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1424 years ago, the whole earth was under the
dark cover of ignorance. There was anarchy everywhere. There can be no worse
instance of ignorance and cruelty than this that the parents used to kill their
off-springs. Vulgarity was common. When the quarrels and bloodshed on earth
crossed all the limits and the crown of creation, forgetting his status of
humanity and of the representation of Allah on earth, became brutal, Allah
revealed to his beloved man Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H) to pacify the earth. This
selected, respectable and pious man of Allah disclosed the most unusual,
wondrous, finite and infinite signs of Allah in such a marvellous way that the
reality about heaven and earth was dawned upon the Arabs in the very early
days.
"Behold! in the creation of the heavens
and the earth, and the alternation of night and day,- there are indeed Signs
for men of understanding,- Men who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing,
sitting, and lying down on their sides, and contemplate the [wonders of]
creation in the heavens and the earth, [With the thought]: "Our Lord! not
for aught Hast Thou created [all] this! Glory to Thee! Give us salvation from
the penalty of the Fire."
(Surah Al-e-Imran: Verse 190-91)
. "Do
they not look at the sky above them?- How We have made it and adorned it, and
there are no flaws in it? And the earth- We
have spread it out, and set thereon mountains
standing firm, and produced therein every kind of beautiful growth [in pairs]-
To be observed and commemorated by every devotee turning [to Allah]."
(Surah Qaf: Verse 6-8)
When the Muslims had gird up their loins in the
search of knowledge, they spared no discipline from their research. Their research
bears lessons and advice for the whole Muslim Ummah. The libraries of the
Eastern countries are replete with the books of Muslim scholars. They are the
intellectual Muslims who spread knowledge through their research. Muslims
brought about the knowledge in the world at the time when ignorance was
prevalent all around. There were Sufis and scientists among the thinkers and
researchers who were experts of the latent knowledge. Today the Muslims are
empty-handed. It is because we have done away with thinking , research and meditation
over Allah's sign's on a nation.
Abdul Malik Asmai did his research on Mathematics,
Biology, Botany, man's birth and evolution. Abdul Malik Asmai is the founder of
science. Before him, we find no existence of scientific knowledge in the whole
history.
The translations of Jabar Bin Hayan's books
have been taught in various universities of Europe till the 15th century. This
scientist invented the method of making the cloth water proof, saving the iron
form getting rusty and painting the mirror glass.
Muhammad Bin Musa Al-Kharizmi enhanced the
value of the digits by adding 'cipher' (Zero). He drew maps of the earth and
did research in geography.
Ali Ibn-e-Sohail Raban-al-Tibri wrote a
complete book in the nameof Firdos-ul-Kikmat,
Yaqoob Bin Ishaq Al-Kundi was expert m
Astrology, Chemistry, Music and Physics.
Abul Qasim Abbas Bin Farmas kept experimenting
on flying in the air and his efforts proved fore-runners of making aero
planes. He also invented sun-clock or solar-clock.
Sabit Ibn-e-Qart invented levers and gears. If
there had not been levers and gears, we would not be able to invent new things
with the help of big machines.
Abu Bakar Muhammad Bin Zakarya Al-Razi was
expert in surgery. He invented the method of stitching the skin after
operation.
Abu Al-Nasar Al farabi had invented an
instrument of music whose listener would sometime slept, wept and laughed.
Abul Hassan Al-Masoodi was the very first
person who told about the presence of ocean and earth in place of each other at
the time when there was no tool for measurement.
Ibne-e-Sina was master of the medical science.
He made the map of Physiology and made the pictures of every part separately.
In the present day Medical Science, the book "Anatomy" is the
translation of his written book.
Ibn-e-Sina invented the instrument for
measuring the body temperature which is present even today in the form of
Thermometer.
There are some other scientists also, apart from
the above mentioned, who founded the scientific knowledge after research and
efforts.
Shah Abdul Aziz's father translated the Holy
Quran into Persian first of all. He uncovered the latent. He researched on
Universal System and told that there was a body of light (Noor) with every human
being. The deprived and declining nation paid for his services by plotting
murder against. When science became popular and when it introduced AURA, God
forbid, the nation accepted it acknowledging Divine Scripture (Sahifa)
Baba Tajud-din-Nagpuri told that man's sight
had great vastness. The sun is 90 million miles away from earth. When we could
see the sun, it means that the far off things could be seen without any device
and without the knowledge of the Sight. He told that in the universe, every
creature had a relation with other, every particle was attached with the other
and when living organisms came together, they formed life.
The life experiences of Shah Abdul Aziz Dehlvi
let us know that we can see the invisible creature; the ghosts. We can befriend
them and take benefit of their services.
Sheikh Ibne Arabi told that it was possible for
men to see the spirits talk to them, visit the heavenly, world with their help
and know the mysteries of the universe.
The great spiritual scientist Qalandar Baba
Aoliya uncovered the reality of dreams. He revealed that man's half life is
spent while awake and half while asleep. Both the parts are fed by spirits. Qalandar
Baba Aoliya says,
"Spirit is the combination of Divine
Lustre, Light and Shine." God has enabled the spirits to form "
nasma". When divine light dominates nasma, the angels are created. When
light shines in nasma, it generates spirits and human beings. This formula
works in the creation of human beings and the spirits that both the creatures
keep on exchanging in appearance and latent. The exchange in the latent is the
life of dreams and the shifting from latent to appearance is reality. It means
both the worlds of dreams and reality consist in sense. Constant and regular
active information contributes to information. When this information descends, it
forms such atoms as space and when this
information ascends, it forms such atoms as create the heavenly creatures.
Before the Arabs, there was no contribution to
science in China, India, Japan, Egypt, even the whole Asia, Europe and America.
However, the science was present in Greece to certain limit. The conversion to
scientific research and new inventions is the result of the teachings of the
Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H). After the revelation of the Holy Quran when the Arab
Land shone with knowledge, there was no civilization and culture in the West.
The Russians drank in the human skulls. The Holy Prophet revolutionized the
life of the Arab Bedouin.
The Muslims conquered more than the half of the
world acting upon the glorious knowledge and teachings of the Holy Quran. The
empires of Qaisar-o-Kisra fell at the mercy of the Muslims. The enlightened
Muslims revolutionized the world and introduced the world to a new civilization
and culture.
The translation of books written by the Muslim
writers in the light of Islamic theory were appreciated so much in Europe that
new universities were established there. The books and various sciences like
Astrology and Mathematics remained in their syllabus for four centuries. The
Europe historians acknowledge that there were no Muslims, the European world
have been devoid of knowledge. The Muslims started declining knowledge wise after
5th and 6th Hijra century. The Muslim ummah abandoned the Islamic research and
contemplation which brought about the Muslims' detachment with Quranic
enlightenment and wisdom. The Muslims shun the contemplation. They neglected
the very light of economic, social and spiritual life caused by the Quranic
knowledge. They ignored the conquest of the universe which is a complete and
3rd comprehensive advice of Quran. They turned their backs to it and Islamic
world lost the sense given by Islam 14th centuries ago when a nation discards
contemplation. Research and search, insight and wisdom. It is deprived of light
and reasoning and then it is divided into seets and groups and gets entirely
disintegrated.
Like other matters, the hypocrites and
conspiring figures kept meddling with Spiritual process and attracted the
people to revelation and wonders. This process was given air in such a way that
made the people believe that Spiritualism was nothing other than revelation and
wonders. The other thing propagated against reality was that the conquest of
the universe or acquiring spiritualism meant only to abandon the world. It
resulted in the Muslims' going away from research and leaving the place to the
non-Muslims who made great progress in the universal knowledge. In the present
world every one knows that the happenings described as wonders a century ago,
are now commonly believed under the scientific system. Now the quotation of
seeing a saint at certain 5 or 7 places seems absurdity only. If Quranic
teachings are comprehended in the material sense, many misunderstandings appear
in its meaning and comprehension. Therefore our religious scholars do not agree
upon the translations of the Holy Quran given even by themselves. Every
explanation is a new document of new rules and meanings. Quranic words are sage
because Allah Himself has taken the responsibility of its safety.
The Sufis' teachings tell us that man dies
every moment and this moment's death becomes the fore cause of next moment's
death. A little amount of contemplation reveals to us that all efforts of life
as deeds, knowledge, comprehension or morality are the matters till the grave.
If man comprehends the distinction between life and eternal-being, he finds the
secret of eternal life in this world.
It is obvious that the human beings of the
present times have lost in the material world so much so that pleasures. You
may find many using the name of when there are few belief holders then who will
ask for belief.
Today's man considers the present scientific
progress n the absolute sense. This is a strayed thinking because Quran tells
that man's progress in Hazrat Suleiman’s time was so great that a person who
was not a prophet shifted a crown in material form within the time of an
eye-wink from a distance of 1500 miles. The intellectuals have disappointed
since the past centuries. They never stirred the man's thinking and never told
about the science an account of which the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) went on Meraj
without any source.
Man is made from light. All his senses rest on
electrons. If man becomes familiar with his inner electricity, he can shift any
material thing anywhere at will. Science consists in speculation. The result
depends on the functioning of speculation. Any theory based on speculation can
stand with
· other
theories for a short time and then dies away. All the prescribed methods of the
people have failed in one way or the other. All the systems of wisdom except
Oneness of Allah have either died out with their followers or are dying out
gradually. Today's generation is more disappointed than the past generations
and the next generation would be even more desperate.
The stipendiary of different nations and
countries are different and it is impossible that the physical stipendiary of
all human beings is the same. There are only spiritual stipendiary common among
the whole human race. If the thinkers of the world succeed in correcting the
wrong interpretations of the stipendiary they can unite the global nations
under one flag.
Allah say's;
"We have indeed created man in the best of
moulds."
(Surah At-Teen: Verse 4)
Man is superior among the creatures because of
his ability of knowing the hidden sciences, understanding them and making use
of them. The scientific inventions of the past centuries or of the present
time, both are the demonstrations of the use of the latent faculties.
Sufism reveals that everything on earth is
covered with light and in this cover of light the quantities are functioning.
When man contemplates over something awakening his hidden faculties, he is
revealed to the powers lying within the thing. The present scientific progress
consists in the same principle. The more the scientists contemplated the more
destructive and constructive forces found within the objects were revealed to
them. Scientists are of the view that all the objects whether in liquid, gas or
solid form are made of atoms and atom itself chiefly consists of space. In some
objects all the atoms are same. They are called elements which include the
natural elements like hydrogen, carbon, iron, gold, lead, platinum and uranium.
Apart from elements, in compounds different elements are absorbed and
interwoven with each other. The mutual absorption of the elements makes a
whole.
Atom is a Greek word which means an undividable
object. In the Greek language, 'tom' means 'to divide'. In Aryan languages,
"" is a negative speech. Atom name has been given by a scientist name
wemqrat.
Wemqrat had put forward a theory that every
object in the world was made up of the smallest undividable particles called
Atom. The size of one Atom is 2.5 crorth part of an inch. It means millions of
atoms can be put on the point of a needle. The atoms of the light objects are
light and heavy of the heavy objects. Including man all animal's spirit is the
compound of atoms. The atoms of the spirits are smaller and thinner those that of
other objects. About death Wemqrat was of the view that when all atoms excluded
from the body, death took place. In this condition, even a single atom of the
spirit does not semin in the body as should bring the excluded atoms back.
Therefore after the exclusion of the sprit, man
does not remain alive.
Research and experiments have proved that matter
and energy both are two forms of the same thing. All the particles discovered
till today have become before in form of energy. These particles ultimately
produce energy after the division and disintegration into the basic particles.
What are the grounds of the detailed information about molecule or the basic
particles invisible so far? In response to the above question scientists
maintain that in the light of the impression and special demonstration obtained
as a result of experiment, the basic knowledge about the atoms and its
particles have been gathered. For example the vision as the T.V screen is blue
to flow of the electron beam whenever this beam is not visible. In such
experiments when an atom is brought under the influence of same external force
or says this influence on the atom particles can be seen on a screen. This
visible response on the screen is in the form of dots or twinkling of light. In
this way the properties of the particles are known.
The people holding the authorities nested by
god. That best creator, determine light (Noor) in the creation of the universe.
They call the flow of light(Noor) and shine the movement of the universe the
biggest region in the universe or the smallest particle (Atom) are covered with
the sheath of divine-height and the whole world consists in the quantities of
every particle and element but these ratios are different. Every quantity is
interwoven with each other. If on one side these quantities have relations but
on the other hand they are divergent too.
Allah says in the Holy Quran:
"And whatsoever He hath created for you in
the earth of divers hues, lo! therein is indeed a portent for people who take
heed."
(Surah Nahal: Verse 13)
"Allah is the Light of the heavens and the
earth."
(Surah Noor: Verse 35)
"Not an atom's weight, or less than that
or greater, escape the Him in the heavens or in the earth, but it is in a clear
Record."
(Surah Saba: Verse 3)
Allah also says:
"Say [unto them, O Muhammad]: He who
knoweth the secret of the heavens and the earth hath revealed it."
(Surah Furqan: Verse 6)
It means that each and every partiicle of the
universe, every atom and molecule is in His knowledge.
Allah says:
"Glorify the name of thy Guardian-Lord
Most High, Who hath created, and further, given order and proportion; Who hath
ordained laws. And granted guidance."
(Surah Aalah: Verse 1-3)
It means that Allah has made everything with
fixed quantities (atoms) and these fixed quantities are in fact the faculties
working inward and outward of the thing which is existing in the patronage of a
force under some prescribed principles and morns. The biggest heavenly bodies.
The most ordinary atom. The inner shield or parts of atom. Electron, proton.
And neutrons are before the very eyes of that only force.
Allah says in the Holy Quran:
"Praise be to Allah, unto Whom belongeth
whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth. His is the praise
in the Hereafter, and He is the Wise, the Aware. He knoweth that which goeth
into the earth and that which cometh forth from it, and that descendeth from
the heaven and that which ascendeth
' into
it. He is the Merciful, the Forgiving. Those who disbelieve say: The Hour will
never come unto us. Say: Nay, by my Lord, but it is coining unto you surely. [He
is] the Knower of the Unseen. Not an atom's weight, or less than that or
greater, escapeth Him in the heavens or in the earth, but it is in a clear
Record (Quran)."
(Surah Saba: Versel-3)
· In
this section of chapter saba 3 types of particles have been mentioned:
I. Particle
of the size of a rati (1/8 part of masha)
II. Smaller
than this
III. Even
smaller
In the creation 3 types of particles are found:
The inner parts of atom 1 and 2 and compounds
of the 3rd atom. "Misqala zarrah" means equal to ratti in weight
which proves the existence of weight. All of us know that ratti means the
smallest weight. Equal to particle means of some weight or fixed quantities. As
atom is unit with electron, proton and neutron in it, therefore it has both
quantity and weight.
1. The
smaller ones mean the alpha, gamma and beta rays excluding from electron,
proton and neutron and centre of the atoms.
2. The
bigger than atom mean the smallest and the biggest particles discovered till
doom's day.
By contemplating on the Quran means visionary
sight gets enabled to see the net of light in the unit of Atom. A Sufi knows
that the Creator of atom, its internal parts and heaven and earth is the same
and He is the master of the whole universe. He has created the universal system
under a discipline and has given existence to the objects with determined
quantities. This knowledge of the quantities comes to that person who according
to Allah's saying:
"As
for those who strive in Us, We surely guide them to Our paths."
(Surah Ankabut: Verse 69) In Quran there is
mentioning of iron.
"And We sent down Iron, in which is [material
for] mighty war, as well as many benefits for mankind."
(Surah Hadid: Verse 35)
The individual who has learnt Sufism under the
supervision of his leader when learns these quantities working in the creation
of the objects he can come to know the reality by decreasing or increasing
these quantities. This knowledge of quantities refers to the presence of such
quantities in metal, lead as can overcome the force of atom.
The universe is being fed by the four canals or
energies. These canals are;
1. Tasweed
2. Tajreed
3. Tasheed
4. Tazheer
Uranium and lead both the metals are fed by
tasweedi canals. There is such a sheath of waves over lead. If it is
discovered, the world can escape the destruction of the atom.
Allah says:
"And hath made of service unto you
whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is in the earth; it is all from
Him."
(Surah Jasia: Verse 13)
It means that whenever man contemplates over
anything present in the heavens and earth, the quantities working within the
thing are revealed to him. In short, atom is a compound of quantities and these
quantities are the unit of matter. Every unit of matter is covered with the
sheath of light (Noor).The light is supposed to travel at the speed of 186282
miles per second. The speed of the noorani waves is thousand times greater than
that of the light. Noor and light is net compound and individual waves over
which these in the smallest and the largest particle. When a Sufi enters Noor
from mere light, the unspeakable energy in the smallest particle is revealed to
him.
In the present day scientists progress.
Individual thinking and maters gains are working. Therefore this whole progress
has brought about worry and restlessness for man. If the same progress is made
following the prophetic lines, it will bring about comfort and satisfaction for
human race. At present this craze of progress has led man to the verge of
destruction. If it is not checked properly, the world would come to an end at
any time. The objects with existence are sure to be used,
The difference between the present time Sufi
and the scientist is that the scientist prefers his interests while Sufi's work
is dedicated to the creature. The ability of understanding the universe is
known as mugheebat-e-akwan in Sufism. The Sufi men and women with the ability
of mugheebat-e-akwan have such an insight that they can see the past events
happened thousands of years ago and foresee the events going to happen in the
coining thousands of years and get awareness to all the details of these
events.
KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DEEN AZEEMI
Many a scholar has written a lot about
spiritualism and pantheism. One school of thought is of the view that as saints
often used to wear wooly dresses therefore people would call them sufis. Wool
is called sauf in Arabic. They used to wear such a dress, for it had been the
habit of many a prophet, saints and pious people. According to some people, as
they have been associated with the Ashaab-e-suffa that is why they are called sufis;
whereas according to yet another school of thought the word sufi is linked with
suf a.... but all these explanations are not satisfactory.
In fact, the terminological meaning of Sufi'ism
(tasawaf) is self cleansing. It is the name of a true spirit that is related
to conscience and the light of conscience is always inherent. A sufi always
thinks in the context of Allah. His talk moves around Allah. He lives with
Allah and dies in the name of Allah. He recites His words and always praises
Him and remains enmeshed in His love. He sacrifices everything in order to see
and meet Allah.
