161-162 In
state of sleeping, the bird of spirit is tied with its body and the cage of its
earthly frame through an Invisible link and a Subtle
thread and this thread
becomes loose in state of sleeping and it dives into the Subtle
Realm at the
time of dream. However, this thread gets untied at once from the earthly body
as Allah
Almighty Allah
receives (men's) souls (Nafs) at the time of their death, and that (soul) which
dies not (yet) in its sleep. He keeps that (soul) for which He has ordained
death and dismisses the rest till an appointed term (39:42) That
is, Allah
Almighty takes the whole Nafs
at the time of one's death (and Nafs
is
that thing, which do not die during state of sleeping but instead remains
alive). Hence, Allah
Almighty captures that body on which death was warranted
and releases the other thing for its prerecorded time. Thus
the relation of the spirit with the grave and dead body is almost same as is of
the bird with its nest and tree. Only that much is the difference that the
spirit remains present and stationed inside the nest like an egg or a chick
during the span of life but flies from its egg or nest at the time of death and
can thenceforth return to its nest whenever its wills and whenever it likes.
When the Subtlety
of the Arif
Saalik turns alive after breaking the egg of
Nasoot
of the Ruh
(spirit) or when he has died virtually like 'Die-before-Death' * This
is not beyond possibility that sometimes a person sleeps after doing good and
virtuous deeds and sees bad dreams and sometimes he sleeps after doing bad
things but sees good dreams. In short, in dream, the dead sensual subtlety
of
the human being floats like a lifeless wood haphazardly, involuntarily and
without control over the surface of the Realm of the Unseen and is swept away
to that direction where the tide takes it. On the other hand, the Subtlety
of
the Qalb
of the Living-Hearted
Arif
swims in the Ocean of the Realm of the
Unseen like a fish with its control and desire and reaches that Station
and
Destination for which it had willfully intended for and meets that Subtle
Invisible
Creature which he wanted to meet! This is the reason that only a Living-Hearted
Arif
Saalik can converse with, talk with and meet with the Roohani
through
offering Dawat
on the People-of-Graves
and can get benefits from them and can
benefit them. A Sensual Dead-Hearted person cannot invoke the Roohani
and
cannot meet him even if he reads the Holy Quran on the grave of a Saint for his
entire life. However, if the Roohani
is himself desirous, he can show himself
to him in his dream
and gives answer to his question through a code or unclear
gesture or hint. In finding the possible explanation and outcome of such
gestures, the People of Dream
remain perplexed (and puzzled) and not sure. In
short, the world of dream
is not dependable.
Further, this should remain in mind that there is great difference in the deaths
of a dead hearted sensual person and a Living-Hearted
spiritual person. The
death of the former uses to be alloy of punishments and grieves whereas the
death of the later is the sleep of a bride, a cordial gift and just a migration
from one place to the next because the Living-Hearted
Arif
had already
experience many virtual deaths prior to the real death in terms of
'Die-before-Death ' We
have grown such green (and lively) many a times, We
have seen three hundred and seventy such frames. [Jalal
ud Din Rumi] Hazrat
Jaami
Rahmatu-Allahe Ta-aala Alaihe All
others die onetime but the poor Jami died many a times! The
butter of his soul and spirit has already got separated from the milk and
Chaach
of the body and Nafs. Truth is this that the death, for a Momin
Living-Hearted
person, is like his most desired thing and a comfort and luxury
because for him, the world is a site of trials, a dungeon and ordeal. 
says:
during
his worldly life and his body and spirit have parted from each other during his
life span and he has casted off the Kaseef
earthly garment of matter and puts
on the Subtle
raiment of the spirit, he goes to and return from the Realm of
the Unseen and the Realm of Barzukh
voluntarily and meets with the Subtle
creatures of the Realm of Invisible in state of Muraqiba. The only difference
between the Dream
and Muraqiba
is that, the Sensual Dead-Hearted person who is
seeing Dream
remains incapable, unconscious and involuntary and he does not
know even this that what he is seeing is either a dream
or is in real life. The
Carnal person often goes in the tide of his thoughts in dream
and that thought,
which drives him, his dead Nafs
is swept to that direction like a wooden shred..
Hazrat
Maulana Room Rahmatu-Allahe Ta-aala Alaihe
says:
says:
