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In our
daily observations light is the substitution of mirror. This light acts as a
mirror betwixt the observer and the observed. We subdivide the act of viewing
in four circles which, in Sufism, are called the Four Dimensions. These circles
have been already discussed, in the previous pages, by the name of Channels. The
first circle is dominated as the 'Black Draft' (Tasweed). The very same
circle is also known as Void of Light. Spacelessness, Time are the other names
of the same circle. The same circle is the basis of the Beatific Vision of the
Being or the universe. The very same circle has been termed as ‘Tadalla’ (Inclination)
in the Holy Quran. There are two saying of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) that could
be referred in this regard.
1. "
I share Time with Allah".
2. "Don't
condemn Time, Time is Allah".
Thevery
same circle is the Invariant. This is the circle whose area is extended from
Eternity (The Remotest Beginning) to infinity (The Remotest). The gracious
command of Allah, ‘Kun’ (Be!) Is encompassing the prevailing upon the
very same circle. This is the circle that has been mentioned in the Quranic VERSE,
" Allah is the LIGHT of the heavens and the earth". This is
the circle that is the first dimension and we can term it as Sight. The other
three Circles, Abstraction (Tajreed), Evidence (Tasheed) and Manifestation
(Tazheer) are spaces.
Dimension No 1 =
Sight (Nazar)
Dimension No 2 =
Seeing (Nazara)
Dimension No 3 =
Spectator (Nazir)
Dimension No 4 =
Scene (Manzar)
All
these four are also known as Observation (n) (Shahood), Act of Observation (v) (Mushahida),
Observer (Shahid) and the Observed (Mashhood) respectively. The Sight, or
the Observation, or the Black Draft or Time is the basis or the foundation of
the Observation, structural formation of the universe. No variation has ever
taken place in it nor is it ever likely to take place. At its own place it is
the Principal Reality upon which the edifice of the other three Spaces is
staying. This principal Reality is the Spacelessness and this is the reality of
all three spaces. The first space following this, called the Abstraction, exist
in the form of Seeing or Observing. The second space or the Evidence is known
as the spectator of the Observer. The third space, the Manifestation is called
the Observed or the seen. This space is the fathomless ocean of light.
Qalandar Baba Auliay (R.A)
Alshaikh Khwaja
Shamsuddin Azeemi, Chief Editor of the monthly Roohani Digest, the renowned
spiritual scholar, founder of the chain of Muraqba Halls the world over has had
the honour of learning the spiritual sciences from his spiritual mentor, His
Divine Grace Qalander Baba Auliya, the sage of this age. In order to teach him
the spiritual sciences Qalander Baba Auliya made Alshaikh Azeemi to pen down
the words that he used to narrate. Alshaikh Azeemi being a devoted disciple not
only noted the contents but also did his best to understand what he was taught.
The eventual out come of his dedicated work took the form of the ‘Loh-o-Qalum’,
the first ever book that comprises the whole syllabus of the spiritual science.
Who else was more suitable to explain the contents of this document but
Alshaikh Azeemi, the very able student of Qalander Baba Auliya. Dissemination
of that knowledge, which is the legacy of prophets and had reached him in
disciplic succession, has become an obsession for Alshaikh Azeemi because, according
to him, this knowledge is the only elixir and the antidote for the ailing
humanity in present times.
