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Allahu ta’âlâ give salvation to you and to those on the righteous
way! Âmîn.
38 – FANÂ-FILLAH
Imâm-ı Rabbânî (rahmat-Allâhu ’alaih) in his book
Ma’ârif-i Ladunniyya, in the Twenty-sixth Ma’rifat [1] ,
explains ‘fanâ’ as follows:
Fanâ means to forget everything except Allahu ta’âlâ. Each
of the five lâtifas in âlam-i amr has a picture, a likeness in man.
These five lâtîfas have been given the names of heart, soul, sir,
khafî and akhfâ. The majority of Awliyâ, being unable to
differentiate between them, called all of them “the soul.” When
referred to as “the soul,” these five things are understood. [We
are made of matter, and live among material beings. Beings
that are made of matter consist of the seven skies and the kursî
and arsh. These nine classes of beings are one within the
other, like the layers of an onion. The outermost one is the arsh.
Each layer is very much larger than the one within it. It is like
the greatness of the ocean in comparison to a drop of water.
There is no matter outside the ninth layer, which is the arsh.
These beings which are not material are called “âlam-i amr”
(beings of command) because they were created with the
single command “Be!” Classes of material beings that consist of
the nine layers are called “âlem-i khalq.” ‘Khalq’ means
‘dimension,’ that is, matter. Âlam-i khalq was created in seven
days. The building stone of âlam-i khalq is matter. The building
stone of âlam-i amr is called “latîfa.” Âlam-i amr is made of
various lâtîfas. Out of these, samples of five of them were given
to men. Profound Islâmic savants were able to understand
these lâtifas and even their originals in the âlam-i amr. Today
there is no such profound savant left on the earth. These five
lâtîfas existing in men were given the names of heart, sir, soul,
[1] Religious knowledge that cannot be comprehended through the five
senses or through the intellect can be learned from the Prophet’s
words. Within religious information there is such knowledge which
cannot be recorded in books or which cannot be explained through
words. No words can be found to explain them. They are called
ma’rifats. The owner of these ma’rifats is called “Murshid.” They can be
obtained only as a result of flowing from the murshid’s heart or from the
dead ones’ souls into the hearts of those who desire them. There are
some conditions to be fulfilled for attaining this.
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