24. EVIDENCE FOR RESURRECTION
Allah Almighty provided examples for the states of human life for him to consider. One such example is the lunar phases where the moon starts small and grows to a full moon, before declining in obliteration and perhaps coming up against an unexpected corruptive force, such as the eclipse.
Man similarly, begins as a drop of sperm, and then rises from weakness to integrity; becoming as a full moon. After that his state starts to decline to weakness. Death may strike earlier like the eclipse to the moon. The poet said:
Man is like a crescent, at its beginning It starts small and gentle, then grows even It increases, until it becomes full then declines, night after night, until obliteration
Another example is that of the silkworm. It is white at first until it starts feeding on mulberry leaves. When it becomes green, life streams into it before it moves from one state to another, like a child.
Then it sleeps, similar to man’s unawareness of the consequences, then it awakens and is keen on eating again, like the gluttonous one is keen on attaining worldly desires.
Then it surrounds itself as man does with his sins, and it is imprisoned therein like the dead in his grave (qabr). Then it eats its way out, and comes out another creation, as the dead are resurrected uncircumcised and free from illnesses.
A proof of resurrection is that the sperm-drop is an inanimate matter, then it becomes a living human just as the grains are thrown into the ground, then it shakes with greenness (of life).
If the person has consideration, He finds a lesson in everything
al-Hafiz Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-jawzl [d. 597AH] “CAPTURED THOUGHTS being” a translation of his masterpiece ‘Sayd al-K hatir
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