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THE HOLIEST
Readings
(The Koran)
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Tablet Fourteen
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<1>
God
has communicated with humans through many symbolic languages. In
order to understand His Spiritual Messages, we should be familiar
with these symbols. In the Bible and
Koran, these
symbols are the same. The last book of the Bible, The
Revelation, is full of these symbols. Understanding them in The Revelation will greatly help in understanding the rest of
the
Bible
and also the Koran
(read
Revelation of The
Revelation).
<2>Here are some symbols and their correspondence
to those in the Bible. There can be more, however.
<3>These symbols have not been understood so far,
but with these revelations they can now be described.
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Surah The Heights (Al-A'raf)
"You know them by their
marks" corresponds
to those who "receive a
mark" in
The Revelation, chapter 13:
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The occupants of the Heights [highly
developed spiritual Souls] call out to men who are known by
their
marks: Your
multitude availed you not, nor did your pride. (48)
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<4>The
mark
is that pride of material possession, or GREED. |
Surah The Bee (An-Nahl)
All creation praises and prays to the Lord,
corresponding to the symbols of the
four beasts and
twenty-four
elders in the
Bible
(Rev. 5:14):
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Whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever
living creature is in the earth, and the
Angels [all creative elements] submit themselves humbly to
God, and they act not proudly. (49)
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Surah Iron (Al-Hadid)
All things praise the Lord:
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Whatsoever is in the heavens and in the earth
glorifies
God... (1)
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Surah Exile (Al-Hashr)
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Whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever
is in the earth glorifies
God. He is Mighty, the
Wise. (1)
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Surah Ornaments of Gold (Az-Zukhruf)
"Love of many will wax cold" (Matthew 24:12):
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Friends will be foes that day, save the
righteous ones. (67)
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Surah The Event (Al-Waqi'ah)
"Earthquake" symbolizes a change of social orders
and old set-ups:
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When the earth is violently shaken (4)
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Mountains and hills are symbols of great people who could be
leaned on by others. They will lose their strength in this
tribulation:
Surah The Event (Al-Waqi'ah)
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And the mountains fall and become as powder
Scattered dust they become. (5-6)
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Surah The Emissaries (Al-Mursalat)
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And when the mountains are blown away, (10)
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Surah The Overthrowing (At-Takwir)
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And the mountains are moved (3)
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Star is used as a symbol for referring to the
children, and also to those worthy people who will help the leaders
of society carry out the tasks:
Surah The Emissaries (Al-Mursalat)
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When the
stars are dimmed (8)
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<5>In the last days many people will reach higher
consciousness and assume the leadership of humanity. Before it
happens, the
stars (the children in
the families) will become rebellious and it will be hard to find
honest worthy people. |
Surah The Overthrowing (At-Takwir)
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And the
stars are no more,
(2)
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<6>In the last days the children and
obedient people in society will be disobedient. |
Sky or heaven refers to the heavenly social
orders. In the last days old social orders will be shaken:
Surah The Emissaries (Al-Mursalat)
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When the sky is rent asunder, (9)
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Surah The Overthrowing (At-Takwir)
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When the sky is no more, (11)
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Sun is the symbol of the father of the family and
also the great and honest leaders in societies. In the last days a
true father or leader will be rarely found. Also it is a symbol of
the highest spiritual knowledge, so in the last days true spiritual
knowledge will be lost.
Surah the Overthrowing (At-Takwir)
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When the sun is taken away, (1)
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The
morning star
refers to the sun. The sun is the only star that rises in the
morning. It is a symbol of the highest realization of spiritual
life: being completely submissive and surrendered to the Will of the
Lord, which is to establish the
Kingdom Of Heaven On Earth.
Only these people can be real fathers and leaders on earth. That is
why the sun is also a symbol for great leaders in society and the
father of the family.
Surah
The Morning Star
(At-Tariq)
In the Bible Rev. 2:28, this same morning
star is given to those who completely understand the teaching of the
fourth church, which is
Islam. As its name
expresses, the spirit of the teaching of
Islam is to be completely surrendered and submissive to The Plan
of the Lord, which is to bring the
Kingdom Of Heaven On Earth.
Surah The Most High (Al-A'ala)
Corresponding to Rev. 9:6, "And in those days
shall men seek death, and shall not find it:..."
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He will therein neither die nor live. (13)
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| <7>These verses above also refer to the last days
when the whole world will be destroyed. Only those who have reached
Pure
Consciousness will escape the destruction. |
TESTS
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<8>The human should go through tests, and
each test is also a lesson for him in his life. Man should
completely overcome his lower nature before he is allowed to enter
the Kingdom Of Heaven
(in
heaven). He should show
no trace of the
false ego.
<9>It is
the purpose of all creation to make man so weak that he could be
manageable, then through suffering and tests guide him and
eventually bring him to perfection (Pure
Consciousness).
<10>That is why only saying you believe or are
submissive and surrendered will not be enough. You should prove that
you have overcome the slightest doubt and all traces of
false ego before you yourself realize the real joy of freedom of
the Soul and are allowed to know
God and enter His Kingdom.
<11>Each test is an awakening
process for the spiritual aspirant. All are lessons to learn.
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Surah Women (An-Nisa)
All things happen from
God:
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Wheresoever you might be, death will overtake
you, even though you hide in strong towers. Still if
something good happens to them they say it is from
God, and if some
misfortune comes to them, they make you responsible for it. Tell
them: It is all from
God. What is with these
people that they do not even come close to the understanding of
the events? (78)
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<12>This means that whatever happens in this
world comes from God.
<13>When something bad happens, it is a warning that you are not
walking on the path, or it happens as a test or to give a lesson.
<14>When good happens, it means it is a reward, or again a test and
lesson of how it is to be used. <15>In other words, we can say that
because this world is self-sustaining, the Laws are set up in such a
way that bad actions provoke bad reactions and good actions cause
good reactions. To be free of the Law of
Karma, be submissive to
Him.
Father has complete
control over everything.
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Surah Repentance (At-Taubah)
All are put to tests in order to select
Elected Ones:
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Do you think that you would be left alone by
yourself while
God has not yet clearly
made known who strives in His Cause, and chooses no one beside
God and His Messenger and the believers as his associates?
God
has complete knowledge of what you do. (16)
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Surah The Spider (Al-'Ankabut)
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Do humans think that it is enough to say
that: We believe and would not be tested?
We verily tried people before them and also
God will make known who
is truthful and who is not [is a hypocrite]. (2-3)
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Surah Those Who Set the Ranks (As-Saffat)
Disasters are tests for humans to see how
surrendered they are in their lives:
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We called him:
Abraham, you have
indeed fulfilled our command, and in the vision [to
sacrifice his
son]. Verily We reward those who are surrendered.
It verily was a great test. (105-106)
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<16>In truth, because
Abraham passed this
test
God gave him an
unconditional promise for his seed which is fulfilled throughout
history; read
Children of Abram
(Abraham), All Prophecies Are Fulfilled.
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Surah The Troops (Az-Zumar)
Disasters and successes are all tests for humans.
However, most people remember God when they are in distress and forget about Him when they are
relieved:
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When a distress overtakes a human, he cries
unto us; but when We bestow a favor unto him, he says, I have
obtained it purely through my own knowledge. Verily it is only a
test: but most of them know it not. (49)
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Surah They Are Expounded (Fusilat)
Prosperity brings forgetfulness of
God, and disaster brings
remembrance:
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When we grant a favor on man, he goes away
and turns aside; but when afflicted by
evil, he prays abundantly. (51)
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Surah Mutual Disillusion (At-Taghabun)
Relatives and wealth are tests:
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Your possessions and your offspring are but a
test, only in
God lies enormous
reward. (15)
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THIRST FOR LIMITLESSNESS
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There is a thirst for limitlessness in
the human. When he directs this thirst toward the material world, he
will be unhappy because this limited manifested world cannot quench
this thirst. Only the discovery of the limitless spiritual world can
give happiness and contentment to the limitless
Soul. |
Surah They Are Expounded (Fusilat)
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Man never tires of praying for good... (49)
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TRIBULATION (THE WAY GOD WARNS US)
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<18>Suffering
is the purifier of the Soul.
<19>The humans remember
God
more often in distress than in prosperity and joy. That
is why
tribulation
has been symbolized as the fire of
hell. Fire is also a purifier
(especially the sacred fire).
<20>Whenever humans go astray and make many
reactions,
tribulation as a
purifier comes to them for several reasons: (1) to
torment and purify the ones gone astray, (2) to bring
those who are ready to higher consciousness, and (3) to
set an example for humanity to understand how the Laws
of the universe work. <21>Until the
human understands the lessons and starts walking in
God's way rather than his
own limited
ego's way, this process
will continue.
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Surah The Heights (Al-A'raf)
The way God
warns people and then brings disaster to them (the repetition of
this process is the reason for history: to teach humanity that they
have no other choice but to follow
God's way, which is to use
all wealth and power for creating an environment that will enable
the whole universe to grow and reach the highest consciousness
possible for each
unit
consciousness):
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Whenever we send to a town a Prophet, we
bring
tribulation and
suffering to its inhabitants that they might grow humble. (94)
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Surah The Ant (An-Naml)
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On the Day, when the trumpets sounded, fear
will overtake whosoever is in the heaven and in the earth,
except him whom
God
pleases [Elected
Ones]. All shall come unto him, humbled. (87)
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<22>So
tribulation
is for making people understand His Power and Glory, and is to make
them humble (meek) so they would submit to Him, for the good of
their own Souls. |
Surah The Overthrowing (At-Takwir)
Tribulation as
hell:
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And when
hell is ignited, (12)
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