چکیده:
The universe has an exterior known as the material world and an interior called the “hereafter.” So are the Qur’an and mankind. In other words, the universe, mankind and the Qur’an have hierarchical stages. The universe and mankind comprise the physical world, but the Qur’an constitutes the Divine Law. Since the origin of all three is one single source, one can say the former matches the latter, and all are manifestations of the divine Names “the Manifest” and “the Hidden.” This idea has long been introduced in mysticism. Using the esoteric interpretation theory, Muslim mystics went for the view that the physical world (takwin) and the Holy Scripture (Book of Law, i.e. the Qur’an) are in perfect harmony. Therefore, it can be shown that Islamic mysticism is inspired by the Qur’an and is in fact a Qur’anic mysticism.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The universe and mankind comprise the physical world, but the Qur‘an constitutes the Divine Law. Since the origin of all three is one single source, one can say the former matches the latter, and all are manifestations of the divine Names ―the Manifest‖ and ―the Hidden.
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The Qur‘an and mankind have exterior and interior levels, coming in hierarchical stages.
The Interior Layer of the Universe That the universe comes in hierarchical stages, each of which is exterior in relation to the one before it, can be understood from both philosophy and the Qur‘an.
When reading the Qur‘an, one comes across various groups of verses that clearly indicate the exterior and interior layers of the universe.
c) The third group of verses clearly mention the interior and exterior layers of the universe: ―They know just an outward aspect of the life of the world, but they are oblivious of the Hereafter‖ (30:7).
All the above verses together with the Light Verse ―Allah is the Light of the heavens and the earth‖ (25:35) lead us to this significant point that the transient world is the exterior layer of the universe, and its interior is the hereafter.
(Quoted in Tabataba‘i 1417AH, 3:71-73) It can be concluded from what has been said so far that each of the universe, the Qur‘an, and mankind has an exterior in this lower world and an interior in the higher worlds.