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Now we shall dwell on the subjects of the word 'Allah';
the Personal Innate Name.
Alpha of the word Allah is denomination of the Beatific
Vision of all circles of Oneness(Ahadiyat). The term Beatific Vision of Oneness is
indicative of that formation of creation which are the luminescences of the Incumbent;
Descent of the Being. These luminescences are dispersed in the existentsthrough
the Channel of Black Draft(Neher-e-Tasweed). Latent Subtlety of every ‘Sabita'
is irrigated by the same Channel of Black Draft. Every Latent Subtlety is thus acquainted
and familiar with one another. All those living creatures of the universe which
have Latent Subtlety are linked and associated with one another in a hidden relationship
by means of channel of Black Draft. This is the basis which enables us to know every-thing
about the existents of the universe. Subtile luminescences of Black Draft Channel
are those rays which act as memory of man, jinns and living beings. Complete record
of the existents is inscribed in these very rays.
When we want to recollect something or intend to
learn something, the very same rays move and transfer to the Substantiality and
from there they shift to the Confluence, to become our Conscious and the things
forgotten or once known is revived in our conscious mind. This thing provides a
vivid description of the fact that all informations from Eternity (the Remotest
Beginning) to Infinity (the Remotest
Ending)are preservedly stocked in man's Latent Subtlety. If he could practise to
make use of this stock of informations, he would be provided with informations of
various events, happenings and incidents of various ages from the rays of the Latent
Subtlety.
All the ingredients of life of existents are the
same which were there in the knowledge of Allah before the universe came into existence
It is necessary to understand that all the compositional ingredients of existents
could only have been those which had already existed there in the Mind of Allah.
Arrangement of the same compositional ingredients, according to a specific law,
resulted in the form of life and its existence. In order to give a more vivid description
of this thing we raise a question. Answer to this question would certainly reveal
many dimensions of the law.
Question: What is life?
Answer: Man, his form and figure, for instance,
existed in the Mind of Allah exactly as he is born presently, attains maturity and
lives a life for a certain period of time in the form of a specific manifestation.
Explanation of this example would be that man's ego is a movement. The movement
which commences by the Order of Allah. This movement has thousands of ingredients
and every ingredient is also a movement. Man's ego, to wit, is a collection of inestimable
movements. When man made the first movement of his life, it accorded a chance to
the beginning and climax of that movement to become separate manifestations. The
movement which took place initially was a manifestation of the Creative Attribute.
That movement reached its completion after passing through its initial phases. Initial
movement…the first part and its completion. . . "the second part, both these
two parts combine together in allegorized form of man's life Immediately after this,
second movement of man's life started. This, too, was completed and casted into
another allegorized illustration (Tamseel)are two separate records. If the record
of the first illustration had not been preserved, the first movement of life which
is an integral part of life, would have been destroyed. Similarly, if the record
of the second illustration had not existed, the second movement would have annihilated.
If this chain of destruction had continued, every movement of life would have suffered
annihilation soon after taking place. The whole life of man would have thus been
negated and we could have never called life, Both these allegorized life as it is.
Therefore it was necessary that every movement should remain preserved Every biological
function; every movement of life takes place because of Creative Attribute of Allah
i. e. it is manifested within the limits of the Creative Attribute Preservation
of this movement; the biological function was only possible when that Attribute
of Allah which is encompassing and protecting could take over. Hence it was required
compulsorily that the movement which starts because of Creative Attribute should
be completed in the limits of Omnipotency. Thus it became mandatory for every movement
to commence in the jurisdiction of the Attribute of Creation i. e. Mercifulness
and to be finalized and completed in the limits of the Attribute of Ownership Omnipotency.
it is evident, from this principle, that a movement can only exist under 1 the umbrella
of Mercy and Omnipotency. i. e. of the Attribute Without the support of these two
Attributes, existence of a movement is not possible. It It is, hence, proved by
the above statement that life is a collection of Mercy and Omnipotency. Each and
every Attribute of Allah is sure to be infused with Mercy and Omnipotency.
The luminescences that have been termed as ‘alpha’
are known as 'Sirr' (Arcanus) in terms of Sufism. These luminescences because oi
their subtleness can only be observed by those who enjoy the fine faculty of Observation
(Shahood) of the highest rank. These very luminescences irrigate existents through
the Channel of Black Draft and through the very same luminescences a spiritual associate
(salik) reaches the goal of spiritual cognition of Allah.
Luminescences of the Channel of Abstraction (Neher-e-Tajreed),
the Channel of Evidence (Neher-e-Tashheed) and the Channel of Manifestation (Neher-e-Tazheer)
cannot help in cognizing the Supreme Being. For the purpose of cognition of Supreme
Lord, a spiritual associate is required to develop cognition of the luminescences
termed as ‘alpha’.
It is the Law of the Preserved Scripturum that when
an individual is introduced to another one he accepts the influence of the other
person Thus, out of the two, one casts an influence and the other accepts it. Technically,
one of them is the 'sensitive' and the other is 'sensible'. Sensitive is the dominated
one and accepts the influence of the other. When, for instance, Tom sees Dick, he
forms an opinion based upon his informations about Dick. This opinion is the characteristic
quality of Dick which is acknowledged by Tom as a feeling or sensation, that is,
a person acknowledges his defeat and subjugation after accepting the characteristic
quality of the other person and surrendering himself before it. At this point all
the human beings, animals, plants and other non-living, inanimate objects become
equipollent and the supremacy of man is almost lost. Here in, it becomes necessary
to envisage that, after all in what capacity can man maintain his supremacy and
how this. position can possibly be achieved.
For achieving this position the method adopted by
the Prophets of Allah was that when they had to think about something they would
never directly associate themselves with that thing. Their thinking approach always
used to be that Allah is the Owner and Master of every thing worthy of its existence
in the universe, including them. Nothing is directly related to them. Everything
which is related to them, is associated with them because of Allah, the Most High.
Their thinking would gradually develop into an inveterate approach and their mind
would generate such tendencies that before having any thought about anything they
habitually had this notion that, that thing had no direct association related to
that only because of Allah.
When they had this thinking approach every
movement of their mind had a sense of awareness of Allah, the Most Exalted. Allah,
as the sensible would become the only regarded object of their aim and, as a
matter of principle, the Attributes of Allah would become the source of their
sensations and feelings. Gradually the Attributes of Allah would settle in
their minds permanently, or to wit, their mind would be succedaneum or
locum-tenens of the Attributes of Allah. After having this position every
movement of their mind would be the movement of the Attributes of Allah, the
Most Exalted. And, since no movement of the Attributes of Allah is devoid of
the force of Authority and Power therefore their mind possessed the power to
motivate and activate any particle, or individual being of the existents
according to their will and intentions.
Intrinsic and true explanation of 'Bismillah'
(In the name of Allah) contains the very same fundamental lesson. This is the
mind which is d e l e g a t e d to 'A u l I y a s' entrusted with
administrative duties by Allah, the Most Exalted and the 'Auliya of
supererogation' try to get hold of the very same mind tl1rough austere mystic
practices and endeavors.
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.