قَالَ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ الْجَهْلَ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ الْأُجَاجِ...
قَالَ ثُمَّ خَلَقَ الْجَهْلَ مِنَ الْبَحْرِ الْأُجَاجِ ظُلْمَانِيّاً فَقَالَ لَهُ أَدْبِرْ فَأَدْبَرَ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ أَقْبِلْ فَلَمْ يُقْبِلْ فَقَالَ لَهُ اسْتَكْبَرْتَ فَلَعَنَهُ He -asws said: ‘Then He -azwj Created the ignorance from the dark wavy ocean. So He -azwj Said to it: “Turn around!” So it turned around. Then Said to it: “Come!” But it did not come. So He -azwj Said to it: “You are being arrogant?” So He -azwj Cursed it.
جَعَلَ لِلْعَقْلِ خَمْسَةً وَ سَبْعِينَ جُنْداً فَلَمَّا رَأَى الْجَهْلُ مَا أَكْرَمَ اللَّهُ بِهِ الْعَقْلَ وَ مَا أَعْطَاهُ أَضْمَرَ لَهُ الْعَدَاوَةَ فَقَالَ الْجَهْلُ يَا رَبِّ هَذَا خَلْقٌ مِثْلِي خَلَقْتَهُ وَ كَرَّمْتَهُ وَ قَوَّيْتَهُ وَ أَنَا ضِدُّهُ وَ لَا قُوَّةَ لِي بِهِ فَأَعْطِنِي مِنَ الْجُنْدِ مِثْلَ مَا أَعْطَيْتَهُ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَإِنْ عَصَيْتَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَخْرَجْتُكَ وَ جُنْدَكَ مِنْ رَحْمَتِي قَالَ قَدْ رَضِيتُ ثُمَّ فَأَعْطَاهُ خَمْسَةً وَ سَبْعِينَ جُنْداً Then He -azwj Made seventy-five armies for the intellect.
So when the ignorance saw what Allah -azwj had Honoured the intellect with and what He -azwj had Granted it, (ignorance) harboured the enmity for it. So the ignorance said, ‘O Lord -azwj ! This is a creation like me. You -azwj Created it, and Honoured it, and Strengthened it, and I am its opposite, and there is not (enough) strength for me in comparison. Therefore, Grant me an army similar to what You -azwj had Granted it’. So He -azwj Said: “Yes.
But, if you were to disobey Me -azwj after that, I -azwj shall Throw you and your army out of My -azwj Mercy’. It said, ‘I have agreed’. Then He -azwj Granted it seventy-five armies.
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