Elucidation of Objectives — Page 42
Tau di h-e-Mar a m 42 Remember, this injunction to prostrate does not relate to the occasion when Adam was created. It is a separate commandment to the Angels to the effect that whenever a human being attains the true and ideal human station and harmony, and the spirit of God comes to reside in him, they should always hasten to make their obeisance to him. That is, they should visit him with heavenly light and invoke the blessings of the Lord on him. Reference here is to the age-old and ever operative Divine Law that whenever a person attains perfect spiritual harmony and the Divine Spirit comes to reside in him, or in other words his baser self dies and he attains eternal life in God, Angels begin to visit him constantly. True, even during the elementary stages of his spiritual journey Angels are ever busy serving and helping him. But this angelic visit is so consummate and total that it is almost tantamount to Sajdah or prostration. By using the term Sajdah , God has made it clear that Angels are not superior to the Perfect Man. Rather, quite like the royal functionaries, they are busy making obeisance to him all the time. Similarly in chapter Al - Shams of the Holy Qur’ a n, by using very subtle and delicate symbols and metaphors, God Al- mighty declares that the Perfect Man's station is superior to all the denizens of the earth and heaven. Says He: