In short, this topic, this conversation
is for the recognition of the Godly people.
Those that you assume to be close to God
are not really close to God.
Close to God are those…
Who is Close to God?
We have a question about verse 86 of Surah Al-Waqiah:
‘wa nahnu aqrabu ilaihi
minkum wa laakil laa tubsiroon’.
Let’s take a look at the previous few verses.
It begins with:
‘innahoo la quraanun kareem’
and then it says, ‘fee kitaabim maknoon’.
Where is the Qur’an?
It is within the concealed book.
‘La yamassuhu illa mutahharoon -
- and nought can reach it but the pious ones’.
Can you say in regard to the copy of the Qur'an in your hands,
'Indeed, the noble Qur'an is registered in the concealed book'?
Is the printed copy of the Qur’an in your hands
registered in the concealed book?
Therefore, this is in reference to the esoteric Qur’an.
‘Tanzeelum mir Rabbil aalameen -
- and this was revealed by your Lord,
that provides for all the realms.'
‘Afabihaza al hadeesi antum mudhinoon -
- so how can you take this knowledge of the Qur’an so lightly?’
‘How can you take the Qur'an so superficially?'
‘Afabihaza al hadeesi antum mudhinoon’.
Do you think this is a simple scripture
that you can easily gain access to it and read it and understand it?
‘Innahoo la quraanun kareem -
- indeed, the noble Qur’an is,’
The real one.
‘fee kitaabim maknoon -
- it is within the concealed book’
‘and it has been descended by the Lord who provides for all’.
‘Afabihaza al hadeesi antum mudhinoon -
- so do you think this is a common book?’
‘Wa taj'aloona rizqakum annakum tukazziboon -
- you are rejecting the esoteric provision that God has descended in this'.
Your denial for this divine bestowal is reaching God.
‘Falaw la izaa balaghatil hulqoom -
- then why is your voice stranded in your throat?
Why are you helpless when you are about to die
and your grasp on life is loosening?
‘Wa antum heena'izin tanzuroon -
- are you thinking of something in that moment too?'
And then God said,
‘Wa nahnu aqrabu ilaihi minkum wa laakin la tubsiroon -
- and the ones whom I am closer to than their own jugular vein
are amongst you’.
‘Nahnu aqrabu ilahi -
- those whom I am closer to than their own jugular vein…’
‘minkum - they are amongst you…’
‘wa laakin la tubsiroon -
- however you do not know how to recognise them'.
‘Falaw la in kuntum ghaira madeeneen -
- and if you suppose, in accordance to your claims,
that you are not under the constraints of my accord…’
You claim, you think that you are not under the constraints of my accord…
‘tarji'oonaha in kuntum sadiqeen -
- then return to us the soul that we have rendered to you,
if you are truthful'.
‘Tarji'oonaha - return to us the soul that we have rendered to you…’
‘...in kuntum sadiqeen - if you are truthful’.
And then God says,
‘fa amma in kaana minal muqarribeen -
- those of yours that have perished, if they were close to God…’
‘...farawhun wa raihanun wa jannatun na'eem -
- then such a human shall reside in fragrances
and in the paradise of Naeem'.
In short,
this topic, this conversation
is for the recognition of the Godly people.
Those that you assume to be close to God
are not really close to God.
Close to God are those
that have Concealed Qur’an in them.
The noble Qur’an is enclosed within the Concealed Qur’an
which is enclosed within the human.
For he who has this [God says],
‘We are closer to him than his jugular vein’.
And where are such individuals? ‘Minkum - such individuals are amongst you’.
Among human beings.