Fussilat • EN-TAFSIR-AL-TUSTARI
﴿ سَنُرِيهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا فِى ٱلْءَافَاقِ وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۗ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ ﴾
“In time We shall make them fully understand Our messages [through what they perceive] in the utmost horizons [of the universe] and within themselves, so that it will become clear unto them that this [revelation] is indeed the truth. [Still,] is it not enough [for them to know] that thy Sustainer is witness unto everything?”
We shall show them Our signs on the horizons and in themselves...That is, death.He said:Death has a specific (khāṣṣ) and a general (ʿāmm) meaning. The general [meaning of] death is the death of the physical body (khilqa) and [its] natural form (jibilla). The specific [meaning]41 Al-Sajda (or Fuṣṣilat)179is the death of the lusts of the lower self (shahawāt al-nafs). But God, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows best. His words, Exalted is He: