While examining
the Nahj-ul-Balagha, I noticed a vast collection of valuable wisdom from every
sentence of the letters written by Amir-ul-Momineen Ali (a.s.) in Nahju-ul-Balagha,
a huge ocean of knowledge delivered by the “Gateway of Knowledge,” Imam Ali
(a.s.):
The
Creation of the Universe: Allah initiated creation initially without
reflection and experimentation. He allotted all things their time, gave them
their properties, determined their properties before creating them, realizing
fully their limits and confines, appreciating their propensities and intricacies.
When Allah created the openings of atmosphere, expanse of firmament and strata
of winds, He flowed into it water whose waves were stormy whose surges leapt
one over the other. He loaded it on dashing wind and breaking typhoons, ordered
it to shed back, gave wind control over the vigor of the rain, and acquainted it
with its limitations. The wind blew under it while water flowed furiously over
it. Then Allah created forth wind and made its movement sterile, perpetuated its
position, intensified its motions, and spread it everywhere. Then He ordered
the wind to raise up deep waters and intensify the waves of the oceans. So, the
wind churned it like the churning of curd and pushed it fiercely into the
firmament throwing its front position on the rear and the stationary on the flowing
till its level was raised and the surface was full of foam. The Allah raised
the foam on to the open wind and vast firmament and made there-from the seven
skies and made the lower one as a stationary surge and upper one as protective
ceiling and a high edifice without any pole to support it or nail to hold it
together. Then He decorated them with stars and the light of meteors and hung
in it the shining sun and effulgent moon under the revolving sky, moving
ceiling and rotating firmament.
The
Creation of the Angels: Then He created the openings between high skies
and filled them with all classes of His angels. Some of them are in prostrations
and do not kneel up. Others in kneeling position and do not stand up. Some of
them are in array and do not leave their position. Others are extolling Allah and
do not get tired. The sleep of the eye or the slip of wit or the languor of the
body or the effect of forgetfulness does not affect them. Among them are those
who work as trusted bearers of His message, those who serve as the speaking
tongues for His prophets and those who carry His orders and injunctions. Among
them are the protectors of His creatures and guards of the doors of the gardens
of Paradise. Among them are those whose steps are fixed on earth but their
necks are protruding into the skies, their limbs are getting out on all sides,
their shoulders are in accord with columns of Divine Throne, their eyes are
down cast before it, they have spread down their wings under it and they have
rendered between themselves and all else curtains of honor and screens of power.
They do not think of Creator through image, and do not impute to Him attributes
of the created, do not confine Him within abodes and do not point at Him through
illustrations.
Source: Al-Islam.org - Nahjul Balagha Part 1 – The Sermons
by Sharif Razi
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