7) The Return is One of the Worlds of the Arc of Descension

7) The Return is One of the Worlds of the Arc of Descension

Sayed Ahmad Al-Hasan pbuh was asked about the three darknesses in God’s saying: {He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate, and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation after creation, within three darknesses. That is God, your Lord; Judgment is His. There is no deity except Him, so how are you averted?} Quran Chapter “The Troops” 39:6. In his answer, he explains how humans move through the arcs of ascension and descension, from beginning to end.

He replied:

The worlds of the arc of descension are: the darkness of al-Tharr, the darkness of the temporal world, and the darkness of the Return. The worlds of the arc of ascension are the three bright lights, and they are: before annihilation, annihilation, and coming back after annihilation. These are the three ranks of Muhammad pbuhap: before the opening of the veil, after the opening of the veil, and after the veil is put back in place. He was oscillating between annihilation within the divine self where nothing remains but God, the One, the Conqueror, and between his return to the “I” and identity. These six ranks in the arcs of ascension and descension represent all of existence. They manifest light within darkness, and the appearance of things that exist by means of light within the darknesses. They (the waw of descent and the waw of ascent) point to the six days and the six ranks.

waw of descension

waw of ascension

The circle at the head of the waw points to the confusion in the arc of ascension. It is confusion in the light. This confusion is due to the inability of knowing the complete light that has no darkness in it, which is God Almighty, and the inability to know Him fully and completely. Thus, the ranks of the arc of ascent are: before the opening, after the opening and annihilation, and the third is coming back to the “I” and to identity after the annihilation. As for the confusion in the darkness, it is because in its lowest ranks, nothing can be understood or achieved from it. Rather, it is darkness and nothingness, with no chance of existence, except for its tendency to exist. This is the truth concerning matter-it is darkness and nothingness, from which nothing could be achieved or realized, were it not for the heavenly image manifesting in it and revealing it. Thus, the ranks of the arc of descent are: the World of al-Tharr, then the descent to the darkness of matter, then the ascent to the rise of the Qaim until the Return occurs-which is the third rank. The following is a picture of the arc of descension and the arc of ascension:

By combining and merging them together, all existence is obtained from beginning to end-and it is Muhammad, pbuhap.

This is the end of his speech, pbuh.

And this is the name of the Honorable Messenger of God pbuhap after merging the arcs of ascent and descent.

And praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.