighty God, and

    determine where the meters needle36 points to, for your own assurance. For these

    epistles and books concerned with these truths are basically an undertaking of

    upgrading the luminosity of faith in reciters and auditors. Based on the sound guidance

    of the intact Qur'an of Islam and the Hadeeth,37 these epistles will elevate your inner

    ability and spiritual purity higher and higher to wherever God may will, with His help,

    from commonplace and mysterious things. Ponder now on a brief discussion on some of

    Mans possessions.38

    1. Have you reflected? Man is the rocket released from the Sacred World and

    he is the vicegerent39 of Exalted God on the face of earth. Therefore, everything

    belonging to this globe and its surroundings is, or will be, to some possible extent, within

    the access of Man, provided he makes the effort to achieve it.

    2. Have you reflected? It is only Man who consumes all kinds of terrestrial and

    marine fruits and grains in cooked or raw forms. Therefrom he makes his livelihood and

    promotes his living. This wealth has been given with all these qualities to no other

    existent, because Exalted God has called Man His vicegerent,40 and He has crowned

    him with -

    31baatinee32nooraaniyat-e iymaan33 The school (Madrasa) established by Sheikh Faizani in Afghanistan in 1946. It has been intensively

    involvedin the inward as well as outward teaching and enlightening of students in and outside Afghanistan.34 Safaaiat-e Baatinee35 Nooraaniyat-e Iymaan36 In various analog meters used to measure things, such as voltmeter to measure the electric voltage, there isa needle that points to a certain number indicating the calibrated amount.37 The teachings, instructions and words of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.38 Tasarrofaat.39

    khalipha

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    40khalipha

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    And surely We have honored the children of Adam 41

    Therefore all honors are set aside for us, so that we may give oral and practical

    thanksgiving to Exalted Him.

    3. Have you reflected? That most domestic animals consume grasses and

    things useless and not profitable to Man such as oil cake, herbs, skins from fruits and so

    on for the purpose of improving Man's life. In return, with the Glorious Gods permission

    and in accordance to His especial Wisdom, animals give us things more profitable than

    what they had consumed, such as milk, yogurt, oil, cheese, and all that. They offer as

    well in themselves a source of tasty meat, which we can use and consume whenever we

    want.

    4. Have you reflected? That most birds prepare their tasty meat by Gods

    Command, out of the poured and scattered grains. They make themselves accessible toour use in necessary occasions in various kinds. Chickens even produce therefrom

    energetic and nutritious eggs for Man.

    How Great Azeemand Generous Kareemis Glorious God.

    5. Have you reflected? That among all terrestrial and marine living creatures,

    this two-footed creature by the name of Man Insan is the one who can gratify his

    sensual instincts at any time and in every season. He can do so even at the time of a

    female's pregnancy. In all other creatures, however, the fulfillment of this action takes

    place at a certain time in a specific season and period, once or twice, for the sperm to be

    put in the womb, and that is all.

    6. Have you reflected? Differently most male animals would not bother their

    females during pregnancy, nor would females submit to their males in gratification of

    sensual instincts during this period. The exception is with the human male and female,

    which is proof for the abundance of lust or intensity and gratification of this calamity in

    unjustified way.

    7. Have you reflected? The two elements of food and clothes and their

    resulting lust are causing angelic purity in Man to be extinguished, especially if attained

    through unlawful ways. Otherwise by keeping the balance of these instincts and not

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    41 Bani Israil, S.17, verse 70

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    reaching into extremes, Man would still not become too dark and void of the Glorious

    God's Light. For affection or minor love would be created in him which, if directed toward

    Almighty God, will quickly progress farther and farther.

    8. Have you reflected? By examining these things, we should have acquired

    divine knowledge42 and perceived the depth of the greatness of the Almighty Unique

    Creator. In exchange for acquaintance of the substance of the atom's nucleus and the

    Might of the Able Who gave this potential to this particle and granted to Man's exploring

    brain the ability of benefiting out of and organizing it, we should have made beneficial

    uses out of it but, unfortunately, we did not.

    9. Have you reflected? Since human beings have generally become the

    followers of the ego nafs, then Satan has taken advantage of this opportunity.

    First: Satan, reasoning fallaciously, obscures Man by misinterpreting thisenormous nuclear energy of matter as being matter's inherent potency. Thereby he has

    distanced Man from the Creator, Who has embedded all this energy in this tiny particle

    (the Atom) and taught Man the wisdom of how to use this energy.

    Second: instead of sound use, Satan has drawn Man's attention, based on

    egoistic desires, towards the devastation of human generation and all living creatures,

    and other destruction. Thereby, Satan has partitioned their life in this wide world into

    political prisons.

    10. Have you reflected? I wish we could have been relieved of the Almighty

    Original Owner and Bestower of all things by having just this much responsibility, and

    that there were no more question, no more calling account. Pay heed that you, for your

    servant, or the government to its employees, are paying a salary. In return the expected

    work is required without any major change and violation.

    Sure! The Self-Reliant Artificer Samad us-Saana and the Unique Exalter Ahad

    ur-Raafa is Exalted He, Who is testing us for us to determine our orientation.43

    11. Have you reflected? Likewise; Great God has created and granted us all

    these favors,44 rather He Almighty is continuously bestowing upon us a great part of

    these favors out of the earth besides all other favors of Him Almighty such as air, the

    42

    marifa43

    Whether we orient ourselves towards the creation or the Glorious Creator.

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    44 Naamaa

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    sun, our healthy organs and so on. He will certainly call us to account for the way we

    have consumed these favors, where we got them from, and in what ways we have

    embezzled them.

    Then, on that day of resurrection, you will be asked concerning pleasures that

    were given to you.45

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    A Look at Meat- and Food-Gathering of the Great,

    Praiseworthy

    Preface

    You briefly studied the reports on the Beauty of the Almighty Artificer in the

    artifact (Man) and Man's full dominion over most things and existents in this solar

    system and its belonging neighborhoods, and you are informed about astonishing

    secrets of this being's creation. Hence, it would be appropriate now to once attentively

    look at our food and drink. Where do these things come from, and how do we obtain

    them? What an error that we consume them ignorantly. Let us see what administrative

    work and what transformations His Unique Being has arranged for the preparation ofeach morsel of bread or particle of meat. Ultimately, He Almighty prepares them for us in

    the form of baked bread, edible meat, along with other things. Or in other words: one

    morsel of bread is the product of particles of thousands of acres of land. Likewise one

    morsel of meat is the extract of hundreds of thousands of grass leaves from here and

    there, which fall into the stomach machinery of sheep, cow, camel, birds and so on. At

    the proper occasions, these are transformed into sources of meat and put to our access.

    Likewise, an egg, in reality, is the result of thousands of useless and wasted

    grains, small pieces of bread, and other dispersed and scattered things which is made

    ready for Man in a healthy and energetic form, and it is made accessible for him at the

    required occasions for the sake of his physical growth.

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    45 - (al-Takaathur, S.102, verse 8)

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    Perceiving the aforementioned truths and the fact that all these favors are

    provided and prepared every day with all kinds of hardships for mankind, it would be

    improper to receive them from the Glorious True Bestower and consume them

    ignorantly. It would be inappropriate if we do not at least make some effort to ensure

    peace for Almighty God's creatures for His Almighty's happiness under the submission

    to Almighty Supreme Beings Oneness, but we just spend them ignorantly.

    Couplet:

    There's a need for clouds, the wind, the moon, the sun, and the solar

    system

    So that you may find a piece of bread and eat it thoughtfully,

    Everything has been put in order and obeys command for your sakeIt won't be just, it you do not obey.

    Sa'dee, Gods mercy be upon him

    A - Bread

    1. Have you reflected? One piece of bread consists of particles of wheat.

    Where does each grain grow, ultimately transforming into piece or morsel of bread forus?

    For example: many acres of land are harvested and piled up at one place, then

    thousands of tons of wheat are obtained therefrom. Then it is packed up in bags and

    piled in stock.

    How Beneficent Merciful Rahmaaner-Raheemis the All-Knowing Aleem and

    Wise HakeemGod.

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    2. Have you reflected? The process does not end here. From there (the

    stock), a certain quantity is taken out at the required occasions and sent to be changed

    to flour. Now, what circulation is going on in the mill's machinery? Finally, it is converted.

    What mixing process is the flour going through, coming from the mill to home? This

    process of achieving such fulfillment and gathering of wheat particles from various

    places is worth pondering.

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    How Majestic Creator Khaaliq ul-Mutakabir and the Portraitist Evolver Baaree ul-

    Mosawwir is Exalted He.

    3. Have you reflected? What a mixing these particles experience in the last

    phase, when going through to dough. Finally a quantity of specific weight is separated

    from the dough and distributed to us in the form of bread.

    How Praiseworthy Guardian Walee ul-Hameed and Honorable Creator Khaaliq

    ul-Majeed is Exalted He.

    4. Have you reflected? In the patterns partially explained so far, if you

    deliberate, each particle of a morsel, in reality, is the product of a corner of hundreds of

    acres of land, which Almighty God supplies for us. Praise be to God.

    5. Have you reflected? In the same pattern, in regard to selecting onesprescribed food, certain quantities of rice, stew, vegetables, or other dishes are cooked

    in big pots in hotels, restaurants, or other business or public places for large number of

    people. In these pots, the prearranged portions of many are cooked together while each

    part and grain is assigned.

    Without doubt the True Witness Shaheed ul-Haq and the Absolute Most Strong

    Qawee Mutlaq is Exalted He.

    6. Have you reflected? The cook or the distributor distributes food in

    containers according to people's wish, and sends them out. Occasionally, if a piece of

    meat or stew has not been the person's prescribed sustenance, he refuses it. Outwardly,

    he asks for something else or better, but in reality, that thing was not his appointed

    sustenance. The cook has made an error in distribution. The person asks for his actual

    sustenance, through angelic inspiration and the above-mentioned pretext.

    How Bestowing Provider Raaziq ul-Wahhaab, Forgiver Ghaffaar, and Concealer

    Sattaar is He, Glorified be He.

    7. Have you reflected? Sometimes the cook gives to a person somebody

    else's provision. Finally, it seems to him that he has given too much. He takes back that

    others portion and returns it to the pot. These are all the secrets about the distribution of

    people's assigned provision, in the clear-sighted eye of the faithful ones, which will be

    definitely delivered to the person in a due measure and at a fixed time.

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    Couplet:

    Do not think of death and worry about sustenance

    They will both have to reach you at the prescribed time inevitably.

    8. Have you reflected? In the same way, there are many similar secrets behind

    other public trades, hardware, clothes, and grocery stores. The only thing is that under

    the name of tradesmen they are the distributorsof people's groceries and other

    necessities.

    For example, bakers are preparing the bread and distribute them all for the

    purpose of selling. In reality, though, they are the distributorsof people's daily bread.

    After finding out the customer's need, they gather the corresponding necessary number

    of loaves and pass them on to the customer.

    How Wise All-Embracing the Loving Waasa ul-Hakeemul-Wadood, He is the

    Alone Existing Cherisher.

    9. Have you reflected? While baking, the baker measures the quantity of

    dough and takes off a bit of it, calling it excess. Why?

    Well! In reality, somebody else's sustenance was mixed in that part of the

    dough, it was not this customer's portion. Therefore, it is separated under the name of

    "excess" and mixed with other portion of the dough.How Omniscient, Aware Khabeer and Wise Hakeemis Exalted God.

    10. Have you reflected? Some of these breads are delivered apparently in the

    name of the household and family. Actually, the consumer of each loaf and piece are

    already fixed persons. Guests, servants, and others who occasionally visit the family eat

    these.

    The saying is correct as:

    On each morsel, it is manifestly written

    This for him, the son of such person, the grand son of such person.

    Indeed, the Powerful Self-Subsisting Qayyum ul-Moqtadir, and Omnipresent

    Noble Maajid ul-Haadhir is Exalted He.

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    11. Have you reflected? During the transaction, the customer's heart is

    inspired or the dexterity of the baker causes him to gather and get his prescribed

    sustenance by himself. Therefore, outwardly, he is making efforts to get the so-called

    better bread, but in reality he is subconsciously identifying his own particular portion.

    How Most High the Great Allee ul-Kabeer is the All-Seeing Hearer Sama ul-

    Baseer God.

    12. Have you reflected? Sometimes a drought comes to one part of a country.

    Tradesmen and dealers who by occupation are actually a means of sustenance-supply

    bring nutrition to the people from other places.

    Thereby, Great God is proving to us in the best way His providence,46 as where

    was all that food cultivated, and for what people, and where, and when is it consumed?

    How Reckoning Sublime Haseeb ul-Jaleel is Glorious God, the Unique and the

    Powerful.

    Couplet:

    What is yours prescribed, you will be given too

    If you don't take it, you will be forced to.

    13. Have you reflected? In some occasions you may observe a more

    astonishing mystery in His Holiness Supreme Beings Providence. The eastern

    countries foodstuffs are sometimes brought from the west, namely from the farthest

    worlds country, such as United States of America. It seems that, these foodstuffs are

    prepared over there and bestowed by Glorious God through various means to these

    eastern countries. There is a kind of disgrace in the idleness of the people of that

    eastern country, for we do not work ourselves, the foreigners have made the effort and

    we consume it.

    14. Have you reflected? Sometimes these foodstuffs are left at home as well

    due to some reasons or pretexts, until the time comes for it to be consumed. For

    instance, the family goes away for an invitation or a trip, and returns after a few months.

    There was something that they had bought some time ago and had then the intention of

    using it, but it did not work out that way. Now that the time is met, they consume it.

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    Indeed, He is the Generous Sublime One Jaleel ul-Kareemand the Unique

    Merciful Fard ur-Raheem.

    15. Have you reflected? Based on the above-mentioned excuses,

    occasionally obstacles come about in consuming those things in such a way that for

    instance, it is replaced by something else, or the same thing becomes available from

    somewhere else. Therefore, the consumption of that first thing is delayed.

    How Great Azeemand Eternal Qadeem Distributor, the Punctual and the

    Organizer is Generous KareemGod.

    Praise be to God!

    B-- The Meat

    1. Have you reflected? The Butcher is the most active distributor of people's

    fleshy and fatty sustenance. Outwardly the butcher thinks to make the customer happy.

    In reality according to their own terms however, to get rid of selected pieces, he collects

    pieces from different parts of the sheep or cow, and passes on to the customer his

    needed quantity.

    Praise be to Cherisher, the Great.

    Sobhaana Rab il-Azeem.

    2. Have you reflected? While the butcher is weighing meat, it occasionally

    happens that a piece or the whole quantity of meat is not the prescribed sustenance of

    that customer. The Angel induces the customers heart to say, Check the meat may be

    bad. By merely this induction, involuntarily the customer examines the meat, finds a

    piece or a portion of the meat, gives it back to the butcher and says, Change this. In

    reality, that piece of meat had been appointed for somebody else's "name" and

    consumption.

    Sure! The Self-Reliant Artificer Samad us-Saana and the One Exalter Waahid

    ur-Raafa isExalted He.

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    3. Have you reflected? Occasionally, it happens that for some excuse, the

    whole quantity of meat is refused by the household and sent back to the butcher. Or, it is

    cooked at home for the family but, due to some occurrences and mishaps, it is

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    consumed by people other than the family members. This is the providence47 and

    distribution of Almighty Great Lord, in that everything is destined from the start for a

    person and He will deliver it to him no matter how.

    What is destined will reach you, even if it be underneath two mountains

    what is not destined, will not reach you, even if it be between two lips.48

    4. Have you reflected? One instance of that is the case of those cans of fish,

    calf, lamb, chicken and all that, which are sent to underdeveloped countries. In reality,

    these have been a certain kind of nutrition and sustenance for these people that are

    prepared in remote areas and properly supplied by particular means.

    No doubt that He is the Originatorly Provider Raaziq ul-Mobdee, and the Self-

    Sufficient Bestower and Grantor Wahhaab ul-Motee ul-Ghanee.

    The Glorious Artificer's Magnificence and Perfection in

    Arts

    Fruits and the Secrets Behind their Creation and Tastes

    Preface: Since from the study of circumstances of variety of sustenance and its

    providence for each person, you are informed to the necessary extent of their secrets, it

    is worthwhile to focus a bit more. We take a partial look at the circumstances of the

    creation of trees and fruits and the secrets therein. So that we may understand how

    graciously Almighty God is guiding us towards the means of establishment of a

    relationship of the servant with Him Almighty through very simple ways based on the

    2500 verses of the Generous Qur'an which is intact so far.

    You will consider this topic in two parts, Fruit and Trees. According to these

    Epistles' tradition, we should have started first with the trees and then proceeded to their

    fruits. However, since this compilation is essentially a garden growing all around with

    fruits of truth and pleasures, we prefer, with the help of God, firstly, to give you a taste of

    the enjoyable fruits of spirituality, refreshing in the light of faith. Afterwards, we will draw

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    your attention to as how such fruits are obtained from trees. Hereby, pay attention to the

    section of fruits and their pleasures.

    A - Fruits and Their Pleasures:

    1. Have you reflected? There is an amazing trick observed in the raw fruits.

    Initially, as you know, they are sour, coarse, rough, and extremely disagreeable to the

    taste. Ponder once, the transformation of this sourness to sweetness, under that same

    initial shell. What Being and Might could ever accomplish it, other than the Imperceptible

    Hand of Glorious God?

    How Wise Hakeemand Able Qaadir is Exalted He.

    2. Have you reflected? That the transformation of sweetness to sourness or

    bitterness is possible from the standpoint of chemistry, but to some extent, the

    transformation of sourness or bitterness to sweetness is impossible. He Almighty alone

    possesses the perfect mastery of transforming things nature and that is it. Hence, pray

    that Almighty God may transform our distance and separation from Him Almighty and

    from the secrets of His Almighty's Holy Names and His Almighty's Friends, to the

    sweetness of the Nearness of His Unique Being and the chaste-hearted companions.

    Amen then Amen. O! Cherisher of the Worlds. O! The Most Merciful of the merciful

    ones Arham ur-Raahimeen.

    And that He may sooner make it available for His practicing and struggling pious

    ones to be united here.

    And that the Almighty may grant us and other friends the success to spread

    monotheism and expand justice to its ultimate level, based on principles of brotherhood

    and equality! Amen.

    3. Have you reflected? Why most unripe fruit, such as grapes, apricots,

    cherries and the like are made sour, course, and distasteful?

    Well! If those fruits were initially as sweet as they are in ripeness, then Man,

    due to his inherent haste, would have eaten and ruined them before they had grown.

    The Great Lord, how Wise He is about all the secrets of His creation out of

    which we have not perceived a little portion yet.

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    4. Have you reflected? Fruits are His Almighty Glorious Being's frozen bottles

    of juice such as apricots, peaches, pear, plum, and thousands of other kinds.

    They are not frozen in such way that would bother us, rather with this quality

    they are pleasant.

    How Merciful Raheemand Generous Kareemis Wise HakeemGlorious God.

    5. Have you reflected? That some of the above mentioned bottles of juice are

    put together in packages. Some of these packages are big like bananas, dates, grapes

    and the like, which we call bunch of grape, dates or bananas.

    How Wise Hakeemand Grantor of bestowments Muti ul-ataya is His Holiness

    Exalted Majesty Kibriyaa.

    6. Have you reflected? That one small package consisting of hundreds of

    small bottles of juice is called one mulberry. How Great Lord, Who has so properly linedup all these small bottles of juice that it seems as a whole to be a single piece which, in

    reality, consists of hundreds of separate containers or small bottles of juice.

    How Wise All-Embracing the Loving Waasa ul-Hakeemul-Wadood, He is the

    Alone Existing Cherisher.

    7. Have you reflected? That, one melon is a hollowed container of frozen juice

    and one watermelon is a filled container of frozen juice, which do not liquefy when

    exposed to sunlight.

    Eat and Drink O! Man!

    Ponder O! Muslim and O! People of Faith,

    How Wise Hakeem is Exalted God.

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    Manner of Growth and Creation of Fruits

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    Preface: Ponder that there are surprising truths in all trees beside the taste of

    their fruits, such as the shell in different fruits. In some fruit, the skin is glued to the flesh

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    or seed, while in others contrarily, it is separable. These are expressing the secrets of His

    Almighty's Great, Wise, and Powerful Hand. Thereby, He is showing and conveying to us:

    Whatever We wish, We do that and We are able to do so.

    Then, O! Faithful servant! By exploring the various secrets and luminosities of

    these Epistles you realize that the Eternal and Imperishable Omnipotent, before our

    Creation, pulled us out of the three categories of creatures (inanimate, animates, and

    human beings following false religions) and created us through His Grace49 and

    Generosity50 in the martial academy.51 He granted all this to us through His Grace and

    Favor, without any previous hard worshiping riyaadat.52 Hence, if we now, in our worldly

    affairs, pay a little attention to serving God's creatures53 for His Happiness, indeed, He,

    the Almighty, will grant us more and better favors.

    As we observed and are still observing that He has taken us from the

    beginning of the creation into the society of monotheists, especially the followers of the

    intact Qur'an of Islam; the Cherisher of the worlds has created us in His special Circle of

    Mercy.

    Hereby, as you are remarking, He, the Almighty, has done us the favor of

    granting to us the way of Relationship for faithful ones54 through the shortest distance, for

    the purpose of generalizing the principle of brotherhood, equality, and justice, in the light

    of spreading monotheism.

    Let us hope for the quickest and the highest victory for and assistance to us and

    all faithful people.

    By Your Honor and Generosity O' Cherisher, the Alone, the Unique Waahid, the

    One Ahad, and the Great Akbar.

    49 fadl50 karam51 the martial (military) academy: Dealing with the spiritual war against ego (Nafs) and Satan.52 The exhausting mortification and disciplining of the ego nafs or intolerable spiritual work of numerous

    years to purify the Heart and cleanse the ego nafs.53

    khidmat-e Khalq-ullah

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    1. Have you reflected? That the seed of each tree is actually conserved in its

    specific woody box. For a certain time, the "box" insulates the principle nucleus of the

    future tree from the attacks of external calamities and insects. Actually, most of these

    woody boxes also contain a special kind of oil, for the purpose of a more complete

    protection of the seed.

    Truly, Glorious He is the Evolver Creator Khaaliq ul-Baaree and the Omnipotent

    Enliver Qaadir ul-Haei.

    2. Have you reflected? Inside a small seed of a mulberry, an apricot, a nut and

    the rest a giant tree of twenty five meter height and a volume of ten to fifteen meter

    diameter is placed. The annual harvest of thousands of, for instance, apricots, mulberries

    or nuts, their leaves and other products are condensed and hidden inside their

    corresponding small body of seeds.

    How Great AzeemGod He is, with all these manifestations of power.

    3. Have you reflected? That each of these seeds contains many of the following

    facilities.

    First: The two primary divisions, the upper part (the trunk) and the lower

    parts (the roots). Each of these divisions involuntarily determines its way upward and

    downward and distinguishes its particular trajectory.

    Second: The roots are equipped with so-called "bulldozers." These bulldozers

    serve the purpose of placing the roots in the earth in such a way that the roots should not

    suffer, and the surrounding earth should not appear modified.

    4- Have you reflected? These roots have generally three duties:

    a. After the roots have distinguished the specific nutrients in the remote areas,

    they attract and absorb them through electromagnetism or their particular attraction

    forces. They supply the root-nurturing elements to the roots, and the body-nurturing

    elements to the body. From then on, there is the process of how the nutrients for the

    leaves and fruit are properly analyzed and distributed. All this is an astonishing

    accomplishment of His Glorious Supreme Being Hadhrat-e Kibriyaa.

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    b. The process in which the fatty, sour, sweet, hot, bitter and other stuffs are

    attracted and absorbed from the soil at a certain distance and supplied to their necessary

    locations is another perplexing task.

    c. The pumping machinery pumps with efficiency of many meters upward:

    Contrarily, it pumps the water mixed with nutrients absorbed from the soil upward without

    changes, toward the body. It very properly supplies the portion of each branch and sub-

    branches.

    How Wise is Glorious Great Azeem, the Generous Kareemand Beneficent

    Raheem.

    5. Have you reflected? That the generations of grains and trees also bear

    inside their seeds or eggs some perplexing secrets and mysteries pertaining to their

    manner of creation. Namely, all their growth materials and mechanisms both inside andoutside the earth are put in that one seed or egg in such a way that, by just the land and

    the weather being cooperative, its stem comes out without hesitation and continues to

    grow and develop.

    Sure! The All-Seeing Hearer Samae ul-Baseer and the Absolutely Omnipotent

    Enliver Haei ul-Qadeer, is Exalted He.

    6. Have you reflected? That each fruit has a shell or cover which, if necessary,

    can be consumed, and there would definitely be wisdom behind it. Therefore, these have

    their skin glued to the actual body, such as apricots, plum, cherries and so forth. If it is not

    deemed necessary for man to eat it, then, during the ripening process, the fruit's flesh

    automatically detaches itself from the shell. Such is the shell of bananas, oranges and so

    forth.

    Through these observations, Almighty God conveys to us that there is no difficulty

    for Our Holiness to create fruits with separable or non-separable shells.

    How Firm-Powerful DhulQooat ul-Mateen Cherisher He is!

    7. Have you reflected? There are some fruits and vegetables that have to be

    consumed either cooked or raw but the shell has to be manually removed, such as

    melon, watermelon, pumpkin and so forth. So that man may not be idle and there may be

    a portion for animals and other living creatures as well.

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    Truly, Glorious is He the All-Knowing Provider Raaziq ul-Aleem and Generous

    Lord Sultaan ul-Kareem.

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    8. Have you reflected? The agricultural scientists55 have claimed that the color

    of fruits, trees, flowers and vegetables is a projection of moonlight. On this basis, you

    may ponder, that there are underground vegetables, which also have their own particular

    colors, such as: beets, turnip, carrot and many other examples.

    Thereby Almighty God conveys to us that it is no problem for His Almighty

    Glorious Being to give color to fruits and vegetables under or above the ground, or inside

    the fruit such as watermelon, and elsewhere.

    How Eternal Qadeem and Wise HakeemOmnipotent Qaadir is All-Knowing

    Aleem, Glorious God!

    9. Have you reflected? The colors of most fruits have been made

    monochromatic, such as in the black cherry, plum, apricot and so forth. In some others,

    the color has been made polychromatic, such as in the apple, pear, the peach, andhundreds of others. These observations reveal that there is no problem for the Perfect

    and Obvious Power of His Glorious Being to shape and mold various appearances, color

    and so on, and to create things in a variety of ways that He wills.

    Truly, He Almighty is the Great AzeemCreator and the Sincere Concealer Saadiq

    us-Sattaar.

    The Glorious Artificer's Magnificence and Perfection in Arts

    A Glance at Trees, Their Way of Reproduction and Display,

    Under the Command of the Creator

    Preface: These stable, founded, fixed and firmly planted existents, everywhere

    and in every situation, provide advantages to Man and to other creatures of our planet.

    Not only do they decorate the earth, but also filter the air, control the intensity of the wind

    and the dust that comes with it. They satisfy Man's necessary living needs through their

    productions and luminosities.56

    In brief, if you take a profound look at trees, you will submerge into yourself

    with deep and deeper surprises as what is the mystery there, in that the trees are

    generally made out of wood, and yet each kind of tree leads to different products with

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    particular qualities and specifications. Rather, the body structure, and the wood of the

    branches and body of each individual tree in its essence has its own particular quality.

    This observation would particularly enlighten the secrets of Perfection Kamaal and Glory

    Jalaal of His Great Azeemand Imperishable Laayazaal, Almighty, in the inner baatin of

    the botanists.

    Hopefully you will carefully ponder this discourse on trivial portion to which we,

    with the help of Almighty God, draw your attention. Accordingly, you, with your own God-

    gifted talent, may find more and better secrets about other trees, fruits, and stones.

    Let us hope for success and help from Him, the Almighty, to us and all

    followers, here, there and everywhere. Amen and amen.

    1. Have you reflected? That most trees and some wood-based flowers duringthe winter season transfer a certain quantity of excess heat to their branches from under

    the ground, which is warmer, in order to fight the seasonal cold. This way they protect

    their branches from freezing.

    Could this and other similar tasks coincidentally come into existence, without

    the Great Azeem, Generous Kareemand Eternal Qadeem ordered measurement of

    Him? No, never.

    2. Have you reflected? That the underground gets cooler in the summer. Why?

    Certainly! In order to control the unbearable heat of the summer, the trees and

    plants circulate cool water from under the ground upward, and the hot from the surface

    downward. This way, the trees and plants are kept at moderate temperature against the

    excessive heat of summer and do not dry up.

    Likewise, in the winter, the trees are kept safe from external coolness through

    circulating the underground warm water.

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    3. Have you reflected? Besides facilitating the filtration of air by recycling

    carbon dioxide into oxygen, each leaf of trees and plants is as a battery. The leaf gets its

    necessary charges from the light of the sun and the moon. These charges are then

    accumulated into the specific root's reservoirs. By this means, through the weak and

    strong capillaries, the absorption of the corresponding nutritional and productive foodstuff

    takes place from remote distances underneath the ground.

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    Sure!The Sovereign Lord Maalik, the Lord of Majesty and Bounty Dhuljalaal wal-

    Ikraam, and the Creator of favors, is Glorious He.

    4. Have you reflected? That trees collect their required nutritious and

    productive stuffs, and flowers and leaves through their roots during the winter. As soon as

    spring arrives, immediately they start supplying those nutritious and productive stuffs

    upward in a required order to their branches and sub-branches. In some of these, the

    blossom stuffs are supplied first, such as in the apricot tree and so forth. In some others,

    the necessary leaf stuffs are supplied first, such as pomegranate, and so forth.

    Truly, Glorious is He the Wise Provider Raaziq ul-Hakeemand Generous Lord

    Sultaan ul-Kareem.

    5. Have you reflected? In winter, trees and flowers of all kinds and forms

    gather and collect their required growth and development nutrients for leaves, flowers,and branches, in their special root reservoirs. As soon as the spring season arrives, with

    the fastest speed they start supplying these nutrients upwards. If you pay attention,

    therefore, you will observe that the growth of trees during spring is overwhelming, it

    cannot be achieved during other parts of the year, despite all favorable weather and

    nutrients conditions.

    6. Have you reflected? There are no more than a few kilograms of earth stuck

    around the roots of fruit and vegetable plants. Logically seen, there is not that much of

    sweetness such as in watermelon and melon, hotness such as in pepper, or bitterness

    such as in opium, and so forth in the soil surrounding the roots. This is as well thanks to,

    and an effect of, the electrostatic activities going on in the "batteries" of the tree or plant

    residing in the roots' specific reservoirs. They accomplish the task of absorbing the

    particular required matters.

    How Wise HakeemGod, and Great AzeemGlorious Supreme Kibiyaa He is,

    Glorified be He, and high exalted above (all) that they ascribe (unto Him).

    7. Have you reflected? Each tree is in position to mother hundreds of thousands of

    childbearing daughters. Namely, each bud will bear more buds and out of these buds,

    branches, leaves, and miscellaneous fruits will grow. As a matter of fact, each of these

    trees is as mother giving birth to mothers.

    Without doubt, the True Trustee Haq ul-Wakeel is Glorious He.

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    8. Have you reflected? Trees, plants and the like are generally as mother of

    hundreds of thousands of mothers annually. This means that each bud is producer of

    branches, and each branch, depending on its size, possesses hundreds of buds.

    The tree was here just an example and a portion of the Science and Art of the

    Great Glorious Creator.

    Sure! the Abaser Expander Baasith ul-Khaafidh and the Great Constrictor Azeem

    ul-Qaabidh, is Glorious He.

    9. Have you reflected? How the trees and plants are nourished though they are

    motionless and stable, where they even provide others with various kinds of products.

    This secret conveys to pure-hearted true Believers that, O! Man! You and all other living

    creatures are making efforts and are searching for your food and drinks, but Our Holiness

    is permanently supplying the assigned daily nutrients to all these trees, plants and even

    to the stable mines, even though they are all motionless. Hence, we ought to be firm inmaking our livelihood. It is a saying that "the striving from the servant, the blessings from

    Almighty God. "

    10. Have you reflected? Likewise plants also according to the wisdom of the

    absolute Wise, are making use of man's and animals' residues and of other materials.

    From these comes the growth of plants. At the end of this process, these plants grant us

    a variety of foodstuffs called fruits, grains, and vegetables and so on by the Command

    and Grace of God. They even put their wood-products and the beneficial oils to our

    access in various ways for fulfilling our needs.

    How Wise All-Embracing the Loving Waasae ul-Hakeemul-Wadood, the Existing

    Unique Cherisher He is.

    11. Have you reflected? After what wisdom is the water located on the peaks of

    mountains, in the form of huge masses of snow which gradually melt? Then the rivers

    flow throughout the year, giving mankind assistance in irrigation. This water then returns

    to the oceans.

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    12. Have you reflected? In regard with the absorption of the rain water, rivers,

    creeks and all that, the Great Wise Being has permitted to the earth to certain extent to

    take in this water. So that this absorbed water may reappear from other parts of the earth

    through circulating springs, flowing subterranean canals, and deep wells. Thereby they

    may serve mankind. Otherwise, this water, according to water-absorption quality of the

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    earth, should have penetrated in the earth all the way to the end. However, by the

    command of the Great God, the water can not go beyond a certain limit.

    Indeed, the Self-Sufficient Guide Ghanee ul-Haadee and the Alone Everlasting

    Fard ul-Baaqee is Glorious He.

    The Glorious Artificer's Magnificence and Perfection in Arts

    Wisdoms behind the Distribution of Sustenance

    Preface: I believe that, after perceiving the process of obtaining the sustenance

    from the corners and around the mountains, deserts, rivers, and oceans, it necessitates

    to acquire some knowledge about the auxiliary distributors called tradesmen and dealers

    in the market as well. Here, by studying the business of the tradesmen, not only a slight

    notion of the secrets of the distribution of His Almighty's provision will be acquired, but

    many other secrets as well. Many of these are hidden in the auspicious verse:

    Meaning " We make you involved and busy to distinguish those among you who

    would meanwhile do better deeds purely for the sake of Almighty God.57

    Truly, if Man was not involved in this and that business, then he would have

    indeed been like those from the Sacred World, always busy in obedience, remembrance,

    and incantation.58 In that case, the wisdom behind trial and examination would have been

    of absolutely no value or sense. This involvement with the artificed and existing things of

    Almighty God is, in itself, a notice, so that Man in any circumstance while being engaged

    with this, should observe the Perfection and Glory of the Imperishable Artificer. In each

    moment he should keep in mind the bypassing scenes of life and with an open view

    should regard the Presence of Him Almighty as prevalent. He should not violate any

    commands and satisfaction of God. In no matter what action or occupation, he should

    know that Almighty God has created and prepared these means and things for Man and

    other living creatures. He Almighty could have provided each person's sustenance,

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    -(al-Mulk, S. 67, V.2)

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    58Taaaat, Adhkaar and Awraad. Explain them in Glossary exg

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    without engaging the dealers and distributors, such as He has provided to fish and other

    marine creatures. Thus, our involvement as a means in this business of preparing the

    daily bread or participating in the affairs should be according to the real Islamic and

    human values. These daily events should be considered a test, and the robbery of ego

    Nafs and Satan should be remembered, hence staying righteous and truthful in front of

    each of this and other deceitful and cheating motives. Finally, considering the Seeing and

    Hearing of His Almighty's All-Knowing Seer Aleem ul-Basseer as always present and

    watchful on oneself, this is the shortest path of salvation for our both worlds with peaceful

    heart and full contentment, and this is it.

    How All-Knowing Aleem and Wise Hakeemis the Generous KareemGod

    1. Have you reflected? That the tradesmen, such as forage sellers, cloth-

    sellers, grocers, and others, give people's prescribed portion measuring and weighing it

    themselves after the customer has asked for and specified some thing. As a matter offact, these too, in their turn, are the distributors of people's necessary things.

    2. Have you reflected? Why some people come and check this and that bag,59

    before buying their flour, rice, or other needs? Well! In reality, the person is going around

    in order to find the sustenance that is prescribed for him to pick up. Wherever he finds it,

    he will buy it.

    How Powerful Generous One KareemHe is, Exalted be He.

    3. Have you reflected? It often happens that the customer does not like the

    thing in the first bag he had checked. After checking many bags, he comes back to where

    he has refused the thing and had considered it ugly and he buys the necessary portion.

    Because that portion contains his prescribed sustenance, which he has to buy.

    How Reckoning Sublime Haseeb ul-Jallel is One God, Unique and

    Knowledgeable, Exalted be He.

    4. Have you reflected? Why he was not triumphant to pick up that thing in the

    first time, even though it was his sustenance? There is much wisdom in this:

    59 In Afghanistan, bags are open and the customer has the choice to physically check the items quality.

    Whereas in the US bags are sealed but the customer can check the brand and description. In general, we endup with the same process.

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    First: This, or some other content of this bag is, someone else's sustenance.

    After this person leaves, the actual person or people come and buy their portions. The

    first person after wandering for a long time comes back and buys that portion that he is

    destined for.

    How Bestowing Provider Raaziq ul-Wahhaab and Forgiving Subduer Ghaffaar ul-

    Qahhaar is Exalted He.

    5. Have you reflected? Secondly, it often happens that the time for buying,

    paying and getting is not met. Therefore, angel keeps him wandering through the pretext

    of "go and get something better," until the proper purchasing time.

    Indeed, the Powerful Self-Subsisting Qayyum ul-Moqtadir and the Omnipresent

    Noble Maajid ul-Haadhir, is Exalted He.

    6. Have you reflected? Likewise, in choosing his and his familys fruits andvegetables from their corresponding original sustenance, the person picks them up

    according to his choice from the stock of melons, watermelons, carrots, onions, turnips,

    etc. He is happy in having picked good ones. Although everything rejected by him and

    other customers will be sold by that evening to other people who were supposed to come

    on other occasions according to their own prescribed schedules. Often, nothing of the

    rejected ones will be left.

    Verily! The All-Knowing Opener Fattaah ul-Aleem and the Alone Unique Wise

    Fard ul-Hakeem, is Glorious He.

    7. Have you reflected? The purpose of perceiving the prescribed sustenance

    has been to explore the Perfection of His Almighty's Providence. Some people have

    taken advantage of this. They have understood not working while receiving sustenance.

    This is a full mistake, an absolute error. Rather this is an improper exaggeration from

    enemies bent on sabotaging and confusing the minds of the followers of Islam. We

    should consider this as proof for the Perfection of the Almighty Absolute Provider. By

    using the strengths given to us, we must make an effort to earn our livelihood.

    These studies are merely for charging the power of persons faith. In the

    presence of the Lordly Court, we should feel primarily responsible for the preparing and

    consuming of all these favors than for the assuming of any other duty. We should not

    hesitate one minute in fulfilling this.

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    Sure! The Lord of Majesty and Bounty Zuljalaal wal-Ikraam, the Exalted Owner of

    Sovereignty Maalik ul-Mulk and Creator of favors, is Glorious He.

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    The Glorious Artificer's Magnificence and Perfection in Art

    Some of the Incomparable Attainments in

    Man's Blood Circulation

    Preface: It is well understood, what human being is created from and through

    what stages he was developed. We have not examined, however, that all kinds of food,

    fruits and vegetables that he eats, are all, soft and mild. How can be that all these weak,

    non-matching things are transformed into to the body's flesh, bones, organs, limbs, and

    glands, causing the wasted energy of the body's organs to be restored?

    In simpler words: a child, after he is born, drinks milk, but from milk comes theformation of the baby's bones, muscles, organs and limbs, and he grows. What is this

    mystery?

    What machinery undertakes this process for the Great Wisdom of God Almighty?

    And how is this being undertaken? It is necessary to attentively look at this secret as well.

    And reflect deeply this key to the secrets of the management of His Irresistible Great

    Court, so that we may better perceive His Glorious Greatness, Perfection and Beauty.

    Praise be to Allah.

    1. Have you reflected? The intestines are flesh, but not of the same flesh as

    muscle. Likewise, the lungs are flesh, but not of the same flesh as the heart. Hair is not

    the same stuff as nails, along with other differences. On deeper examination, we find out

    that every part and piece of the body is made out of a separate and different thing. Each

    restores its necessary wasted materials out of the particular corresponding materials

    through the caravan of blood, especially during sleep.

    How Most Gracious Most Merciful Rahmaaner-Raheem, is the All-Knowing

    Aleem and Wise HakeemGod.

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    2. Have you reflected? It is the inspection of blood's caravan which picks up all

    the above mentioned necessary nutritional requirements of the body. During its

    circulation, it provides each organ with its corresponding kind of nutritional requirement. It

    does this in a manner in which no interruption impedes the progress of its journey.

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    Do you deliberate, what particular perception and force does the blood

    circulation system possess that it knowingly provides things to their appropriate places?

    Indeed, the Sublime Cherisher Rabb ul-Jaleel, is Exalted He.

    3. Have you reflected? What definite and required understanding has Glorious

    God given to this caravan of blood that it picks up the necessary requirements of each

    kind of organs and gland, then delivers them to the required places in proper measure.

    Meanwhile, this caravan does not create any interruption in its own circulation.

    4. Have you reflected? Qualitatively, in animals, especially in mammals, the

    processes of delivering the nourishments by the caravan of blood circulation for the

    organs and limbs is very much alike, except that each animal is preparing his required

    energy from a different source.How All-Seeing Hearer Samae ul-Baseer and the Aware Wise Hakeemul-

    Khabeer, is the Omniscient and Powerful God.

    5. Have you reflected? Astonishingly, then, man restores all his wasted energy

    with the best of favors through this caravan of blood, but animals do the same from very

    limited and simple things, such as grass, oil cake and the like. The animals also add on to

    it, which are prepared for us in the form of milk with cream, butter, yogurt, and cheese

    and so on.

    Indeed, the Powerful Self-Subsisting Qayyum ul-Moqtadir and Omnipresently

    Noble Maajid ul-Haadhir, is Glorious He.

    6. Have you reflected? As the blood to some parts of the body delivers some of

    these materials, they smoothly reappear in those areas after they are cooked, such as

    heads hair, beards hair, nails, and some other organs.

    No doubt, Exalted He is the True Witness Shaheed ul-Haq and the Absolute

    Strong Qawee Mutlaq.

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    7. Have you reflected? As the required nutrition of each hair has been

    delivered under its reservoir by the caravan of blood, the nutrients, as time passes by,

    start getting cooked in a required manner. It starts appearing smoothly into the good form

    of hair, within a prescribed period. Man does not feel this process along with other

    transformations taking place in parts of the organs, glands, and other limbs.

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    How Great Azeem, Generous Kareem, Omniscient Aleem and Eternal

    Qadeem is He Who, has placed perfectly His management in each thing and existent in

    ordered ways. This will proceed until the end of the world, without any change.

    Praise be to Allah, the Generous Kareem.

    8. Have you reflected? The hair is originally white, but the imperceptible Hand

    of power of Almighty God has colored it sufficiently black in His unseen dye-house. As

    soon as He Almighty commands the dying to stop, the hairs start appearing one after the

    other in their original colorwhite. We consider this as a sign of age.

    9. Have you reflected? After the nutrients of the nail are delivered to it by

    blood, the machinery of the nails will work in such a way that flesh underneath the nail

    moves along with the nail in a circular form. The flesh takes the nail smoothly forward

    from its origin within a year or more or less becoming ready to be cut.Verily, the Responsive All-Embracing Mojeeb ul-Waasae and the Great Exalter

    Azeemur-Raafae is Glorious He.

    10. Have you reflected? If it happens that the origin of your nail has turned

    black or red due to dying or the discoloring effect of a stub, after some time, that

    particular spot comes slowly forward towards the end of the nail. Ponder! How does the

    nail slip on the flesh and come forward?

    11. Have you reflected? The part of the body most sensitive against

    discomforts is the flesh underneath the nail. Hence, if this process was not accomplished

    in a rotational manner, then how could we ever accept that the nail would be slipping on

    the flesh and thereby going forward?

    How wise, the Owner of Wisdom, is Glorious God, the Unique.

    12. Have you reflected? In this process, if an edge of the nail is left behind

    from the periodic motion, it will ache. Some people say, it is due to drinking leftover water,

    which is superstitious. One can hardly feel comfortable until it is totally cut away.

    Truly, the Evolver Creator Khaaliq ul-Baaree is He, Glory be to Him.

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    13. Have you reflected? Why does one move from one side to the other and

    from one position to another while in sleep?

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    Of course! After the blood has accomplished its task of restoring the deficiencies

    in the body's organs to some extent on the free side; then it informs the soul via the

    hearts computer to rotate the body in such a way that the person should not wake up.

    Sure! He is the Equitable Gatherer Moqsit ul-Jaamae and the Hinderless

    Bestower.

    14. Have you reflected? Therefore, human being subconsciously rotates his

    lower side from the ground upwards, and the upper side downward. So that the side in

    need, will be free from body's pressure, and the blood may well restore its deficiencies.

    How All-Knowing Aleem and Great Azeemis He, the Generous KareemLord.

    The Glorious Artificer's Magnificence and Perfection in Arts

    The Blood's Order, and its Defense and Attacks on the

    Bodys Calamities

    Preface: You have observed the task of this reddish fluid of the body called blood

    in restoring the deficiencies of each organ. This restoration has been either for the

    purpose of growth or for the energy depleted by work in each organ.

    Hence, it would be appropriate to ponder, in modern terms, on particles

    discovered in blood and on the defensive and offensive tasks of this system, and become

    more acquainted with its secrets. Proceeding from this we should explore that, besides

    putting much wisdom into things, Almighty God has given them, each inherent

    excellences. The most perfect specification of this secret in animate and inanimate

    creatures is that most of them regularly restore their bodily depletions, in a cyclical

    process from the necessary sources, according to Almighty God's wisdom. Laborers are

    assigned to make things accessible without the smallest delay.

    As you observed the excellences of blood, similar situations exist in other living

    creatures, even in trees and fruits, with the required differences.

    Thus, it is obligatory on the aware heart of faithful and knowledgeable people,

    as soon as possible, to tighten their relationships as required, with Almighty God, via this

    short paththe study of things.

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    Victory is upon God.

    1. Have you reflected? According to reports, in the course of a minute, there

    are three hundred living cells being produced in the human body and 18 thousand of

    them in each hour. Similarly, cells depending on cases are dying and decaying in the

    body. Namely, the same number of new living cells replaces them. If this waste were not

    restored in a genuine way, then indeed man would become weak and weaker.

    Truly Glorious is He, the Powerful Self-Subsisting Qayyum ul-Moqtadir and the

    Omnipresent Noble Maajid ul-Haadhir.

    2. Have you reflected? The body's pores in the interior are cemeteries for living

    cells in their weakness. As the cell does not have the full power to perform its activities, it

    enters a pore. There it remains hoping to restore its energy in order to resume work. It

    appears on the skin in the form of dirt through sweat and other inherent pressures of thepores, which we consider as my body is dirty.

    3. Have you reflected? Dead molecules, together with sweat, which leaves the

    body through the pores, are called dirt. It is necessary to remove this from the body as

    quickly as possible.

    Therefore a cleaning and washing of the body, at least once a week, in the

    form of bathing60 has been recommended in the blessed religion of Islam, by the Prophet

    Muhammad, Peace be upon him.

    Praise be to the Holy Sovereign Lord alMalik ul-Qodoos.

    4. Have you reflected? Therefore, the washing of the face, hands, and feet at

    least five times a day is recommended for Muslims by the name of ablution, in the Islamic

    jurisprudence. This is to remove the dead cells as soon as possible by washing, so that

    they may not cause a blocking of the sensible pores of the body.

    5. Have you reflected? According to reports, on average there are two hundred

    and twenty four thousand particles in one-millimeter cubic of blood, which cause

    occasional bleeding to be stopped.

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    6. Have you reflected? Almighty God is accomplishing not only this wise

    masterpiece through the blood, but rather blood also stands to fight against all kinds of

    enemies (microbes) which enter some parts of the body's organs via whatever way.

    During a conflagration, an intense temperature comes about, called fever.

    Without doubt, He is the True Witness Shaheed ul-Haq, and the Absolutely Most

    Strong Qawee Motlaq, may He be Exalted.

    7. Have you reflected? Blood circulation gets sometimes into internal combats

    and set back with the microbes. These microbes may have entered by ways due to

    carelessness or the lack of cleanliness, and they may have reached some locations in the

    body. They try to weaken or defeat the red hemoglobin or the blood's cells. These combat

    and set back a good and intense resistance to these microbes.

    Indeed, Glorious He is the Owner of Wisdom and Power.

    8. Have you reflected? During an incursion by microbes via the respiratory

    channel or food or other ways, some kind of a conflagration will take place between red

    molecules or hemoglobins and the microbes. This combat causes an increase in

    temperature, convulsion, and restlessness in the body. If body temperature shoots high, it

    might be good, if the weather is agreeable, to take a shower in clear and fresh water.

    9. Have you reflected? If some of these microbes attack molecules of blood,

    then due to the intensity of the hit, these molecules will attach themselves to other

    molecules in order to fortify themselves. If the poison of the offensive microbe is strong

    enough, then those molecules may also get poisoned. This way, many cells clump

    together and can not exit the body's pores during diaphoresis. This situation is called

    typhus.

    Without doubt, the Supreme Kibryiaa and the Unique Creator Khaaliq, is He

    Almighty.

    10. Have you reflected? The excretion of attached dead blood cells is not

    achievable until they have diluted themselves and gotten rid of their thickness. This way,

    they will reach proportionality with pores. Right at this occasion, the patient sweats which

    stinks and is infectious. This is the first sign of the body's recovery.

    How Wise Hakeem, All-Knowing Aleemis the Supreme Exalted God.

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    11. Have you reflected? Sweat is blood's filtered water. It comes out through

    the pores, either due to excess heat, in order to cool down the body and expel dirt from

    the body, or in intense work conditions and physical activities where the blood circulation

    is speeded up. The excess blood comes out of the body in the form of sweat, so that

    filtered blood through capillaries and arteries may as quickly as possible drive the lungs

    via the heart's pump.

    12. Have you reflected? The secrets and mysteries of each organ's

    accomplishments are not fully explained by this short above-mentioned summary. We

    just pointed out that, if you, with the help of Almighty God, the Generous Kareemand All-

    Knowing Aleem One, would study the detail about the human body, you shall observe

    thousands of more secrets and plans of the Wise God. Thereby you will realize that, truly,

    the ordering of all these delicacies of this organized world, its contents, and billions of

    other creatures, is the product of the Great Powerful Hand of His Almighty SupremeKibriyaa, Glorious Unique Everlasting Baaqee.

    The Glorious Artificer'sMagnificence and Perfection in Arts

    A Glance at the Living Creatures, and the Differences in

    their Creation

    Preface: By now, you have had a glimpse of the fruits and trees in the

    surroundings. Therefrom, you have obtained, with the help of Almighty God and the

    guidance of the instructors of Madrasa-e Tawheed, the necessary truths, resulting in

    purity upon purity. Hence it would be appropriate to ponder the circumstances and

    reports about the living creatures in our environment, as what molds they were shaped in.

    They have stepped out, by the command of God, from non-existence into existence in

    variety of kinds and shapes on land and in the oceans, again for being utilized by

    mankind.

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    There are not only great wisdom behind their creation and full benefits

    received therefrom to mankind, rather it makes the sincere-hearted faithful ones think, as

    what had these animals of various living orders done, that they are bound to these variety

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    of statues and given these hardship bearing appearances and figures. And they were put

    to mankind's access to bear hardship, carrying loads and difficulties with total obedience.

    Astonishingly, in spite of all obedience, and the particular Remembrance61 of His

    Holiness Great Evolver, the fur cloak of dog, cat or any other animal can not be removed

    and no change can be brought in their created statues until the instant of resurrection

    through any kind of obedience.

    If we were to ponder a more precise point, indeed it will be well enlightened in the

    hearts of sincere and aware people that since basically the creation of all these living

    creatures has been for better organization of mankind's life, and to make man conscious,

    for the sake of human beings, all these living creatures are made to wander with various

    hardships on mountains and in deserts, and to run and struggle here and there in the

    oceans and on the land.

    Those classes among them needed by man are made domestic, and the rest are

    still left with half domestic or some with wild life.In any case, there will be secrets poured in the hearts of aware ones by studying

    and seeing these states. Consequently it will plunge the faithful ones in the ocean of

    astonishment seeing this Grace62 of the Unique Gen