Thursday, August 26, 2010

Spiritual Healing in the Sufi Tradition

How Energy Relates To Disease
Spiritual healers symbolize the flowing of the driving life force in the body and in the universe as vortices of energy made up of a number of smaller spiral cones of energy.

  • These are known in Islamic terminology as"lataif", meaning subtle manifestations or layers.

  • The lata‘if (sing. lateefa) are the points of maximum energy intake and are very important focal points of balance within the energy system.
Disease and illness occur if a lateefa is unbalanced.
Lata‘if in adults have a protective screen over them.


  • In a healthy system, these lata‘if spin in synchronized rhythm with the others, drawing energy from the universal energy field into their center for use by the body.

  • Each one of them is tuned to a specific frequency that helps the body to remain healthy.

  • However, in a diseased system these vortices are not synchronized.

  • The energy of the lata‘if that make up these vortices may be fast or slow, jerky or lopsided.

  • Sometimes breaks in the entire energy pattern can be observed in which a lateefa may be fully or partially collapsed or inverted.

  • These disturbances are related to dysfunction or pathology of the physical body in that area.

Towards the Understanding of the 9 POINTS
Healing Through Meditation And Focal Points Of The Lata’if
The feeling of pain can be completely cured by meditation wherein the dormant energy of a sick body is activated by a spiritual ignition produced by the meditative process.This spiritual process uses seven different focal points in the seven layers, the lata’if.
There are seven focal points {plus 2 more} of thelata’if.
This is different from 5 Levels of the Heart

  • These are located above and below the heart,

  • above and below the left breast,

  • above and below the right breast, and

  • one on the forehead.

  • Every Lataif has a different energy color,

  • and every energy has a different effect on a specific disease.

  • The two focal points above and below the heart are green.

  • The points above and below the left breast are yellow,

  • the ones above and below the right breast are black,

  • and the one on the forehead is white.

  • { By Permission the Shaykh will give out The Ismu Allah or Dhikr for each Point and the number of repetitions} This will activate the Points.
Through meditation these seven focal points of the lata’if generate energy.

  • Then, like a magnet, these activated focal points attract more energy from the universal cosmic energy source in the shape of tiny floating spheres of light.

  • The size of these spheres depends on which lateefa is activated, as there is a different sized sphere for every different color lateefa.

  • Depending on the illness, the healer activates the appropriate lateefa needed to cure that sickness.

  • In turn, the lateefa produces more of its energy color which itself attracts from the universal energy source more of the same light.

  • The result of this positive feedback loop is atremendous outpouring of shimmering globes of lightwhich descend from the cosmic energy source onto the person of the healer.
Through this flood of colored energy spheres, the healer is energized to the point where he/She  radiates heat from his body through his hands and projects light from his forehead.

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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Unlock The Secrets of The muqatta'at

Abjad Table PDF File
About one-quarter of the Quranic Surahs are preceded by mysterious letter-symbols called muqatta'at – disjointed letters or, occasionally, Fawatih – openings because they appear at the beginning of the relevant Surahs.
It is related that Abu Bakr as-Siddiq said:

في كل كتاب سر، وسره في القرآن فواتح القرآن
For every book there is a secret and all of its secrets are in the Qur`an in the
opening letters of the chapters.


Al-Hasan said, " The Quran has knowledge of everything
and the knowledge of the Quran is in the Huroof
which are the letters in the beginning of the chapters.

And Ibn Abbas said,
 The beginning opening letters of the
chapters are taken from the names of Allāh.

Abu Aliyyah agreed and said:
There is not a letter except it is a
key for one of the names of Allah;

  • the Alif is the key for His name Allah{see Abjad Table}
  • Lam for Latif,
  • Mim for Malik,
  • Sad for Sadiq,
  • Ra for Rabb,
  • Kaf for Karim,
  • Ta for Tayyib,
  • Sin for Sam'i,
  • Ha for Hamid,
  • Qaf for Qadir,
  • Nun for Nur,
  • Ha for Hadi,
  • 'Ayn for Alim and
  • Ya for Yaqin.

And he quoted from Ibn Abbas:

Without a doubt, the opening of the chapters
using the huruf is Allah`s Greatest Name.

As-Sady said:

…When Allah wants to make someone and Wali, he teaches him from 'ilm ladduni, then he becomes a knowledgeable wali.

And he endows him from 99 names , with a name which opens it.
This is not open for the scholar by investigation or research.

Then He elevates him to the knowledge of internal and external meanings of the names.

The external is what is related to Allah.

And after that He teaches him the internal aspects which are the singular huruf which is 14 letters { 14th Letter is Nun- Quran says "nun wala qalam" Noon and by the Pen} which occurs in the opening chapters and the are luminous letters. Thereafter he understands them, Allah teaches him the Greatest Name in which if he were to make supplication with he would be answer and if he ask by it, he will be given...

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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Ramadan Mubarak :)








يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ
"O who believe, fasting is decreed for you as it was decreed for those before you; perchance you will guard yourselves. (2:183)

Ramadan - The Gates of Allah’s Mercy

Shaykh Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani

The Prophet (s) gave good tidings about this holy month. The first third of this Holy Ramadan is the days of mercy for all people, ten days, the second ten days are the days of forgiveness of Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala, and the last one-third, is freedom from Hell for believers--Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala freeing them from Hell. Therefore, believers who try to keep the Lord’s orders during the days of Blessed Ramadan by fasting and during the night by praying Tarawih1 and night prayers (tahajjud), may be rewarded by our Lord giving them immunity, safety (bara`a) from Hell, and they have been given good tidings of Paradise.2
The whole spiritual structure of mankind is built on cleanliness, and it is impossible for a person to improve his spiritual station without first attaining complete cleanliness, physically and spiritually. Fasting is a beginning for spiritual cleanliness. The first step is the common level of fasting: trying to free yourself from your nafs' commands and control. As long as you are under the control of your nafs you remain unclean.
Therefore the first level of fasting is to compel our ego so that we may take control from its hands and put control in our own hands--therefore we abstain from eating, drinking and sexual contact in the daytime.
The first step is to avoid what is halal (permitted) on every day except during Ramadan. Eating and drinking and having sexual intercourse are halal; but in Ramadan, the permitted thing becomes haram--forbidden--during the daytime. That is the basic level of cleanliness, but it is of a higher purpose to seek even greater cleanliness.
To attain greater cleanliness, the second step is to try to be clean from sins: you must guard your eyes, your tongue, your ears, your hands, your feet and all the parts of your body from wrongdoing. You must tell yourself, " O my tongue! Just as you are keeping yourself from tasting food and drink, yet still you must be careful. Don't say anything that is prohibited."
That second step--to clean ourselves from all prohibited actions and sins makes us physically and spiritually lighter; we may move toward higher spiritual stations. Yet it is not enough.
The third step is for hearts: you must attend to your heart. Allah Almighty is telling us: "your heart belongs to Me." Among the Children of Adam, every part of the body belongs to him but one. "Your heart belongs to Me, not to anyone else," He says, "Therefore I am asking that it be clean, absolutely clean."3
How can it be clean? Everything except Allah Almighty and His Pleasure must be put out of your heart. Every time you are by yourself, you can look into your heart to see if you are with your Lord or with someone or something else. Whenever you examine your heart and find yourself with your Lord, Almighty Allah, you must deem yourself fortunate. At that time divine light will enter your heart, and you may reach the true pleasure of faith. The Prophet (s) said, "The lustful glance is one of the poison arrows of Satan. He who because of pity abstains therefrom will receive from Allah a belief, the sweetness of which will fill his heart."
Thus it is important for every believer to control his or her every action. Without guarding our actions we are destined to lose. And every action begins with a thought. Satan is well-aware of the nature of mankind. In every kind of thought he has put some of his tricks. Whoever is able to control his thoughts, may be safe from Satan’s promptings; but whoever is unable to control them will have his mind filled with evil ideas and falsehood. Whoever is under Satan’s control cannot be an obedient servant to his Lord. As Muslims and believers this must be our first concern--to control ourselves. If you find any of Satan’s control affecting yourself, in either actions or thoughts, you must strive to make them clean.

Increased Worship - A Means of Approaching Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala

When Ramadan comes to an end, we may find ourselves "crying for Ramadan". This month gives so much pleasure to us, through our increased obedience and worship of Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala. These two are the source of all true happiness--obedience and worship. For that reason the Prophet (s) "and the apple of my eyes is prayer--salaat".
Allah Almighty sent us His messages through His prophets. The summary of those messages is that people should take control of themselves. Therefore Allah Almighty orders prayers five times a day, plus Sunnah worship as well. There are the five times of prayer which Allah Almighty makes obligatory on His servants, but the Prophet (s) did Sunnah-prayers by day and by night also, so that those times of praying are always putting control on our limbs and on our hearts. Allah Almighty says in a hadith qudsi, "O My servant! If you take one step toward Me, I take ten toward you." Therefore we are in need to be active for His Sake. Make your steps more firm on the Straight Path and more powerful, day by day.
It is this holy season of worshipping which will cause you to move toward Allah Almighty. "When Ramadan comes... a caller calls out every night: 'Oh seeker of Good, draw near! Oh seeker of Evil, desist!' " [an-Nasa'i]. Therefore, this month presents a special opportunity: one for increased worship and increased devotion. In it are prescribed tarawih and the night prayers by means of which one may move ever closer to Allah subhanahu wa ta`ala. we have an opportunity during Holy Ramadan more than at any other time. The one who is able to control himself during Ramadan is going to be able, with Allah Almighty’s support, to take control of himself for the other eleven months. Everything begins small and grows, good things and bad things, good habits and bad habits; for each one we have a beginning. And the beginning is difficult, but you must be patient and continue; if you know that something is right, you must continue to keep on that way, even though it may be so difficult. Difficulties may be overcome by a strong faith and strong faith is with those people who are able to control themselves. Therefore make a firm and continuous intention to increased devotion, not only for for this holy month, Ramadan, but make it continuous always.

Notes

1Yahya related to me from Malik that Yazid ibn Ruman said, "The people used to watch the night in prayer during Ramadan for twenty-three rak'as in the time of Umar ibn al-Khattab." [Al-Muwatta, 6.2.5]
2 "This is a month, the first part of which brings Allah’s Mercy, the middle of which brings Allah’s forgiveness and the last part of which brings emancipation from hellfire." [Bukhari].
3This is one tafsir of the hadith qudsi: Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, "Allah said: The Fast is for Me and I will give the reward for it, as he (the one who observes the fast) leaves his sexual desire, food and drink for My Sake. Fasting is a screen (from Hell) and there are two pleasures for a fasting person, one at the time of breaking his fast, and the other at the time when he will meet his Lord. And the smell of the mouth of a fasting person is better in Allah's Sight than the smell of musk." [Bukhari]


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