The World of Soul and Heart
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1. [There are two worlds:] One, the world of water and clay and the other, the world of soul and heart. In other words, the external or physical world and the internal or personal world. Prudent people know everything by its name. By God's grace and mercy, all our companions are fond of the discourses of the world of soul and heart for many reasons.
2. Here, the miracle of knowledge of the Qur'an and the Imam has united many hearts, so they love each other very much. I am also one of them, so I know what kind of bounties are in the love for the light and the Qur'an. Thus, when our friends speak, whether on the phone or in person, after performing a lover-like worship, from their speech is produced a paradise-like fragrance. I speak the truth. Mawla has enriched me with the wealth of truthfulness, so I must honestly and justly praise true knowledge and appreciate its servants.
3. Since the people of faith are going to be incredibly praised in the universal paradise of the Hereafter, why not praise them a little in the partial paradise of this world (i.e., knowledge and worship)? As the wise Qur'an says: "And help one another in (the deeds of) goodness and piety" (5:2). There are many ways to help, one of which is encouragement. God willing! We will try to encourage our companions.
4. There is a paradise-like scene in our world of heart and soul. Every such gathering is recorded in the luminous movies there, in which our friends listened to the discourses of knowledge, or performed lover-like worship, or recited poems in praise of Mawla, or performed supplication and giryah-u zari. May I be sacrificed for their voices! May I be sacrificed for their tears! Why shouldn't I be sacrificed, for it is the shower of spiritual blossoming, and it is lover-like worship, and to some extent, prophetic worship.
5. God has made lover-like worship (cashiqanah cibadat) easy for His servants, while intellectual worship (caqilanah cibadat) or worship through knowledge (calimanah cibadat) is difficult, but not impossible. I have seen in different countries many lovers of the holy Mawla who possessed various kinds of virtues. But I envied those lovers who could silently shed tears. Envy for tears, very surprising! Why not? It is a great mercy of God.
6. See in surah-yi Anmbiya' (21:104-107). Its gist is: For every successful mu'min, there is an individual resurrection and a copy of the universe. God writes in the book of deeds (zabur) of those who have completed their cibadat and [have attained] recognition, that His righteous servants will be the heirs (warith) of the universe (arz). This magnificent message of God is to be conveyed to those who do special cibadat, and it is for this purpose that God has sent His Beloved Prophet as a mercy for [all] personal worlds.
7. This noble Hadith was mentioned in an earlier article: "Inna'llaha jamilun yuhibbu'l-jamal = Indeed, God is the bearer of (inner) beauty, therefore He likes (inner) beauty". There is no inner beauty and elegance without knowledge and wisdom. You should believe that knowledge and wisdom are the progressive ladder without which a person can neither see the inner beauty and elegance nor attain their own recognition in the mirror of the image of the Compassionate.
8. Al-hamdu li'llah! This is a soul-nourishing and exhilarating glad tidings that our friends have won the battle of knowledge of their time. What a great felicity is this! Since this is the truth and the reality, we must express our gratitude for this unique favour and by His grace and His favour have good wishes and prayers in our hearts for everyone!
Islamabad 14 April 1998
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