This is the Third Maraqbah(Meditation); collectively, the three are known as the Maraqbaat-e Salasah (The Three Meditations), i.e. the first three Maraqbaat. This Maraqbah(Meditation) is done under the Ayah(Verse of Holy Quran): Nahno Aqrabo elaih-e min Hablil Wareed. (Qaf: 16) It means that: „We are closer to man than his jugular vein‟. It is obvious [...]
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Maraqbah Aqrabiyyat (Meditation)
Above M‘aiyyat(station on spiritual path), is another station that has bright red lights. Its gates and walls, floor and ceiling and the whole environment is red. This building also has arches but there is a subtle difference between the arches of M‘aiyyat(station on spiritual path) and Aqrabiyyat(station on spiritual path). Here, the realization of Divine [...]
Maraqbah M‘aiyyat (Meditation) – Exposition
This is the second Maraqbah (station of spiritual path) which is in accordance with the following blessed Ayah(Verse of Holy Quran): Wa Hova M‟akum ainama Kuntum. (Al Hadeed: 4) That: Wherever and in whatever condition you are, Allah-swt is with you. When the Maraqbah Ahadiyyat(Station of spiritual path) becomes strong and established, the seeker is [...]
Maraqbah M‘aiyyat Meditation
The next lesson is Maraqbah M‘aiyyat(Station of spiritual path). The Shaikh(Spiritual Teacher) takes the Rooh(Soul) of the student to the next higher stage, whose lights are green and its gates and walls are also green. There is a magnificent building with arches and green light filtering through them. Its Tasbeeh(Recitation) is: Allah-o Haziree, Allah-o Naziree, [...]
Maraqbah Ahadiyyat Meditation – Exposition
What is the Maraqbah Ahadiyyat? It is the contemplation and reflection upon the following Ayah(Verse of Holy Quran), and to benefit and gain from its feelings and Lights: Your Ilaha is the only Ilaha. (Al Baqarah: 163) In actual fact this is the gate to the Divine Throne. It could be termed as the first [...]
Maraqbah Ahadiyyat – Meditation
This Maraqbah(Meditation) is the first step. One finds one’s Rooh(Soul) standing in front of the magnificent gate of a radiant white building, standing on its lofty columns, above the skies and at the entrance to the Majestic Throne (the ‘Arsh). I won’t go into further detail so that some peddler, after reading everything about it, [...]
Rabitah(Connection) – Meditation – Exposition
Rabitah (connection) is, in fact, from Allah Kareem. He-swt confers it when He-swt wills, on whom He-swt wills. All that a slave can do is to focus his entire attention towards it. This is a very great blessing that one can receive from Allah-swt. As it is stated in the Quran: We gave strength to [...]
Rabitah(Connection) – Meditation
After doing Zikr(Remembrance of Divine Being) on Latifah(Spiritual Organ) Qalb(Heart) for some time, the method of Zikr changes. Previously, it was Pas Anfas, meaning that when a breath is drawn inside the body, it should take (the word) ‘Allah’ into the Qalb(Heart) and when it comes out it should strike (the word) ‘Hoo’ on the [...]
Maraqbaat – Meditations
Maraqbah (Meditation) means to sit with full concentration and a lowered head. The purpose being, with closed eyes and lowered head, to completely concentrate on the objective and receive or absorb the feelings of the station being concentrated on. Hence, after doing the Lata‘if (Spiritual Organs), the Maraqbaat(Meditations) are practised. The best form of Maraqbaat [...]
Sufi Saint – Hz Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan (RH) [Multilingual]
Shaikh Muhammad Akram Awan was born on 31 December 1934 in the village of Noorpur Sethi, about 4 km form the present headquarters of the Order, Dar-ul-Irfann Munara. He received his initial education in his village school and later entered the college at Chakwal. He spent a turbulent youth characterized by family feuds and external skirmishes. [...]
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