Surah 56

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Surah 56

(In translation of Picthall)

 

1 When the event befalleth* -

2 There is no denying that it will befall -

3 Abasing (some), exalting (others);

4 When the earth is shaken with a shock

5 And the hills are ground to powder

6 So that they become a scattered dust,

7 And ye will be three kinds:

8 (First) those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand?

9 And (then) those on the left hand; what of those on the left hand?

10 And the foremost in the race, the foremost in the race:

11 Those are they who will be brought nigh

12 In gardens of delight;

13 A multitude of those of old

14 And a few of those of later time.

15 On lined couches,

16 Reclining therein face to face.

17 There wait on them immortal youths

18 With bowls and ewers and a cup from a pure spring

19 Wherefrom they get no aching of the head nor any madness,

20 And fruit that they prefer

21 And flesh of fowls that they desire.

22 And (there are) fair ones with wide, lovely eyes,

23 Like unto hidden pearls,

24 Reward for what they used to do.

25 There hear they no vain speaking nor recrimination

26 (Naught) but the saying: Peace, (and again) Peace.

27 And those on the right hand; what of those on the right hand?

28 Among thornless Lotus-trees

29 And clustered plantains,

30 And spreading shade,

31 And water gushing,

32 And fruit in plenty

33 Neither out of reach nor yet forbidden,

34 And raised couches;

35 Lo! We have created them a (new) creation

36 And made them virgins,

37 Lovers, friends,

38 For those on the right hand;

39 A multitude of those of old

40 And a multitude of those of later time.

41 And those on the left hand: What of those on the left hand?

42 In scorching wind and scalding water

43 And shadow of black smoke,

44 Neither cool nor refreshing.

45 Lo! heretofore they were effete with luxury

46 And used to persist in the awful sin.

47 And they used to say: When we are dead and have become dust and

bones, shall we then, forsooth, be raised again,

48 And also our forefathers?

49 Say (unto them, O Muhammad): Lo! those of old and those of later

time

50 Will all be brought together to the tryst of an appointed day.

51 Then lo! ye, the erring, the deniers,

52 Ye verily will eat of a tree called Zaqqum

53 And will fill your bellies therewith;

54 And thereon ye will drink of boiling water,

55 Drinking even as the camel drinketh.

56 This will be their welcome on the Day of Judgment.

57 We created you. Will ye then admit the truth?

58 Have ye seen that which ye emit?

59 Do ye create it or are We the Creator?

60 We mete out death among you, and We are not to be outrun,

61 That We may transfigure you and make you what ye know not.

62 And verily ye know the first creation. Why, then, do ye not

reflect?

63 Have ye seen that which ye cultivate?

64 Is it ye who foster it, or are We the Fosterer?

65 If We willed, We verily could make it chaff, then would ye cease

not to exclaim:

66 Lo! we are laden with debt!

67 Nay, but we are deprived!

68 Have ye observed the water which ye drink?

69 Is it ye who shed it from the raincloud, or are We the Shedder?

70 If We willed We verily could make it bitter. Why then, give ye not

thanks?

71 Have ye observed the fire which ye strike out;

72 Was it ye who made the tree thereof to grow, or were We the grower?

73 We, even We, appointed it a memorial and a comfort for the

dwellers in the wilderness.

74 Therefore (O Muhammad), praise the name of thy Lord, the

Tremendous.

75 Nay, I swear by the places of the stars -

76 And lo! that verily is a tremendous oath, if ye but knew -

77 That (this) is indeed a noble Qur'an

78 In a Book kept hidden

79 Which none toucheth save the purified,

80 A revelation from the Lord of the Worlds.

81 Is it this Statement that ye scorn,

82 And make denial thereof your livelihood?

83 Why, then, when (the soul) cometh up to the throat (of the dying)

84 And ye are at that moment looking

85 - And We are nearer unto him than ye are, but ye see not -

86 Why then, if ye are not in bondage (unto Us),

87 Do ye not force it back, if ye are truthful?

88 Thus if he is of those brought nigh,

89 Then breath of life, and plenty, and a Garden of delight.

90 And if he is of those on the right hand,

91 Then (the greeting) " Peace be unto thee " from those on the right

hand.

92 But if he is of the rejecters, the erring,

93 Then the welcome will be boiling water

94 And roasting at hell-fire.

95 Lo! this is certain truth.

96 Therefore (O Muhammad) praise the name of thy Lord, the

Tremendous.

 

 

* In Krachkovsky' translation of Q'uran, the «Falling one» is used

instead of «The event befalleth»

The cited surah narrates in details about the process of

Resurrection, and the knowledge, which Sahaja yogis possess, let them

interpret the symbols used in this narration.

 

«The Falling One» – the Breath of Allah (Ruah), descending on the top

of the head and palms of a person. It induces the power hidden in the

coccyx bone – Kundalini – to arouse and give a person his spiritual

birth

 

«The foremost in the race» - people who are the first group to enter

the Kingdom of God, having reached the Lotus of Ultimate Boundary –

Sahasrara chakra – through central energy channel (Sushumna nadi).

These enlightened persons will admonish other people and pass their

spiritual experience – awakening of Kundalini - to others. Thus,

everybody, who accepts this experience, will gain the true knowledge,

peace, and joy inside him (her).

 

«Those on the right hand» - sincere followers of religions and

seekers, who are conscious in their pursuit of truth; in other words,

they use their right energy channel (Pingala nadi) for acquiring

knowledge about God and acting according to this knowledge. It is

necessary to emphasize, that basic criteria here is sincerity of

pursuit and conscious attitude.

 

«Those on of left hand» - individuals who push themselves around

unclean desires and neglect the advantages of mind and knowledge

about Divinity, thus they are in the power of left energy channel

(Ida nadi). The basic characteristics of them are: unconsciousness,

inertness, indulgence to inferior instincts (lust, gluttony, etc.).

Supposedly, those of them who do not use the power of repentance and

do not turn to the voice of Truth, will be thrown to Collective

subconsciousness, or, in other words, into the hell.

«And those on the left hand: what of those on the left hand? In

scorching wind and scalding water and shadow of black smoke, neither

cool nor refreshing». (56:41-44)

The gardens of bliss are frequently described in Q'uran as pleasant,

cool residence, at the same time, the hell is the source of

unbearable heat. If one interprets these metaphors into the language

of Sahaja yoga: when Kundalini signal about the state of energy

centers and channels in the form of cool vibrations, it means that

they are in a good state and aren't stricken by individual's sins. If

vibrations are warm or hot, it is the sign of uncleanness, possession

and everything in general, which leads a person astray.

There are two more ayats, which support this point:

 

«Lo! those who hide aught of the Scripture which Allah hath revealed

and purchase a small gain therewith, they eat into their bellies

nothing else than fire. Allah will not speak to them on the Day of

Resurrection, nor will He make them grow. Theirs will be a painful

doom». (2:174)

 

«Lo! Those who devour the wealth of orphans wrongfully, they

do but swallow fire into their bellies, and they will be exposed to

burning flame». (4:10)

 

One should pay attention that those committing sins devour fire into

their bellies not only in the hell, but also in the moment of

committing a sin. The point is that energy center which is placed on

the level of abdominal cavity – Nabhi chakra – is responsible for

morality of a person. It consists of 10 petals corresponding to 10

commandments, which, by the way, aren't exclusive property of

Christian teaching. One can say that moral qualities are embedded

into a human being and are to be the natural inner guide for virtuous

life, all the more if they are fixed on the conscious level (by the

way, one of basic functions of a prophet is to carry to the

consciousness of people what is of purity in them).

 

However, besides all a person has freedom of choice and is

unrestricted to experiment with all kinds of things including

outermost negative ones. When a person begins to violate pure

qualities embedded into him, he offends his Creator, as all these

qualities are nothing more than the voice of God inside us, His ideal

of human behavior. He is patient till some moment, but then He

deprives a person of His purifying attention, and a person is subject

to ignorance and uncleanness. It is the true sense of the fact how

Allah put libertines out of the straight way, making them spiritually

blind and deaf. If one considers these relationships from the

position of vibrations (specific feelings by which Sahaja yogis

diagnose their inner life and environment): cool vibrations (the

attention of Merciful) give place to hot ones – negative information,

which defiles a person.

 

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