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Marifat

07 January 2022
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By Prof Zaid Gul Khattak

Ibn e Arabi (ra) says if there is anything against Haq, one should stand against it. And if there is anything that is Haq or in line with Haq, then one should accept it and support it. One should hold it in high esteem.

There are two types of "seeing". One is with the bodily eye. The other seeing is with the Qalb's spiritual eyes. Ambiya alayhis salaam and other enlightened people have tasted and enjoyed this type of Qalbi "seeing". These people are Arif.

Then there are people who see only with the eyes of the body, the Nafs. Ibn e Arabi (ra) says these people's relationship with Allah is based only on their wants and needs and they are not enlightened people. They can be muslim and even momin but they are not Arif.

And those who have not seen their Rabb with their nafsi eyes nor their qalbi eyes - they may be muslim but they are jaahil.

It is incumbent on all Muslims to seek Allah, to call out to Him, to concentrate on Him, to have their direction towards Him, focus on Him and move towards Him. The seeker must keep steadfast on his journey towards Allah until he "sees" Allah. Allah becomes zahir to him. And he recognizes Haq taala. He now has Marifat.

If he encounters ghayr e haq, he must denounce it immediately. He must seek Allah's protection against it, to strengthen himself. He then must continue to be absorbed in Haq, rejecting all ghayr e haq.

Nafs has now chosen and adopted the path of Adab, Submission and Marifat.

Actually Adab is the path that leads to Marifat. There is no Marifat possible without Adab.

There is no Love of Allah with the desire to Know Allah, to have Marifat. Surely, Allah is our Beloved.

Allah Kareem is our aqeedah.

We desire to have Love and Marifat for Allah in our hearts. We want our concentration and our focus to be on Him. We look upon Him to fulfill all our needs and desires. We have tawakkul on Him.

Beloved Rasoolallah (s) is the first amongst all the Ahlullah. And love of the Ahlullah is actually love for Allah.

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