Chapter X: Evils of Self-Deception
but his parents make him a Jew, or a Christian or a Maginan. The Prophet said: If the party of the devil did not move in the soul of the son of Adam: he could have seen the divine realm. It appears from this Hadis also that the above five obstacles prevent a man from seeing the divine realm. The PropheVwas once asked:
Where is God-in earth or in heaven? He said: God is in the soul of a believer. In another Hadis, there is this: The Prophet Was asked :
Who is the best man? The Prophet replied: The believer whose soul is Makhmus is best. He was asked: What is Makhmus? He said: That soul is Makhmus which is God-fearing, in which there is no deceit, deception, treachery, contrivance and hatred! For this reason, the Prophet said: When God-fear lifted from my soul the screen (of sins), my Lord saw my soul? Whoever lifts up the screen of sins from his soiil, the pictures of unseen things are , disclosed in his soul.\Then he can see paradise which extends in heaven and earth. Unseen world is outside of external eyes.
When this world of sight and the unseen world are united at a time, it is termed Hazrat Rabubiyat or the presence of .God's being which can encompass everything. There is no existence of anything except that of God, His actions and His sovereignty. His servants are included within His actions. The object of all actions is to make soul pure and bright. The Quran says: He who purifies it will get salvation-91:8Q. The object of purity of soul is to gain light of faith therein or to enkindle the light of divine knowledge.
Regarding this, God says: God expends the breast of one for Islam whom He wishes to guide. God says: Whose breast God has expanded for Islam, he is on light from his Lord-39 : 22.
THREE STAGES OF LIGHT OF FAITH: This light of faith in soul has got three stages. In the first stage, the light is that of faith of ordinary man. It is the light of blind faith. In the second stage, it is the light of faith of the followers of Fiqh or jurisprudence. It is mixed with some sort of proof. In the third stage, it is the light of faith of the friends of God. It is the dazzling ray of certain faith.
Take for instance the stay of Zaid within his house. It can be proved in three ways. The first kind of proof is belief on hearing.
If you have belief in a certain man and you know that he does not speak lie, you will believe his word that Zaid is in his house. This is the belief of ordinary man based on hearing only. When the little boys attain maturity, they hear from their parents and relatives that there is God, that He is almighty. Creator of everything, that He sent apostles with books. They believe them
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