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THE
QURAN HAS ORIGINATED IN THE
GREATEST NAME OF GOD
AND
THE GREATEST LEVEL OF EVERY NAME
If
you want to have some understanding
of how the Quran has originated
in the Greatest Name of God and in
the greatest level of every Name,
consider the universal, sublime
statements of Ayat al-Kursi
and the following verses:
With
Him are the keys of the Unseen.
(6:59)
O
God, Owner of sovereignty.
(3:26)
He
covers the day with the right,
each pursuing the other
urgently.
(7:54)
Earth,
swallow your water; and heaven
abated!
(11:44)
The
seven heavens and the earth,
and all within them extol Him.
(17:44)
Your
creation and your upraising
are as but as a single soul.
(31:28)
We
offered the Trust to the
heavens and the earth and the
mountains.
(33:72)
On
the day when We shall roll up
heaven as a scroll is rolled
for books.
(21:104)
They
measure not God as is due to
Him. The earth altogether
shall be His handful on the
Day of Resurrection.
(39:67)
If
We had sent down this Qur’an
upon a mountain, you would
indeed have seen it humbled,
split asunder out of the fear
of God.
(59:21)
Also,
reflect upon the initial verses of
the suras beginning with al-hamdu
lillah (All praise be to God),
or Tusabbihu (glorifies Him),
and have some grasp of this
significant fact. Further, look at
the openings of the suras
beginning with Alif Lam Mim, Alif
Lam Ra and Ha Mim, and
understand the Qur’an’s
importance in the sight of God
Almighty.
If
you have understood why the Qur’an
is superior to other Divine
Scriptures and all other speeches
and writings and what the Qur’an
has originated in the Greatest Name
of God and the greatest level of
manifestation of every Name, you can
understand that Revelation mostly
came to the Prophets by means of an
angel, and inspiration is mostly
without mediation. You will also be
able to understand why even the
greatest of saints cannot attain to
the level of any Prophet. You can
also understand the Qur’an’s
grandeur and its sacred glory and
honor and the source of its sublime
miraculousness. So also you will be
able to understand why the Prophet
Muhammad, upon him be peace and
blessings, was honored with
Ascension, why he ascended to the
heavens, to the furthest Lote-tree,1
to the distance of only two bows’
length,2 offered supplications to
the All-Majestic One, Who is closer
to man than his jugular vein, and in
the twinkling of an eye returned
whence he came. Indeed, just as the
splitting of the moon was a miracle
of Messengership whereby he
demonstrated his Prophethood to the
jinn and mankind, so too, the
Ascension was a miracle of his
worship and servanthood to God
whereby he demonstrated to the
spirits and angels that he is the
Beloved of God.
O
God, bestow blessings and peace
upon him and his family as
befits Your Mercy and his
dignity.
1.
The furthest Lote-tree signifies
the furthest limit to which a
mortal, however great he is, can
reach.
2.
The distance of two bows’
length signifies the nearness
the Prophet Muhammad attained in
the Ascension to the Almighty,
which is unattainable by another
mortal than him.
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