How is Man Able to Bear the Personal Name of God?
Mohammad Saleem from Dubai asks:
'Please explain Verse 72 from Chapter Al-Ahzab of the Koran.'
The subject matter here is the Personal Name of God.
God is saying that the treasure of the Personal Name of God -
- it was declared to be a treasure because the Personal Name of God was manifested
for those whom God wished to grant gnosis pertaining to him.
So with that intention of granting people his gnosis, God manifested his Personal Name.
Through this, people will obtain gnosis pertaining to God.
So the Personal Name of God is like a key to obtaining the complete know-how of God.
This is why it was declared to be a treasure.
Then God says [in Koran 33:72], 'When I wanted to reveal my Personal Name onto the skies and lands, they refused [to accept it].'
'For they could not bear it.'
Obviously, the divine energy within the Personal Name of God relates to the gnosis of God.
In it, there is both the action and the reaction.
If this type of divine energy is showered from the skies, then what reaction will be given when it makes contact with the water, rocks, walls, etc.? Nothing.
Right?
For example, if you were to flood the streets with diesel and petrol, what would be the point?
Would you gain anything from this?
But if you put that petrol in an engine, the engine will start up.
So this is the usage of petrol.
Let's suppose you have a note of currency - maybe a $100 bill.
Or pounds (£).
Or Indian, Pakistani or Sri Lankan rupees.
If you want to eat the money itself, it won't have any effect, will it?
Everything has its own usage.
Similarly, there is a usage of the Personal Name of God.
And the usage is that through the Personal Name of God, you will be granted the gnosis of God.
Now here God is explaining that if he had revealed the Personal Name of God onto the skies or lands, they would not be able to bear it.
In other words, it would be wasted.
However, man was able to bear the Personal Name of God.
Human beings.
And why were human beings able to endure it?
Koran 33:72
Because the way God created human beings,
there was darkness and negative energy in human beings.
Zulmat means negative energy. And Johl means darkness.
When the Personal Name of God came [in a human being], there was so much darkness and negative energy in him
that the Personal Name of God came in use eliminating that darkness and negative energy.
And that person's inner faculties became enlightened and the face of God began to reflect therein.
There is no negative energy in the mountains, water and land.
There is no darkness there.
There are no esoteric veils there.
Since there is no usage of God's Personal Name [in the land and skies], it would have been wasted there.
But there a veils upon a man's inner faculties.
Upon his souls; they are in a dormant state in his body.
God has placed darkness and negative energy within man.
So the Personal Name of God was used to eliminate that darkness and negative energy in man.
And as a result, when those souls were revived and illuminated,
then the being of God began to reflect within them.
This is what this verse means.
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