The Meccan Revelations

Manuscript volume 32 · Page 210

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Arabic

محسوسة ومعقولة، وكلها عند الله فإنه عين الوجود. فهي حضرة جامعة للأعيان والنسب والحدوث والقدم.

فالخلق والخالق والمقدور والقادر والملك والمالك، كل واحد لصاحبه أمر وقوت. فأمره في سمائه وهو علوه، وقوته في أرضه وهو دنوه. فإنا من أهل الأرض ونحن المخاطبون بهٰذا الخطاب ليس غيرنا، ولهٰذا كان القرآن منزلا، والنزول لا يكون إلا من علو كما العروج لا يكون إلا إلى علو.

فمن سفل إلى علو عروج

و من علو إلى سفل نزول

و كل جاء في التنزيل فينا

فمهما قلت فانظر ما تقول

(الافتقار المتبادل بين العين والحكم)

ولما لم يكن في الكون إلا علة ومعلول، علمنا إن الأقوات العلوية والسفلية أدوية لإزالة أمراض، ولا مرض إلا الافتقار. فكل من في السماوات ومن في الأرض ﴿آتِي الرَّحْمنِ عَبْداً﴾ [مريم: ٩٣]، والسماء والأرض أتيا إلى الرحمن طائعين.

وكل عبد فقير لسيده، وخادم القوم سيدهم لقيامه بمصالحهم. والعبد هو من يقوم في خدمة سيده لبقاء حقيقة العبودة عليه، والسيد

English

sensory and intelligible, all with God, for He is existence itself. This is therefore a Presence gathering entities, relations, origination, and beginninglessness.

The creature and the Creator, the object of power and the powerful, the possession and the owner: each is command and sustenance for its companion. Its command is within its heaven, which is its highness, and its sustenance within its earth, which is its lowness. We belong to the people of earth, and we, none other, are addressed through this address. For this reason the Qur'an is sent down. Descent is only from highness, just as ascent is only to highness.

From low to high is ascent,

And from high to low is descent.

Both have come concerning us within revelation.

Whatever you say, consider what you say.

(Mutual Need between Entity and Ruling)

Since there is nothing within engendered being but cause and effect, we know that the higher and lower provisions are remedies for removing illnesses. There is no illness but need. Everyone within the heavens and earth ﴿comes to the All-Merciful as a servant﴾ [Maryam 19:93]. Heaven and earth came willingly to the All-Merciful.

Every servant needs his master. The people's servant is their master, through attending to their beneficial purposes. The servant is one who serves his master so that the reality of servanthood may remain upon him, while the master

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