Siraj-ul-Absar (English) - Khalifatullah Mehdi (AHS)

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40 “…Is it ever so, that, when cometh unto you a messenger (from Allah) with that which ye yourself desire not, ye grew arrogant, and some ye disbelieve and some ye slay?” 28 On the charge that Mahdavis forbid their people from acquiring knowledge He [Muttaqi] says: These people [the Mahdavis] forbid their companions from learning ilm [knowledge] and think this ignorance to be an excellence. They argue on the basis of their hamaqat [ineptitude] that Hazrat Prophet Muhammad SLM was ummi [unlettered]. See their ignorance! They compare their ignorance with the ilm [knowledge] that was bestowed by Allah Most High as the Ilm-e-Ladunni [divinely inspired knowledge.] Allah Most High may ruin them and terminate their relics. We say: O Just Man! See the enmity and hostility of the Sheikh [Muttaqi]; how he has camouflaged the virtues [tawakkul (Trust in Allah), indifference towards the people] of our companions who were like the As’hab-e-Suffah [People of the Bench] as their evil. With respect to people like the Sheikh [Muttaqi], Allah Most High has said: “…And a crier in between them crieth: The Curse of Allah is on the evil-doers. Who debar (men) from the path of Allah and have it crooked, and who are disbelievers in the Last Day.” 29 Further, Allah Most High says: “Those who work against God and His Apostle—it is they who shall be of the most humiliated.” 30 Further, know that our Companions RZ do not prevent or prohibit anybody to learn. On the contrary among them are scholars who are expert in the manifest sciences, who have acquired their ilm [knowledge] from reputed and accomplished teachers and their immanent ilm from their [spiritual] exercises, perpetual remembrance of Allah Most High, seclusion from the people and by their constant companionship with their murshidin-sadiqin [truthful preceptors]. All this they have achieved in accordance with the saying of Hazrat Prophet SLM who has said: “Whoever sincerely and genuinely worships Allah for forty days, the fountains of wisdom will flow from his heart and his tongue will wax eloquent.” However, the Mahdavi ulama [scholars] instruct the people to develop the desire for Allah Most High and to give up the desire of things other than Allah Most High. They also command that people should disassociate their batin [immanence] from 28 Quran, S. 2:87 MMP. 29 Quran, S.7:44 and 45 MMP. 30 Quran, S. 58:20 SAL.
41 both the worlds—the Here and the Hereafter. Where Allah Most High intends to grant good for any person, that person gives up the world and remains in the company of the murshidin-sadiqin [the truthful preceptors]. His preoccupation is to remain in the activities described above. Then, within a very few days he acquires all those things that others cannot achieve in years. This is the result of the tasdiq [affirmation and confirmation] of Mahdi AS and the sincerity of the immanence [of the seekers of Allah]. Hence, these people [the Mahdavis] do not need to achieve the sciences that are achieved by formal lessons and teachings in schools, because among them [the performers of perpetual remembrance of Allah Most High] are such people who have, by their efforts, achieved the manifest sciences. If they need any information about the issues concerning the Fiqh [Islamic Law], they ask their companions who are experts in those manifest sciences. This has been the practice of those people who are engaged in the deeds of the heart, like zikr [remembrance of Allah Most High], fikr [thinking], muraqabah [meditation], and tavajjoh il-Allah [attention directed towards Allah Most High]. They did all they could do in immanent matters. They adopted an easy-going attitude in the manifest matters. They achieved perfection in the matters of principles of religion [did research in the commands relating to daily ritual prayers—namaz, rozah (fasting), halal [legitimate] and haram [unlawful; forbidden]. All these are indispensable. Then there is the saying of Sheikh-ash- Shuyookh Shihabuddin RA , which is narrated in the book, Awarif, supporting this. It is this: It is narrated in hadis [Tradition] (that Prophet SLM said), ‘The excellence of the ‘alim [scholar] over the ‘abid [worshipper] is like my excellence over my ummat [Muslim community].’ Here, it is not the knowledge about the sale, purchase, marriage, divorce, and ‘itaq [manumission or freeing of slaves] that is being referred to. What is referred to here is the knowledge conferred by Allah Most High and strengthening of the certainty of that inspired knowledge. Sometimes a slave of Allah becomes an ‘alim bi-Allah [a learned man on whom Allah Most High confers the divinely inspired knowledge], but he does not know what is farz-e-kifayah [a general obligation whose performance by an adequate number absolves all; adequate obligation]. The Companions RZ of the Messenger of Allah SLM knew more about the realities and the intimate knowledge of Allah Most High than the ulama [scholars] of the taba’een [followers of the Companions RZ ]. And among the scholars of taba’een [the followers of the Companions RZ ], there were people who were stronger than their compatriots. They were pious and had the competence to issue fatwas [religious edicts] and command over the manifest knowledge. May Allah Most High be pleased with them all!’ Further, it is also written in the book, Awarif, that:
Page 1 and 2: BISMILLAAHIR-RAHMAANIR-RAHIIM SIRAJ
Page 3 and 4: 3 Preface to the English Translatio
Page 5 and 6: 5 even an iota of effect on the rea
Page 7 and 8: 7 challenge, but expressed his inab
Page 9 and 10: 9 saw the surroundings bathed in ab
Page 11 and 12: 11 [affirmation and confirmation] o
Page 13 and 14: 13 Appeal We appeal to the musaddiq
Page 15 and 16: 15 Siraj-ul-Absar Table of Contents
Page 17 and 18: 17 Bismillahir Bismillahir Bismilla
Page 19 and 20: 19 of these Traditions, Allamah Tuf
Page 21 and 22: 21 He [Muttaqi] says: The ulama kno
Page 23 and 24: 23 the community on the basis of th
Page 25 and 26: 25 Hence, the Quranic Verse bears w
Page 27 and 28: 27 because of his ignorance, he is
Page 29 and 30: 29 excluding the Mahdi AS . The peo
Page 31 and 32: 31 were in practice during the era
Page 33 and 34: 33 intensely cloudy day and on the
Page 35 and 36: 35 repentance of every bid’ati. T
Page 37 and 38: 37 Further, Ali Karamallahu Wajhu R
Page 39: 39 and belief as the true religion,
Page 43 and 44: 43 That is, in reality, [guidance i
Page 45 and 46: 45 of yad [hand] as the ‘organs [
Page 47 and 48: 47 Specifying Verses of Quran with
Page 49 and 50: 49 e-ruhani [spiritual vision of di
Page 51 and 52: 51 discord between the two calls or
Page 53 and 54: 53 to pay zakat—poor-due] with a
Page 55 and 56: 55 If it is said that it is possibl
Page 57 and 58: And what has been stated in the boo
Page 59 and 60: 59 thought] of the four Imams. On t
Page 61 and 62: 61 understood]. Esa AS has stated t
Page 63 and 64: 63 And among all the arguments is t
Page 65 and 66: 65 God willing. [Then remember your
Page 67 and 68: 67 [true, sincere people]. Hence th
Page 69 and 70: 69 [souls] through remembrance [of
Page 71 and 72: 71 also learns the etiquette of the
Page 73 and 74: 73 Then, one is astonished why the
Page 75 and 76: 75 disavowal of the judge or the ce
Page 77 and 78: 77 does not mean that one says that
Page 79 and 80: 79 Hence, you [the reader] think ov
Page 81 and 82: 81 Belief of Mahdi AS being Free of
Page 83 and 84: 83 If the mujtahidin had pondered i
Page 85 and 86: 85 Prophets AS and the Messengers A
Page 87 and 88: 87 Morality of Mahdi AS Now I will
Page 89 and 90: 89 Prophethood; and he is bestowed
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91 comprehensive name of all the pr
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93 Kirmani, the commentator of Bukh
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95 followers of Mahdi AS and the fo
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97 Abu Sufyan says, ‘I said, He c
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99 has informed me about the answer
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101 with tears because of their rec
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103 Proof for veracity of Mahdi AS
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105 Prophets AS . And there was no
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107 this saying is that Mahdi AS wi
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109 Imam of the religion because an
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111 Today there is no shade other t
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113 [engagement with Allah]. All th
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115 denial far away. Thus with resp
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117 believer because he sees with t
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