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According to the verdict of God the first
place that was granted to Adam was the Garden (Paradise). After learning about
the knowledge of the Elohistic Names i.e. the Attributes of Allah the first
thing that man was blessed with was Paradise. The Attributes of God, in fact,
are representative qualities of Lord's craftsmanship and creative powers. The
attribute of a creator is to create. Since God is the Lord Creator therefore
every attribute related to Him is a creative power capable of creating and
fashioning anything according to the will of God Almighty
God introduced his creations to Adam by
teaching him the divine knowledge of the Elohistic Appellations in such a way
that Adam had supremacy over all other species of this universe. As a token of
acknowledgement of his superiority and cardinal position he was awarded
paradise to live in. To wit, when the Knowledge of Elohistic Appellation was
activated in man he found himself in paradise; a place where he was free to
exercise his will as and when he wanted, a place where unpolluted and most
refined senses are operative, no problem or worry can exist there, there exists
no concept of restriction and restraints, one is not to worry about earning
livelihood, no fear of admonition for doing or not doing something, no feeling
of regret over losses. Paradise has that calm and tranquil atmosphere which is
a source of comfort and luxury in all respects.
The purpose of this prolegomenon is to
establish that the first step of vicegerency and deputization of God is to be
liberated from the feelings of anguish, anxiety, distress, mantel agony,
insecurity, uncertainty, grief, adversity, fear and phobia. Only that phase of
life is there in which one enjoys peace, comfort, luxury and authority. Since
Allah the Lord Creator Himself is free from all wants, sublime and insouciant
therefore when this attribute of God is activated in man he experiences the
same state which is consequential to activation of this Elohistic Attribute of
insouciance.
Adam was made to reside in paradise after
God had conferred upon him His Bounties. And, God told him, O' Adam, Reside in
the Garden with your wife and eat of the bountiful things therein as where and
when you will but approach not this tree otherwise you will be amongst those
who run into harm and transgression? Our father, Adam, could not restrict
himself from approaching the forbidden tree and committed disobedience. As soon
as the disobedience was committed the trust reposed in Adam was veiled and this
veil was this new form of life in which we now find ourselves. This new life is
ephemeral and a life of deprivations in contrast with the life of entrusted
Trust which was a life of tranquility and comfort When Adam broke his relation
with the life of paradise peace and tranquility vanished. Darkness replaced
light. Grief substituted delight and liberty and freedom was replaced by
confinement and incarceration. Adam was forced to leave paradise in a state of
dismay and regret. Despite Adam's disobedience and ingratitude for God's
blessings God, the most merciful neither did nor divests him from that granted
treasure of trust reposed in him, upon which, Adam using his discretion and
authority put a covering veil. That is to say, Adam closed his eyes, after
putting the treasure of knowledge regarding conquest of universe, under the
cover. Despite such devastating oppression, transgression and disobedience God
out of sheer mercy told Adam that your actual abode 'Paradise' would remain
yours provided you could remove the cover of self-adopted disobedience. As soon
as you will lacerate this veil you will be re-admitted into Paradise. Although
your soul; the Unconscious and the agency of disobedience; your conscious mind
which was expelled from paradise both have this innate knowledge that their
actual abode and dwelling place is Paradise and there life is in tranquility,
peace and freedom, we shall keep on sending our messengers, who would be
amongst you, to remind you of the great blessing of God possessed by you of
which you have deprived yourselves.
When you will go astray, forget and become unmindful
that you own a sublime treasure we shall be sending those who would remind you
of the sublime treasure of knowledge possessed by you and will tell you not to
remain ignorant of your treasures. These holy men would be making laws and
rules for you to enable you to lift that veil easily which has obscured the
free life of Paradise from you so that you could return to your eternal
dwelling place.
Remember! The life that you are living in
this phenomenal world in comparison to the life of the Paradise is nothing but
a life in prison. This life is short lived, based on fiction, no matter how you
live and what you do ultimately this world prove to be ephemeral and you would
have to quit this phenomenal world. If you failed to lift the veil drawn between
you and Paradise in this life then Paradise will reject you permanently. As
long as you are living this life of incarceration on the earth that disobedient
mind is in operation which had disobeyed in Paradise and because of which you
were awarded the sentence of expulsion from there. Nature keeping its promise
sent one hundred twenty four thousand prophets to guide this oppressor,
rebellious and disobedient man but alas man turned a deaf ear to all these
prophets and kept on following that reprobate Satan who was responsible for
man's expulsion from Paradise.
Everybody who has common sense can observe
this phenomenon at any time that every moment of life is expiring. When one
moment expires it is replaced by another one. Expiry of the day results in the
birth of the night and the birth of the day is subject to the expiry of the
night. When childhood passes away boyhood is produced. When the boyhood
annihilates, youth is born. When youth passes away old age is born. And when
the old age expires man vanished from the scenario in such a way that the body
of man is eaten away by the earth. Each and every organ of the beautiful body
turns into dust particles. The skeleton of bones; the basis of human structure
transforms into ashes. The brain, upon which the edifice of man's greatness
depends, of which man is so proud and because of which ruthlessly oppresses
others and start considering himself a god is also eaten away by the earth and
other people like himself trod down these particles. But if, contrary to this situation,
someone living in this state of degraded life acquaints himself with that mind
which had caused the angels to prostrate before him then he becomes immortal
and the legacy of Adam; the Paradise lost is found again.
KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DEEN AZEEMI
When any branch of knowledge is taken into
consideration, two things, because of their significance, immediately become
important. The first one is theoretical knowledge, which we possess about that
particular branch of knowledge and in its final stage practical demonstration
and implementation of that branch of knowledge is observed. In other words,
knowledge is the name given to the combination of theory and practice. Like any
other branch of knowledge, the spiritual sciences, too, are no exception to this
rule, that is, after learning and Rules, Laws, Principle and Formulae
Theoretically; they are tested, analyzed and examined practically. There are
two possible ways of learning and acquiring knowledge. One method is to learn
the theory first and then to use the learnt formulae, principles and laws
practically. The other method is to start learning through practical
experiments directly.