a to z to be a sufi by siraj sb

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A to Z to be a Sufi by Siraj Sb

a) Observe silence regarding what does not concern you.b)Show diligence in friendliness towards neighbors.c)To be generous of soul.d)Overlook the misstep of brethren / sisters.e) Renounce anger, except over violation of sacred things of God.f) Honor the aged.g)Be easy-going in your speech and guide and entertain the guest.h)Give sincere counsel for the sake of God.i) Don't condemn any of those addicted to carnal appetites for their

lusts.j) Take no joy in reputation even if you deserve it.k)Do not put on a display of humility.l) Have no desire that people should listen to your speech.m)Be not anxious to give answer to anything displeasing said about you.n)Be equitable in the face of the demands of your lower soul, but do

not demand equity from anyone else in regard to your own right.

o)Strive against your lower soul and your passion, for truly it is yourgreatest enemy.

p)Depart from ignorance in the pursuit of knowledge.q)Oppose acts of injustice.r) Implore God and supplicate Him, night and day.s)Aid the one who is grieving and dispel the sorrow of the sorrowful.t) Stroke the heads of orphans, visit the sick, dispense free-will

offerings of charity to the poor and love those who are good.

u)Continuously say the dhikr and contemplate on God.v)Have your soul keep strict account of its actions, external andinternal.

w)Be patient in times of trial.x)Be of sound heart.


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y) Be FOR other people and AGAINST yourself, for it is when you areAGAINST it that you are really FOR it.

z)And rid yourself of falsehood.


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While shirk is considered by many a very serious sin, shaykh Shabistari

shows a completely different view by considering the idol as the theophany

of Love and unity, and unity's work the same as idol worship. He professesthe doctrine of the trancendental unity of religions. The American

contemporary Sufi Robert Abdul Hayy Darr makes it clear in his

introduction to Shaykh Shabistari's verses 865-880 of "The Garden of

Mystery" that the Sufis hold the view that most religious people are actually

idolaters. Theirs is an idolatry of institutions and religious ideas, leading to

unconscious self-love and self-deception. [...] All things are actually 'faces

of God' as revealed in Qur'an 2:115 "Wherever you turn, there is the faceof Allah".

Shaykh Lahiji gives this insightful and bold commentary, which has

infuriated the conventionally religious:

"If the Muslim who professes Divine Unity (tawhid) and disavows the idol,

were to become aware and conscious of what the idol is in reality, and of

Whom it is a manifestation of, and of what Person it is Who appears in the

idol's form - he would certainly comprehend that the religion of the Truth(Haqq) is in idolatery. Since the idol is a theophany (mazhar) of the

Absolute Being Who is God (Haqq), in respect to its essential reality, the

idol is God. Now given that the religion of Muslims is Truth-worship

(Haqq-parasti) and [as has been explained] idolatry and Truth-worship are

one and the same, true religion lies in idolatry".

"... Likewise if the polytheist (mushrik) who adore idols were to become

aware of the idol and its reality, and were to understand that the idol is

actually a theophany of God, and that God manifests Himself through its

form, so that he actually prostrates, adores and is devoted to the One

Supreme being - how then in his religion and faith could he have gone

astray, and have fallen into error?"


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"... If you, who make claims to adhere to Islam and orthodoxy, perceive

naught but the idol's visible form and do not envision God hidden behind

the veils of its determined form - and it is this particular form which is a

corporeal receptacle for God's theophany - you properly and legally also

cannot be called a Muslim. In fact you are an infidel because you have

veiled God's theophany appearing in the idol".

a to z to be a sufi by siraj sb

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