Jawharatul Kamal: Jewel of Perfection, treasury of the prophet S.A.W

As a muslim its highly contingent to send prayers on the Prophet as instructed by Allah SWT. Series of Salat has been written and recited besides Salat Ibrahimyyat. As the spiritual people of tassawuf do not joke with Salat, each Toriqat seems to hold different Salat in high esteem as recommended by the founder and through the Prophet Muhammed S.A.W

Jawharatul Kamal and Tijaniyyat

Jawharatul Kamal is vastly recited by the people of Tariqat Tijaniyat whose founder is Shaykh Ahmad bn Muhammad At-tijani (RA). The Salat was given to shaykh Ahmad Tijani RA in broad-day light by Prophet Muhammed S.A.W. Toriqat tijaniyat holds this salat in essence of Wazifa been performed every evening preferably between Maghrib and Isha'.

Numerical essence of Jawharatul Kamal

It is righly claimed by gnostics of this tariqat (tijaniyyat) that the salat corroborates with the twelve thousand years of Ibadat of the prophet's Nur before creation. They are also of the view that the Salat has twelve divine statements which are claimed to be the inherent divine virtues of the the prophet SAW. Its also given to the Shaykh in the twelvth century of the hijra.

Translation and transliteration

Transliteration:

Allahumma salli wa sallim `alaa `ayni ‘r-rahmati ‘r-rabbaaniyati wa 'l yaaqootati ‘l- mutahaqqiqati ‘l-haaitati bi-markazi ‘l- fuhoomi wa 'l-ma`anee. Wa noori ‘l-akwaani ‘l-mutakawwinati ‘l-aadami min al-buhoori wa ‘l-awaani. Wa noorika ‘l-laami`u 'Lladhee malaata bihi kawnaka 'l-haa’iti bi- amkinati ‘l-makaani. Allahumma salli wa sallim `alaa `ayni ‘l-haqq allatee tajalla minhaa `urooshu ‘l-haqaaiqi `ayni ‘l- ma`aarifi ‘l aqwami siraatika ‘t-taami 'l-
asqam ihaatati ‘n-noori ‘l-mutalsam

Allahumma salli wa sallim `alaa tal`ati 'l- haqqi bil haqqi al-kanzil `azham. Ifaadatika minka ilayka ihaatati ‘n-noori ‘l-mutalsam. Sallallahu `alayhi wa `alaa aalihi salaatan tu`arrifunaa bihaa iyyaah.

Translation:

O Allah, send benediction upon and salute on the Essence of Divine Mercy, the Accomplished Ruby encompassing the center of comprehensions and meanings, the Light of all created universes, the Adamic who possesses Lordly Truth; the all-filling Lightning in the rain-clouds of gains that fill all
the intervening seas and receptacles; Your Bright Light with which You have filled Your creation and which surrounds all possible places. O Allah bless and salute the Essence of Truth from which are manifested the thrones of realities; the Essence of the Most Righteous Knowledge, Your Complete and Most Straight Path.

O Allah, bless and salute the Advent of the Truth by the Truth; the Greatest Treasure, Your
Out pouring from Yourself to Yourself; the Encompassment of Talismanic Light. May Allah bless the Prophet and his household, a prayer which brings us to knowledge of him.

The esoteric meaning of this salat is only manifested to the reader by Allah, its reality is observed when the reader is enigmatically absorbed in the love of the prophet, hence, the mushahada of its reality is procurred.

Conditions and Recommendations

The Salat has obligatory conditions and recommendations attached to it which the reader is strongly adviced to adhere strictly to. And these go thus:

Obligatory Conditions:

1. The Reciter must be a muslim and testify, attest and observe the elements the faiths.

2. The reciter must believe the the salat is Kalamun Qodimun, ancient divine words of Allah

3. The reciter should be physically clean.

4. The place of its recitation should be cleaned

5. Its should be recited only with Al-wudhu (Ablution with water)

Recommendations

1. Recitation should be done in a clean place that can occupy six people and more

2. It could be recited at any moment and any period in the course of litanies

3. Should not be recited on the sea, air or in automobiles

4. It should be recited without omission of anywords, or else, the whole recitation is fault.

5. It should only be recited for prophet Muhammed only.

Recitation of jawharatul Kamal brings solace to the reader, the reader has a great reward. I implore you my readers to be well engrossed in the recitation of Jawharatul Kamal adhering strictly to its regulations and recommendations.

May Allah's blessings be with us all and give us Himself. Amin

The Seven Pearls of the heart (Jawahir Sabhatul qolbiyat)

As the heart is the hub of all spiritual elements responsible for mystic exercises, seven pearls are connected to it as they tend to initiate the mystic virtues associated to the subject drawn to it. According to Sidi Ahmad Tijani, May Allah be pleased him, "the pearls of the heart are seven, and the heart has seven treasures each treasure; haven of a pearl". The pearls are,

1. Pearl of remembrance
(Jawharat zikr)
2. Pearl of desire (Jawharat
Shawq)
3. Pearl of love (Jawharat
Mahabat)
4. Pearl of the Secret (Jawharat
Sirr)
5. Pearl of the soul (Jawharat
ruh)
6. Pearl of the Gnosticism
(Jawhart Ma’rifat)
7. Pearl of destitute (Jawharat
Faqr)

Since, the pearls have been listed, here's the exegesis of each of them

The pearl of remembrance
(Jawharat zikr)

When this pearl opens up in the heart of the worshipper, he becomes drown in remembrance of the Lord swt with the uniqueness of unifying his heart with His, its absence is more admired than its presence. This triggers the heart to send message to other parts of the body to get vanished in the remembrance of Him in all
states and conditions and finally becomes joyous and satisfied with Him. The heart of Sidi Mansour Al-hallaj ra, was hung on this pearl, so he realized God’s emanation in all sights, the pearl unified his thought with Him and couldn’t help himself screaming the truth from within the truth.

The pearl of desire (Jawharat
Shawq)

This pearl activates the strong desire of the abd to seek Allah, he desires nothing other Allah, he prefers his mind and soul get annihilated and vanished into the divine. He is more desired to him therefore; he prefers death to see His face, a good illustration is seen from the quest of Sidi Imam Ghazali rta, he set forth his mind and soul towards the community of the Ahl Safa to quench his desire for God. He left his family, community and academic activities to search the Ultimate

The pearl of love (Jawharat
Mahabat)

The pearl is of high significance to the Sufi masters, they took this pearl as the driving force towards upholding the presence of the most high. The pearl makes them to follow the divine instruction, feel the reality of the elements of faith, makes them pleased with the divine decree, the divine ordainment in the state of happiness and unhappiness. Sidi Imam Shafi rta in his work enjoins us to submit ourselves in lieu of love to what Allah has decreed. Sidi Mahruf Al-karakhy rta was actually engrossed in His love and would pronounce His Love while receiving the pain of cane from his Christian teacher when he was
young. Sidi Ibrahim Niasse rta obtained the rank of the Gawth (succor) through this pearl

The pearl of the Secret (Jawharat Sirr)

This pearl is the vastest of all the pearls as its hidden nature could only be comprehended by the people of the inner Dairat (divine circle), the pearl takes the subject to the most favored inner twelve circles. Sidi Ahmad Tijani seems to be the most prominence of the saints having this pearl, and this garner him the highest rank of sainthood, the sealed and concealed pole. The pearl is so hidden that it conforms to the Hadith: A-sirru yusaru (the secret should be hidden). It pronounces the diverse conditions and states and maneuvered through the divine. The largest part of what is been created emanates from the sir, solitude and silence are the best characters of the secret as informed by Sidi Imam Junayd rta

The pearl of the soul (Jawharat
ruh)

This pearl nurtures the soul of the gnostics and assists in spiritual unveiling moving from the inner realm. A heart tha is naturally endowed with this has an extra-ordinary sight and works more divinely mysteriously. Mostly, this pearl are been directly sent from the treasures of the divine kingdom

The pearl of the Gnosticism
(Jawhart Ma’rifat)

Gnosticism is best perfected when the heart is fortified with the pearl of ma’rifat. The subconscious and conscious state of the mind appreciate the reality of Ubudiyat and Rubbubiyat, it revolves round these two in
such a manner that its laws are cautiously abided by, The fundamental work of this pearl is to appreciate the reality of the knowledge of the externals as illuminated by the divine light. The heart could either be trained to attain Gnosticism or directly
nurtured by the Divine right from
childhood like He did to most Sidi Abdul Qaadir Jilani Gaosul Aazomi, may Allah be pleased with him and many more other saints

The pearl of destitute (Jawharat
Faqr)

When this pearl opens up in the heart of abd, he relinquishes all properties into the divine wealth, he perceives himself a destitute in his Lord, who has nothing in his capability and at his disposal except from the divine treasures. His heart migrates from awareness of capability into
awareness of incapability where he seeks divine intervention in all his endeavors. Pains of submission to the Sublime elevates him to the state where he fears no creature and he’s deem protected from the spiritual peril of all creatures, he vanishes into divine abundance leaving behind the worldly treasures. The hearts of the pious men of Allah have this pearl satisfactory.

The pearls are granted to those choosen by Allah and are fortified in the heart according to the capacity of the illumination the body can hold

Only ALLAH confers guidance and Mercy. May His Sublime blessings and Nur circumambulate our soul, mind and body to carry the inherent gnosticism by the rank of the Master of the universe, Prophet Muhammed SAW.

I also pray he erase my shortcomings in lieu of of this write-up, both previous and future. Amin

Forgiveness through the Awliyahu l Kiraaam (Respected pious friends of Allah)

Once a disciple asked Sidi Abu Yazid Al-bastami ra concerning what to be done to gain the magfira of Allah SWT, Sidi responded by enjoining him to love the pious friends of Allah SWT and make sure he's drown in acts that'll register his love in their heart, he, Sidi Abu Yazid further explained the reason been that Allah SWT looks into the heart of the Pious Men seventy times per day and whose love He founds in their heart, such individual would be forgiven and be conferred with the Rahmat of Allah SWT

Prior to the demise of Seyyid l Wujud SAW, there appears a spiritual unveilling to note the love of a wali, Sidi Uwaiz Al-Qurni, ra, Sidi rta loved Seyyid Wujud SAW but never met him. Seyyidi Wujud towards his demise subsequently unveil this love to his companions, because sidi UWaiz Al-Qurni couldnt meet him, he, SAW, gave his robe to Sidi Umar, may Allah SWT be pleased with him and Sidi Alli, May Allah enoble his face and told them to search for Sidi Uwaiz Al-Qurni rta, when they get him, they should give him the robe to be the symbol of his reciprocated love and further enjoins them to ask him to seek forgiveness for
them. They did as instructed. Earlier, the prophet already told them Sidi Uwaiz Al-Qurni rta has been ordained to seek forgiveness for his Ummah by Allah SWT and the Rahmat of the forgiveness would total the number of hair strands of sheeps reared in the county with the largest number of sheeps in the world (in Asia)

I was also informed by my Sufi master that Sidi Alli reached the station of easiest reality of attaining forgiveness before uttering the statement ' Remembrance of the pious friends of Allah garners descension of Mercy of Allah'

The reality is to love the pious men with perfect amour for Allah and because of Allah in Allah by Allah SWT.

May Allah SWT grant us their barakat. Amin!!!

Solatu-l Faathi: emergence, essence and reward

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST BENEFICIENT, THE MOST MERCIFUL ALLAHUMO SOLLI ALA SEYYIDINA MOHAMMEDI AL FATHI LIMA UGLIQA WAL-KHATIMI LIMA SABAQO NASIRU- L- AQI BIL AQI WAL HADI ILA SIRATIKA L MUSTAQEEM WA ALA ALIHI AQO QODRIHI WA MIKDARIHI AL AZEEM. Salatul fathi is hold in high esteem among other salawat by virtually all muslims except the Wahabbis because of the istijabat and barakat accorded to it. This is due to the fact that, it originated as a divine, spiritual, and pure salat from the Almighty Allah. EMERGENCE AND ESSENCE OF SOLAT UL FATHI The emergence of salat ul fathi could be traced from two angles, thus; Firstly, a shaykh called Naqshibandi (RTA), the founder of the toriqat Naqshibandiya and a great saint who first prayed to the Almighty Allah SWT to inspire him with a distinctive form of salat, he was inspired with SALAT UL FATHI but was ordered not to used it until the owner comes which is the concealed pole mowlana shaykh Ahmad at- tijanny RTA, in whose hand is the master key to salat ul fathi. The second angle is traced back to the effort of Shaykh Al-Bikry RTA (a grandson of seyyid Abu bakry RTA) who went on seclusion (khalwat) for years asking Almighty Allah SWT to reveal the great salat to him and was also revealed with the salat ul fathi in light written on the walls and asked not to give it out until Shaykh Ahmad Tijany RTA arrives. Salat ul fathi is a pure and a very different form of as-salat that reveals what so ever good status, be it spiritual or moral ascribed to the Holy Prophet Mohammed SAW. It also reveals the predestined work and essence of the existence of the holy prophet. For example, the opener of the locked, the seal of those who had gone (prophets, messengers), the helper of the truth with the truth, these attributes praises the holy prophet before and after the creation showing its real divine aqiqat. This salat, also best describes a hadith qudsy which goes thus; I, (Allah) was unknown and I preferred to be revealed, then I created the Ruhu prophet Mohammed (PBUH) by whom I reveal. So without him we would not know the Almighty Allah SWT and we’ll keep dwelling in the light of jahlu (ignorance). Why are we then so reluctant in sending prayers unto him. ESSENCE OF SALAT UL FATHI The qutb maktumi Mawlana Shaykh Ahmad Atijanyy (RTA), who is the master and owner of salat ul fathi said “set many salat ul fathi on the prophet Mohammed because in it is the good of the world and the hereafter and by salat ul fathi one obtains all his desires and goals’ The Gawth Shaykh Ibrahim Nyass (RTA) said “salat ul fathi is the quran of the quran’ this is because recitation of one salat ul fathi attracts a reward of 6,000 times reading of the Holy Quran as revealed to the qutb makhtumi shaykh Ahmad Tijani by the Seyyid Wujud (SAW). As revealed to the seal of sainthood, Shaykh Ahmad Tijanny RTA by Seyyid Wujud (SAW) in broad day light, every invocation of salat ul fathi gives a reward of 600,000 times given to the all the Jinns, man, angels that offer prayer on the prophet from the beginning of creation to the time of invoking the salat on the prophet. What a lofty and precious joy to whom that invoke the salat on the prophet SAW. I hereby enjoin my brothers and sisters in- Islam to make this solat incumbent on them by saying it in multiple times. May the Almighty Allah bless us with the barakat of Nuru Mohammed SAW. Amen

Concept of Ma'rifa (Gnosticism) Part V

As concluding part to the previously treated parts of notion GNOSTICISM, I’ll analyze the story of a great saint Seyyid Mansour Al- hallaj, May Allah be pleased with him.

Seyyid Mansour Al-hallaj was a great saint who lived in the time of the prominent sufi master, As-Seyyid Imam Junayd rta, may Allah be pleased him. Seyyid Mansour rta was a great knower of his Lord through the two previously analyzed fundamental ways of approach to Gnosticism. He loved Allah and was loved in return by Him but only few among the people of his era loved him ‘cause most of his assertions were considered heretic he was also cautioned by Sidi Imam Junayd rta, who told him to limit the prominence of his mysticism as not all hearts could receive its comprehension of his luminated thought, Sidi Mansour couldn’t hold on to this as he was intoxicated with the love of his Rabb swt.

Several occasions, Sidi Mansour Al-hallaj rta was held by the ruling authority of his city on allegation of pronouncing heretic issues in the community, I’ll only tell the situation of the last arrest and imprisonment. After been issued several warnings by the authority, Sidi Mansour went on pronouncing it and didn’t yield to the warnings of the authority in compliance to the verse of the Quran which enjoins not to look backward or yield to the castigations of the people when on His mission. The mysterious utterance that led to his last arrest was that he couldn’t help himself saying “ANA L-HAQQ!” meaning “I am the Truth!!!” (A synonymous case I treated earlier inlieu of the mysterious utterance of SIdi Abu Yazzid AL- bastami (RTA).

An arrest warrant was issued; AL-Halajj was captured, and imprisoned. His first day in the prison was accompanied with two prominent situations, firstly, with the spiritual power of his Lord, he released the prisoners that were imprisoned unjustly, unchained them, and wonderfully opened the gates for them to leave the cell. Secondly, the warders who came to inspect the prison couldn’t find him there. On the second day, the warders couldn’t find him as well as the cell in which he was placed. On the third day, they found him and the cell.

This angered the authority, the next day, ground was prepared for his execution; the beloved great saint was chained in legs and hands, taken to the public square where he would be executed. Before he was executed
he had few words with his trusted disciple, he also had few words with Sidi Imam Junayd rta, who already gave an insight of how his life would end. They earlier had this conversation:

“The time will soon come,” Imam Junayd told him, “when you will incarnadine a piece of wood.” The day when I incarnadine that
piece of wood,” Sidi Mansour rta replied, “You will be wearing the garb of the formalists.”

He was also queried by the authority about occurrences of the three days. His reply: on the first day, he told them he was called upon by his Lord, SWT, that’s why they couldn’t find him. On the second day, he told them the Sublime SWT was with him and that's the reason they couldn’t find him and the cell. And on the third day, he told them he was sent seen by the LORD swt, that’s they could find him. This is what Imam junayd wrote when he was compelled to sign his execution letter “We judge according to externals,” he wrote. “As for the inward truth, that God alone knows.” The authority went on to execute himThe last words of Sidi Mansour these. “Love of the One is isolation of the One.” Then he chanted this verse: “Those that believe not therein seek to hasten it; but those who believe in it go in fear of it, knowing that it is the truth.” and after his execution, his blood was seen on ground flowing with the formation of ALLAH

The scream of “I am the Truth” continued after his execution, and then burnt his limbs. From his ashes came the cry, “I am the Truth,” Dumbfounded, they cast his ashes into the Tigris. As they floated on the surface of the water, they continued to cry, “I am the Truth. Now Mansour had said earlier to his disciple, “When they cast my ashes into the Tigris, Baghdad will be in peril of drowning under the water. Lay my robe in front of the water, or Baghdad will be destroyed.” His servant, when he saw what had happened, brought the master’s robe and laid it on the bank of the Tigris. The water subsided, and his ashes became silent and they gathered his ashes and buried them.

From this story, sidi Al-Hallaj shared from the characters the most high as I revealed earlier in the past three of this notion through the works of the sufi masters. Secondly, the eye of the heart sees clearly in different manners and all cloudy issues should be directed to Allah while false allegations shouldn’t be incited until after the demise of the particular subject as the people of Al-hallaj never knew the wali before castigating him

The barakat of ma’arifat is so enormously perfected that the one endowed with it sees his Lord through him and sees him as Him
by unifying himself with Himself

Only Allah confers forgiveness and mercy, may he forgive my shortcomings in lieu of this write up from the previous parts to this
concluding part as knowing God is indeed the greatest sin (Sidi Zhul Nun AL-misri, may Allah be pleased with him). I also pray to him again SWT to grant the heart(s) reading this, perfect comprehension. Amin

As-Salaam alaekum warahmotullah
wabarakahtuhu

Concept of Ma'rifah (Gnosticism) Part IV

A Seeker drown in quest of Irfan is transforming from sphere of ignorance to sphere of witness. Sidi Mawaqit Al-Niffari RTA said "the spring of knowledge gushes forth from ignorance"  Hence, i perceive the Notion from 'Nothingness to Not-nothing through a vibrated thing' Its highly expedient for one who seeks his Lord to transform all forms of knowledge of the soul to the knowledge of God. Sidi Abubakri RTA "Glory be to Him who made the very incapacity to know Him to be the only path by which creatures may Know him". This quote takes us to the fundamental principles gnosticism.

In lieu of the above explanation, its obvious the first principle is dealing with 'Knowledge' the knowledge of Self seeked by self through Self. Allah SWT made us know in His Holy Scripture that His light is knowledge and thats everyform of righly guided knowledge. As for the knower, after been absorbed in the knowledge of His perception he moves to the knowledge of Reality, which makes him sees his Lord in all Ramification as informed by Quran, ' I'budu Lah ata yaatiyanaka L Yakeena' , 'Worship Allah until the reality emanates to you', in this concept the worship is translated as knowledge. An indepth philosophy of this principle is about ignorance or nothingness which leads to Fana' total annihilation of the self to uphold the emanation of the Self, so as to make the conscious within to participate in God's self Knowledge, therefore, his state and vibration is of Allah.

Another important principle is that from "Shukru" I read from reports of Sidi A-Lamati some years back that Sidi Al-Aarif AbdulAzeez Adabbarghy was said to enjoin all seeker of his Lord to go through the path of Shukru (Thankfulness), as this makes him more lovable by God. We'v been told by Hadith and Quran to always gives thanks to Allah in all states, this will resultantly increase mercy of irfaniyyah on us. Thanksfulness eliminates elements of shirk, polishes the eeman and invites ihsan.

Taqwa (Fear of Allah), is also another principle. This greatly makes the Aarif to be vast in the rules and desist from the unlawful. The fear of Allah makes Allah be with Aarif in all conditions, spheres and states. The heart bows and falls for his Lord as well as trembles only because of Allah and for Allah alone.

Invocation of His Holy names which polishes the heart must also be taken as another principle. Zikri connects the tongue to the heart and to the Lord. A scholar explained ' Do not  abandon the invocation because you do not feel the presence of God. Therein, for your forgetfulness of invocation of Him is worse than your forgetfulness in invocation of Him. perhaps, He'll take you from an invocation with forgetfulness ( gafla) to one with vigilance ( yaqza) and from vigilance to presence ( khudur). Due to this, Allah commands the angels to stamp the love of Aarif on the hearts of his creatures

The principle of Mahabah (Love), total pure love for God is of the greatest of all this these principles. As the seeker is always with his Lord, and his Lord is always with him. This brings about perfectiom of mercy on the Aarif, the knower of the highest order loves God more than any creature and the hidden Lock of this Mahabah is Seyyid l wujud SAW ("In kuntum tuhibunaLah fatabihuni" If you claim to love Allah follow me { Mohammed}...Quran). Perfect and undiluted love for Prophet Muhammed SAW will bring the seeker to land of ma'rifa

Watch out for part five where am going to annalyse the story of a wali in relaton of adept ma'rifa

As-salam alaekum warahmotullah wabarakatullah

Concept of Ma'rifa (Gnosticism) Part III

Millions of birds could fly in the sky without tourching each other as the sky is vast enough to hold many routes. As for Irfan ( mysterious gnosticism), two routes are venerably leading to its excellence. According to Sidi Ibn Arabi RTA, the first of the routes leading to ma'ariful ilahiyah is the route of knowing Him as knowing yourself while the second is the route of knowing Him through you as Him not as you.

According to this classification by Sidi Ibn Arabi RTA, i consider the excellence of the first route leading to that of the second, hence haqqiqat-l irfaniyyah and Ainu haqqiqat-l Irfaniyyah sufficed. Only God knows God and could only be known through Him. Knowing Him through you is the first great task where the Abd must have gotten rid of all forms of setbacks from the Nafs, he trains his Nafs to transcend from seeing his Soul to seeing the Supreme being through the eye of the heart ( Fuhad) which later disseminate the light of gnosticism to all other part of the body. This is very important to the 'state' of the ma'arifa. The prevalent and relative nature of the ma'arifa is diversified, in the quest of gnosticism,the state is not constant, it controls the seeker but after the seeker has fully attained the station of gnosticism, he immediately becomes the ruler of the state, this is corroborating to the hint of Abu Madyan RA "State are masters for the beginners because they determine behaviour while they are slaves later because they are under control' The aarif is constant with his Lord in all states and he's been communicated to through this constancy. "He's with you wherever you are" Q57:4

It was stated in Hadith Qudsi, Allah said " I was a hidden treasure and i love to be known, then i created the creation so that i may be known", "Whosoever knoweth himself knows his lord" The second hadith is vehemently elucidating on the first route, as the beauty of gnosticism is to attain Communion with Him. The first hadith seems to have a greater elaborate as as two elements in it are of great concern. The first is 'the creation' What does Allah mean? The second ( in another collection it is reported; "....fabi ya'rifuni" meaning ' with it they'll know me'). The two elements are corroborators which am not permitted to expantiate more on and am tasking you reader to seek their indepth meaning.

Furthermore, the state of the ma'arifa can not be communicated but only felt symbolically with Kashf (Mysterious unveilling). The state of Unionism with Allah only awakes the consciousness of upholding  His Supreme Nature in its sacred cladestine form. Its a Notion of the sight. The sight of the Aarif always glows with tremble due to the Fear of Allah (Taqwa), his body vibrates mysteriously due to emanation of His Holliness (refer to the state of Prophet Moses when the Nur of Illahiyah appeared) The aarif has much of concealments in his dictionary as Ma'arifa of concealmeants is the greatest and presides over all other ma'arifat (The only one conferred with this station was Sidi Ahmad Tijani bn M. Saalim bn Seyyid l Wujud RTA)

Finally on this part, Sidi Dhul Nun RTA stated " Never pretend to posses Ma'arifat and again even more strongly, my greatest SIN is my knowledge of Him"

May Allah confer His Ma'arifat on us. Amin

I leave you with take home questions, do the prophets and messengers walked through the path of ma'arifat? If yes, how? If No, what was their concept of Unionism.

Watch out for part Four

As-salam Alaekum warahmotullah wabarakatullah

Concept of Ma'rifah (Gnosticism) Part II

The greater sojourn of irfan is synergestically contingent on the ability of the aarif to get rid off many blockades from his heart (qalb), breast (sadr), intellect (aql) and Nafs inorder for the heart to receive the light of ma'rifa. According to shaykh Abdul-Azeez Addabarghy RTA, reported by seyyid A-Lamati RA that Shaykh said, there are three hundred and sixty-six darkness in the body of man and one who is set to know his Rabb (Lord) must extinguish this darkness by replacing them with 366 Nur (light). The sweetness of ma'rifa lies in the knower been able to depict the inner meaning of the Verses and Ahadith as hinted by Hujjatul Islam Imam Ghazalli RTA. This ability and capability to explain the esoteric through exoteric is dictated by illumination of the intellect (aql) to see beyond the Zaahr.

As i mentioned earlier in the first path of this concept, there exist in every Ilm ( knowledge), an Ilm that his hidden and could only be explained by the knower of God. Tashahud which is based on the pronouncement of God as the Sole God and nothing more is meant to be worked on in two aspects, the first aspect been in the exoteric manner which has to do with saying the khalma and Ibadat (Worship). The second aspect is meant to be treated in the realm of Ma'rifa taking congnisance of its esoteric mysticism, this simply explains the conversion of statement from 'There's no other god but God' to 'There's no other reality but The Real' This innermeaning is only exposed to aarifun ( the knowers) through Mukashafa (the mystical unveiling) of the eye of the heart (Fuad). Ibn Abbas reports, the Verse 'I created not the jinn and mankind except that they might worship me' Q51:56, the worship here then turns to knowledge (Irfan) and transforms the verse from 'ila liyabuduni' (so that they might worship me) to ' ila liyarifuni' (So that they might know). This is evident from the statement 'Farifuni qobla an ta'buduni wa man lam ya'rifni wa kayfa ya'buduni' meaning 'Know me before you worship me, whoso doesnt know me how can he worship me'.. The ultimate goal of an aarif is to be drown in the bahr irfan (sea of gnosticism) of his Rabb by transcending from the state of worship to the state of reality of worship (Irfan) as its obvious that not every worshipper knows his lord and might just be acting towards the call of religion.

How then, is ma'rifa obtained, in what form can it be obtained and how is it communicated?

Watch out for the next part

As-salam Alaekum warahmotullah wabarakatullah

Concept of Irfan (Gnosticism) and ilm (Knowledge) Part I

God can be known through God, He alone has then perfection of illuminating the heart to see Him. In every ilm (knowledge) there's
an ilm which is hidden and its this sort of ilm that the Aarif seeks for. Every ilm leading leading to gnosticism of ALLAH has a certain aspect that its only taught by ALLAH. its quite observatory that Aalim is synonymous to Aarif but there exist differences between them.

An aalim is bound to discourse whatever he knows by what he has acquired from knowledge and
he's limited to his shrewed while an aarif after quite sieving of knowledge, he's called upon by my concrete vision of the supreme to uphold the 'known', he's no longer preoccupied with his own act except the acts of GOD. An aarif knows not only God,
he sees the penetration of God in everything he sees and feels. The modrasah (school) you can attend to gain irfan is the modrassah of sellf annihilation and total pure love for the SUPREME BEING.

The Gawth (Succour) of our age

According to the tradition, it is expected that every age comes with its own revivalist of the sunnah and the flag bearer of the religion whose mission is to see ummah of the Prophet in every corner of earth receives the divine lumination. This is a missionary chain having its top from Seyyid Wujud down to Imam Mahdi RA while having in mind that all the mujadidun have their traceable lineage to the prophet SAW. TheEra of Sidi Ahmad Tijani RA transcended and got to a heightened reality tht he was promised the Gawth and the Fayda by seyyid wujud SAW, the two stations whose authority would be perfected at the hand of Sidi Ibrahim Niasse RTA. The Charisma ofthis bearer is of the Qur'an and Qur'an is his charisma. He takes step as the prophet takes his, he manoveurs towards the direction of the prophet SAW. He's tasked with much emualtion of the prophet's life and teaching it to the whole muslim Nations. A rare task of this bearer is dictated by his share of "Rahmatan lil alamin" of the prophet, in such case he's expected to meet and have a profound 'tourch' in evry life he acquaints be it christian, muslim and any other. Myriads of people is expected to move into the religion "kaafa" through his efforts, his extra-ordinary task is delineated by spiritual teaching, divine lessons, impacting the
esoteric knowledge. into the people afterthey might have passed through the hurdle sof exoterism.

An Aarif (A Gnostic)

The heart of a Gnostic (Al-Aarif billah) is wider than imagination of heaven and Earth. The water of the oceans and seas can not put off the fire of their love for God and Ocean currents do not possess the ability to wipe off their mysterious sayings if written on the soil. The heart of an Aarif is made from Mahaba ( Love of God), their blood from taqwa (Fear of Allah), their sight from Nur (Spiritual light), their Fuhad
from the currents of purification. The sensation of gnosticism comes through the mysterious realm of safwat-ul Qalb (Perfect purification of the heart) from God's millieu. Their heart sees the invisible, their tongue which is of litany utterances speaks of God's character, their charisma is well guided by the Sublime Himself.

They see God's emanation in everything, their hearts were created from the Nur that the holds creation. The Demise of one of them is synonymous to the wreckage of the pillar of a house. The Earth would still remain as long as the heart lives.

Love of an Aarif is a blessing, when an Aarif loves someone, he's loved by Allah and subsequently by all creatures as informed by Sidi Alli (klw) and Sidi Abu Yazid Al-bastami. The remembrance of an aarif garners the utmost joy and mercy of Allah. If you are lucky to see an Aarif or know an Aarif, seek his blessings and intercession and love him for they are more admired by the Lord as enjoined and commanded by the Holy prophet saw to Sidi Umar rta and Sidi Alli rta after he instructed them to search for the Aarif Sidi Uwaiz Al-Qurni rta after his demise

May their Barakat be with us. Amin...

Mophological meaning of Tassawuf

Literally (In Arabic Morphology of words), Tassawuf Meaning act of Purification. Exoterically breaking it: Tassawuf TA: A-Taobat (Seeking forgiveness) SOD/SA:Safahul l qolb (Cleansing of the heart; basically from filthy ideas and images that tarnish eeman and draws one near to polytheism inorder to see nothing but Allah) WA/WU: Wafahu ( Fulfiling Promises: basically from the Ayat of surat Faathia "iyyaka na'budu wa iyaka nastaeen, fulfiling the promise made to Allah you'll everly worship him and seek His succour) FAA: Total annihilation of your mind/ego/inorder to get vanished into the commands of Allah and upholding His command in all aspects.

Furthermore, Our Sufi Master, Maolana Shaykh Ahmad Tijani (ra) when asked about Tariqat, his reply was "Upholding the command of Allah and desisting from Nawaahihi (the Negated).
Another sufi master of ours Maolana Shaykh Imam Junayd (ra) also said "Any Tariqah that is against the Shari'ah is Kufr