Irfan (Volume 1) IRFAAN 1

139-140

Since his heart and brain become subordinate of Satan, such unblessed person sees bad deeds and Satanic Designs as good as Allah Almighty says:

Satan made their deeds seem fair unto them (29:38)

To such person, the saintly persons and the Saints and their ways and dealings are felt dire whereas the bad, Faasiq (Miscreant), Kaafir, Mushrik and Hypocrites and their ways and dealings are like by him. Such person takes the position of 'Talking Cattle' but rather he goes even beyond the cattle because of the imbalance of carnal and acts of temptations and in vices. Though, in respect of Outward physical condition, he is a Jalinoos of time and Plato of his age, but he will be treated in the Hereafter in the form of cattle or eternal blind, crippled, disable, ill and a pauper and he will be subject to diverse Punishments. All these are the results of avoiding and neglecting the Zikr of Allah and the Name Allah Almighty.

Allah Almighty says: But he who turned away from remembrance of Me, his will be a narrow life, and I shall bring him blind to the assembly on the Day of Resurrection (20:124)

Thus, the human being should light the Noori Lamp of the Name Allah in all the Stations of his body especially in heart and brain so that the Baatil Darkness should flee away by the Noor of Haq of the Name Allah. In the essentiality and obligation of different practical shows of the Zikr of Allah in Islam like Assalaat, Fasting, Hajj, Zakaat and Kalimah etcetera, the wisdom and philosophy is same that the Outsider of Allah should be vacated from every limb and organ of human body and the Zikr of Allah and the Noor of Allah should be lighted there. Do you not see that the entire human body and every organ works and moves along with Zikr and in doing Wuzu (ablution), every organ is washed and made Pure (holy) and is irrigated by the Zikr of Allah and its Visualization and then every joint and part of body from nose to toe takes part in the worship and Zikr of Allah and is entered into the Visualization of Allah Almighty.

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Particularly, as long as the heart and brain are not emptied from the Outsiders of Allah and the Zikr of Allah and the Visualization of Allah is not established here till then the Assalaat (Prayers) is not declared valid and complete.

Hazrat Muhammad Sal Allahu Alaihe Wa Aa-lehee Wa-sallam said that: Assalaat (Prayers) is invalid in absence of the Hazoori of Qalb .

Therefore, for the entire senses and organs of body especially for the heart and brain, it is essential and compulsory that these should be engaged in the Zikr and should be free from thoughts and attachments (with devotional conations) with the Outsiders of Allah Almighty.

Allah Almighty says: Be guardians of your prayers, and of the midmost prayer, and stand up with devotion to Allah (2:238)

That is why all parts of body are made bound and reserved for the Zikr of Allah Almighty in Assalaat (Prayers) that a little and slight attachment (with devotional conation) towards the Outsiders of Allah make Assalaat (Prayers) to become Faasid (corrupt) but rather Baatil. Hazrat Bayazid Bastami Rahmatu-Allahe Ta-aala Alaihe, whenever, had some thought about the Outsider of Allah in Assalaat, he used to offer Sajda e Sehve (Prostration done on an overlook or mistake in performance). For example the thought of some kind of the Bounty of Uqba. If some thoughts of worldly nature came to his mind, even of justifiable nature, he used to say Salaam and break the Assalaat (Prayers) and used to start the Assalaat again. And if some thought of worldly nature came to his heart of a suspicious or unjustifiable nature, he used to do Ablution (Wuzu ) again and offer Assalaat. Once someone asked him that, why he used to do Ablution again because of some thought about the Outsider. He replied that the hazard of Dunya (World), for the Specials, is more critical than release of flatus (fart), which makes the Ablution incomplete and Assalaat corrupt. Hence, the human being should be a complete model of 'come, all of you, into submission (unto Him) (2:208)' and full representation of 'So remember the name of your Lord and devote yourself with a complete devotion (73:8)' and then a time comes that the right of Assalaat (Prayers) is rightly paid. One should not take this like this that when one cannot offer Assalaat fully with the Hazoor of Heart then what is the use of that Assalaat which is offered just physically and as formality and which is full of Worldly Khatraat and Thoughts of the Outsiders. At this stage, Satan disorientates many Seeker in the Course of Tareeqat and makes them those who do not offer Assalaat at all. However, it should be kept in mind that the name of guarding and completing this Outwardly Assalaat is the Assalaat with Hazoor of Heart.