This is too intense; We are all bashar, from a purely physiological sense. And the Cro-Magnon man (our ancestors who came before) were also bashar. Like us, they had hair, bones, muscles, blood vessels, a nervous system, etc... But what makes the Human race different is the concept of Ruuh (the Spirit), which most Muslims can’t seem to wrap their minds about. There is a divine intervention – a reprogramming of a sort – that evolved these primitive ancestors (animal-like bashar) into human bashar. When you go to study medicine, the faculty is called (in Arabic) طب بشري (bashary medicine), because it deals with the anatomy and physiology side of the human. This is not so much different from the veterinary profession. But when you go to study humanities, you are then involved with things like psychology, sociology, history, even art and theater. These are the things that came as a result of the Spirit (Ruuh). When Muhammad declared that he was no more than a bashar, it was a response to those who asked him to bring down the wrath of God, or to fly up into the heavens and bring down a book with him. These feats are possible only through mala’ika. And when the Quran speaks of Isa and his mother as bashar, it immediately refers to them as having to eat food to sustain themselves, and that they had mortal bodies. They were not mala’ika. So, if you mean by “angels” the mala’ika, then I disagree with you, because the mala’ika are not bashar. {And your Rabb said to the Mala’ika: “I am creating a being (bashar) from clay * So when I have (bettered/ perfected him), and blown of My Spirit (ruuh) in him, then you shall yield to him}...[38:71,72]. The above sign is very simple, once you read it with an unbiased mind. There existed, before us, manlike bipedal beings who were mostly instinctive animals. Their fossils have been unearthed, and proof of their existence cannot be denied. These, the Quran referred to as bashar; meaning , from the pure physiological perspective, beings that were made from earthly materials. I don’t really care what you call them (Cro-Magnon, cave man, Neanderthal, humanoid, etc...) Makes no difference. What matters is that they existed. Now the above sign speaks of three epochs: 1) Plain bashar created directly from the muck of the earth. This happened some 2-3 million years ago, under certain conditions of heat and pressure. The Quran calls this stage al-nashat-ul-ula (the first creation). 2) Gradual evolution of the bashars shape, physical attributes and vocal abilities ({when I have bettered/ perfected him}), until he became Homo-Sapien, creatures very similar to us in shape and size, very intelligent, but still mostly savage hunter-gatherers. This happened some 200,000 years ago. 3) Breathing of the Ruuh into the Homo-Sapien: This last stage is the one that has been driving your “scientists” insane. They were able to estimate it to some 40,000 – 50,000 years ago, but they cannot pin it down, nor can they understand how it happened. And they most probably never will. This is the era when the insan (human) became capable of receiving divine revelations, and began to understand his nature as the consciousness of the universe. And the Quran says it coincided with the time when the an3am (livestock) appeared, and the learning of agriculture The Quran tells us that we shall know very little of this divine phenomenon (3rd stage). It was a direct intervention by God, which caused a leap forward from the final phases of pure bashar, into something else. This is what the Quran means when it says that God told the mala’ika that He shall create a “khalifa” on the Earth. This means successor. But successor to whom? The way I see it, the insan/human (bashar + ruuh) was made a successor to the plain bashar (who had no ruuh). And this sudden leap is the greatest mystery of all. When the Quran wants to appeal to our intellect by asking us to contemplate the signs of the Creator around us, it never says “Oh you bashar...look and see” (for example). It says “Oh you insan...look and see”. Do you see the subtle difference? The equation is simple: bashar + ruuh = insan.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 06:03:57 +0000
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