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Aql (أَعْقَلَ) -The Light of Soul | Hubeali Skip to content Hubeali Menu Topics Quran Tafseer Books Urdu Books English Books Sermons School of Wilayat Search for: Search Button Home Articles Aql (أَعْقَلَ) -The Light of Soul Details Sidebar Table of contents Summary: Ahadith on Aql: Al-Aql is integrated with the bashfulness and the religion: Good Morals emanate from the Aql: The difference between the wickedness and the Aql: The Possessor of the Aql: Appendix: The Armies of the Aql and the Armies of the Jahil (Darkness) Aql (أَعْقَلَ) -The Light of Soul Download PDF Summary: Aql is usually translated as ‘intellect’ but it has far deeper meanings, as we will learn from the Ahadith below, Aql is the light of the soul through which God is recognised, deeds are glorified and accepted.

The (possessor of) the Aql is the one who is not diverted from thanking Allah -azwj after obtaining the permissible provisions and observes patience/abstinence from the non-permissible means. The strength of one’s Aql is reflected through one’s ability to overcome (lustful desires) when alone. Its opposite is the Jahl (darkness) which engages one to confine to the worldly attractions and its gains and blinds one from the eternal bounties of the Hereafter.

Ahadith on Aql: وَ قَدِمَ الْمَدِينَةَ رَجُلٌ نَصْرَانِيٌّ مِنْ أَهْلِ نَجْرَانَ وَ كَانَ فِيهِ بَيَانٌ وَ لَهُ وَقَارٌ وَ هَيْبَةٌ فَقِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا أَعْقَلَ هَذَا النَّصْرَانِيَّ And a Christian man from the people of Najran arrived at Al-Medina, and there was explanation in him, and there was dignity for him and awe.

It was said, ‘O Rasool-Allah -saww What is ‘أَعْقَلَ’ (Al-Aql) the Aql (esoteric wisdom) of this Christian?’ فَزَجَرَ الْقَائِلَ وَ قَالَ مَهْ إِنَّ الْعَاقِلَ مَنْ وَحَّدَ اللَّهَ وَ عَمِلَ بِطَاعَتِهِ‏. He -saww rebuked the speaker and said: ‘Shh! The intellectual is one who professes Oneness of Allah -azwj and works in His -azwj obedience’’.

[1] أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ مَا الْعَقْلُ قَالَ مَا عُبِدَ بِهِ الرَّحْمَنُ وَ اكْتُسِبَ بِهِ الْجِنَانُ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَالَّذِي كَانَ فِي مُعَاوِيَةَ فَقَالَ تِلْكَ النَّكْرَاءُ تِلْكَ الشَّيْطَنَةُ وَ هِيَ شَبِيهَةٌ بِالْعَقْلِ وَ لَيْسَتْ بِالْعَقْلِ .

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