A Letter of Knowledge in Modern Style (2)
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1. My cazizan in Chicago (USA): Ya cAli Madad! The Commander of the Faithful (amiru'l-mu'minin), Hazrat-i cAli, said: "I am those beautiful names (asma'u'l-husna) by which Allah has commanded to invoke Him" (Kawkab-i Durri, chapter III, manqabat 29). The very first of the beautiful names of the sixth cycle is the revered personality of the holy Prophet. After him, Mawla cAli and all the pure Imams are the beautiful names [of God]. They are all [spiritually present] in each of them, so the first Imam (asas, i.e., the Foundation Imam = Hazrat-i cAli) has made us aware of the luminous rank of each Imam in his saying. Thus, those carifs who have seen their Imam of time with the inner eye can testify that he has the rank of the Divine treasure, in which is contained everything that belongs to God.
2. Although I have many cazizan in Chicago, I mention the names of a few of them here: Nooruddin Rajpari, Life Governor, who has rendered many services and is highly respected in the jamacat; Abdul Majeed Panjwani, Life Governor; Zeenat Panjwani, Life Governor; Barkat Gillani; Rukhsana Gillani; Akbar Ali Bhai; Shamsa Ali Bhai; Mazhar Ali Ashiq Ali and Karim Isa. I testify that these cazizan belong to the pure Mawla's army of knowledge. I cherish them very much, therefore I repeatedly think of them, and in fact there is also a special prayer hidden in such remembrances.
3. In this world, [the rule is that] a person gets an answer only when they ask a question. But in the wise Qur'an, the answer to every question is provided beforehand. For example, some people may ask, either verbally or in their hearts: "If your Imam is true, [tell us] what miracles God has bestowed on him?" This question can be answered in at least a thousand ways. However, only one answer will suffice here, which is that every Imam is granted by God the universal knowledge as well as the ibdaci body (2:247). Both of these miracles can only be seen by those who have become the Imam's carif.
Margala Towers, Islamabad 24 April 1998
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