If we could just grasp the reality that the One denoted by the name Allah is present with His names in every iota and that His administration and dominance is expressed from the essence of every being…
If only we knew that the practices known as prayer are not for a deity-god but for the individual to know themself and thereby reach Allah, and their external aspect aids in the speedy formation of the conditions to form one’s eternal life, which again, requires the activation and expression of the intrinsic divine qualities inherent within…!
The magnificent brain of the Rasul of Allah (saw) manifested the qualities of Risalah and Nubuwwah in the most comprehensive way to show us the universal mechanism and its function; how and what things are formed, what events will be lived and how can one take necessary precautions…
If only we could read, through insight, the manual of the universal system; the magnificent Book of Knowledge and its timeless truths!
Aah, my friends… Which of these shall I explain?
If I were to share my insights in detail each of these can be a book on their own…
During my youth I used to pull my TK 145 tapes apart and put them back together following its instruction manual… Then when the cathode ray tube TV came out, I used to change the electron gun and readjust the tube… I had a 1303 Volkswagen beetle; I would dismantle its carburetor to clean it and then configure its air intake and valve adjustments… Fixing a typewriter was the easiest… Then the personal computers came out and I owned one with a 2 MB hard disk, the most advanced computer of its time… And now, I use an ASUS P5AD2-e board, 4 GB RAM SATA computer…
I have lived my entire life relying only on myself. I didn’t spare any area of knowledge, from atom physics to chemistry, from medicine to psychiatry… I researched all of it, just for the sake of better understanding religion …
I realized to appreciate and comprehend religion and the Quran one needs all of this knowledge, for each of these fields constitute a gear in a magnanimous mechanism that works as an integrated system, created by Allah!
I don’t know if there is a hadith or Sufi book that I have not yet read…
I even observed 90-120 day diets and fasted for 3-5 days consecutively, without making iftar in between, because Ahmad Rufai and Bursawi advised one must practice this knowledge if one wants to discern it…
In short, there are very few things that I haven’t tried or experienced on my life path, following the footsteps of the Rasul of Allah (saw)…
I was threatened and agitated by many, but I placed my belief and trust in Allah alone.
For, he who is not open to the new has no chance of attaining the new!
New things become apparent coupled with new applications!
Old methods cannot yield new products! Every new product is produced by a new method; the new can never be obtained via the old, according to my understanding.
I didn’t let anyone’s conception limit me, I always searched for a new way, I took their views into account but I only walked on my own path; the path bestowed to me by Allah, with His knowledge, will and power…
This is how I came to be who I am today. Now I am waiting the day when I can leave this world with the peace of having done my best to understand the Rasul of Allah (saw), the system he disclosed and the Quran he imparted, according to my capacity…
I pray that you also reach peace and tranquility through the dhikr of Allah…
For, the ‘heaven’ of knowing Allah cannot be experienced anywhere else!
Whatever you achieve and acquire pertaining to this world will eventually come to an end, which for a thinker is unsatisfactory and depressing.
But the journey in Allah with Allah is eternal and ever exciting!
Oh phoenix birds who are trying to escape your cocoons to fly out to eternity!
Realize that you are not little sparrows, and be certain that you never be satisfied with small prey…
27 October 2005
Raleigh – NC, USA