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<strong>The</strong> Elipse <strong>of</strong> <strong>Islam</strong>________________________________________________________conveyed <strong>to</strong> some privileged people with the instructions that it should notbe revealed <strong>to</strong> public. However our Ahle Sharia lists this in the mostauthentic books <strong>of</strong> traditions while Ahle Tariqa (followers <strong>of</strong> Sufism) presentthis as a pro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> hidden knowledge.Laduni KnowledgeThis hidden knowledge is not written anywhere but is transferred fromgeneration <strong>to</strong> generation <strong>of</strong> Sufis through intuition. This is called iIm eladuni. It is not necessary that a disciple gets this knowledge directly fromhis master (murshid). This can be achieved through a hidden methoddespite the passage <strong>of</strong> a long time. For example, it is said about JunaidBaghdadi (died in 298 AH) that he received the knowledge <strong>of</strong> tasawwuffrom a companion <strong>of</strong> the Prophet, Ans Ben Malik. Sufis believe that thishidden knowledge was conveyed <strong>to</strong> Ali <strong>by</strong> the Prophet and then transferredverbally <strong>after</strong> Ali. Besides this transferred knowledge, Sufi saints also receiveknowledge directly from God through which Quran’s hidden meanings areunveiled.On the dis<strong>to</strong>rtion <strong>of</strong> the meanings <strong>of</strong> the Quran, Allama Iqbal writes in one<strong>of</strong> his letters:“As a matter <strong>of</strong> fact search <strong>of</strong> hidden meanings in any religion or workingcode and symbols <strong>of</strong> a nation amounts <strong>to</strong> mutilation <strong>of</strong> that working code.This is a very subtle way <strong>of</strong> abrogation. And this method is invented andadopted <strong>by</strong> those nations whose nature is mischievous. Majority <strong>of</strong> Ajamipoets are those who <strong>by</strong> nature were tilted <strong>to</strong>wards the philosophy <strong>of</strong>omnipresence. Iranian nation was inclined <strong>to</strong>wards this philosophy beforethe advent <strong>of</strong> <strong>Islam</strong> which blocked its development for sometimes. HoweverIran’s natural aptitude resurfaced with time. In other words, in other (Sunni)Muslims such literature was produced that was based on the ideology <strong>of</strong>omnipresence. <strong>The</strong>se poets adopted novel and dubious ways <strong>to</strong> deny andabrogate the teachings <strong>of</strong> <strong>Islam</strong>.” (Iqbalnama, Vol. 1, p-35)______________________________________________________________<strong>What</strong> happened <strong>to</strong> <strong>Islam</strong> <strong>after</strong> <strong>Umar</strong>? [ 102 ]
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