The speaker in the Quran, God, is teaching us that Prophets are leaders for us in both spiritual and physical matters.
**Miracles are the “tips” of general laws.
Miracles seem like they are impossible.
The principle of realizing the creation of miracles is a general law that we need to be comfortable with.
Behind these “minor events” mentioned in the Qur’an, concealed the “universal principles.” How?
1) Teaching of the Names to Adam took place in the realm of the unseen (paradise.)
• What is the universal principle in this minor event?
• How can I confirm it?
– Quran says that God taught ALL the names to Adam and this happened in Paradise
– If it is not in this world than what should I do about it?
And He taugh Adam all the names, then showed them to the angels, saying: Inform Me of the names of these, if ye are truthful. (QURAN)
God says that He taught Adam and He tells me this BUT has it to do with me?
– By definition, miracles are TIPS of the general rule
– Miracles are part of an all-encompassing message
The creator of Adam is telling you that you also have all these qualities
– Check within yourself to see if you have the ability know the names of things manifested in this world?
– If I cannot experience it in this world, then the speech of the Quran is contradictory
- But we see, from our own experience, that along every step we learn MORE names
- We are conscious of the fact that the universe is part of a perfect deliberate order
- The manifestations of the order has infinite levels
Throughout history, we see that humans keep discovering more and more things
– This is because, the creator has taught me the manifestations of His names and has enabled me to learn this
– We do not have to go to paradise to see how Allah taught Adam the names
– We can relate the narration to ourselves
– Though it seems to have nothing to do with us, it does
– The Quran, is the speech of God for me, so whatever He is mentioning must have some relevance for me
- By taking this responsibility, you question and ask what do the verses mean for me?
- You try your best
- The next generation also ought to try the best and you will see the information unraveling
What has happened, unfortunately, is that humans have hijacked the information and are abusing the creation for their own worldly benefit instead of using the information in His name.
Although we live in a time where people use the information gathered to build weapons and subsequently kill other humans in a drive to increase their worldly power, it does not mean that we should be against the discovering of all this new information.
If used right, you will come to realize that it is only through discovering new information that we can learn more about Allah.
Today people are hijacking the information but you never know, in the next generation, Allah might make people come to their senses
– We should not be against discoveries, but we should be against the hijackers and abusers of this new information.
This means that you can personally identify with the verse
– But it is important for you to ask questions, such as, what does this verse mean for me?
– Without investigations, you will not find any enlightenment.