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Chapter 8

The Path of Relationship of Servant to Almighty Allah

B- Worship ('Ibada)

Preface: The second method for relationship of the believer (Mu'min) to Almighty God is the result of 500 verses of Qur'anic precepts called the religious Jurisprudence (Fiqh), upon which we are practicing. Unfortunately, we did not well understand its meaning within this abundant time of 1400 years. Actually, this is the guidance for the laws of performing the conditional worships, such as ablution or cleansing of the body (Wudoo) and cleansing of cloth and place of prayer etc.

This is performed sometimes in the form of Prayer (Salat) and other times in the form of obediences such as Fasting, Alms, Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj), etc. However, the question is as why we are not getting any benefit while we are performing the obediences? Where does the defect lie? How can it be recompensed? The mentioned questions are from the matter concerning the truth of finding the path of Nearness to His Almighty Presence. They clearly draw our attention to the fact as whether what is prescribed under the name of permissible acts of physical, financial and verbal are defective? Or, that the fundamental Islamic regulations are not correct and good? We seek refuge in God from making such statement!

Secondly, but the defect might lie in our own way of performing them. And thirdly the receiver of those lights (Nucleus of Monotheism) or our Inner Luminosity of faith might have fallen apart. Therefore, while performing the actions, our sensory and spiritual receptive machineries cannot take the outcome of those actions, as good as they are supposed to, resulting in the believers becoming weak and weaker. This is similar to the process where the body grows and develops from different kinds of nourishments. However, when there appears a defect in the body due to a disease, then the same nourishments now become the cause of increase of pain, fever, and trouble for the person. It is proper to consider in the first stage in the following, the truth concerning the value of obediences and the Impact of God's Names (Asma-Ullah).

1. Have you noticed? God's Names (Assma-Ullah) and the verses of Holy Qur'an are as bottles of different fragrances, where each of them is essentially full of fortifying necessities of Soul, and they are identified as the only power-fortifying faith or the Nucleus of Monotheism. However, each of these bottles is corked and labeled with particular identification. The scent cannot be smelled unless the cover is opened.

2. Have you noticed? The first breaker of these sealed covers of the verses and Names of Almighty Divine Being (Assma-Ullah) is to perceive their meanings in their true sense. At the second level, plunging into the depth of their subject matters is as if inserting something into the bottle, and to take from the perfume, and to use it. However, the sincerity in action, namely (having and finding the Presence of Almighty God) while using the perfume, has to be taken as the better and the more benefit therefrom. Almighty God says:

"To the sincere ones, theirs is the whole faith."¹

3. Have you noticed? Having perceived the mentioned mysteries, fully benefiting from the secrets of God's Names (Assma-Ullah) and the verses of the Holy Quran for non-Arabs during the performance of prayers in the Arabic language and the lack of attention to their meanings, is similar to using sealed bottles of various perfumes, in which case, undoubtedly, the desired fragrance is not acquired.

4. Have you noticed? Consequently, most people presume to have made their body, soul, and psyche fragrant, they rub the sealed and locked bottle on their bodies. They become arrogant of this action, as to have perfumed their bodies and to have enlightened their souls. However, this is a full error. As a result, we are left dark and darker, and finally we are caught in today's outwardly and inwardly backward state.

5. Have you noticed? Hence, Devils know well the facts about these bottles relating to the mentioned secret. As soon as people, individually or congregationally engage in performing the judicially recommended actions, then Devils suspect that perhaps those people have found the key to open the bottles covers. Therefore, the Devils hurriedly intervene to distract their concentration (hozoor), managing to turn their attentions towards, their spouses, children, city, downtown etc. As a result, the Prayer (Salat) and other worships of this kind of people are passed all together with temptations and the lack of concentration.

6. Have you noticed? Due to the absence of finding the meaning of the secrets of God's Names (Assma-Ullah) and the Holy Quran, the worships of such people yield nothing except for improper pride and nonsense showing off, because they presume to have fulfilled the assigned deeds with supposedly proper recitation, however, this performance has been figuratively fulfilled. Hence, the heaviness of truth about the duty of religious scholars and the leaders of Madrassa-e-Towheed becomes well clear.

7. Have you noticed? Therefore, the truth about Glorious God's statement becomes quite clear that the prayer Salat keeps you away from unlawful verbal and physical deeds. On the contrary, most prayerful people are not prevented from any unlawful act, but day by day, they become bolder and more miserable. Then they should come to know that they have figuratively performed obediences, and have not obtained the truth due to the above-mentioned reason.

8. Have you noticed? What Almighty God states: "…Surely, prayer Salat prevents you from all kinds of unlawful words and deeds" It is stated further "Yet more effective than this, is the remembrance and commemoration of Exalted God."² Hence, primarily the Remembrance (Dhikr Zikr Zikir) of Almighty God is of the unconditional deeds and it can be done at any time, anywhere and under any circumstances. Secondly, the Observation of things of the world's Exhibition is also considered as Remembrance and the acquisition of Insight into God, everywhere and at all times.

9. Have you noticed? The lack of perceiving the truths of these three great and fundamental secrets should be taken as the cause for all of our performances to be without benefit, and even the cause of all miseries and backwardness, namely, the performance of conditional obediences while not knowing their meanings, and ignoring the two great kinds of path of Union of the servant to Almighty God, which are the Remembrance (Dhiker) and the Examination of secrets of things (the world) and finding the Glorious Artificer's Magnificence and Perfection therein.

10. Have you noticed? People say that the performance of worships such as prayer (Salat) five times while not perceiving their sense and meaning is like a prescribed medicine from the doctor. This is just fallacious reasoning and sophistry. The result for getting no benefit from our performances due to following these ideas is that now Muslims or the followers of the Militant³ school of Almighty Lord of earth and time are needy to the East and West.

11. Have you noticed? Therefore, on the basis of Almighty God's statement, "We never sent a messenger but with the language of his people."⁴ Imam Abu Hanifa⁵ and all other Islamic religious leaders have considered permissible in their religious decrees that the obediences, prayers and the remembrance to be performed in the people's own language, even it may be the obligatory prayer (Salat) and other deeds.

12. Have you noticed? Hereby, for the first time, the chiefs of Madrassa-e-Quran have succeeded, with the help of Almighty God in attaining the position of instructing, guiding, and leading the secrets of the choicest part of the Intact Quran of Islam and the Hadith of the Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him). They have arranged this within Epistles contained from A to Z in so called open face, in the language of every nation and tribe, made accessible to the use of all people.

13. Have you noticed? These literary works and Epistles are not only undertaking the responsibility for the secrets of Quran and Hadith of the Messenger Muhammad (peace be upon him), but meanwhile, they are also counted as a fortifier of the Nucleus of Monotheism and a measuring device for testing the level of Faith's Luminosity. Their ultimate goal is to find the Presence of Almighty God in everything and everywhere. Finally, there is can be no success to discover the Fourth Dimension (hidden from the eyes), unless the spiritual powers have grown high and higher.

O! Almighty God put such effect in the promotion and impact of these books and Epistles until the Day of Resurrection that they become worthy of bringing about the most complete luminosity of faith, guidance and favors to the righteous and pious ones, with respect to their ranks, and to all mankind. Amen!

14. Have you noticed? The deeds in the benefit of the society carried out physically or financially are not that much conditional, because there is benefit coming therefrom to needy people and creatures. In return, there will be in some ways good and blissful prayer to the doer. Almighty God does not reject the prayer done for another person, in that person's absence. In return, any calamity or problem facing the outer or inner of the person will be removed from him due to the blessing of this prayer, unless, there is lot of misfortunes facing the person, then this is a particular circumstance, and it is rare.

15. Have you noticed? If having a good intention, we give to needy and poor most of the amount which we would be otherwise spending for treatment while being sick, or that we help poor people while they are desperate, then undoubtedly, Almighty God will remove this calamity from us due to this prayer done for us. Hence, often we are saved from such calamities, unless it is absolute destiny, then there is no way out. However, the reward of donation is never wasted.

Footnotes:
1 The Holy Quran: Chapter 32 - Luqman, verse 32
2 The Holy Quran: Chapter 29 - Al-Ankaboot (the Spider) verse 45
3 Militant: The personal struggle against your Ego and Devil
4 The Holy Quran: Chapter 14 - Ibrahim (Abraham) verse 4
5 The Four Imam's: Imam Abu Hanifa, Imam Malik, Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal and Imam Shafi. These are the main figures who's interpretation of the Hadith and Quran are followed by the majority of Sunni Muslims all over the world.