Is Wilayat only for terrestrial beings? Is it
for celestial beings? Is it for the seeable world or the unseeable?
Wilayat
belongs to all worlds. It belongs to the
seeable and unseeable worlds.
All seeable and unseeable worlds have one axis. Their
axis is our Maula, Ali (AS). In other words, Ali is not only
the Imam of the terrestrial beings. He is not only for those who
live on this planet or another.
The
seeable and unseeable worlds and everything they contain consider
one point as their pillar after Allah. That point is the source of
all sources, the beauty of all beauties, the master of all masters,
Amir-ul-Mumineen, Imam Ali (AS).
Everyone's master should be Imam Ali (AS). This is why
Allah has said in the Holy Quran (Surah
Rum, Aya 8):
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"Have they not pondered upon themselves?
Allah created not the heavens and the earth, and that which
is between them, save with truth and for a destined end." |
In fact the pillars of all the above creations are
attached to Wilayat. Why is this? According to
Abu Nasr Farabi everything in
the universe, not only in the nasut (material world) which is
the world in which we live, but also whatever exists in the
malakut (angelic world) and the jabarut (world of divine
power) and whatever exists in the world of illuminations and the
planets all are collected in the Tenth Intellect which is called the
Active Intellect.
The Active Intellect has ten levels; ten principals.
In the intellects are the images of the galaxies and the universe
and the images of the planets. In another intellect is the image of
forms, mountains, seas and humans.
In other words, the image of the moon and everything
which is with the moon, the image of the sun and everything which is
related to it, the image of the universe and everything with it, the
image of the nasut (material world), which is the world we
live in, the image of the plants, land, seas, fishes, etc all exist
in the intellects. Everything in the seeable and unseeable worlds is
collected in the Active Intellect.
Our Holy Prophet, Rasulullah (SAW) has said:
"I am the Active Intellect and the main power of the
Active Intellect comes from my Ali."
This means that all images are collected in the
essence of Imam Ali (AS), which is Wilayat.
Rasulullah (SAW) has also said:
"Movements
are from me, but images are from
Ali(AS)."
This is also mentioned in the logic of the Holy Quran
(Surah Ya Seen, Aya 12):
"And of all things have We taken account in a clear
Book."
The images of the seeable and
unseeable are all collected in the essence of
Imam Ali,
which is Wilayat.
In other words, all risings and
growths in the world are from the Wilayat of Imam Ali (AS).
The continuation of this article will
be presented later.
"Wilayat"
is the authority invested in the Prophet and the Ahlul Bayt as
representatives of Almighty Allah on this earth.