Salaam
Please see Grant’s writing and some converstions:
Salaam
Please see Grant’s writing and some converstions:
Salaam
By a request from Shakir Shahid:
http://untiredwithloving.org/samaa_ardh.html
Samā & Ardh (Sky and Earth)
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See Also:
http://www.untiredwithloving.org/secrets_arabic1.html
Lisan Al-Arab
Ibn Manzour Afriqi
Al-Sumu: height elevation, also in form Samaw-tu and Samai-tu (I elevated) like unto ‘Alaw-tu and ‘Alai-tu.
Samā something means to elevate something, Sām means height. Samā Bi-Hi(for something) or ‘Asmā-hu means the higher part of something. Also Samā used for nobility.
Samā towards something means raising the eyes to see something. Samā my eyes towards it means I raised my eyes to see it.
If something raised up afar to be spotted, referred to as: Samā for me something (lifted to be seen).
Samā’ something is its highest part, gendered as male.
Samā’ could also mean the ceiling for anything or the ceiling for a house.
Any ceiling-like roof-like object is also called Samā’ e.g. clouds are also Samā’.
Samā’ that is an occlusion shadowing or shading things underneath is gendered as female.
Samā’ as a ceiling or roof is gendered as male e.g.
73.18: The sky will be cleft asunder
السماءُ مُنْفَطِرٌ
It was not mentioned as Munfatira-t i.e. female.
Samā’ of sandal/shoe its top where the sole steps on.
Mufradat
Isfahani
Samā’ as something above what is underneath e.g. sky over earth called Samā’.
Plants are also called Samā’ because they were generated by the rainwater coming from sky or because plants are elevations above the ground.
Samā’ as the sky that faces the earth is gendered as female.
Samāwa-t is whatever appears and as such lofty or elevated.
Mufradat
Isfahani
Al-Ardh: The mass that faces the Samā’ (Sky). Ardhun is plural but was not used in Qur’an in plural form.
Also it is used to phrase the lowest of something, as opposed to Samā’ the highest of something.
Allah said:
57:17. Know you (plural) that Allah gives life to the Ardh after its death.
اعلموا أن الله يحيي الأرض بعد موتها
Ardh to mean corruption and ruin i.e. the lowest of life, for that matter some exegetists said the verse could also mean to soften and thus revive the hearts after they become hard (dead) .
Ardh Aridha means a patch of land with good vegetation.
Ta’radh the plants means deeply rooted into the earth.
Remark: Irfan is an unlearnt knowledge human being finds within.
Secrets of Arabic
Al-Anbari
Irfan: ‘Ism from Samā’
Noun or ‘Ism is derived from Samā i.e. something aloft whose meaning (or wording or sonification), shared by all that is found underneath it.
2:31. And (Allah) taught Adam the Names (‘Asma) of all things
وعلم آدم الأسماء كلها
Meaning Allah taught the nature/knowledge of all things to Adam, (Dara: and he had a way to sound or write in partitioned elements e.g. phones or letters, organized into names, each name as a ceiling encompassing objects which shared the same meanings)
On the same vein:
87:1. Glorify the Name (‘Ism) of your Lord, The Most-High
سبح اسم ربك الأعلى
مفردات ألفاظ القرآن. – للأصفهاني
كتاب السين
سما
ويقال ذلك للأنواع الثلاثة المخبر عنه، والخبر عنه، والرابط بينهما المسمى بالحرف، وهذا هو المراد بالآية؛ لأن آدم عليه السلام كما علم الاسم علم الفعل، والحرف، ولا يعرف الإنسان الاسم فيكون عارف لمسماه إذا عرض عليه المسمى، إلا إذا عرف ذاته. ألا ترى أنا لو علمنا أسامي أشياء بالهندية، أو بالرومية، ولم نعرف صورة ماله تلك الأسماء لم نعرف المسميات إذا شاهدناها بمعرفتنا الأسماء المجردة، بل كنا عارفين بأصوات مجردة، فثبت أن معرفة الأسماء لا تحصل إلا بمعرفة المسمى، وحصول صورته في الضمير، فإذا المراد بقوله: {وعلم آدم الأسماء كلها} <البقرة/ 31>، الأنواع الثلاثة من الكلام وصور المسميات في ذواتها، وقوله: {وما تعبدون من دونه إلا أسماء سميتموها} <يوسف/40>، فمعناه أن الأسماء التي تذكرونها ليس لها مسميات، وإنما هي أسماء على غير مسمى إذ كان حقيقة ما يعتقدون في الأصنام بحسب تلك الأسماء غير موجود فيها، وقوله: {وجعلوا لله شركاء قل سموهم} <الرعد/33>، فليس المراد أن يذكروا أساميها نحو اللات والعزى، وإنما المعنى إظهار تحقيق ما تدعونه إلها، وأنه هل يوجد معاني تلك الأسماء فيها، ولهذا قال بعده: {أم تنبؤنه بما لا يعلم في الأرض أم بظاهر من القول} <الرعد/33>، وقوله: {تبارك اسم ربك} <الرحمن/78>، أي: البركة والنعمة الفائضة في صفاته إذا اعتبرت، وذلك نحو: الكريم والعليم والباري، والرحمن الرحيم، وقال: {سبح اسم ربك الأعلى} <الأعلى/1>، {ولله الأسماء الحسنى} <الأعراف/180>، وقوله: {اسمه يحي لم نجعل له من قبل سميا} <مريم/7>، {ليسمون الملائكة تسمية الأنثى} <النجم/27>، أي: يقولون للملائكة بنات الله، وقوله: {هل تعلم له سميا} <مريم /65>، أي: نظيرا له يستحق اسمه، وموصوفا يستحق صفته على التحقيق، وليس المعنى هل تجد من يتسمى باسمه إذ كان كثير من أسمائه قد يطلق على غيره، لكن ليس معناه إذا استعمل فيه كما كان معناه إذا استعمل في غيره
Irfan: Ardh
This is a technique discovered by Damghani who cognizes the meanings of a particular and generally used word by the context(s) in many verses:
Dictionary of Qur’an
Damghani
Ardh means the Gardens (Paradise):
21:105. Before this We wrote in the Psalms (Zabour), after the Message (given to Moses): My servants the righteous, shall inherit the earth (Ardh).”
39:74 They will say: “Praise be to Allah, Who has truly fulfilled His Promise to us, and has given us (this) land (Ardh) in heritage: We can dwell in the Garden as we will: how excellent a reward for those who work (righteousness)!”
Ardh also means the Sacred House i.e. Bait Al-Muqaddas in Sham Jordan or Palestine region:
7:137 And We made a people, considered weak (and of no account), inheritors of land (Ardh) in both east and west, – lands whereon We sent down Our blessings.
Ardh also means the city of Madina:
29:56 O My servants who believe! truly, spacious is My Land (Ardh): therefore serve ye Me – (and Me alone)!
Ardh also means Makka:
13:41 See they not that We gradually reduce the land (Ardh) from its outlying borders? (Where) Allah commands, there is none to put back His Command: and He is swift in calling to account.
Ardh also means Egypt:
12:55 (Joseph) said: “Set me over the store-houses of the land: I will indeed guard them, as one that knows (their importance).”
Ardh also means the land of peace or Al-Islam:
18:94 They said: “O Zul-qarnain! the Gog and Magog (People) do great mischief on land (Ardh): shall we then render thee tribute in order that thou mightest erect a barrier between us and them?
Ardh means all the land on the planet of Earth:
11:6 There is no moving creature on earth but its sustenance dependeth on Allah. He knoweth the time and place of its definite abode and its temporary deposit: All is in a clear Record.
Ardh also means grave:
4:42 On that day those who reject Faith and disobey the apostle will wish that the land (Ardh) Were made one with them: But never will they hide a single fact from Allah.
Ardh also means a desolate region people get lost in:
5:26 Allah said: “Therefore will the land be out of their reach for forty years: In distraction will they wander through the land (Ardh): But sorrow thou not over these rebellious people.
Ardh means the place where the Judgement Day occurs:
39:69 And the land (Ardh) will shine with the Glory of its Lord: the Record (of Deeds) will be placed (open); the prophets and the witnesses will be brought forward and a just decision pronounced between them; and they will not be wronged (in the least).
Ardh also means heart:
13:17 He sends down water from the skies, and the channels flow, each according to its measure: But the torrent bears away to foam that mounts up to the surface. Even so, from that (ore) which they heat in the fire, to make ornaments or utensils therewith, there is a scum likewise. Thus doth Allah (by parables) show forth Truth and Vanity. For the scum disappears like froth cast out; while that which is for the good of mankind remains on the land (Ardh). Thus doth Allah set forth parables.
Ardh also means the place of passing or dying:
31:34 Verily the knowledge of the Hour is with Allah (alone). It is He Who sends down rain, and He Who knows what is in the wombs. Nor does any one know what it is that he will earn on the morrow: Nor does any one know in what land (Ardh)he is to die. Verily with Allah is full knowledge and He is acquainted (with all things).
© 2014-2002, Dara O Shayda
Salaam everyone
http://untiredwithloving.org/gulshan_q_3_4_I.html
For discussion specific to this book please see:
http://gulshan-raz.lossofgenerality.com/on-meaning-of-i-and-voyage-within-i/
Salaam Whisper
Don’t have all the answers you need, but have a bit of research on perhaps something useful for your Equivalence idea. Universes do not exist by themselves, they are mapped to each other, the mapping is what makes them to show existence per human cognition and spiritualities, the universes by themselves are not cognizable:
Nasafi
http://untiredwithloving.org/nasafi_mirror.html :
Know that the Alam-Saghir (Minor Universe) is a copy and a Nemūdār (Vectorial Abstraction) of the Alam-Kabir (Eminent Universe) and whatever is in the Alam-Kabir is also found in Alam-Saghir. So whatever is found within the Alam-Kabir (Eminent Universe) it ought to have a Nemudar (Vectorial Abstraction) within the Alam-Saghir (Minor Universe), otherwise any description of that object is inaccurate and false.
Definition: According to the treatise 10 of Nasafi Chapter 5 Nemudar of the beautitude of the Paradise are the temporal pleasures on this earth and the Nemudar of the torments of the Hell are the sufferings of humanity on this earth. Based upon this description the best translation for the Farsi word Nemudar is ‘Abstraction’ of something in some universe which is projected or imaged into another. Due to this aspect of the projection or imaging then the attribute ‘Vectorial’ is added, so Nemudar is Vectorial Abstraction.
http://www.untiredwithloving.org/jabarut_malakut_mulk.html :
Insan Kamil
Azizeddin Nasafi
“O Darwish! The relatedness of these universes are brimful with Ishq (Unary Unrestrained Love), every relatedness (say A in one universe is related to B in another universe) serves as mirror (reflects an image of A into B) while the antecedent and precedent (A and B) are actually in love with each other, and both in love with the mirror as well.
Suyuti Al-Ghazali on Muqabala , probably what you need to study:
http://untiredwithloving.org/suyuti_fathul_jalil.html#muqabalah
Mapping one universe to another
Al-Ghazali
“I say (it is my opinion): Since the universe of Shahada (Observables) became an ‘elevator’ towards the universe of Malakut (Spiritual Realms) and Suluk (Voyage) of Sirat-Al-Mustaqim (The Straight Path) refers to this upward glide i.e. the Din (Religion, way of spiritual life) and the resting-places of the Divine Guidance, therefore if there was no relationships and connections between these universes how could then be any form or glide from one to the other?
Due to the Divine Mercy there is‘equivalence’ between the realm of Shahad (Observables) and Malakut (Realm of Spirits) i.e. entities in one realm are corresponded to the entities in the other realm! Perhaps an entity in the Malakut (Realm of Spirits) has multitudes of corresponding entities in this world. Therefore a metaphor (e.g. entering and exiting the light) becomes an ‘exhibited display’ of an analog (of something in the other universe) and therefore corresponds to an entity in another universe and this correspondence is called Al-Mutabaqah.
Salaam Whisper,
The essence of Servanthood is to render ‘service’. The sentient may ‘serve’ its Nafs (e.g. the drop that thinks itself the ocean) or become subservient to The True Self, The Exalted and Glorious, Rab AlAalameen.
“O you who have believed, be supporters of Allah ..” Al-Qur’an
“Indeed Allah will help those who help Him. Indeed Allah is Exalted in Might, All-Powerful.” Al-Qur’an
“I was a Hidden Treasure and Wanted to Be Known” (hadith Qudsi)
So.
Every thought, speech, action motivated by the desire to further that ‘Desire’ of ALLAH is Divine Service. For example, to gladden the heart of a fellow sentient — plant, animal, Insaan — you are helping that fellow sentient find ease and happiness in Creation and get a glimpse of the ‘Hidden Treasure’ that is our LORD, Ar-Rahmaan. That is ‘helping ALLAH’.
(Remember: That fellow sentient may indeed also be your own self …)
“Love God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind. And Love your neighbor /even/ as you Love your self.” The Evangel of The Messiah Son of Mary (Salaam Upon them)
If you are walking faithfully in the footsteps of the Blessed Beloved of ALLAH, Mohammad Mostafa (SAWS), then that is so. And remember that ALLAH and HIS Messenger Love those who are ‘moderate’ in thought, speech, and action.
/& Salaam
Salaam Whisper and Salaam to everyone
Ibada is basically a term unknown to modern Muslims, their best understanding is what they watched in Hollywood movies depicting a person in cosmetic ritualistic acts of worship. So I admire a person as yourself who asks such honest and genuine question.
I cannot answer this question in any straightforward way, however over the years collected bits and pieces from books:
In Sunni books of the Arab, there are references to the Prophet’s saying that glancing upon the face of Imam Ali is Ibada! Does this mean worship, no not in the language Arab:
http://www.untiredwithloving.org/ali.html
the glance upon one parents’ face is Ibada, said the Prophet peace be upon him.
Or
‘The best of a man’s Ibada (Servitude for Allah) is his good opinions/judgments (about Allah or people)’, said the Prophet.
Or
‘The faster stays within the (state of) Ibada (Servitude for Allah), from dawn till dusk, if he does not backbite; if he does backbite his fasting is ruined’, said the Prophet.
The highest level and most precious Ibada:
Thinking
‘There is no poverty worse than ignorance, no investment with more return than that of ‘Aql (Intellect), and no Ibada (Servitude for Allah) like unto the Tafakkur (Thinking)’, said the Prophet.
Lisan Al-Arab
Ibn Manzour
‘Abada is the odoriferous incense burning on fire, ‘Abd is a plant with nice aroma.
‘Abd has the botanical nature of blooming aromatic plants and in extreme cases like an incense burning upon the flares of trials and tribulations, only to give out one of the most unique and loveliest aromas in heavens and earth.
Sometimes a plant must be dried i.e. dead in order for it to burn on the fire to give off lovely aroma, so are many ‘Abid (Servants of Allah) during their lives no one senses anything from their direction, but upon their death universe fills with the aroma of Divine Beauty!
Salaam Whisper and Salaam to everyone
Best reference for spirituality of Dhikr, from Qushairi Manifest:
http://www.untiredwithloving.org/qushairi_dhikr.html
Most important concept in metaphysics of Sufis is that human being cannot remember Allah in any form, nor even to mention the Divine Name, but it was Allah all along that remembered or mentioned the human being and the primordial echo of that remembrance or mention is our words remembering Allah:
http://www.untiredwithloving.org/ibn_ataa_hekam_dhikr.html
For that matter the terminology of Qabiliyat has been used:
http://www.untiredwithloving.org/qabiliyat.html
Human being a Divine Musical Instrument, and sounds coming out of him or her are nothing but Dhikr of Allah as in primordial memory accessed to understand something of Allah:
http://www.untiredwithloving.org/muddakir.html
Being good to the mother is a requirement for a man to do proper Dhikr of remembrance of Allah, per Hadith of the Prophet:
http://www.untiredwithloving.org/dhikr_mother.html
قل اللهم يا ذا السلطان العظيم ذا المن القديم ذا الرحمة الكريم
Al-Qadim: The Infinite Ancient One
http://untiredwithloving.org/al_qadim.html
This was written for Sheikh Sayed Cassim Sayed .