35. ✧ The Beginning of Creation
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يَوْمُ الْأَحَدِ يَوْمُ غَرْسٍ وَبِنَاءٍ، وَيَوْمُ الِاثْنَيْنِ يَوْمُ سَفَرٍ، ويَوْمُ الثُّلَاثَاءِ يَوْمُ دَمٍ، وَيَوْمُ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ يَوْمُ أَخْذٍ وَلَا عَطَاءَ فِيهِ، وَيَوْمُ الْخَمِيسِ يَوْمُ دُخُولٍ عَلَى السُّلْطَانِ، وَيَوْمُ الْجُمُعَةِ يَوْمُ تَزَوُّجٍ وَبَاءَةٍ، وَيَوْمُ السَّبْتِ
✧ Sunday is a day of planting and building, Monday is a day of travel, Tuesday is a day of blood, Wednesday is a day of taking in which there is no giving, Thursday is a day of entering upon the ruler, Friday is a day of marriage and cohabitation, and Saturday [is a day of...]
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4124No grade recorded
قُلْتُ لِكَعْبٍ: مَا يُمْسِكُ هَذِهِ الْأَرْضَ الَّتِي نَحْنُ عَلَيْهَا ؟ قَالَ: أَمْرُ اللهِ تَعَالَى. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ أَمْرَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الَّذِي يُمْسِكُهَا، فَمَا أَمْرُ اللهِ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَ: شَجَرَةٌ خَضْرَاءُ فِي يَدِ مَلَكٍ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ قَائِمٌ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الْحُوتِ مُنْطَوٍ، وَالسَّمَاوَاتُ مِنْ تَحْتِ الْعَرْشِ. قُلْتُ: فَمَا سَاكِنُ الْأَرْضِ الثَّانِيَةِ ؟ قَالَ: الرِّيحُ الْعَقِيمُ، لَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يُهْلِكَ عَادًا أَوْحَى إِلَى خَزَنَتِهَا أَنِ افْتَحُوا مِنْهَا بَابًا. قَالُوا: رَبَّنَا، مِثْلَ مَنْخِرِ الثَّوْرِ ؟ قَالَ: إِذًا تَلْقَى الْأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ: فَجُعِلَ مِثْلُ مَوْضِعِ الْخَاتَمِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فَمَنْ سَاكِنُ الْأَرْضِ الثَّالِثَةِ ؟ قَالَ: حِجَارَةُ جَهَنَّمَ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فَمَنْ سَاكِنُ الْأَرْضِ الرَّابِعَةِ ؟ قَالَ: كِبْرِيتُ جَهَنَّمَ. قُلْتُ: وَإِنَّ لَهَا لَكِبْرِيتًا ؟ قَالَ: أَيْ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، وَبِحَارٌ لَوْ طُرِحَتْ فِيهَا الْجِبَالُ لَتَفَتَّتَتْ مِنْ حَرِّهَا. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ سَاكِنُ الْأَرْضِ الْخَامِسَةِ ؟ قَالَ: حَيَّاتُ جَهَنَّمَ. قُلْتُ: وَإِنَّ لَهَا لِحَيَّاتٍ ؟ قَالَ: إِي وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، أَمْثَالَ الْأَوْدِيَةِ. قُلْتُ: فَمَنْ سَاكِنُ الْأَرْضِ السَّادِسَةِ ؟ قَالَ: عَقَارِبُ جَهَنَّمَ. قُلْتُ: وَإِنَّ لَهَا لِعَقَارِبَ ؟ قَالَ: إِي وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ، أَمْثَالَ الْفَلَكِ، وَإِنَّ لَهَا أَذْنَابًا مِثْلَ الرِّمَاحِ، وَإِنَّ إِحْدَاهُنَّ لَتَلْقَى الْكَافِرَ فَتَلْسَعُهُ اللَّسْعَةَ فَيَتَنَاثَرُ لَحْمُهُ عَلَى قَدَمَيْهِ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: فَمَا سَاكِنُ الْأَرْضِ السَّابِعَةِ ؟ قَالَ: تِلْكَ سِجِّينٌ، فِيهَا إِبْلِيسُ مُوثَقٌ، اسْتَعْدَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ، فَحَبَسَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى فِيهَا، يَدًا أَمَامَهُ وَيَدًا خَلْفَهُ، وَرِجْلًا أَمَامَهُ، وَرِجْلًا خَلْفَهُ، وَتَأْتِيهِ جُنُودُهُ بِالْأَخْبَارِ، وَلَهُ زَمَانٌ يُرْسَلُ فِيهِ
✧ I said to Ka'b: 'What holds this earth upon which we are?' He said: 'The command of Allah, the Exalted.' He said: I said: 'I know that the command of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, is what holds it, but what is that command of Allah?' He said: 'A green tree in the hand of an angel among the angels, standing on the back of the whale, curled up, and the heavens are beneath the Throne.' I said: 'Who inhabits the second earth?' He said: 'The barren wind; when He willed to destroy 'Ad, He revealed to its keepers: "Open a door from it." They said: "Our Lord, like the nostril of an ox?" He said: "Then it would cast away the earth and whoever is upon it." So it was made like the place of a signet ring.' He said: I said: 'Who inhabits the third earth?' He said: 'The stones of Jahannam.' He said: I said: 'Who inhabits the fourth earth?' He said: 'The sulfur of Jahannam.' I said: 'Does it have sulfur?' He said: 'Yes, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, and seas into which if the mountains were thrown they would crumble from its heat.' He said: I said: 'Who inhabits the fifth earth?' He said: 'The serpents of Jahannam.' I said: 'Does it have serpents?' He said: 'Yes, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, like valleys.' I said: 'Who inhabits the sixth earth?' He said: 'The scorpions of Jahannam.' I said: 'Does it have scorpions?' He said: 'Yes, by the One in Whose hand is my soul, like the celestial sphere, and they have tails like spears. One of them would meet the disbeliever and sting him one sting, and his flesh would fall off his feet.' He said: I said: 'Who inhabits the seventh earth?' He said: 'That is Sijjin; in it Iblis is fettered. The angels sought help against him, so Allah, the Exalted, imprisoned him in it, a hand in front of him and a hand behind him, and a leg in front of him and a leg behind him. His troops bring him news, and he has a time when he will be sent forth.'
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« الْأَرْوَاحُ جُنُودٌ مُجَنَّدَةٌ فَمَا تَعَارَفَ مِنْهَا ائْتَلَفَ، وَمَا تَنَاكَرَ مِنْهَا اخْتَلَفَ
✧ "Souls are mobilized troops: those that knew each other become intimate, and those that did not know each other differ."
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« أُذِنَ لِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَ عَنْ ( مَلَكٍ ) قَدْ مَرَقَتْ رِجْلَاهُ ( الْأَرْضَ ) السَّابِعَةَ وَالْعَرْشُ عَلَى مَنْكِبِهِ، يَقُولُ: سُبْحَانَكَ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ وَأَيْنَ تَكُونُ
✧ "Permission was granted to me to speak about an angel whose feet have pierced the seventh earth while the Throne is upon his shoulder, saying: 'Glory be to You! Where were You and where will You be?'"
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« خَلَقَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْجِنَّ ثَلَاثَةَ أَصْنَافٍ؛ صِنْفٌ حَيَّاتٌ وَعَقَارِبُ وَخَشَاشُ الْأَرْضِ، وَصِنْفٌ كَالرِّيحِ فِي الْهَوَاءِ، وَصِنْفٌ عَلَيْهِمُ الْحِسَابُ وَالْعِقَابُ. وَخَلَقَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْإِنْسَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَصْنَافٍ: صِنْفٌ كَالْبَهَائِمِ، قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا الْآيَةَ. وَصِنْفٌ أَجْسَادُهُمْ أَجْسَادُ بَنِي آدَمَ وَأَرْوَاحُهُمْ أَرْوَاحُ الشَّيَاطِينِ، وَصِنْفٌ فِي ظِلِّ اللهِ تَعَالَى يَوْمَ لَا ظِلَّ إِلَّا ظِلُّهُ
✧ "Allah, the Exalted, created the jinn in three kinds: a kind of serpents, scorpions, and creeping things of the earth; a kind like the wind in the air; and a kind upon whom is reckoning and punishment. And Allah, Mighty and Majestic, created mankind in three kinds: a kind like cattle—Allah, Mighty and Majestic, said: 'They have hearts wherewith they understand not'—the verse; a kind whose bodies are the bodies of the children of Adam and whose spirits are the spirits of devils; and a kind in the shade of Allah, the Exalted, on a day when there is no shade but His shade."
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« خَلَقَ اللهُ تَعَالَى الْجِنَّ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَثْلَاثٍ: ثُلُثٌ لَهُمْ أَجْنِحَةٌ يَطِيرُونَ فِي الْهَوَاءِ، وَثُلُثٌ حَيَّاتٌ وَكِلَابٌ، وَثُلُثٌ يَحُلُّونَ وَيَظْعَنُونَ
✧ "Allah, the Exalted, created the jinn in three thirds: a third have wings with which they fly in the air, a third are serpents and dogs, and a third settle and depart."
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« دُونَ اللهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ حِجَابٍ مِنْ نُورٍ وَظُلْمَةٍ، وَمَا تَسْمَعُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئًا مِنْ حِسِّ تِلْكَ الْحُجُبِ إِلَّا زَهَقَتْ نَفْسُهَا
✧ "Below Allah, Blessed and Exalted, are seventy thousand veils of light and darkness; no soul hears anything of the sound of those veils but that its soul departs."
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« إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى خَلَقَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ رِيحًا بَعْدَ الرِّيحِ بِسَبْعِ سِنِينَ مِنْ دُونِهَا بَابٌ مُغْلَقٌ، وَإِنَّمَا تَأْتِيكُمُ الرِّيحُ مِنْ خَلَلِ ذَلِكَ الْبَابِ، وَلَوْ فُتِحَ ذَلِكَ الْبَابُ لَأَذْرَتْ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهِيَ عِنْدَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْأَزْيَبُ، وَعِنْدَكُمُ الْجَنُوبُ.
✧ «Allah Almighty created in Paradise a wind after the wind by seven years, and besides it is a closed door, and the wind comes to you only from the gap of that door. If that door were opened, it would scatter what is between heaven and earth. It is with Allah Almighty al-Azyab, and with you the south wind.»
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4119No grade recorded
" « إِنَّ اللهَ تَعَالَى خَلْق فِي الْجَنَّةِ رِيحًا بَعْدَ الرِّيحِ بِسَبْعِ سِنِينَ مِنْ دُونِهَا بَابُ مُغْلَق وَإِنَّمَا تَأْتِيكُمُ الرِّيحُ مِنْ خَلَّلَ ذَلِكَ الْبَابُ وَلَوْ فَتَحَ ذَلِكَ الْبَابُ لَأَذْرَتْ مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَهِيَ عِنْدُ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْأَزْيَب وَعِنْدَكُمُ الْجَنُوبُ »" نوع="مرفوع"
✧ «Allah Almighty created in Paradise a wind after the wind by seven years, and besides it is a closed door, and the wind comes to you only from the gap of that door. If that door were opened, it would scatter what is between heaven and earth. It is with Allah Almighty al-Azyab, and with you the south wind.» (Marfu')
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« مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ الدُّنْيَا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ، وَغِلَظُ كُلٍّ مِنْهُمَا مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ، وَمَا بَيْنَ كُلِّ سَمَاءٍ إِلَى الَّتِي تَلِيهَا مَسِيرَةُ خَمْسِمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ، إِلَى السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ، وَالْأَرَضُونَ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ، وَمَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ السَّابِعَةِ إِلَى الْعَرْشِ مِثْلُ جَمِيعِ ذَلِكَ
✧ «Between the lowest heaven and the earth is a journey of five hundred years, and the thickness of each of them is a journey of five hundred years, and between each heaven and the one that follows it is a journey of five hundred years, up to the seventh heaven, and the earths are like that, and between the seventh heaven and the Throne is like all of that.»
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« السَّمَاوَاتُ أَوَّلُهَا مَوْجٌ مَكْفُوفٌ، وَالثَّانِيَةُ مِنْ صَخْرَةٍ، وَالثَّالِثَةُ مِنْ حَدِيدٍ، وَالرَّابِعَةُ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ، وَالْخَامِسَةُ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ، وَالسَّادِسَةُ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَالسَّابِعَةُ مِنْ يَاقُوتٍ
✧ «The heavens: the first of them is a restrained wave, the second is of rock, the third is of iron, the fourth is of brass, the fifth is of silver, the sixth is of gold, and the seventh is of ruby.»
al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4122No grade recorded
أَنَّ الْعَرْشَ يَاقُوتَةٌ حَمْرَاءُ
✧ The Throne is a red ruby.