The Twenty-Eighth Point of the Twenty-Eighth Flash

In the Name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.

[So]  they  should  not  strain  their  ears  in  the  direction  of  the  Exalted Assembly, but be cast away from every side * Repulsed, for they are under a perpetual penalty, * Except such as snatch away something by stealth, and they are  pursued by a flaming fire, of piercing brightness.(37:8-10) * And We have adorned  the lowest heaven with lamps, and We have made them missiles to drive away the evil ones.(67:5)

An important point concerning verses like these will be explained in connection with criticisms made by the people of misguidance. It is as follows:

Spies from among the jinn and satans eavesdrop on events in the heavens, and like soothsayers, mediums, and some spiritualists, convey news from the World of the Unseen. So that their giving information about the Unseen should not give rise to any doubts when the Qur’an was first revealed, their continual espionage was prevented to a greater extent and they were repulsed by shooting stars. The following is a brief reply to an extremely important question in three parts concerning the above verses, which are about this subject.

Q u e s t i o n : It is understood from verses like these that spying satans infiltrate the  distant lands of the heavens in order to learn of some minor and even personal event in the Unseen. Rumours of such minor events as though spread everywhere in those vast lands, and  any satan anywhere may hear a confused version of them and pass it on. However, reason and science cannot accept such a thing.

Also, it is said that some of the people of prophethood and some wonder-workers as though pluck the fruits of Paradise from nearby, which according to definite verses of the Qur’an, is above the heavens, and they sometimes gaze on Paradise from near at hand. This matter, which concerns infinite distance within infinite proximity, is not conformable with the understanding of the present age.

Also, the unimportant situation of an unimportant person being the subject of discussion in the Sublime Assembly in the universal, vast land of the heavens is not conformable  with  the  wisdom  of  the  utterly wise  administration of  the  universe. Nevertheless, these three matters are considered to be among the truths of Islam.