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colors of the atmosphere, the lights that protect life, the different types of
gasses, the assembly of stares in the blue sky, the bright moon in the dark
night, the sun which gives the day its light, air, fragrant dawn, the singing
of the trees, the songs of birds, the call of the nightingale, the voice of the
cuckoo, the ebb and flow of floods, the pathways for lightning and thunder, who
made these things? Can you command the clouds so they do not send rain upon
you? Who gave wisdom and intelligence to the heart? And who gave freedom to the
deer? If we interpret these things on the basis of dignity and greatness, then
we cannot say that we do not possess anything in ourselves. For in fact our
body itself has infinite signs, which we cannot deny and which are signs for
people of wisdom. So the question is, is there anybody who wants to understand?
KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DEEN AZEEMI
What is the universe? It is a point, and this point is a
divine light, and the divine light is itself a light.
Every point is the imprint of luminescence (Tajalli). When
this imprint transforms itself into the divine light then it becomes Aura
(Jism-e-Misali). The display of the Aura is the physical body.
The physical body is built up as a structure of bones, flesh,
and muscle. The skin is a kind of plaster and color on this building. The life
of the human being who is made up of veins, arteries, nerves, bones, and flesh,
is nothing except senses.
