Arif-Origin

“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

Arif 39

OF THE ORIGIN AND ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT OF MAN.

Greater World =1.the nature of God 2. the Constructive Spirit (or Primal Element) 3. the Invisible 4.the Sensible World.

Lesser World- 1.male 2. female 3. body 4.soul

But the Constructive Spirit is identical with Primal Intelligence, therefore when man has attained to  intelligence he has completed his upward progress and reached the point from which he started;the circle is thus complete. But Intelligence is in direct communication with God; therefore when man has attained to this point he has also attained to God. “From Him is the beginning, and unto Him is the return.” The saying of Mohammed, “He who has seen me has seen God,” refers to(Primal Intelligence).

The cartilages, arteries, and nerves are formed during the first three months after conception;

In the fourth month, the first germ of life appears; the limbs and members are next formed and nourished by blood, introduced through the placenta, by means of the umbilical cord;

successive developments of the body and the soul(perfection) in the eighth month;

in the ninth, the child is born into the world.

The embryo partakes of all four elements, earth, water, air and fire; now these in the Greater World produce a triple offspring, mineral, vegetable and animal. A similar division is therefore made in the human body. The members and limbs which are first formed partake of the four elements in different proportions, and the combined result corresponds to the mineral kingdom. The powers of attraction, contraction, absorption, digestion, rejection, growth and formation, are next developed in the members and limbs, which then require nourishment. This they receive in the shape of blood, introduced through the placenta; the chyme contained in this becoming matured is developed into the vegetative spirit, corresponding to the second division of the three kingdoms. When the digestive and other internal organs have become fully developed, the heart attracts to itself the essence of this vegetative spirit, and having further matured it, forms the life; the essence of this again is attracted to the brain, where, after being matured, it is developed into the soul, and the remainder dispersed through the nerves into the limbs, where it becomes the source of sense and motion. This corresponds to the animal kingdom of the Greater World.

Each of these developments occupies one month, embryo, mineral, vegetative and animal.

The senses are ten in number, five external and five internal.

The external senses are Sight, Hearing, Taste, Smelling, and Feeling.

The internal senses are the Common Sense, Imagination, Apprehension, Memory, and Reflection.

The Common Sense is involved in the Imagination, ( perceives the outward senses- by the marks of which the external senses take cognizance )

The Apprehension is involved in the Memory; (apprehends invisible subjects).

The Reflection occupies the middle. (which similarly appreciates the conceptions of the Imagination).

The causative powers have two functions–1.attraction for the acquirement of pleasure or usefulness(lust) 2.repulsion for the avoidance of annoyance or harm(Indignation).

When I want to talk to Allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)

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