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In your previous lecture, you said that when the reality of divine revelation shines upon the soul of the one who receives it, it manifests in various forms, including as Arabic words. What other forms does God’s revelation take, and do they manifest to us? Many thanks.
Divine revelation takes many forms beyond Arabic words. These include the realms of malakūt and jabarūt, the heavenly, gustatory, tactile, auditory, visual, heart-centered, imaginative, human, jinn, angelic, cherubic, spiritual, sacred, fragrant, vegetative, mineral, luminous, aqueous, and those related to the Divine Names and Attributes. When the vast human system is awake and sound, a person may be granted the ability to perceive these manifestations.
Theophanic manifestations—celestial, of the realm of divine power, heavenly, of the Lote Tree at the furthest boundary, of Jābulqā and Jābulsā …; manifestations apprehended through taste, smell, touch, hearing, sight, the heart, the imagination …; manifestations of humans, jinn, angels, cherubim, spirits, the sacred, and the fragrant …; vegetal, mineral …; manifestations of light, water, the Divine Names and Attributes, and so on.
If the vast system of the human being, in all its dimensions, is awake and sound, it will be granted the ability to apprehend them.