27:1-7 These are verses of the Qur'an -a book that makes (things) clear; A guide: and glad tidings for the believers. Those who establish regular prayers and give regular charity, and also have (full) assurance of the hereafter. As to those who believe not in the Hereafter, We have made their deeds pleasing in their eyes; and so they wander about in distraction. Such are they for whom a grievous Penalty is (waiting); and in the Hereafter theirs will be the greatest loss. As to thee, the Qur'an is bestowed upon thee from the presence of one who is wise and all-knowing."
The surah goes on to state the reminders of the prophets who have come before and who have been rejected, just as the prophet muhammad has come and is facing rejection from many at that moment of time and space...
there is a rhythmic repetition of this story from surah to surah to surah - prophets came with a message, inspired by signs and the Guidance; they were rejected...prophets came with a message, inspired by signs and the Guidance; they were rejected...prophets came with a message, inspired by signs and the Guidance; they were rejected...prophets came with a message, inspired by signs and the Guidance. they were rejected...
but each time, the stories are told a little differently...each time there is something new, a hidden message, if you pause, which at times, i find myself wont not to do, skimming instead. reminded myself to pause, and found a secret science i have to bring to an arif-ullah - one who knows ALLAH...
27:16 And Solomon was David's heir. He said: "O ye people! We have been taught the speech of birds, and on us has been bestowed (a little) of all things: this is indeed Grace manifest (from Allah.)
there is some hidden math here. what is it? so connected is solomon with ALLAH, that he has tapped potential beyond human limitations and has arrived at a place in which language is interspecies. he has become One with the One, at once with and yet more than any one particular subject - person, animal, tree, etc.
solomon's army consists of humans, birds, djinn. their march is revered by Life. the ants in their own march recognize the av pulse, the rhythm of the heart, that solomon has tapped into. their queen's order to clear a path, to her own army, is heard by solomon.
as he accounts for his army, solomon notices that one of the birds is missing, the hoopoe. the hoopoe arrives late with the news that there is a queen who resides over a people who worship the sun.
the issue here is not the worship of the sun, as the sun is our source of so much, and without it, we do not exist. but this can be said about water, and air, and earth, as well. thus, the issue is that the sole worship of the sun, diverts the worshipper from revering the Supreme from which all Life manifests.
in fact, the five daily prayers are calculated by the Great Calculator of the music of the Universe - the One.
fajr occurs right before dawn, to pay homage to the sun and earth and orbit, but, yet, it is not at dawn, so as not to confusing this prostration to solely the sun. the same can be said about maghrib, which is prayed just as the sun comes down and there is still some light in the sky. the times of prayer are precise, aligned with the Great Harmony, and not a clock. anyone anywhere can align with this harmony in any period of time, whether it be summer winter, fall, 2015 or 1174.
like the Grace manifest, that solomon accomplished in his fearless, purpose driven humility, all of us are capable of this. solomon, like moses, like jesus, like muhammad, were men. enlightened men, but ordinary human beings who tapped into a humility so great, that dissolution.
in this tradition of islam - surrender - the language of the ants, birds, bengali's, tamils, cambodians, nigerians, berbers, rivers, oceans, rivers, lakes, oaks, redwoods, sycamore, mars, pluto, jupiter, etc - the language of the universe - becomes clear as Grace manifest. every single being divine, and glorious, and all a part of the Sum.
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