Irfan (Volume 1) IRFAAN 1

167-168

The Seeker should light the lamp of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) in every organ of body and should make it bright with its Noor.

The Master of the Visualization of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) is the beloved without any hard work and the Mashooq without labor. That person, who all the time keeps himself preoccupied and engaged into the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ), the Secret without Riyazat and Mushahida without Mujahida is achieved by him. All the Holy Prophets, all Aulia, total Aemaa e Deen , Ashaab, Ulema , Sulhaa (the righteous), Fuqara, Dervish , Ghaus , Qutub, Autaad , Abdaal , Akhyaar , Najyaa, Naqbaa who have become Masters of Maratib in Inward, they all have reached the Alaihimus-Salaam Sublime Degrees by virtue of the blessing and Waseela of this Pure (holy) Name. Miracles and Kashf and Karamaat have been got by all the Holy Prophets and respected Aulia Rahmatu-Allah Ta'ala Alaihim through the reverence and power of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ). This Visualization of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) was that Open Noor (Noor e Mubeen) which was planted in the form of Noori Seed in the blessed bosom of the Holy Prophet of Allah Hazrat Muhammad Sal Allahu Alaihe Wa Aa-lehee Wa-sallam by Gabriel Ameen Alaihis-Salaam by saying Iqraa Bi Ismi Rabbika (Read: in Name of your Lord) (96:1) in the Cave of Hira which later grew in the form of the Tree of the Holy Quran and came out through his blessed truthful tongue. This was that spiritual Rafraf (Flap) and Invisible Burraaq that took the Holy Prophet of Allah Hazrat Muhammad Sal Allahu Alaihe Wa Aa-lehee Wa-sallam to seven heavens and the Arsh and Kursi in the Night of Holy Ascension and granted him the Highest Martaba of the Station of 'two bows length or even nearer (53:9)' and honored him with the Didaar full of Anwaar and the Major Revelations of the Liqaa of Allah Almighty. This was the Asaa and Yad e Beza of Hazrat Musa Alaihis-Salaam (Moses) with the power of the Auspiciousness (and blessing) of whose Miracles and paranormal happenings, he Alaihis-Salaam won deliverance for his people against the helpless Pharaoh and the poor Hamaan. This was the Naqsh e Khatam e Suleiman Alaihis-Salaam and this same was the text of the auspicious manifest of 'Lo! It is from Solomon, and lo! It is: In the name of Allah the beneficent, the Merciful (27:30)' whose dominating chain had captured the Queen Bilqees and all Jin and human beings and animals (Bahaaim) and birds in Inward. This was that Pure (holy) Name which sailed the Boat (Ark) of Nooh Alaihis-Salaam with the oar of 'In the name of Allah be its Course and its mooring' (11:41) in the high tiding great ocean and saved it from the Great Flood.

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In short, the Inwardly Illumination of the Noor of all the Prophets, Messengers (of Allah) and total Kaamil Aulia has been reaching from the powerhouse of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) and even today all the saintly personalities are swimming like Noori Fishes in the Ocean of Barzukh of Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ). He, who wants to meet them, he can see them and meet them by diving into the River of Noor of this Name. The Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ) is the Jaam Jehaan Numa and Ayina e Sikandari. Through the telescope of this Name, the Master of Visualization studies the Loh-e-Mahfooz and sees the spectacle of many thousand realms on the nail of his thumb Eighteen Thousand Realms on the palm of his hand. The Master of Visualization gets the free of disturbance recluse in his bosom. His bride chamber of his heart is Self-Sufficient against the chamber made by water and adobe. Recluse in assembly and assembly in recluse that is, the spiritual Majalis are attended by him through bosom.

COUPLETS OF AUTHOR [Rahmatu-Allahe Ta-aala Alaihe]

We saw the Ism (Name) in the Musamma (the Essence of Almighty Haq) at last,

The enigma of the Exercise (of preoccupation) and the Visualization is solved at last,

Make the Ism body and Destroy body in the Ism,

Then say Anaa Anta (I am You) and hear Anta Anaa (You are Me),

Liqaa is achieved through the Visualization of the Name Allah,

Bosom becomes clear like the Jaam (seven-ringed Goblet) of the Jamm (King Jamshid),

Every Holy Prophet and Wali Ghaus and Qutub and Autaad ,

Shaikh and Sufi and Dervish and Qalandar and Zuhaad,

All the Marifat and Qurb that they have achieved,

All became Waasil and Kaamil Aamil through Visualization,

By the Anwaar of the luminosity of the Name transformed into Noor ,

All became the seers and the accepted ones through the Auspiciousness (and blessing) of the Name,

O friends! Visualization is the Key to the founts of Both-the-Worlds,

O friends! Believe in this avowal if you are really lucky!

People of Mesmerism, Hypnotism and Spiritualism in Europe have copied the Visualization of the Name-Allah-the-Essence (Ism-e-Allah-Zaat ). They exercise to concentrate their gaze on some focal point like a ball of glass or flame of candle or small electric bulb or any particular bright object which they call 'Concentration'.