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0:01[music]
0:07[music]
0:11All the
0:16alhamdulillah.
0:31Thank you for joining me tonight and we
0:34will continue inshallah as we've been
0:37speaking about in the last couple of
0:39episodes or the last couple of meetings
0:41that we've had. We've been delving into
0:44the writings of a particular character
0:46that was central uh for many different
0:49religions and we're speaking about the
0:51character that is known as Hermes Tris
0:54Majestice. He was a character that was
0:57central for the ancient Greek religion,
0:59ancient Roman religion, ancient Egyptian
1:02religion and also for Judaism,
1:04Christianity and Islam as we have
1:07demonstrated. We are going to go over
1:09tonight the third discourse of his in
1:14the Corpus Hermetica and that is the
1:17sacred sermon. That's the title that it
1:19was given.
1:22It's a short discourse but we have a lot
1:25of commentary actually on it tonight.
1:27And so it starts off by saying the glory
1:30of all things is God, Godhead and divine
1:34nature. God is the source of all that
1:39exists at once. Mind and nature. Yes,
1:44even matter. The wisdom that reveals all
1:47things. Godhead too is the source of
1:51nature, energy, necessity, the goal and
1:55the power of renewal. Boundless darkness
2:00lay in the abyss. and there was water
2:03and a subtle intelligent breath. By
2:06God's power, these were held in chaos.
2:10Then holy light arose and beneath the
2:14dry expanse, which literally translates
2:17as sand, the elements gathered from the
2:20moist essence, and all the gods drew out
2:24their proper portions from fertile
2:27nature. So this is the epitome of
2:31monotheism as we can see in the
2:33beginning of this sermon where Hermes is
2:36making it a point once again and as he
2:38did in the previous two discourses to
2:42emphasize the fact that there is this
2:45father this godhead that is the source
2:48of all creation and that nothing is like
2:52him and he cannot be described and we
2:54compared it previously to Imam Ahmed
2:57Hassan Alisam. times uh book of
2:59monotheism and his description of the
3:01Hoa or God before he manifested himself
3:04and made himself known as the divine
3:07essence. And then we get to the bottom
3:10of this first verse and we notice that
3:13it talks about these gods that are
3:16drawing out their proper portions from
3:18fertile nature. And these gods that it's
3:21referring to, it's talking about the
3:23seven planetary bodies as we
3:26demonstrated previously. And that those
3:28are what? The sun, the moon, Mercury,
3:32Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, which
3:37were essentially the planets or the
3:40planetary bodies that were visible and
3:43very well known to the ancient world.
3:46They are being described as gods and
3:49they are partaking in this scene in
3:52which Hermes is describing the beginning
3:54of creation.
3:58While all things were still undefined
4:01and unworked, the light things were set
4:04a loft, the heavy things grounded
4:07beneath the moist part of the dry
4:09expanse. The universal things were
4:12bounded by fire and suspended in breath
4:16to hold them up. Heaven appeared in
4:20seven circles. So now he's describing
4:22the creation of the seven heavens. He's
4:26saying that it was formed as seven. They
4:28were seven layers or seven circles or
4:32seven zones or seven orbits. Its gods
4:36were seen as stars with their signs. And
4:39so here we see very clearly that each
4:42one of these heavens, each one of these
4:44zones actually has a god over it or a
4:48king, a guardian, one of its rulers.
4:51Right? So you have a zone and here's an
4:54alchemical drawing here which
4:55demonstrates it perfectly. You have what
4:58first they said that the closest heaven
5:01or the first one the lowest one to the
5:03earth that zone was the moon zone.
5:07Then you have above it Mercury and then
5:10you have Venus. And they basically um
5:14they concluded this on the basis they
5:17saw which one would eclipse which and
5:20they were able to tell which one was
5:22closer. So uh Mercury for example does
5:25not eclipse the moon but it does eclipse
5:27the sun. So they found its location
5:29there. The fourth heaven is guard is
5:33basically controlled or or uh its
5:36guardian is the sun and then you have
5:38after that Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
5:44So heaven appeared in seven circles. Its
5:46gods were seen as stars with their signs
5:48and nature shaped her members in harmony
5:52with the gods within her. The outer rim
5:55of heaven revolved in its cycle carried
5:59by the breath of God. And so here you
6:03see God forming creation, bringing to
6:07life creatures, but also with the
6:10collaboration of these seven gods.
6:14Each God by his own proper power brought
6:19forth what was appointed to him. Thus
6:22came four-footed beasts, creeping
6:25things, the creatures of the waters, the
6:28winged things, and everything that bears
6:31seed, grass, and every flower shoot.
6:35Each having within itself the seed of
6:38becoming again. They set apart the
6:41births of men, some for the knowledge of
6:44God's works and for witness to nature's
6:47energy. the many for lordship over all
6:51beneath the sky and knowledge of its
6:53blessings so that they might increase
6:56and multiply and every soul embodied by
6:59the revolution of the cyclic gods for
7:02beholding the marvels of heaven and the
7:05courses of heaven's gods and for the
7:08works of God and the power of nature for
7:11signs of its blessings for knowledge of
7:14God's power so they might know the fates
7:17that follow good and evil and learn the
7:19skilled work of all good arts.
7:23There's a lot that's packed into this. A
7:26lot. And essentially what Hermes is
7:29saying is that there are all types of
7:32creatures.
7:33The creatures were imbued with
7:37particular properties from the different
7:40planets and stars that were ruling these
7:44seven heavens. Depending on which one of
7:47these planetary bodies influenced the
7:50creature more, it became in that way,
7:54that shape, that form or had that
7:56temperament. But unlike the creatures
8:00that were in the sea or those that flew
8:02in the air or those that creepeth on the
8:05land, there was a special creature that
8:08was made and that was man. They set
8:11apart the birth of men. He was a special
8:14one. They created them in a special way
8:18other than the way that they created the
8:20rest. And the reason was is because man,
8:24some of them were made for knowledge of
8:28God's work and for witness to nature's
8:31energy. Some of them were imbued with
8:36properties, powers, abilities from these
8:39planetary bodies that they could reflect
8:42over God's secrets that they may wonder
8:46into the heavens, marvel over the
8:49courses of the heavens bodies and
8:51actually be able to know God's power and
8:56read the fates of man, be able to tell
8:59the future. This was God's intention
9:02when he created. He created man in order
9:06that his intellect grows so much so that
9:09he has complete awareness, control,
9:12consciousness over what is to take
9:14place. He was supposed to read his
9:16existence and the course of human
9:20history, right? Knowing fully what will
9:23happen by reading it into the stars.
9:27And here we have an amazing alchemical
9:30drawing of each and every one of the
9:33planetary bodies influencing or
9:36partaking in the creation of man by
9:39casting light upon it.
9:44Thus their living begins and their
9:46growing wise according to the fate
9:49appointed by the revolutions of the
9:51cyclic gods and their dying to this same
9:54end. And so fate, how much money they
9:58were going to make during their life,
10:00how much courage they would have, how
10:03how many children they would have, how
10:05long of a lifespan they would have, how
10:08bright or attractive their personality
10:10would be, how many wives would they be
10:13or how many sexual partners would they
10:15have. All of that was determined by the
10:19planetary bodies. And that's why they
10:21were known as written previously in
10:24Hermes writings as fate. They're known
10:26collectively as fate. Mighty memorials
10:29of their handiwork will lie upon the
10:32earth, though fading when the cycles
10:34renew. For every embodied birth, every
10:38seeded fruit, and every handiwork,
10:41though it decay, must of necessity renew
10:44itself by the God's renewing power and
10:48by the turning of nature's rhythmic
10:49wheel. For while Godhead is nature's
10:53ever renewing of the cosmic mixture,
10:56nature herself stands co-established
10:59within that godhead.
11:01So to give you an explanation that or
11:05give you an example that might help you
11:08understand how the ancients viewed the
11:12imprint of the planets upon mankind. It
11:14was they saw it very much in the same
11:16way as we see DNA today. So, you have
11:20DNA and DNA gives you special qualities,
11:23certain traits. Um, it gives you maybe
11:26you're a good basketball player, more
11:28prone to be athletic, right? You're
11:31taller. Um, or you're stronger or you're
11:35wiser or your eyesight is better. These
11:38things are given to you before you're
11:41created in your DNA. They saw the
11:44planets as having the same type of
11:46effect on us in our life.
11:51So that's the end of the sacred sermon.
11:54Now, what does the Quran say about the
11:56heavenly bodies?
11:59Here are some Arabic verses from the
12:02Quran.
12:04And here's the translation for it. One
12:06verse says, "He is the one who made the
12:09stars for you so that you may be guided
12:12by them amidst to the darknesses of land
12:15and sea."
12:17So in the apparent maybe you look at it
12:19you're like okay when I'm sailing on the
12:20ship God's telling me look up at the
12:22stars and you'll know where you're at.
12:24Or you could see kind of a deeper
12:26parallel there. The same type of
12:28parallel that was mentioned in the
12:31corpus hermeticum in the sermon where
12:35God had intended that man marvel after
12:39beholding at the heavens and be able to
12:41extract from there information.
12:45And he placed way marks and by the star
12:49they are guided. Another verse. So no, I
12:53swear. God is swearing and when he
12:55swears that's a great thing and that
12:58which he swears by is also a great
13:00thing. I swear by the positions of the
13:03stars and indeed it is surely a
13:07tremendous oath. If only you knew.
13:11Another verse of the Quran is speaking
13:12about Abraham.
13:14He cast a glance at the stars and said,
13:17"I am ill." And this is one of the most
13:20fascinating verses pertaining to stars
13:23in the Quran. Because we can clearly see
13:26Abraham looking at the stars and being
13:29able to tell his condition by looking at
13:32the stars. He was able to tell that he
13:34is ill or he's going to become ill. He
13:37saw something in the stars that was not
13:39to his fortune.
13:41Indeed, we have adorned the lowest
13:44heaven with an adornment, the stars, and
13:47as a guard against every rebellious
13:49devil. They cannot easedrop on the
13:52highest assembly. They are pelted from
13:54every side, driven away, and for them is
13:58a relentless punishment except one who
14:00snatches a fragment and then a piercing
14:03flame pursues him. So, obviously,
14:05there's all types of things that are
14:06going on in the heavens. Here you see a
14:10verse in which literally God is saying
14:13that the fortunes are existing in the
14:16heaven and in the stars and that the
14:18devils or the jin are traveling up in
14:21order that they may steal information
14:24about the future. And this is something
14:26that all Muslims agree upon.
14:29Astrology and the prophets. What about
14:32the narrations? What did Muhammad and
14:34the family of Muhammad Ali wasam
14:38state about the prophets and the
14:39messengers?
14:42Islamic history books and Quranic
14:44interpretation books repeatedly, man,
14:46you can look these up yourselves.
14:48There's so many that I'm not going to
14:49list every single hadith. Islamic
14:51history books and Quranic interpretation
14:53books repeatedly state that God taught
14:56Adam knowledge of many things including
15:00knowledge of the stars and medicine.
15:04Islamic history books and Quranic
15:06interpretation books repeatedly identify
15:09Idris as Hermes, a primordial sage. He
15:14was called Adris because it comes from
15:16Dasa, right? because of his many studies
15:19because deris means study. He was the
15:23first to write with a pen, the first to
15:25sew garments, and the first to examine
15:28the science of the stars and
15:30calculation. This is literally written
15:32in there in so many books. Whether
15:34you're talking about the history of the
15:36prophets and messengers written by Sunni
15:38scholars or Shia scholars,
15:42Islamic history books and Quranic
15:44interpretation books contain stories
15:46that Abraham's father Azar, an
15:50astrologer of Nimrod, actually foresaw
15:53by the stars the birth of a child who
15:56would end their religion and the rule of
15:58Nimrod. They also contain narrations of
16:01Abraham looking into the stars to find
16:03out that he was sick or other narrations
16:06where he's observing Venus, the moon and
16:09the sun and declaring that he does not
16:11love those that set meaning he doesn't
16:14worship those without Allah subhana
16:17tala.
16:20Islamic history books and Quranic
16:21interpretation books contain stories
16:24also that pharaoh lanali
16:28had a dream and the astrologers
16:31interpret it interpret the dream by
16:34looking into the stars and stated that a
16:36boy would be born meaning Moses amongst
16:39the Israelites who would end his rule
16:42which led to the killing of male
16:44infants. So what we're seeing here is
16:47that we're seeing that the history of
16:50Judaism, Christianity, and Islam is
16:52affirming that this science existed and
16:54it existed from the very beginning of
16:56mankind and that the believers and the
16:59non-believers alike relied on it. And
17:02the hadiths are not saying that it was
17:04false information. Rather, you see
17:06clearly that it was true information.
17:09and Pharaoh really did have a dream and
17:11the interpretation was correct and that
17:14there was going to be a savior that was
17:16born.
17:18Islamic history books contain stories
17:20that a queen once went to war against
17:22Joshua the son of noon and only sent to
17:26battle soldiers whom she knew their time
17:28of death hadn't come by relying on the
17:31astrologers. And this is in reference to
17:33this narration where Joshua is an enemy
17:36and this woman, she she has a lot of
17:38astrologers with her. She's a queen. She
17:40wants to fight him. He's fighting
17:42against them. He's losing soldiers.
17:44Nobody ever dies from her army. So he's
17:46like, "What is going on here?" So he
17:49seeks the guidance of Allah subhana wa
17:51tala who reveals to him that this woman,
17:54she's looking in the stars and she's
17:56seeing all of the people that their
17:58death is approaching. she keeps them
18:00behind and she sends the people that she
18:02knows has extended lifespans. Right? So
18:05that's how she was kind of giving off
18:08this impression that she has this
18:10flawless infallible army with immortal
18:12men. Hence Joshua prayed to God to
18:16freeze the rise of the sun or return it
18:19in order to confuse her calculations. So
18:22that's how this story is explained.
18:28Jewish narration books also contain
18:30stories that Sulman Alisam requested
18:34from Pharaoh, his neighbor, helpers to
18:37help him build the temple. And that
18:39Pharaoh didn't like him. He had envy
18:42against him. He attempted to trick or
18:44deceive Solomon by sending him workers
18:47whose time of death had approached. He
18:50knew this by looking into the stars. So,
18:51it's a similar story, right? Where he
18:54wants to build the temple of Solomon. He
18:56asks neighbors to help him send over
18:58workers. Pharaoh's like, "Yeah, you can
19:00take these people. Once they would
19:01arrive in Israel, they would all fall
19:03dead." You know, so it would be like an
19:05act of disrespect. How did Pharaoh know
19:08this? By the stars.
19:11The Bible, Islamic history books, and
19:14Quranic interpretation books contain
19:16stories that wise men, astrologers,
19:20followed a rising star to Jesus's
19:24birthplace. and they brought forward
19:26gold, mr, frankincense and each of them
19:29is explained symbolically.
19:32Islamic history books and Quranic
19:34interpretation books also contain
19:36stories that Heraclus
19:38and others discern signs of Muhammad's
19:41mission. They found out that Muhammad
19:42was born, that he's coming to accomplish
19:45great things. There are accounts of
19:48Husro, the king of Persia, witnessing
19:50prodigies, a palace arch cracking, a
19:53canal breached, and then he sought to to
19:55find out what the meanings of these
19:58events were. He consults his astrologers
20:00and the cast astrologers look in the
20:02stars and they find out that Muhammad
20:04was born.
20:07Islamic history books contain stories
20:09that a skilled Jewish astrologer
20:12calculated a birth and concluded it
20:15could only belong to a prophet or a
20:18prophet's vice chair ruling the whole
20:20world. And this was taken as a sign of
20:23the birth of the awaited 12th Imm.
20:28[snorts]
20:31[sighs and gasps]
20:34[clears throat]
20:36[sighs]
20:38>> So it's impossible. It's impossible that
20:40this be a coincidence that all of these
20:42stories from Adam all the way down to
20:45the 12th imam are speaking repeatedly of
20:48these people relying on this science and
20:51it being accurate. So what is the origin
20:54of astrology
20:56and best may Allahh be pleased with him
21:01said it is a knowledge from the sciences
21:03of prophethood and then he regretted not
21:06having mastered it. He says, "If only I
21:08had mastered it."
21:12A another narration uh states, "Beware
21:15of rejecting the knowledge of the stars
21:18for it is among the sciences of
21:21prophethood."
21:23What does the say about astrology?
21:27Abu Abdullah Imam Sodam said he was once
21:30asked about the stars and he replied no
21:34one knows this science no one knows
21:37about the stars except for two
21:39households a household from the Arabs
21:42and a household from the Indians and in
21:46another narration it's said that the
21:48household from India are actually
21:51descendants they were the bait of the
21:54vice gerant of Idris Abu
22:00Abdaham
22:01in another narration says in the sky
22:03there are four stars. None knows them
22:06except a household from amongst the
22:08Arabs and a household from amongst the
22:10Indians know one star of them and for
22:13that reason their calculations stand. So
22:16obviously we get from this tradition
22:17that the knowledge that the household
22:20from the Arabs have is superior to the
22:23knowledge that the Indians have.
22:26The messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi
22:28wasall said when the star rises every
22:32departs. So in classical usage here the
22:36star is commonly understood as the
22:37plates and the aa means an affliction
22:41which affects crops.
22:44So when the plates rises the crop
22:47diseases or afflictions are lifted.
22:53In another narration, a companion says
22:56that he said to imam,
22:59"People say that looking into the stars
23:01is not permissible." And this is
23:03important because there's a lot of
23:04people, especially Sunnis that say that
23:07this whole astrology business, this is
23:09haram. This is actually divination and
23:11this is totally shik and not acceptable.
23:15Somebody poses this question to Imam
23:17Saddic and he said the man says people
23:19say that looking into the stars is not
23:21permissible yet I find it pleasing. I'm
23:23drawn towards it. My soul wants it. If
23:27it harms my religion though then I have
23:29no need for anything that harms my
23:31religion. But if it does not harm my
23:33religion by Allah subhana wa ta'ala I
23:36long for it and for looking into it. He
23:40said it is not as they say it does not
23:44harm your religion. Then he added you
23:46people though meaning your your family
23:49only look at some of it. Its much cannot
23:51be fully grasped and its little brings
23:53no benefit.
23:56In another narration of Imam Alisam,
24:00somebody else had written him a letter
24:04and he wrote to him, "Our father and our
24:07grandfather used to practice the arts of
24:10observing, studying the stars. It is it
24:13permissible to study them?" He said,
24:16"Yes."
24:18In the same source, they wrote to him
24:21again and they said, "We are the
24:22descendants of Benny Nakt, the
24:26astrologer family." We already wrote to
24:28you asking if it is permissible to study
24:30the science of the stars and you wrote
24:32back yes. But astrologers differ about
24:36the description structure of the
24:38heavens.
24:40So he I imam wrote back and said yes as
24:43long as one does not depart from.
24:47And that's an interesting answer because
24:49that is the message that in the hermetic
24:52writings is being repeated over and over
24:55and over again. Study them. They are
24:57gods. They have abilities to determine
25:00outcomes of things. They have
25:02co-created. They've done this and this
25:03and this and this. But they are not the
25:06ultimate god. Another one of the
25:08companions uh says he said Abu Abdaham
25:13said to me once how is your skill in in
25:16regards to the stars. The companion
25:19Hashem said I have left no one in Iraq
25:23more knowledgeable of the stars than I.
25:27He said how do you describe the turning
25:29of the celestial sphere amongst you?
25:32until he said, "The basis of calculation
25:35is true, but none knows it except one
25:38who knows the births of all creatures."
25:41Meaning the origin, the the the the
25:44astrology that we have today, it's been
25:47changed a little bit. It's been
25:48polluted. It's been lost. And some of
25:51the narrations attribute this loss to
25:53the events that took place with Minisam
25:57and also with Joshua the son of Nune
25:59when the son was returned. So they lost
26:02some of this but it can be gained if you
26:04know the births of all creatures.
26:07Another one of the companions says I
26:10asked Abu Abdisam about the stars are
26:14their judgments true he said yes. So
26:17imagine that narration he's essentially
26:20saying that he asks Imam when I look at
26:24the stars and the stars predict that
26:28somebody's going to die that somebody's
26:30going to be wealthy that somebody's
26:32going to be successful that somebody's
26:34going to have bad events that happen in
26:36his life are these things to be believed
26:39and I imam says yes
26:44[snorts]
26:45in this narration And it's related that
26:47Harun Rasheed sent for Musa Jaffer
26:51Alisam and had him brought. When he
26:54arrived, Harun said to him, "People
26:56attribute to you, oh sons of Fatima,
27:00knowledge of the stars and your mastery
27:02of it is said to be excellent." So the
27:05people in the in those times they knew
27:07that Muhammad and the family of Muhammad
27:09were masters of astrology. Yet the
27:13jurists, the
27:15the of the majority meaning say that the
27:20messenger of God said
27:23when my companions are mentioned keep
27:25silent. This is one of those fake
27:28hadiths where says the prophet saying
27:30that anybody who talks about about my
27:32companions don't if they even mention
27:34their name stay silent and when the
27:36stars are mentioned stay silent.
27:39Meanwhile, the commander of the faithful
27:42was the most knowledgeable of creation
27:45in the science of the stars and his
27:47sons.
27:50Ali Alisam
27:51said, "Whoever takes up some knowledge
27:54about the sciences of the stars from
27:57amongst the bearers of the Quran, it
28:00increases them in faith and certitude,
28:05certainty, ya." Then he recited indeed
28:09in the alternation of night and day and
28:11in what Allah has created in the heavens
28:13and the earth are signs for a people who
28:16are god-fearing.
28:19Soam
28:21are saying that the more that you delve
28:22into this knowledge about the stars
28:25about the planetary bodies and their
28:26effect on humanity and society the more
28:30that you will actually have y in your
28:33religion. [applause]
28:42So one of the companions his name was
28:44Ununice he says I said to Abdisam may I
28:47be your ransom tell me about the science
28:50of the stars. What is it? He said it is
28:53a knowledge from amongst the sciences of
28:56the prophets. I said did aliam
28:59know it? He said he was the most
29:01knowledgeable of all people in it.
29:06There's a Quranic verse that says, "And
29:07thus we showed Abraham the dominion, the
29:10melakut of the heavens and the earth so
29:12that he might be of those with
29:15certainty." Abu Jafir Alisam said
29:18regarding that meaning concerning this
29:20verse, the seven heavens were unveiled
29:23for him until he looked upon the seventh
29:26heaven and what is in it and the seven
29:28earths until he looked upon them and
29:31what is in them. The same was done for
29:34Muhammad sallallahu alaihi as was done
29:36for Abraham.
29:39And I indeed see that your companion,
29:42the Imam, had the like done for him and
29:45the imams after him likewise.
29:49Now here's here's an interesting
29:51narration.
29:53Abu Abdaham
29:55says, "Whoever sets out on a journey or
29:59marries," so this is different than all
30:00these other narrations. All these other
30:02narrations are establishing that
30:04Muhammad and the family Muhammad are
30:06master astrologers and that this science
30:09is actually descendant from the prophets
30:11and that it's not haram. This narration
30:14Imam is actually telling he's
30:17instructing the Shia to look into the
30:20stars see if this is taking place in the
30:23heavens and if it is basically base your
30:26behavior base your plans around that.
30:29Whoever sets out on a journey or marries
30:33when the moon is in Scorpio will not see
30:36a good outcome.
30:38And uh in another narration is clarified
30:42that basically if the moon is in Scorpio
30:44and a person gets married then they will
30:47have a miscarriage. So this is
30:49associated with that insi
30:53a
30:55Quranic interpretation book that relies
30:58heavily upon the narrations of Muhammad
31:01and the family of Muhammad in regards to
31:03the meanings of the verses. It was said
31:05uh as for the people of [clears throat]
31:08they were destroyed by a howling furious
31:11wind. El Ki says it was a cold and
31:15overbearing wind. He also said it went
31:18forth beyond what it had been commanded.
31:22He said it over them. God subjected it
31:25to them by his power for seven nights
31:29and 8 days consecutively.
31:32El Ki said the moon was illomen by
31:36Saturn for seven nights and 8 days until
31:40they perished. And he is referring
31:45actually if you look at the the picture
31:47here um on the on the right hand side
31:51and you read verse 19 it says verily we
31:55have sent against them a horrible wind
32:00in a day that is unlucky that is
32:03continuously unlucky or continuously NAS
32:07and we know that this word NAS is always
32:09used by the astrologers when they're
32:11talking about a bad omen or a bad
32:14constellation or a bad conjunction of
32:18the planetary bodies in the heavens. So
32:21I say it has already been mentioned in
32:23surah that the first of the eight and
32:26their last were on Wednesday and that it
32:28was a persistent ill omen.
32:32So you see the people within them fallen
32:34dead struck down as if they were hollow
32:37rotted trunks of palm trees mere stumps.
32:41So essentially what he's saying is he's
32:44saying that the reason why this
32:47punishment came down, God sent the
32:49punishment upon them, yes, but he did it
32:52by using the planetary bodies that the
32:56planetary bodies partnered with God in
33:00this punishment. Actually, they went a
33:03little bit above and beyond with the
33:05punishment more than what God even asked
33:08for. And so they are collaborating with
33:11God and they're responsible for
33:14misfortunes taking place on earth.
33:19So what about the connection between the
33:21seven gods and the
33:24is there one?
33:27In the hermetic writings the seven gods
33:30are the planetary rulers Saturn,
33:33Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury and
33:36the moon. They are subordinate powers
33:40set beneath the one the good God the
33:43father. They are called rulers and fate
33:48not creators from nothing but co-causes
33:52who bring forth what is appointed. So
33:54God decrees something. He uses them as
33:58his hands, as his uh carriers or
34:01implementers of his will
34:04by separating and stamping forms within
34:07fertile nature through their circulating
34:10powers. The subliminary world is
34:13generated, ordered, and timed. Because
34:17they govern birth, mixture, and destiny.
34:21They also stand over the soul's
34:24condition after death. The soul ascends
34:27through seven spheres where each power
34:31tests and strips off its corresponding
34:34passions, and we went over this in the
34:35previous lectures, and influences. In
34:38this sense, the planetary gods act as
34:41cosmic administrators and assessors,
34:45cocreating by delegation during life and
34:49judging the soul's attachments to the
34:51dunya after death, yet always under and
34:55within the will of the transcendent
34:58father.
35:00What about theam
35:02in Shia Islamic theology especially in
35:0612 teachings and later theological
35:09mystical writings theam
35:12are co-creators just like the planetary
35:15bodies were the are co-creators by the
35:19permission of Allah as Jesus was and the
35:23divinelyapp appointed witnesses they are
35:25divinelyappointed witnesses and
35:27mediators through whom God's command and
35:30in mercy reaches creation. Described as
35:34ha, God's proof, they possess wlea
35:37tuina, the authority to administer
35:40affairs by God's permission. So
35:43guidance, protection, sustenance, and
35:46even cosmic order are said to flow
35:49through them without compromising
35:51tohheed. In life, they cooperate in
35:55God's governance by teaching the law,
35:58unveiling wisdom, rectifying souls,
36:00bringing down sustenance after death.
36:03They are linked to the soul's passage.
36:06And they are bearers of chafa, such that
36:09a person's allegiance and likeness to
36:12them determines what is shed or kept
36:15from the soul. Thus all of the planetary
36:18powers function as delegated
36:22administrators in hermetic thought
36:27are portrayed as God's appointed
36:29administrators of guidance and mercy
36:32testing refining and aiding souls always
36:36under and within God's will. Essentially
36:39what like the description of these seven
36:41planets is identical to the description
36:45of theam. You could really just take the
36:48word go over here plug it in where the
36:51planets are. You go over here you plug
36:54the names of the planets in place of the
36:56description of the it would still make
36:59the same meaning. It would make total
37:01sense.
37:03Immad Alisam says God created the will
37:07by itself then he created things through
37:10the will. Remember remember the the the
37:14the map that we had the mind map that we
37:16had yesterday or the day before on the
37:18lecture uh we said that the father
37:21emanated right as Allah subhana wa
37:24ta'ala and Allah had a will right
37:27>> here this mashia Imam is saying god
37:30created the will by itself then he
37:33created things through the will.
37:37All right. Well, who is this will? What
37:39is this will? Imm Abu Hassan Alisam said
37:43to me, "Oh, Ununice, do you know what is
37:45the will? What is this Msiah?" Okay. So,
37:47we're getting we're going to know
37:49exactly what it is from the words of the
37:51You don't have to take any words from
37:52me. We're just going to go purely off of
37:55the evidence. Do you know what the Msiah
37:57is? I said, "No." He said, "It is the
38:00first remembrance, the first zik."
38:04Okay. What's this first zik from Abu
38:08Abdah Imam regarding God's saying so ask
38:11the people of the reminder or a zik if
38:14you do not know he says the is Muhammad
38:18sallallahu alaihi
38:30>> and we are its people and we are the
38:33ones to be asked Im
38:36Bakar Alisam said the reckoning of the
38:39people is handed over to us. So now
38:42we've established without a shadow of a
38:44doubt that the
38:47are the creators just like the planetary
38:49bodies are in the hermetic the are
38:53creators of this world and imbakam said
38:57the reckoning or the judgment of the
38:59people is handed over to us by God.
39:02We're the ones that admit people into
39:04heaven and we admit the people of hell
39:07into hell.
39:09The commander of the faithful said, "Man
39:11was created with a rational speaking
39:14soul. If he purifies it through
39:16knowledge and action, it c it comes to
39:20resemble the essences of its first
39:22causes. And when its temperament is
39:25balanced and it departs from opposing
39:28qualities, he becomes a partner to the
39:31seven mighty or pulling ones.
39:36What's he talking about? What's the
39:37seven mighty ones? The seven ones that
39:39are magnetic that pull. Who are these?
39:41It's the seven planetary bodies. So when
39:45a man perfects himself, purifies his
39:48soul, what does he unite with? He unites
39:51with these seven gods. In another
39:56narration, Abu Hassan Alisam said about
39:58the verse and indeed we have given you
40:00the seven of repeated and the
40:03magnificent Quran. None of the prophets
40:06was given this except for Muhammad
40:08sallallahu alaihi. The seven often
40:11repeated, the Sabathani, the seven mathi
40:15are the seven imams around whom the
40:18celestial sphere revolves. And the
40:22magnificent Quran is Muhammad sallallahu
40:24alaihi wasall.
40:26>> Are you ready for more?
40:30>> The messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi
40:32wasall said this is a magnificent
40:33hadith. This is really a magnificent
40:36hadith.
40:48The messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi
40:50wasall said follow the sun and when the
40:52sun sets follow the moon and when the
40:54moon sets follow Venus and when Venus
40:57sets follow the two farad stars they
41:00said oh messenger of Allah who are the
41:02sun the moon Venus and the two farad
41:04stars he said I'm the
41:07Ali is the moon. Fimatu Ali is Venus and
41:13the two stars are Al Hassan and Al
41:16Hussein.
41:19>> [applause]
41:26[applause]
41:30>> We we we spoke about we spoke about one
41:33of the previous episodes about and we
41:35promised that we were going to reveal
41:36the hidden meaning behind the statues
41:40that we have in here of Venus. And the
41:42Arabic name of Venus is Azah.
41:46And the nickname of Fatima is Fatima
41:49Zahisam.
41:51Isn't that incredible?
41:56>> Now this is the story of a Yemen who
41:58entered upon Imam Alisam. The Imam
42:01called him by his name which no one
42:03knew. It was sad. He said to him, "Oh
42:06Sad, what is your craft?" He said, "I am
42:09from a household that studies the
42:11stars." until the imam said, "What is
42:14the name of the star which when it rises
42:18agitates the camels?" Now, if we just
42:22stop right there, that's enough to tell
42:23us that the stars are actually by the
42:27admission of Imam Sodam playing a role
42:31in the mood of a particular animal, the
42:34mood of the camels, and that there's a
42:36star that's responsible to make them
42:38howl. He said, "I don't know." He said,
42:41"You have spoken the truth." He said,
42:43"Okay, well, what is the name of the
42:45star which when it rises agitates the
42:49cattle?"
42:50He said, "I don't know." He said,
42:51"You've spoken the truth." He said,
42:54"What is the name of the star which when
42:56it rises agitates the dogs?" He said, "I
43:01don't know." He said, "You've spoken the
43:03truth in saying, I don't know." Then he
43:05said, "What is Zahal Saturn with you
43:08amongst the stars?" He said, "It's an
43:12inospicious star." Abu Abdaham said, "Do
43:15not say that. It is the star of the
43:18commander of the faithful Amir Minisam
43:21and the star of his vice gren. It is the
43:23piercing star which god most high
43:26mentioned in his book." And so sad
43:30thought that Saturn was an unlucky star.
43:32It's a bad sign when it appears in the
43:34in the sky. And Saturn is the ruler of
43:37the seventh heaven. The seventh heaven
43:39is the heaven which has the siddra tree
43:42that Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasalls
43:44to before he reaches Allah subhana wa
43:47ta'ala. It's at the edge of it. Here
43:50we're we're seeing that that basically
43:54essentially I imam is saying that
44:00is the ruler of the seventh heaven. The
44:03seventh heaven that is at the very end
44:06of those seven heavens that we said all
44:08collectively exist within the uh throne.
44:14Imam was asked about the stars. Is the
44:18knowledge of them true? He replied,
44:20"Yes, indeed. God sent Jupiter to the
44:24earth in the form of a man." He took a
44:28man from the non-Arabs and taught him
44:31the science of the stars until the man
44:34thought he had mastered it. Then he said
44:37to him, "Look, where is Jupiter?" So,
44:40here's a man.
44:42Jupiter appears to him in the form of a
44:44man. He's a non-Arab. Jupiter appears to
44:47him. Jupiter teaches this non-Arab all
44:51the sciences of the stars until he
44:54thinks that he mastered it. Then he said
44:55to him, "Look, where is Jupiter?" He
44:57said, "I do not see it in the celestial
44:59sphere, nor do I know where it is. My
45:03calculations are saying it's supposed to
45:05be there, but I'm not seeing it." So he
45:08set him aside and took the hand of a man
45:10from India and taught him until he
45:12thought he had mastered it. then said
45:15look where is Jupiter? He said my
45:17calculation indicates that you are
45:19Jupiter. He gasped and died and his
45:23family inherited his knowledge. So the
45:26knowledge is there amongst them. And in
45:29this particular narration, we see that
45:32Muhammad and the family of Muhammad Ali
45:34are saying that these seven gods that
45:36abide in the heavens that these gods
45:39that parttook in creation that they also
45:42have the ability to manifest on earth in
45:46human form
45:48just like that.
45:51And so we're going to stop there, but
45:53inshallah in the future lectures we're
45:55going to talk about how the planetary
45:58bodies
46:00um eventually came to be worshiped and
46:02how the people made statues of them and
46:06actually how Hermes in his discourses
46:09talked about how the Egyptians had
46:14perfected a method whereby through
46:17particular rituals they were able to
46:21insole a spirit in a statue. And they
46:25would harness the statue and use it to
46:29be able to tell them information about
46:32the future and the fortunes uh of
46:35mankind and how at some particular point
46:37in Egyptian history, those spirits that
46:40embodied those statues left those
46:43statues and the people forgot about it.
46:45Anyway, I'll stop there not to confuse
46:46you guys. God bless you and

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