Meditation

“My Lord admit me a honorable admittance
And Let me depart a honorable departure
And grant me from You a Powerful Support”

Yesterday I was mulling over these words and another part of the scripture jumped to my head.

“Any one who reverences God, He will create an exit for him”


The first part I remember as one of the things I put down in my little book of prayers as part of a quartet of verses from the scripture Surah/Chapter 17 which we know as Bani Israel or Children of Israel.
I have included the verse before it and the ones after it, so we can get a glimpse of what it is referring to.

17:78
You shall observe the Contact Prayer (Salat) when the sun declines from its highest point at noon, as it moves towards sunset. You shall also observe (the recitation of) the Quran at dawn. (Reciting) the Quran at dawn is witnessed.

17:79
During the night, you shall meditate for extra credit, that your Lord may raise you to an honorable rank.

17:80
And say, "My Lord, admit me an honorable admittance, and let me depart an honorable departure, and grant me from You a powerful support."

17:81
Proclaim, "The truth has prevailed, and falsehood has vanished; falsehood will inevitably vanish."

(Parenthesis are the translators own inference to bind the verses together)

The words didn’t strike me till yesterday.. Half asleep, half awake

But before I mull it over I want to look at the bottom statement.

This was from chapter/Surah 65, which people may know as Talaq or Divorce.
As the theme goes, it talks about divorce/separation of partners. I have included the verse before it and the verse after it.. So that one can get a glimpse of what it is referring to..



65:1
O you prophet, when you people divorce the women, you shall ensure that a divorce interim is fulfilled. You shall measure such an interim precisely. You shall reverence GOD your Lord. Do not evict them from their homes, nor shall you make life miserable for them, to force them to leave on their own, unless they commit a proven adultery. These are GOD’s laws. Anyone who transgresses GOD’s laws commits an injustice against himself. You never know; maybe GOD wills something good to come out of this.

65:2
Once the interim is fulfilled, you may reconcile with them equitably, or go through with the separation equitably. You shall have two equitable witnesses witness the divorce before GOD. This is to enlighten those who believe in GOD and the Last Day. Anyone who reverences GOD, He will create an exit for him.

65:3
And will provide for him whence he never expected. Anyone who trusts in GOD, He suffices him. GOD’s commands are done. GOD has decreed for everything its fate.

At first in some sort of weird way, I thought the two were linked in that it was referring to the same thing.. But when I am looking at it now I cant see it..

The first statement I feel relates to meditation…
You see, the other time about a year ago, I was thinking about meditation…
I found it especially hard to grasp the notion of meditation because for someone like me -with so many things jumping around in my head all at the same time - who finds it hard to calm down and be restful… it is quite hard to grasp the notion of sitting idle and focusing on one thing.. So I was researching meditation and how to meditate…

I came across this chapter and verse and as such I am hoping Gw, it will be a nightly occurrence - One of my chanting mantras to fall asleep to.

Anyhow,
The second part relates to divorce so in a logical aspect they are not linked, unless you look at the word exit from a different perspective.
Exit as in “removal from a place/situation/process” - which is the way I was looking at it..

But back to the first statement…

Honorable admittance.
Admittance into Gods mercy, into paradise, into everlasting peace and light, Admittance to be part of Gods righteous servants…
Honorable departure.
Departure from sin, from this world and its trappings, from darkness
Powerful support
Support in testing times, in times of hope and longings, support to carry out ones obligations, to be on the right path, to uphold God’s revelations
Need I say more..