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The Perfect Human in Terms of His Relationship… M. M. Khalfan et al (11
Intermediary of Grace. Grand intermediary of Divine Grace, we are
Ayatullah Javādī Āmulī in the book not referring to something parallel or
Hidayat dar Quran alludes to the truth ‘other’ than God. It is God Himself who
that the spiritual wayfarer having discloses himself in the reality of the
attained the level of the Kawn-i Jami’ First Emanation (Qarāʾī, 2019, p. 542).
(comprehensive being) is the complete Al-Shafāʿah al-Kubrā (The
self-disclosure of the verse “Every Major Intercession )
moment He is in a single task” (Javādī The Perfect Human being, having
Āmulī, 2004, p. 298). attained the level of al-Tajallī al-Awwal
The well-known salutational recital (the First Self-Disclosure of God),
al-Jāmiʿah al-Kabīrah, which is occupies the ultimate form of Shafāʿah
reckoned by some scholars of mysticism (intercession) because whatever
and tradition, as the most perfect and happens in the lower realms of self-
beautiful of salutational recitals in disclosure, does so by the leave of the
various places alludes to the principal Primary Self-Disclosure. The literal
role of mediation of the Imams. meaning of Shafāʿah is to join with
Following are noteworthy examples: another to assist him and intercede on
“Through you, Allah has initiated [the his behalf (Iṣfahānī, 1991, p. 457). Its
contingent realm], and by you will He trilateral root sh-f-‘ means Muqāranatu
seal it. Through you, He brings the rains, Shayʾayn (to make two things
and through you, He holds the heavens accompany one another) (Ibn Fāris,
from falling to the earth, except by His 1983, Vol. 3, p. 201), or Dammu al-
will. Through you, He removes worries Shayʾ ila Mithlihi (to join a thing to its
and relieves distress! … Allah has given peer) (Iṣfahānī, 1991, p. 457).
you what He has not given to any of the According to Iṣfahānī in his
world’s existents! ... everything is lowly Mufradāt, Shafāʿah normally occurs
before you. The earth shines with your when a person of higher standing
light…” These and many similar verses assists one who is of lower standing
allude to the fact that the Imams are the than him (Ibid, pp. 457-458). The Shafi‘
intermediaries of grace. The reasoning in reality assists the Mashfu‘ lahu (the
for this, as we mentioned earlier is that beneficiary of Shafāʿah) to get his
they have attained the station of the All- objective fulfilled. In its religious
Merciful Divine Breath, and thus context, Shafāʿah is when a stronger
obviously serve as the Intermediary of force joins a weaker force to attract
Divine Grace. We should however not benefit for him or repel harm from him.
be oblivious to the fact that when we say Hence, when the interceder becomes
that the perfect Human being is the the means of forgiveness or elevation
