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| The Words - The Resurrection: Twelve Pictures | |
| Written by Said Nursi | |
| Monday, 30 January 2006 | |
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Today is the vernal equinox.[1] Certain changes will take place, and wonderful things will happen. On this fine spring day, let’s go for a walk on the green plain adorned with beautiful flowers. Other people also are heading for it. Some magic must be at work, for ruins suddenly have become buildings again, and this once-empty plain resembles a populous city. It shows a different scene every hour, just like a movie screen, and assumes a different shape. Note the perfect order among these complex, swiftly changing and numerous scenes, and that each item is put in its proper place. The imaginary scenes cannot be as well-ordered as this, and millions of skilled magicians could not possess such artistry. Given this, the invisible king must have performed even greater miracles. O obstinate one! You ask how this vast kingdom can be destroyed and re-established somewhere else. Are you blind to the numerous changes and revolutions that occur hourly, just like the transfer from one realm to another that you deny? This gathering in and scattering forth indicate that a certain purpose is concealed within these visible and swift joinings and separations, these compoundings and dissolvings. It is as if 10 years of effort is devoted to a joining together destined to last no longer than an hour. How can such circumstances be ends in themselves? They are no more than parables indicating or imitating something beyond themselves. That exalted being brings them about in miraculous fashion, and then they are copied, preserved, and recorded, just as what happens on a battlefield is recorded. This implies that an infinitely vast gathering place will be built, and that what happens therein will be based on what happens here. Furthermore, the results of what occurs here will be shown permanently at some supreme exposition. All transient and fluctuating phenomena seen here will yield the fruit of eternal and immutable form. Thus all variations observed in this world are for the sake of a supreme happiness, a lofty tribunal, and for exalted aims as yet unknown to us.
[1] These aspects are explained in the Ninth Truth. The equinox represents the beginning of spring, while the green fields full of flowers represent Earth in spring. The changing scenes stand for the creatures, beings, and things in springtime and the provisions given to humanity and animals. These are brought forth in orderly succession, from the beginning of spring to the end of summer, by a Majestic, Powerful Maker, an All-Wise, Gracious Creator, Who renews them with utmost compassion and dispatches them continuously, one after the other. Related Items: |
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