On Porphyry Ivanov.
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While Jesus, for his people, was God, People, on the high place, will commence Porphyry Ivanov. A Hymn to God. |
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
One day I learned about a man who conquered Nature with his love of her, wrought wonders, and healed people. He prophesied that in the near future there will come a messenger from the East, and said that people must worship Allah, glorious and exalted is He, love each other and love their Mother Nature. And there was no peace in my heart until I realized that Porphyry Korneyevich Ivanov, peace be upon him, is the God of the Earth, who was spoken through the Prophet Isaiah and Saint John, peace be upon them, and promised by the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, saying, “The religion began strange, and it will become strange again just like it was at the beginning, so blessed are the strangers who restore what the people corrupt of my Sunnah.”
Like to what took place two thousand years ago, Porphyry Ivanov, peace be upon him, washed those who wished with natural water, and appealed to people to make ready the way of the messenger to come. He cried in the human wilderness during fifty years calling people to serve Allah, glorious and exalted is He, dressed in knee shorts only all the year round, but people laughed at him, put him into prisons and mental hospitals. And they were not amazed at wonders he wrought.
The God of the Earth often spoke and wrote in parables, and many of his words require interpretation. He could not manifest that he was a messenger of Allah and spoke on his behalf, because in the Soviet Union it was prohibited to spread religion, especially Islam. And he declared his prophetic mission, saying, “Do understand ye not who am I, but who is He Who is in me.”
And how outstanding was the fate of Porphyry Ivanov, peace be upon him! Borned as a Christian, he passed trying ordeals and became the God of the Earth, through whom the best religion was again offered to all the nations. And he said about his path, “I passed the river of death from the source to the mouth.”
Porphyry Ivanov, peace be upon him, narrated about his life in his diaries. He left about three hundred notebooks with his articles, poems, parables and tales. He said that he writes for the messenger to come, but on the other hand, asked of us to read and study what he wrote.
He attached great importance to three of his works: “A Hymn to God”, “The Victory of Mine” and “Dear Child”, and the most important among them is the hymn. Porphyry Ivanov, peace be upon him, asked to start telling about him from this hymn, and said about its significance, “Today everything is in the hymn. It must sound throughout the whole world. Peace upon all the earth.” He also said that there is a secret in the hymn, which must be unclosed, and presented here translation of its meanings reflects my understanding of this work, which corresponds to the words of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, saying, “Allah will bring out from concealment al-Mahdi from my family and just before the day of Judgment; even if only one day were to remain in the life of the world, and he will spread on this earth justice and equity and will eradicate tyranny and oppression.” And he said that the Mahdi, in the beginning of his mission, will be recognized near the Holy Kaaba.
The word “kaaba” in Arabic literally means a high place with respect and prestige, and the words “the high place” in the hymn mean the Sacred Mosque, where, in its central courtyard, the Holy Kaaba is situated; and the words “He came as the God of the Earth” mean that Porphyry Ivanov, peace be upon him, is he who was spoken through the Prophet Isaiah and Saint John, peace be upon them.
I have selected for this publication the most important, in my opinion, works of Porphyry Ivanov, peace be upon him, and also included in works about him and his teaching, written by other authors.
Saint Petersburg, Rossia.
2024.