Human and the Law of Reflection

For every individual there is an ‘existential reflection’ at any given moment, resulting from their thoughts, words, and actions. This reflection, either positive or negative, reverberates in the higher realms and passes through a filter that measures the individual’s capacity (“for Allah does not burden any soul beyond its capacity”- Al-Baqarah:286). Subsequently, an appropriate positive or negative reflection is determined in accordance with the framework of justice, and it is referred to positive and negative networks. Those networks, in turn, cast that reflection onto the individual … “leading stray whosoever willing and leading the way whosoever willing …” (An-Nahl 93).

For instance, regarding negative reflection, God states in the Quran that we ourselves cast Satan upon the individual: “And whoever is ignorant of the divine mercifulness- We appoint them a devil, to them a pal and companion.” (Az Zukhruf 36).

The reflection initially intensifies the same qualities in the individual, and in the second step, it generates positive or negative awareness in relation to the individual’s reflection, leading to either guidance or misguidance of that person. Therefore, a person who is tightfisted is more likely to become even more tightfisted than to become less tightfisted, or it is expected for a mean person to become even more mean, and an aware person to become ever more aware.

In the Law of Reflection, stated as “… Indeed, Allah leads astray whosoever willing and leads the way whosoever willing…” (Fatir 8), one can tell on what basis, the sequence of human guidance or misguidance is shaped in either network, how Satan is appointed to human being or if guidance will be upon them.

Human from Another Outlook

From the collection of books by Mohammad Ali Taheri, Founder of Erfan Keyhani Halgheh