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Both the component of the Quranic
programme, Prayer and zakat are the functions of the soul and the body,
respectively. Here, ‘function’ must be taken as that action which is mandatory
for maintenance of the movement of man's life.
It is saying of the Holy Prophet (PBUH);
"When you occupied in praying it should be as if you are Beholding Allah
or it should be felt that you are being observed by him".
Deliberation in the details of the above
cited saying of Holy Prophet (PBUH) reveals the fact that every man should have
the habit of remaining attentive towards Allah beside the physical endeavors in
this regard. When a person is establishing prayer like this, during the second
decade of his life, the times which could most appropriately be termed as the
training period of his conscious, he would be assuaged in keeping his mind
attentive towards Allah and his body limbs would become used of prostration,
staying and sitting during the course of the course of the prayers.
Directing one's thoughts towards Allah is
the function of the soul and the movement of the limbs with respect to
performance of the ritual is the duty of the body. Thus, only by performing the
prayers (Salat) one can habituate oneself to remain in the true states of the
somnolence and the wakefulness enabling him to make good use of both the
faculties of life. When a person who remains habitually directed towards Allah
in every sphere of life, even during performance of various worldly tasks, can
equally enjoy both the states of Somnolence and Wakefulness. This is, what can
be termed as the accomplishment of the perfection of life and the same is the
desired result of the programme of the Prayers. And the second one is the
programme of 'Zakat' targeted for the sincere and unfeigned service of the
fellow beings. In Sufism, this very state is known as ' Collaboration
(Jeammaa), the state in which man remains with the creator and the creatures,
simultaneously. The 'Collaboration' is the first goal to be accomplished for a
Gnostic.
The whole universe has one central point
of unity. Provenance of the sources of the lights is hidden in the depth of
this central point of unity. Lights churningly gush and sort out from this
point, the lights which are ceaselessly constructing countless systems of the
stars and planets in the universe every moment and almost the same number of
systems die and become extinct every moment. These lights are causing expansion
in the universe continually. Movements of these lights is also bi-folded. One
side pertains to accumulation and concentration of these lights in the depths
and the other one is their dispersion and spreading. Concentration and
accumulation of lights in the depth could be termed as the negative movement
and the dispersal and spreading out is known as the positive movement. These
very two states of the movements are also known by the name of attraction
(centripetality) and the aversion (Centrifugality). Billions of bonds (rings)
of attraction and aversion are found in the universe. Each of these bonds has a
centrality (the nucleus) and the centrality of all these bonds remain in the
motion in the direction in the point of unity. In other words continues and
perpetual flow of the rays of the light from the point of unity is maintained
and established towards the cores of all such bonds.
"Verily, your guardian lord is
Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days and is firmly
established in the throne (the authority); He draweth the night as a veil over
the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession; He created the sun, the
moon and the stars all governed by laws under his command. Is it not him to
create and Govern? Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and sustainer of the
Worlds"
(Surah
7, Verse 54 Quran)
Point of unity has been indicated in the
above cited verse of the Holy Quran which is a Characteristics of Lordship.
Saying of the Holy prophet (PBUH):
"Who recognizes his self, recognizes his Lord, indicates the same point.
I
am your God-Lord and "I am God, the lord of the worlds". Here Allah,
the most exalted has proclaimed himself as 'God' and his attributes as 'Lord'. Thus
the point of unity is the center of the attribute of the lordship.
The above cited saying of the Holy
Prophet (PBUH) clarifies that initially man is introduced to the attributes of
the Lordship, the attribute which is the most close to the existents.
Each and every fashioned form of the
universe is a separate and unique specific form of light. Every species has
that quantitative movement of the light which is a sequence of specific colours
and every sequence is assorted with particular and specified uniform shapes and
form. Thus the quantitative movement of every species has a separate centrality
of its own. All these centralities ascend together towards the point of unity. Variation
in anything is produced because of the above mentioned format of ascent and
descent. The same variation is the detailed account of the command as stated in the
following words of Allah, the most High.
" Is
it not for him to create and command?"
KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DEEN AZEEMI
Alshaikh Khwaja
Shamsuddin Azeemi, Chief Editor of the monthly Roohani Digest, the renowned
spiritual scholar, founder of the chain of Muraqba Halls the world over has had
the honour of learning the spiritual sciences from his spiritual mentor, His
Divine Grace Qalander Baba Auliya, the sage of this age. In order to teach him
the spiritual sciences Qalander Baba Auliya made Alshaikh Azeemi to pen down
the words that he used to narrate. Alshaikh Azeemi being a devoted disciple not
only noted the contents but also did his best to understand what he was taught.
The eventual out come of his dedicated work took the form of the ‘Loh-o-Qalum’,
the first ever book that comprises the whole syllabus of the spiritual science.
Who else was more suitable to explain the contents of this document but
Alshaikh Azeemi, the very able student of Qalander Baba Auliya. Dissemination
of that knowledge, which is the legacy of prophets and had reached him in
disciplic succession, has become an obsession for Alshaikh Azeemi because, according
to him, this knowledge is the only elixir and the antidote for the ailing
humanity in present times.
