His sanctified assemblies were distinguished by charming and unique revelation in
perfect and plain meanings, and complete presence of reality. His words used to
hit the target and fall cool and peaceful in the hearts of the listeners, as a
light that bewitched them to free their spirits to soar very high.
He drove away darkness, tore asunder
contradictions, and finally obliterated the intriguing schools and barren argumentations which created a big gap in the minds of
people between themselves and their God. He acquainted people with the reality
of God, and the consummation of His Qualities… a Merciful God, Compassionate,
Wise, Fair, Conferrer of benefit, Donator, deserved to be worshipped for
Himself for He is the Owner of Beauty and Consummation. It is
He who is praised for any harm because this harm results in cure and
donation. He is Needless of creation, and of our allegiance and our obedience,
because He is Rich and we are poor and our obedience is for our own good and
benefit. We need to enter His luminous fort of faith, to be
protected from misfortune and adversity.
His honorable life history was a high
interpretation and a clear constitution for the wonderful revelation that he
brought, which contained facts for which heads bowed. The reality was a light,
the form was a proof and the true practical application was a guide. His
revelation was matchless in world civilizations and the positive laws of
present life.
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Why are we created?
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What is this universe for?
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What is the use of religious rituals?
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What is hunger for, followed by eating in Ramadan?
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What is the output and benefit of prayer?
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Why do pilgrimage to a waterless and treeless desert?
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Why were we brought into existence?
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Where were we?
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What is death for? And what
is really after it?
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What is the spirit?
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What is the soul?
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What is the mind?
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What is paradise?
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What is hell?
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What about the problem of fate?
- What is the pre-material world (the
world of spirits)?
Facts and questions have not come to
people’s minds because they were busy in the tempting world and its deceptions,
and they forgot to search in the files of existence and know its secrets.
The famous coeval English scientist, Sir
John Bennett, in one of his meetings with western scientists, said: “All the sciences that we have achieved are not equal to the
sea of that great eminent scholar in the Orient.”
His invitation to God is
based on a course that is never mistaken: “Say: this is my way: I invite
to Al’lah with sure insight, I and whosoever follows me. Glorified and Exalted is Al’lah. And I am not of the polytheists.”
The
Holy Qur’an,
Fortress 12,
Yusuf (Joseph), verse 80
In the light of this honorable Ayah
(verse), he began to call to God for more than thirty years a call concentrated
on the following points:
Acquainting people with the consummation
of the Almighty God, and showing His Mercy to His obedient people and His
Justice with His creation. He refuted all that remained in human minds and
whatever was circulated that contradicted the Godly Justice, Clemency, and
Mercy and (all) Godly Consummations, and his guide was the Word of God: “And
all the most Beautiful Names (Attributes) belong to Al’lah, so call on Him by
them, and leave the company of those who deny His Names. They will be requited
for what they used to do.”
The
Holy Qur’an,
Fortress 7, Al-A’raf (The Heights), verse 180
Revealing the
consummations of the messengers (The Peace Through Them) of whom God witnessed
in His Glorious Book as to their spirits’ purity and their impeccability, and
made them supreme examples for the worlds to be guided by them as mentioned in
his book: The Impeccability of Prophets, – a book the like of which could never
have been written by his forerunners. He confuted every fabrication or
exegesis that disagreed with their sublimity and their high rank adhering in
that to the Word of God “They are those whom Al’lah has guided, so follow their
guidance…”
The Holy Qur’an
Fortress 6, Al-An’am
(Livestock), verse 90
Calling people
to adhere to honorable jurisprudence and to attain piety of God truly
(witnessing by Al’lah’s Light), besides warning
people not to let their spirits follow their capricious whims, and not to
depend upon vain wishes but turning to the Word of God: “It will not be in
accordance with your desires, nor those of the people of the scripture;
whosoever works evil, will have the recompense thereof, and he will not find
any protector or helper besides God.”
The
Holy Qur’an,
Fortress 4, An-Nisa’ (Women), verse 123
And also calling to the
tradition of the messenger (cpth): “The discerning
person is one who accuses himself and works for what is behind death, and the
disabled is one who follows his caprices and asks God for wishes.” “Narrated by
Al-Turmozy”
Guiding people to the steps of true
faith as shown by the messenger (cpth) to his noble
companions, deriving them from the Book of God. No person has their heart mixed
with delight of faith but they straighten for God’s Order and have a
self-deterrent (from committing sins). God mentioned that in His noble saying:
“…and whosoever believes in God, He guides his heart.”
The
Holy Qur’an,
Fortress 64, At-Taghabun (The Apparent Loss), verse 11
Revering God’s
messenger (cpth), glorifying him, and showing his
high position with Al’lah, then guiding to the way of his love (cpth) and revealing what fruit comes out of loving that
pure chaste spirit, from entering into Al’lah’s
presence through him, and dying with a believing spirit coupled through him to
perfection from God, following the Almighty’s saying: “So those who believe in
him, honour him, help him, and follow the light sent
down with him, it is them who gain.”
The
Holy Qur’an,
Fortress 7, Al-A’raf (The Heights), verse 157
It was a valuable age that this pure man
had spent striving and seeking nearness to Al’lah. And
through this nearness he acquired the high ranks and consummation that he
acquired, and realized glories and works charged with holy humane strife, and
great humane sacrifices. So that his life was the highest example for the
highest behavior, for supporting what is right through matchless heroic deeds
that defeated falsehood and made it perishable.
He devoted his valuable life to the
service of his human brethren. He competed with the wheel of time in its
running and matched the sun in its light. The jet black
nights of Damascus were changed at his hands into bright days for the
glittering light of his works and the blessing grace of his sacrifices. He
joined his night to his day overcoming rest. His eyelids never closed except
for little naps to save his human brethren who were in swamps of sorrow and
pain, not caring for the dangers of death or capital punishment or for what
money or concessions he had paid in the service of God. Many times
he remained penniless despite his previous wealth. It is no wonder that God
revealed to him that manifest revelation on a sacred night to let him witness
the realm of God and ascend in his spirit into the sacred lofty Mohammadan worlds which were
prepared for him because of his truthfulness, effort and sacrifice. Similarly,
anyone who strives to attain this and be truthful in their love and their quest
for God and the messenger (cpth) shall find the door
open for them and for every truthfully desiring follower.