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The
universal law is that until our thoughts with all their abilities and
concentration do not find a focal point, and do not stay still on that one
point, we remain ignorant of the real meaning and understanding of that point.
Whenever we do something with mental anxiety and the entering of foreign
thoughts, the proper result is not achieved. As a matter of fact it is the
attribute and the meaning of the attribute inside any thing that brings
together the result. For example, water can quench thirst because the attribute
of water is to irrigate dry veins. Fire can cook food because the attribute of
fire is to use its heat and intensity to make food edible and digestible. Until
the attribute and meaning of a thing does not enter our mind we cannot take advantage
of that thing.
If we
pay attention to the wisdom and
meaning of Salāt (Prayer) we come to conclude
that Prayer is a sure and true
method of getting close to and to
and getting to know Allah. But to get close to or to get to know something is
not possible until one is fully
focused and attentive towards that thing. Until one does not absorb himself
within the meaning of something he cannot
become familiar with the essence of that thing. To become absorbed within the meaning is only possible when every angle of the
intellect, perception, and thinking is focused
upon the one point. In another words, to get
to know the reality of something one should establish a link with that
thing, consciously and subconsciously. In life whatever movement or whatever thing
one may be doing, mentally one's full attention should stay attentive towards
finding the meaning of that thing. This is the
same thinking approach with operates within the holy prophets. They wilfully
and naturally turn their attention towards Allah in every action and deed. In their
minds it is well established that their every action is for Allah. This is the thinking approach that the holy prophets have preached
about and persuaded the whole of mankind
to take on, and the same thinking
approach that they themselves have spent their whole lives with.
KHWAJA SHAMSUDDIN AZEEMI
Mehrāj means to enter the world of the unseen. When a believer attains Mehrāj through prayer, Angels appear in front of him. He travels through the Heavens, and through the blessings of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) he comes to know his Lord.
