Something About Zikr.

[Abu Habiba]

Assalam alaikum,

In his book, ''Fawatih-al-Jamal'', Sheikh Abul Janab Najmuddin al-Kubra said, ''Zikr is flowing in the body of every single living creature by the necessity of their breath-even without will--as a sign of obedience, which is part of their creation. Through their breathing, the sound of ''HUWA'' of the Divine Name of God is made with every exhalation and inhalation and it is a sign of the Unseen Essence of the Creator. The name ''Allah'' which encompasses the 99 Names and Attributes, consists of 4 letters: alif, lam,lam and ha (Allah). The people of Sufism say that the Absolute Unseen Essence of God, Exalted and Almighty, is expressed by the last letter as vowelized by the alif, ''HUWA''. The first lam is for the sake of emphasis: safeguarding your breath from heedlessness will lead you to complete presence.

Complete presence will lead you to complete vision. Complete vision will lead you to complete manifestation of God's Ninety-Nine Names and Attributes and all His other Attributes, because it is said, ''God's Attributes are as numerous as the breaths of human beings''. It must be known by everyone that securing the breath from heedlessness is difficult for seekers. Therefore, they must safeguard it by seeking forgiveness, because seeking forgiveness will purify it and sanctify it and prepare the seeker for the real manifestation of God everywhere''.

[NoorieQadri]

jajakAllah, great sharing