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Being the best of all creators God has
granted man that knowledge which is responsible for activating the creative
abilities in man. In order to introduce his remarkable attribute of creation
God has used the phrase, "the best of all creators". To wit, God has
delegated His Creative Potential to man. One who creates enjoys the right to
create and fashion something according to his will and wish. When should something
be brought into existence and when it shouldn't, all depends upon the sweet
will of the Creator. And if something causes unpleasantness he may dispose it
off as he pleases. The same right to exercise his will has also been granted to
man by God, the most sublime. Man can benefit mankind, by his creations and can
also causes destruction through his inventions. It has become quite easy to
understand these things in the perspective of the present era. Radio, for
instance, is an invention, or to say, a creation that works according to
various frequencies depending upon the component installed in it. Similarly
another invention called television also functions on various channels.
Different channels, in fact, are indicative of reception of waves of different
wavelengths. Yet another invention 'atom bomb' that possesses huge quantity of
energy sufficient to annihilate habitations along with their inhabitants.
Hydrogen bomb possesses still greater energy for destruction than atomic bomb.
The atomic energy used for destruction in the form of atomic bomb can also be
used for peaceful purposes.
A healthy person can do more work, can run
faster and perform his duties better than that of a sick or weak person who in
his every movement expresses lesser vitality. In this case too, the quantities
of health and vitality are responsible for the health and vigor of one person
and their decreased amount in sickness and weakness in the other.
Let us take another case. We find a person
who is more intelligent than the other. In the intelligent person the waves of
intellect are operative in greater quantity than that of a simpleton. If the
quantities responsible for proper functioning or requirements of life are
adequate enough then, it is said, that the man is living a normal life
otherwise he will not be called normal or wise. We feel thirsty. This feeling
of thirst, in fact, is a signal from the creative system that the system of our
body requires water. A balanced man would take only that much water which is
actually required by our physical system whereas someone with immoderate
approach towards water would take so much water that it would make his belly
swell. Feeling of unstable thirst, in medical terms, is considered a disease
and the reason for this disease is that the quantities responsible for
producing the feeling of thirst undergo a deterioration causing abnormal
feelings of thirst any one suffering from this disease drinks so much water
that his stomach is ruptured and he dies due to this cause.
One feels hungry. If the food is taken in
moderate amount the physical fitness is maintained. But if the feeling of
hunger is disturbed either one would not feel like eating or would become
gluttonous. If one doesn't eat he would become weak and if one eats excessively
he would fall ill because of indigestion or stomach disorder. All these
examples explicitly prove that all the phases, aspects, features and movements
of life, whether it is the life of this world or the life hereafter are all
based upon various quantities. As long as these quantities are there life is
there. When these quantities undergo a change whether this change result in
increase of these quantities or decrease, life also undergoes a change from
normal to abnormal causing such a rift in life that one despite looking like a
living soul is much closer to those who are deceased. For conquest of the
universe it is necessary that we should have the knowledge of those creative
formulae upon which this creative is founded, is kinetic, is sensible and
enjoys consciousness.
Law: - All the demands concerning life
originate from certain quantities and the very same quantities are responsible
for creation of these demands and no demand of life can exist without a
formula.
God, the Lord Creator, has created us after
formulating various formulae. When, intentionally or unintentionally, we get
this formulae activated new discoveries or inventions come into being.
Since man himself is also a formula
therefore the creative element responsible for the life of this formula remains
in action. Since man is a creative formula and he is granted the knowledge of
creative formulae therefore he is capable of learning the formulae required for
the creation of angels and the formulae for production of heaven and paradise.
He can acquaint himself with those quantities and formulae upon which the seven
heavens are established and, to top it all, he can even study those formulae,
which are used for the creation of the High Throne (arsh).
The tragic aspect is that, the quest for
knowledge, curiosity for finding reality and the habit of thinking is no longer
a prominent trait of Muslims. Muslims claim to be the vicegerents of God but
seldom bother to make use of their thinking abilities, not even to the extent,
which is customary for the ants. Without granting exception to anyone God's
laws remain in operation. It has been clearly incorporated in the Holy Quran
that this book is a sure source of guidance for those who exercise their
thinking abilities, conduct researches and observe minutely. God is He, who is
One and only, the Absolute, the Insouciant. He begets not nor is He begotten.
And, there is none like unto Him. One who seeks, he finds and one who denies
remains deprived.
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.