Irfan (Volume 1) IRFAAN 1

177-178

That exertion for national benefit and spreading religion, which is being undertaken by the Europeans, we as Muslims should drown and die with shame seeing that. As example, we submit some accounts of these people in support of our discussion.

A Christian woman Mrs. Reynolds left her Will for spending twelve thousand Dollars on religious and national development after her demise. A proposal was under consideration for sending a Mission from London to Island of New Guinea, which is thousands of miles from Jerusalem. In order to understand about the local conditions, a Christian traveler is sent there in 1817. He, very disappointedly, sends this report to the London Biblical Society that very dangerous crocodiles and extremely poisonous snakes live there and a few humans who live there are also very cruel and bloody that one cannot even think of sitting in them. Reply from London is sent that this report is just enough that humans live there and every that place which is human habitat should compulsorily be visited by the Missionary. On this Mission alone, the Biblical Society of London spent thirteen million Pounds. This is a very small example of these people for the monetary and physical sacrifice for the sake of religious and spiritual matters. See the sacrifices and life-threatening efforts of the outsiders for religious affairs and compare the leisure and carelessness of the insiders!

That ordinary Inwardly Personality or the initial substance of life, which has recently been revealed by the Europe, is called Latifa (Subtlety) of Nafs by the People of Saints in their terminology. This Subtlety exists in every human being in an incomplete and immature state. Through this Personality, the human being enters dream through this same Personality.

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This Subtle bulk of the Nafs is covering the body like a garment. Near our People of Self Kaamil Faqeers and the Genuine Arifeen , the most ordinary level Inwardly Personality is of the Nafs. Many superior and more sublime Personalities gradually take birth in man through the Inwardly Selk Salook which are called the Latifa e Qalb , Latifa e Ruh , Latifa e Sirr , Latifa e Khafi , Latifa e Akhfa and Latifa e Anaa. The Europeans have not known about these superior and higher-level Personalities. They have just discovered the Latifa (Subtlety) of Nafs alone that is covering the earthly body like a dress and when it enters the world of dreams, it assumes a Subtle exemplary figure. Its abode is the Realm of Nasoot. In this abode, the Nafs also faces Sifli Arwah (Spirits), Jinn and Devils also as these Sifli Spirits of the Realm of Unseen also live in the same abode. The Name of this Subtlety is Shariyat. That is, by abiding by Shariyat, it gets Inwardly advancement and spiritual ascension and its Inwardly Teer Sair and way of going ahead is Elalllah. That is, the matter of the Saalik remains restricted just to the Qeel-O-Qaal, Zikr Azkaar and talks and discussions only. The Haal of such Saalik is merely Inclination (Mail) towards Allah Almighty. Color of this Subtlety is blue and its Zikr is Tayyeb Laaa-Ilaaha Ill-Allahu Muhammad-ur-Rasoolu-Allah and its Visualization is the Name Allah. through the regular practice of Shariyat and the Tawajuh of the Murshid-e-Kaamil and his favorable Gaze and through the Riyazat and Mujahida in Zikr and Fikr , the Tazkiya of Nafs of the Saalik continues due to which the Nafs-e-Ammara coverts into Lawwama and Lawwama into Mulhimma and Mulhimma finally converts into Mutmainna.

Thus, there are four kinds and destinations of the Nafs. First is Nafs-e-Ammara . It is called Ammara because of the reason that it all the time enjoins unto evil as Allah Almighty says in Surah Yusuf (12) that 'Lo! the (tempter) soul (the Nafs-e-Ammara ) enjoins unto evil (12:53)'. This Nafs is in the Kuffaar, Mushrik, hypocrite and Faasiq (Miscreant).