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9th Khutbah 

On disclosure and meditation

Qutbul Aqtaab,Syedus Saadaat,Sheikhul_Mashaikh, Ghous Samadaani,  Mahboob Subhaani, Sulatanul_Aulia, Abu Muhammad, Al-Syed Sheikh Mohayyuddin Abdul Qadir , Al-Gillani   Radhi_Allahu Anhu    said: 

To saints and Abdaal are disclosed such workings of Allah( Subhanahu Wa-Ta'ala) as perplex the mind and defy all customs and conventions. They are of two kinds: Divine Majesty (Jalal) and Divine Beauty (Jamal). 

Divine majesty and sublimity give rise to disconcerting fear and alarming dread, with such a mighty impact on the heart that the effects become apparent in the physical body. Thus it is related of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam) that "from his chest during prayer one could hear a humming sound like the simmering of a cooking pot, due to the intensity of his fear," because of his vision of the majesty of Allah (Subhanahu Wa-Ta'ala) and the divine sublimity that was revealed to him. Similar experiences are attributed to Abraham( 'Alaihis-salaam), the special friend of the All-Merciful ( Allah, Subhanahu Wa-Ta'ala), and to (Umar al-Faruq (Radhi-Allahu Anhu).

As for direct contemplation of the Divine Beauty, that is an experience in which hearts are adorned with light and joy and gracious favors, sweet words and friendly conversation, glad tidings of tremendous gifts and lofty stations, and a foretaste from Him of how all their affairs must in the end return to Allah (Subhanahu Wa-Ta'ala), for the Pen ran dry from allotting their destinies in times ancient. This is a favor from Him and a mercy, and a confirmation for them in this world until the attainment of the final term that is the time appointed. It is granted lest they exceed the bounds of love through sheer intensity of longing for Allah (Subhanahu Wa-Ta'ala), so that their resolution fails and they perish, or lose the strength to stand in servitude until there comes to them the Certainty, which is death. He treats them like this out of kindness and mercy, as a therapy and to train and gently coax their hearts. "He is All, Wise, All-Knowing" (15:25). He is Gentle with them: "Most Kind, Most Merciful" (9:117).

This explains why it is related of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu 'Alaihi Wasallam) that he used to say to Bilal the Muezzin ( Radhi-Allahu Anhu): "Comfort us, O Bilal, with the signal (iqama), so that we may enter the prayer"-to enjoy the state of contemplation we have been discussing. This is why he said: "The cooling of my eyes has been reposed in the prayer (salat)." 

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