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The black background of the front cover represents darkness and ignorance, while the
The image is a Kufi calligraphy of the Word of Unity: La ilaba illallab Mubammad
Rasulullab whichmeans,
Theie is no concept such as gou theie is only that which is uenoteu by the name Allah
andMuhammad(saw)istheRasulof this unueistanuing
a symbolic representation of the predominant importance this understanding holds in
the authois life
The green light, reflecting from the window of the Word of Unity, opens up from the
uaikness into luminosity to illustiate the light of Allahs Rasul.Thislightisembodiedin
the books title thiough the authois pen anu concietizeu as the coloi white to uepict the
enlightenment the author aims to attain in this field. As the knowledge of Allahs Rasul
disseminates, those who are able to evaluate this knowledge attain enlightenment,







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As exquisitely and descriptively as one may talk about What beauty is, ultimately its
meaning can be as diverse and numerous as its admirers. Yet no matter how infinitely
In a much similar way, although God can be defined in as many different ways as His
manifestations, by essence He is One. It is this Oneness, expressed in diverse ways,
hence bringing about the seeming multiplicities, that is denoted by the title The
in the corporeal world, and His infinitely various expressions is His act of observing
This act of observing,according to Ahmed Hulusi,is what each individualshouldstrive
to experience.Thatis, toexperience God,onemust realize the illusionary natureof the
constructed self and disable its interference, thereby becoming a conduit of Gods
representativedeitiesonearth,andurgeshisreaderstoembarkonaninward questto
discover God within. Compiled mostly of recorded conversations made in 1989, this
book is a notable example of the authors ingenious and unconventional construal of
time is an unfaltering intellectualist, is bound to enjoy reading this book. Integrating
Islamic theology, in particular the esoteric teachings of Sufism, with the findings of
1. Allah, being the Supreme Name, encompasses all qualities and attributes -both
the manifest and the unexpressed- anu is useu in Ahmeu Bulusis books to uenote
the word God is deliberately avoided and the original name Allah, as mentioned in
the Quran, is used instead. However, just as it is true for the word God, the word
Allahalsoholdspredeterminednotionsof anexternalgodandthisisinescapable
for many people. Due to this, the author frequently uses phrases like the existence
that is denoted by the name Allah to uiaw the ieaueis attention to the fact that
Allahismerelyaname indicatinganinfiniteexistencebeyondallpreconceived
and preconditioned ideas. Thus, it is this existence that the reader is encouraged

not be understood as titles of a God, but ratheras theintrinsic structural qualities

3. Although Allah transcendentally surpasses any gender, the masculine pronoun

Be is employeu not only because using It woulu be inappiopiiate anu
uisiespectful but also because Be is the closest iealistic tianslation of the Aiabic
woiu Hu which has no connotationofgenderwhenusedinreferencetotheDivine.

4. The Arabic word Rabb, though generally translated as Lord orSustainer,isused

avoiding excessively used words entailing popularized meanings that are far from

5. Rasulullah, or Rasul is traditionally translated as the Messenger of God,

practically assigning a postmans position to Muhammad (saw), who apparently
received messages from a physical God in the heavens to convey to humanity(!)
Contrary to this primitive understanding, Ahmed Hulusi asserts that Rasulullah is
the locus of Allahs knowledge, that is, the focal point of the cosmos through which
original word Rasulullah, or the name Muhammad, instead of the Messenger of

me that one day I would translate his masterful works into English. I feel privileged to



Composed of the 1989 Antalya conversations, this book presents a unique synthesis of
I dont claim to be the first to expound these truths, neither those pertaining to Sufism
nor science. I dont doubt that many researchers and enlightened ones have already
unearthed and shared such valuable knowledge, though they arent very widespread
Those, who have kept up to date with scientific development -not contenting with the
knowledge they gained at school - will no doubt appreciate the value of this book. The
the reality, perceived as intuition or revelation by those in the past and relayed
through allegories and metaphors, arriving at the same truth with scientific findings,
I penned this book so that those with an interest in Sufism can acquire a general
understanding, to serve as a stepping-stone for further studies they may resume
form of MICRO-WAVE produced by the brain. Anyone, who can recall those days, will
appreciate that explaining religion through science wasnt a common practice. In fact,
The25yearsthatfollowedgaveusanexceptionalexperienceinthis field,informingus

dimension of its existence. For example, The Realm of the Spirits, The Divine
Spirit (Ruh al-Quds), Human Spirit, Vegetative Spirit, The Spirit of Earth, The
2) To refer to an abstract, subjective concept, such as when one claims you didnt
get the spirit (the point) of it or he has no spirit/soul Beie the meaning implies
say he has no spirit or he is spiritless, what Im really trying to say is that he is
Hence, if we evaluate the word Spirit according to one of the two definitions above, I
comprehend the absolute realities in the sight of Allah with the foresight of



According to scientific view;
If we can comprehend the truth, we will understand that a conscious being, who parts from
this world, cannot in any way or form come back to continue living an earthly life through
another body; simply because, the only permissible movement in the universe is forward.
If we could transgress the boundaries of our biological body and realize a state of radial
holographic life... If we could make a leap to the state of pure consciousness and discover
our own essence in the Essence of existence... we may finally attain the truth about our
former stages, and realize that, in fact, we never actually came into existence in the first
How can this be achieved?
Before we answer this very crucial question, let us first consider the following:
While the unequivocal essence of our existence is consciousness emanating from non-
existence, why do we demote ourselves to an unornamented material state, confine
ourselves to flesh and bones, and define ourselves as earthlings, bound only by earths
course and time?
If I were to ask you What is your age?, for example, you might say Im 30 years old. But is
that really so? According to what are you 30? Is this an absolute or a relative figure?
Let us examine this from a scientific perspective:
Since your current life is connected to your physical body and your physical body is
connected to the earth that youre living on, you are assuming you are 30 years old, based
on earth time.
Conforming to this calculation, if you live, say another 30 years, you will leave the earth at
the age of 60. But what about after you leave earth, will you continue to think youre 60
years old?
The earth rotates within the orbit and the magnetic field of the sun. This means that every
living creature on earth draws its life from solar energy. To put it theologically, we may say
that the star called the sun is the physical manifestation of Allahs Attribute of Life in this
universe. Or, rather than solar energy, we may call it the angelic force which constitutes
the sun.
All forms of life, on all the heavenly bodies within our solar system, obtain their life and form
and continue their existence with this angelic force, within the dimensional depths of the
The brain, which constitutes individual consciousness, evaluates these various dimensions
using its sensory receptors and based on these evaluations, it affiliates itself to the field of
data that its receptors intromit.

Humans, who embark their journey on earth with biological bodies, continue the
subsequent stages of their lives, using the astral-radial body that their biological brains
produce during their life on earth.
Since a person who tastes death
becomes detached from their physical body and
progresses to their consequential life in the Realm of the Grave (qabir), or to an
independent state of existence in the Intermediate Realm (Barzakh) with their astral-radial
self, the earth completely ceases to exist in their field of vision. They commence a new form
of life within the magnetic field of the earth, orbiting the sun. In other words, they begin
living under the administration of the sun and solar energy, hence becoming subject to the
suns unit of time, until doomsday.
So how long is a galactic year, or one year, according to the suns unit of time?
As we know, one earth year is the amount of time it takes for the earth to orbit the sun.
One galactic year, then, is the time it takes for the sun to orbit the center of our galaxy, the
Milky Way. To orbit this point, from approximately 32,000 light years away, takes 255
million years of earth time. Therefore, one galactic year is 255 million earth years.
Based on this understanding, a person who dies on earth, at the age of 70, would have only
lived 8.6 seconds according to their real dimension of existence. When this person
disassociates from his biological body at the point of death and enters the Intermediate
Realm, the platform of the suns orbit and energy, he will then realize what seemed to be a
70-year span of lifetime on earth was actually only a duration of 8.6 seconds!
This is just like the feeling one gets after waking up from a long dream that, in reality, only
lasts 50 seconds. Try and remember the last time you had such a dream. Remember how
long it felt during the dream and how it felt some time after you woke up. Now try and
imagine the relevance of this world dream in terms of the afterlife, where the sense of
time is such that your whole lifetime will feel as if it were no longer than 7 or 8 seconds!
To sum it up, as conscious beings, we are citizens of a much greater dimension of existence
and subject to the values and laws of this system. However, our brains capacity to evaluate
this vast field has been hindered by the conditionings arising from our perception that we
exist in physical form and thus that we are limited to the 5 senses. Whereas, death will
inevitably wake us up to this truth and force us to realize the fleeting nature of worldly life.
We will then discern just how short this life really was and just how much our ignorance and
inexorable opinions have impeded our potentials.
Let us now try to evaluate the saying of Muhammad (saw)
and the following verses in the light of this truth:
1 D (their doomsday, their death) it will be as if they had remained
(in the world) one evening or half a (Quran 79:46)
! (Quran 23:114)
Since this world is the sowing-field for the hereafter, we can only reap in the afterlife what
we have sowed in this world, and the total net time we have to sow our seeds is only 5-6
seconds! If we eliminate the fragile and vulnerable periods of childhood and old age, we
really only have a few seconds to sow our seeds and acquire our capital a few precious
seconds in contrast to the infinite hours of life awaiting us!


If this is the case, lets take a moment to reflect... How much of our time are we squandering
on futile things that will give us no return in our future lives, and just how much of it are we
using wisely to invest in things that will benefit us in the hereafter?
Now in this light, lets take a look at the source of our judgments, pertaining to our current
perception of life, and try to understand this magnificent evaluator: the brain.



absolute scientific reality:
You live and dwell within your imagination and your imagination alone!
your brains existing platform of data, creating the multi-dimensional holographic world in
live in an imaginary world that exists inside of your mind.
of its existence.
heaven and your hell are, and will be, as real as you consider your imaginary world to be
real for you right now.
personal database.
Now, its the time for renewal!
commonly referred to as the brain!
cakes, and wake up to reality!
But first, let us become cognizant of this:
who have acquired the ability to READ, will know that the Quran is the voice of the
Hadhrat Ali, the enlightened ones of late and all mystics have attained awareness of the
reality by READING the system and have explained the same universal truths, but through

Given the fact that the universal truths have been delivered to us, time and time again,
through the use of symbols and metaphors, we too can analyze the topic further by way of
an analogy:
Lets assume that a present day modern man, a man that spends his day browsing the
internet, communicating globally using internet telephony, aware of all that transpires
across the globe in minutes through real-time news flow, was beamed back, 1,000 years in
time, to a civilization that does not even have the use or knowledge of electricity. How
would such a man explain the tools of our everyday life to those around him? How close to
the truth would their perception be? How could they even begin to understand the actual
reality of what is being described to them?
As such, many enlightened individuals, in the past, have tried to communicate the universal
truths to us through the use of symbols, metaphors and examples of their time, to awaken
us to the realities that, even now, we havent completely deciphered today!
Some are able to interpret and grasp the true meaning and essence of these messages, and
some, devoid of the capacity to comprehend such knowledge, take these examples literally
and fail to understand them.
In that case, the first thing, that we must do, is to abandon the nonsense that religion and
science are two separate things and reestablish the religious truths, using the language of
The system, that science attempts to decipher today, is none other than the system READ
by religious individuals in the past, and relayed through various metaphors and analogies.
The reality, as described by Muhammad (saw), the Quran and all enlightened souls, is
actually the very field of knowledge that science is trying to attain today. Precisely for this
reason, in fact, religious metaphor should serve as a catalyst in scientific exploration,
rather than bringing mythological stories to mind!
If, on the other hand, we devaluate the absolute and universal truth, offered through
religion by the postulations of apparent scientific developments void of the essence of
religious teachings, we will forever suffer the consequences.
So long as we fail to transform our understanding of religion, based on a God up in heaven
somewhere, into the infinite, universal and absolute truth of Allah, we will inevitably live
the tragic disappointment of realizing the illusory nature of our assumed reality, as it
crumbles away before us!
The only path, to the absolute truth, is to comprehend the reality of Allah as described by
Muhammad (saw), for he neither spoke of a God up there nor did he suggest we look for
Him anywhere outside of ourselves! Muhammad (saw) is not the courier or the messenger of
a God out there! These are outdated and primitive notions! He is Rasulullah; the locus of
Allahs knowledge!
If you want to explore the teachings of RELIGION, you must do so by looking within the
depths of your self, your brain, the essence of your existence, and not by gazing up into
space or observing the sky.
The Quantum Potential... Known in Sufism as The Dimension of Names, is the infinite
potential from which infinite manifestations are birthed. Far from the conceptual world, it
is the state in which all concepts, such as time, place, form, and any kind of restriction or
limit, are rendered completely obsolete!
The innumerous features and compositional qualities, within this infinite potential, are the
designations of the various Names of Allah. There are no localized manifestations of Names

here, only their potential! This is the state referred in Sufism as the Observer who observes
His knowledge with His knowledge in His knowledge for Allah is Aleem (The One who, with
the quality of His knowledge, infinitely knows everything in every dimension with all its
facets) and this is the dimension of His Infinite Knowledge! One meaning of the verse
Alhamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen, ar-Rahman, ar-Rahim i.e. Hamd (observing and
evaluating His universal perfection) belongs to the Rabb of the worlds (the source of the
infinite meanings of the Names) the Rahman and Rahim
Quran al-Fatiha is this reality. What the Sufis call the Unity of Witness (Wahdat al-Shuhud)
is also in reference to this dimension.
One cannot speak of the expression, manifestation, or the materialization of this
The dimension of Cosmic Electromagnetic expression has been created within, and by, the
l ary world, and the derivation
of all the other dimensions. Its essence is made of the light of illusion. It is an ocean of wave.
All that can be, or cannot be, perceived are present as wavelengths in this dimension. The
different brain types of different species are the compositional converters of this vast field
of waves. The verse, Maliki yawmiddiyn (Sovereign of the Day of Recompense) in the
opening chapter (al-Fatiha) of the Quran, is in reference to this truth. The Unity of Existence
(Wahdat al-Wujud) of Sufism, pertains to this level of reality.
1 The wave-converters of existence! Every individual creates his own holographic
world via this converter, and every individual resides within his own holographic world, all
the while thinking he is living in an exterior physical dimension. It is this formation that is
expounded as of the verse Iyyaka nabudu ve iyyaka nastaiyn (You alone we serve, and
from You alone we seek help) from the chapter al-Fatiha.
The Spirit... the totality and the point of all meaning. It is the core, the essence, and the
spirit of each existence. It also refers to life, as each monad of existence is alive, where its
life is its knowledge. Indeed, life and knowledge are inseparable attributes! The degree, to
which knowledge manifests, is a reflection of the level of consciousness. The meaning and
value, of any animate being, is reflected through its spirit. Based on this understanding, we
may refer to it as the expression of the cosmic electromagnetic dimension, known in Sufism
as the Grand Spirit (Ruh-ul Azam), the First Intellect (Aql-i Awwal) and The Reality of
Muhammad (Haqiqat-i Muhammadiyyah). Lets keep in mind that these terms do not refer
to an object or a person, but to a particular archetypal reality.
A The quantum potential is like a point in respect to the One denoted by the name of
Allah. One point amongst an infinite amount of others! One point of reflection from within
P A k 1 n
boundless worlds of Names.
The One who knows His Names with, and through, His Absolute Essence, and observes His
Power on His Names! The One who self-discloses and observes His reality, by manifesting His
unique attributes through His creation.
The One who created the I and who claims I am through every manifested I, yet who at
the same time is far beyond any perceiver or perceived!
The One who cannot be contained within any form or perception. With regard to this reality,
we can only say: Allahu Akbar
(Allah is Great).
In the light of all this, lets now continue the topic on our universe and the brain...

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It is crucial for us to comprehend that our brain creates the multi-dimensional holographic
world in which we live. But how can we think we exist in an exterior world if, in fact, were
living in the cocoon of our imagination?
In the first place, what is this dream, within a dream, within a dream-like holographic world
and how is it built and structured?
And how does this interior world interact, if at all, with the exterior world?
Each of us plays the role of the king or the queen in our own universe; everyone else is
either a figurant or an actor in our play! The roles, we assign to the people in our lives,
depend on our perception of who they are, based on our pre-existing database of values.
And so we laugh and we cry, we grieve and we rejoice with these imagined figures that we
admit into our imagined world!
As we stated above, the brain is a wave converter... It receives the infinite waves of spirit
(meaning) via the five senses and other channels, evaluates and interprets it according to its
database, then makes a judgment about it and projects his judgment to his imagination! Just
like how a TV converts the waves it receives into the images we see on its screen. Hence,
from a very young age, we continually construct and reconstruct the multi-dimensional
universe in our brain, thinking all the while that we live in an outside world.
It is scientifically evident that what we think we see, hear, smell, taste, and feel, are
actually various frequencies of waves that reach our brain and get converted into the
specific wavelengths that we define as sight or smell etc, hence forming the multi-
dimensional holographic dimension in which the consciousness resides!
In short, each of us live in our own uniquely imagined world and will continue to do so
What we perceive and output as sight, based on the data we receive from people or
objects around us, are no more than an instance of their existence. Similar to frames of
images in a film, our assumed sight is actually based on the data we receive and convert
according to our database, of one still frame!
Arranging these still images of various instances side by side, we compile albums and
albums of photographs and spend our lives flipping through these images!
Upon death, the brain will no longer receive incoming data, as it will be plugged out and
disconnected from this dimension of waves. As we move on to our next plane of existence of
Afterlife, these albums weve compiled during our earthly lifetime will be the only provision
we can take with us on our journey. Eventually, we will commence a new life on a new
dimension, and repeat the same process of data conversion using the signals received
from the life forms of this dimension as input and our existing albums as database!
The brain renders the most powerful instances as primary data and creates a kind of cache
memory for quick future access. This is similar to how our computers recall a previously
visited page from its cache memory. As such, every time we encounter a previously
interpreted thing, whether it be a person, an object or a situation, our brains automatically
bring up the most prevalent memory of that thing. Immediately, we begin interpreting and
judging and even experiencing certain emotions, all based on some information we stored
in the past! This form of preconditioned evaluation is the biggest form of obstruction in
ones development.
Muhammad (saw) has cautioned us in this regard with his words:
I t seen someone for a year, know that the person you see today is not
the person you saw a

It is for this reason that we must continuously clear our predetermined conditionings -
delete our cache memory- so that we can re-evaluate every situation, according to the
current input of data.
The brain, although appearing to be a big chunk of flesh with its neuron-based
infrastructure, is actually a mass of frequency that our current level of scientific knowledge
cannot yet completely comprehend or decipher. In this respect, we refer to this intricate
network of wave as THE SPIRIT and its essence as Light (Nur). Nur is knowledge, it is
data. It is like an endless packet of meaning and it is immortal. This is why it is said that
, and not cease to exist!
Lets remember that the person, across from us, is also living in his/her own cocoon world,
or in other words, their individual multi-dimensional holographic universe. When our brain
converts the data waves of instances relating to his physical existence, he takes his place in
our holographic world and we think such and such person exists! But the fact is, we define
his existence, his character, his role and even his effect in our lives!
This is why the great Sufi masters referred to this life as a dream, and in reference to it said,
Some of us are confined in a cocoon (multidimensional holographic world) resembling a
castle, while some of us live in slums; some of us decorate our homes (brains) with precious
collections, while others fill it with garbage. Some of us dont even have a home and are
referred to as homeless (or brainless in slang.)
Our holographic universe is the world that we are going to live in for eternity. How we
interpret the instances of data waves we receive, who and what we admit into our world
and where we place them is either going to create our heaven, or our hell.
The instances of data waves, that reach our minds, will be evaluated and based either on the
garbage that we have already brought into our homes, or based on the new homes we
construct with the guidance of the universal system Sunnatullah
. The world, the
intermediate realm, resurrection, heaven and hell, are all experienced within, and are all
shaped by our personal interpretations and evaluations.
Upon death, after the brain shuts down and ceases to function in its flesh form, a system
reboot will occur and our life will continue to run with the back-up of our astral (wave)
brain. Thus, we see the importance of backing it up with solid and functional knowledge!
Everything, described in the Quran and by Muhammad (saw), is reality and will be lived! The
important thing is to decipher the meaning of these verses correctly, without misconstruing
them or taking them literally. For instance, Muhammad (saw) says that man will be
resurrected (recreated) from his coccyx (tailbone) in the afterlife. To construe this as a
physical resurrection of the body made of flesh and bone is nothing but ignorance. Clearly,
this is a metaphor to suggest that a form of life will continue after death. Or for example,
he says This corresponds with todays
scientific understanding that eventually the sun will engulf the earth, and the earth will be
Muslims have even misunderstood the verse regarding the spirit. When Jewish scholars
enquired about the spirit to Muhammad (saw), a verse was revealed in answer to their
query, telling them L This verse is
addressing the Jewish scholars, telling them that little or no knowledge, regarding the


spirit, was given to the Jews. Indeed, there is a significant amount of information regarding
the spirit in Islam, whereby Ghazali states,
Our spirit is our very existence! It is our world. Muhammad (saw) says:

We are what we perceive!
We also contain within us the potential of vicegerency (caliphate), to which we have
become ignorant! We have become unaware of this gateway that opens to the dimension
of our cosmic electromagnetic expansion!
If we shape and fill our world with the wealth that awaits us behind the gate of vicegerency
(the properties of the dimension of Names!), then our worlds will transform into paradise
and eventually we will unite with Allah. The following verse refers to the purification of ones
world, i.e. ones perception!
1 (Quran 87:14)
We weave our cocoon world, not only with the genetic information we inherit but also
with all the conditionings that we receive throughout our life. Our database is based
completely on these preconditioned values, channeling and shaping our lives, for better or
for worse!
In short, our lives are based solely on externality. We are never truly aware that our lives are
spent within a cocoon that we weave ourselves, and not in an outside world!
Although we experience a sample of our cocoon-like existence each night when we go to
sleep, we dont recognize or conceive it! In the state of sleeping, we are all alone, neither
our partner, who may be lying right next to us, nor our children, in the next room, nor
anyone else are with us!
When we experience death and move on to a non-material state of existence, all
instantaneous impressions are left behind, including people and objects. We travel on alone
in our journey, taking only our conditionings and perceptions with us.
In the past, prophets, saints and enlightened people have used symbolic and metaphoric
language due to the lack of scientific knowledge- to share the universal truths with people
and to wake them up to the reality of their cocoon-like world.
The goal is to cleanse our minds from predetermined judgments, based on data waves of
instances, and to renovate our holographic worlds with substantial material, in such a way
that it becomes transformed from a slum house, or a hoard house, to a palace befitting a
A sultan is one who lives in correspondence with the Names of Allah, a vicegerent!
One, who can break out of his cocoon, will be emancipated and promoted to the dimension
of cosmic electromagnetic expansion as a friend of Allah (waliyy), where his world will be
Muhammad (saw) says:
these will be 10 times bigger than earth, and they will be told: Wish what you may,
for all your wishes will be granted!

In other words, each person will be the sultan of his or her own world.
As for those who have chosen to live in slums, i.e. those who did not develop their brains but
chose to fill it with garbage instead will forever suffer its consequence!
Either use your brain and research and evaluate the truth scientifically or surrender to the
path drawn out for you by Muhammad (saw) for there is no other salvation.



The brains perpetual process of storing memories and information begins at birth and
continues until death.
Various types of data reach the brain in the form of waves. By programming the receptor
cells according to their own frequency, the data take over the activities of these cells,
imposing their own informational content upon the brain. Whether we call this
conditioning, or programming the brain with specific information, it makes no difference, as
the effect remains the same.
The brain, by its nature, is designed to receive and accept all forms of information. When a
child t n P
condition the childs brain, so that the next time a hot stove is encountered, the child will
automatically define it as hot!..
As such, in time and with experience, certain judgments are dictated to the brain, leading us
to acquiesce in the false belief that we are composed of a physical body. Henceforth, based
on all the different information we store in our brain we begin constructing a standard of
judgment, which stays with us until death. Unless that is, we become informed of a better
alternative with which to replace this information.
All this informing and conditioning then leads us to the belief that the administration of our
body belongs to us. Consequently, we perceive ourselves as a separate physical body, and
this idea that we are an individual unit, separate from the whole, becomes our biggest
obstruction. As a result of this conditioning, we become punished with a lifestyle that is
deprived of the Universal Essence in our origin.
But how about the superfluous conditionings, to which we are constantly exposed, from our
environment? Indeed, our environment presents us with all kinds of information, but it
doesnt enforce it upon us.
The mechanics of the System does not tolerate excuses.
It is us who have the final say as to the information that we want to absorb. It is up to us
to observe, study, inspect the data presented, check it against our latest attained knowledge
and verify it. We must examine the data in accordance with scientific findings, determine
whether it is correct or not, then make a decision to take it or leave it, rather than blindly
accepting everything we are given.
Metaphorically speaking, accepting any given information, without conscious observation, is
like burying our lively consciousness into the lifeless grave of the body, oblivious of how
free we may seemingly be. One, who cannot escape the grave of the body while living,
cannot escape the grave of the earth after death!
The inability of the individual consciousness to recognize the grave-like nature of a life,
thats confined to the conditionings of the physical plane, will inevitably result in the

imprisonment of both the body and the soul. If the Afterlife is the consequence of our life
now, then the failure to escape the prison of our bodies, during our life here, will yield a
continued state of imprisonment in the Realm of the Grave (qabir) after death, trapping us
both within the confinements of our ego, and the physical grave.
Then, our first and main priority must be to consciously grasp the truth of our existence!
Who are we really? What are we? How are we?
Evidently, our existence is not indistinguishable from our physical body; we cannot perform
the simplest of tasks without the use of our bodily functions. If we dont nourish our body,
then our brain, which is sustained by the activities and the input of the body, cannot execute
the myriad of functions for which it is designed.
Furthermore, the astral body called the spirit, with which we continue our life after death,
receives all its input and consciousness from the brain. Thus, it is crucial that we provide the
brain with exactly what it needs. Being both the creator and the mediator of the spirit, the
brain uploads its own properties to the body it operates, enriching the body with its own
qualities. As such, it is imperative that we provide the brain with its due right, without
blocking our conscious and without becoming entrapped by the desires of the body.
Failure to implement this will impede our self-development and thus render us prone to
unfathomable damage.
Only when we lose our physical body, and see what it feels like to exist purely as
consciousness, will we conceive to which point we have impoverished ourselves. But alas, it
will be too late, for we would have relinquished the chance to compensate for our losses.
Therefore, it is of paramount importance to understand the body, its true function, the spirit
and its purpose. Who exactly is the I, contained in our soul, carrying within it the Essence
of our existence? What precisely is consciousness? What are its qualities?
A genuine apprehension of these realities will enable us to adopt them into our lifestyle. It
will upgrade our quality of life here, and also warrant us the ensuing consequence. Whereas,
subsisting in negligence would lead only to deprivation.
As stated in the Quran:
W s weight of good will see it, and whoever does an atoms
(Quran 99:7-8)
A 1 S (course) of Allah (Sunnatullah)
(Quran 48:23)
Everyone, in accordance to the regulations and the criteria of this System, is either going
to perform or fail to perform the necessary deeds for their emancipation. Excuses are
Rasulullah [The manifestation of Allahs knowledge] advised us of the deeds that will yield
benefits for us, and warned us of the actions for which we will face repercussions.
These teachings have been offered to us, not by enforcement, but by advice, caution, and



Until now, Ive attempted to explain our inadequate evaluation of the actual structure of
the universe, due to the limited nature of our sensory perception
Time and time again, weve explored the sequence of sub-matter, breaking matter down to
the level of the cells, atoms and subatomic particles, until finally reaching the level of pure
However, we never really directed our attention to higher matter, that is, the opposite
extreme of the sequence; going from matter, up to a higher state of matter.
When I say higher matter, I dont mean another form of matter that is somehow higher
than our current one. As stated before, matter as we know it, is only an assumed reality,
based on the interpretation of our senses. This being the case, there is also a higher
dimension of this projection!
Lets try and understand this, by way of an example:
The human body is composed of trillions of cells, which we can view with the aid of
specialized microscopes. In reality, were far from having completely deciphered all of the
functionalities of the cells in our body.
What exactly are all these cells doing? What kind of relations do they have with one
another? How do they live, and how do they die? How are new cells generated?
For the most part, we live our lives completely unaware of all this.
Each of the cells, in our body, maintains their life and functionality based on their unique
structural properties. In actuality, trillions of cells in our body have all proliferated from one
primary cell! The genes contained in the chromosomes of this primary cell, carry all of the
information necessary to synthesize every other cell to accomplish all of the tasks during
ones lifetime. In other words, our kidneys, liver, brain, heart and all other organs are
nothing but different molecular compositions of these cells. Despite having completely
different functions, all of our organs come from the same source! And each one of them
possesses their own unique consciousness, mission, and mechanism.
Now, when we view a body from outside, we say a human body and see it as one whole
structure. We dont see all the different cells composing the body. We dont evaluate the
countless chemical activities that are constantly taking place from the view of our organs, or
more accurately, the cells that constitute them. We simply view them as a mass and
roughly label them as the lungs, the heart, and the kidneys and so on...
A similar situation resonates on the levels of higher matter.

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If we allegorize our galaxy, composed of approximately four hundred billion stars, as a

human body, the stars can be likened to the cells or organs in a body.
Just as the liver possesses its own unique structure, processor, organic consciousness, and a
mission that it attempts to accomplish with these means, so too the stars, which are like the
cells or organs in the gigantic galactic body, are endowed with a conscious level of life.
When earth is viewed from space, neither plants, nor animals nor any humans can be seen.
Earth appears merely to be a separate mass of matter. It is however, inhabited by humans,
animals, plants and other species, that are all equipped with unique properties and further
sub-divided within themselves accordingly.
In the same way, the galactic structure can also be viewed as an individual body, an entity
with a personality! This galactic structure, that we call The Milky way, is actually a living
unit, a life form, only perceived as such by another galactic structure, not by us.
Just as humanity has consciousness, so does the earth. The structure that we refer to as the
earth also possesses consciousness that is specific to it.
Just as the earth has consciousness, so does the sun, and just as the sun is conscious, so is
our galaxy!
The consciousness of the sun, in comparison to the galactic consciousness, is like the
consciousness of a single cell in our body, in contrast to our consciousness. Our galaxy
subsists in the universe as a conscious individual being, amongst millions of other such
The constellations, that are associated to the zodiacal signs, are also conscious cosmic beings
with unique characters. Muhyiddin ibn al-Arabi refers to these cosmic beings in his Meccan
Revelations (Futuhat al-Makkiyya) as the angels residing in the 12 constellations. When
we state that there are billions of galaxies in the cosmos, what were actually saying is that
there are billions of conscious entities within the galactic realms of the cosmos!
So, if the similitude of the sun, in respect to the galaxy, is like a single cell in respect to our
whole body, then to even try and comprehend the place of the earth, let alone an individual
living on earth, is almost impossible!
Indeed, to expound the place of a human being in respect to a star, or a star in respect to
the galactic body in which it dwells, is quite a challenge. We have always put our limited
senses to work in the exploration of sub-matter and pursued the path to the microcosm,
without really evaluating supra-matter and the macrocosm.
How could we have? This is like trying to view the human body from the nucleus, or from a
chromosome within the nucleus of a cell! How can a single gene, on a chromosome within
the nucleus of a single cell, have a complete view of the body it inhabits? Clearly, this is not
possible. It cant even see or comprehend a single organ in the body! The cytoplasm,
surrounding the nucleus in which it lives, would seem like an infinite ocean to this gene!
Based on this then, it is senseless to say that the space between a particular planet and a
star is empty, or void.
As mentioned before, everything is composed of atoms, and, the atoms that make up my
body are no different to the atoms in another object. As such, all of us are an interconnected
part of a composite compound. In other words, at the level of atoms, we are all one.
It is this reality of oneness that invalidates the empty space between the stars. From the
realm of the atoms to the galactic dimensions, the unity of our existence abolishes all
concepts of division and emptiness.

Our eyes perceive the stars to be randomly scattered in space, separate from one another by
the individual cells in our body are to each other. On the contrary, the apparent emptiness
in space is satiety!
Whether it is our lack of knowledge, or the limitation of our senses, we fail to recognize, and
duly evaluate, the galactic body and its consciousness.
Based on the reciprocal truth in the Hermetic maxim, As above, so below, it is not
inappropriate to say that the ego and the awareness, possessed by each of us, is also
inherent in the galactic being of which we are a part, even though we may not be aware of
The place that we occupy in the universe is like the brink of the membrane surrounding the
Milky Way in our local group of galaxies. There are approximately 30 galaxies in our locality.
That is, 30 conscious galactic beings, perhaps a family of them!
This being the case, we cant even be likened to a single cell in the body of one of these
galactic beings! If we suppose that our Solar system is like a single cell, you and I are but one
person amongst the billions of people residing on only one of the heavenly bodies in this
solar system!
One form of the beings, referenced by the word angels in religious terminology, is this
Spirit within the galactic dimensions
Indeed, a mystic who tried to expound on this grand Spirit once said:
Just like a single cell in our body may not necessarily be aware of the structure we call the
brain, or our brain may not be aware of a particular cell that comes to life, or that it grows

Every cosmic dimension is perceived as matter, according to the receptor senses of its
inhabitants. This is similar to how we perceive the objects, in our dreams, to be of the
material world
If we take the scale of existence to be like a ruler of infinite length, and assume the level of
pure energy to be at zero point, then the quarks, ions, atoms, molecules, cells and what we
perceive to be material objects can all be placed in the range between 0-50 cm. So, if the
material realm in which we are living, and everything we perceive to be matter, is within
this range, and beyond the point of 50 cm, there are infinite forms of life within the
universal dimensions of the macrocosm.
How infinitesimally small is our place in the universe!
The evaluation of the infinite nature of such existence is unfathomable for us. Nevertheless,
with a little straining of our intellectual muscles, there will be great value in the
understanding that we can attain as a result.
As an extension of earth and our life here, the Afterlife, and the dimensions we refer to as
Heaven and Hell, are all parts, perhaps organs, of the aforementioned galactic body.
This grand, glorious and magnificent being is only one out of billions of others, and part of a
30 member tribe or family residing on this side
What are they talking about? What are they arguing over? What are they thinking? We live
our lives completely unaware of all of this.
A cell in a human body is like the Solar system in the Galaxy!

Is everyone completely oblivious to this reality?

This is the pivotal point!
No matter how small or big the primary structure, whether its the microcosm with all its
genes, bacteria, muons and quarks, or the macrocosm, encompassing the sun, the stars
and all the
All of their essence, in terms of the Absolute Essence (dhat) and according to holographic
reality, is composed of the same substance. Hence, any form of life, regardless of its
position on the scale of existence, can establish a form of communication, an interaction
with all of the units of life within the infinite micro and macro realms in the cosmos.
Provided, of course, that they journey within and discover their own essence first. As this
form of communication is based on the principles of the Absolute Essence (dhat), one who
hasnt connected, to the Essence inwardly, cannot correlate in the network, outwardly.
Primarily, we must free our consciousness and escape the blockage caused by the imposed
limitations of our realm of existence. All of the conditionings, judgments, emotions, and
fragmented perceptions have to go! Our consciousness must be cleansed!
For we know that the cosmos is a manifestation of the Knowledge of the Infinite and the
Absolute One. As such, the Absolute Essence and Knowledge, the Divine One is present in
every particle of existence!
Thus, the essence of your consciousness, the Essence of your being, is no different to the
essence of an atom or a galactic entity in the micro or macro cosmos.
However, because our consciousness has been subject to, and formed by, bodily conditions,
it has been hindered by various assumptions and postulations. As a result, it has become a
molded and obstructed separate conscious, detached from the universal reality of
Whereas, consciousness is not even a tangible thing with a certain form or mass. One does
not incorrectly condition the consciousness by pricking and poking at it, but conditions it by
imposing and uploading fallacious information to it.
Our consciousness can be purified, from such misinformation, according to the intensity of
the communication that can be established [from the realm of The Absolute Essence (dhat)]
with the micro and macro beings in the cosmos.
Evidently, many mystics and saints are known to have established such forms of
communication. Indeed, anyone, who is able to break out from the cocoon of their sense
perception, can access the infinite network of the universe.
The biggest veil, that conceals our consciousness, is the veil of words. Words, or labels, and
the images weve linked to them in our minds, blind us from attaining a tre understanding of
the reality.
By identifying with the images weve linked to certain words in our minds, and believing
them to be true, we stop seeking for more, and hence, prevent ourselves from seeing the
absolute reality.
Consequently, our worlds become smaller and smaller.
Our whole lives become centered on basic needs and wants.

We become consumed by the things we eat, drink, buy and own and become confined in the
base and primitive states of matter.
Our only reality becomes the material world and its corporeal affairs.
As mentioned before, the time, that we have to spend in this apparent material world, is so
transitory in contrast to the life awaiting us.
The inhabitants of the macro dimensions are very grand and varied, though we have
collectively labeled them all as angels. In actuality, they are all beings of the planes of
higher consciousness.
If we dont recognize this truth now, we will not have the opportunity to do so in the future.
Just as there is no impertinent component in our bodies, every organism has its unique
mission and functionality. Just as the astral body, within our physical body, possesses its own
consciousness and mission, there also exists, in the macro plan, conscious beings with
unique missions.
If the sun takes 255 million years to orbit the Milky Way, then the sun is only 8 years old
since it has only completed 8 tours around the Milky Way in its entire course of life.
Since we are 32,000 light years away from the center, or the heart of that Galactic being,
were nothing more than an electron in one of the cells somewhere on this galactic surface,
of which there are billions of others!
Like us, they too come to life, grow, and die, and like us, they dont become nonexistent
with death, for death is but a change of dimensions for conscious beings.
When viewed in this light, how futile it seems to rejoice over something gained, or feel
sorrow for a loss in this world. Just as nothing we earn or possess, in a dream, has any value
when we wake up, none of our worldly possessions are going to be valid in the afterlife. If
we dont want death to wake us up from a bountiful dream world to a desolate reality, we
must wake ourselves up from our denial now, and start building our real world on the
foundations of real knowledge.
When we are dreaming, all sorts of things happen to our bodies. We get shot, hit, perhaps
even deformed, but we always wake up to find our bodies completely unblemished and
intact. Moreover, our sense of I or ego never ceases to exist.
The I is ever present throughout our dreaming, regardless of what occurs to our apparent
bodies. This is because the body, in our dreams, is of a spiritual nature, and since the spirit
isnt composed of parts, it doesnt get fragmented.
Different laws govern different realms of existence. As such, the Afterlife also has its own set
of administrative laws and conditions. Nevertheless, our sense of I will never be lessened,
regardless of how we live, or whatever pleasure or pain we experience, our consciousness
and spirit will feel each and every bit of it.
What will be the capacity of our spirit and self-consciousness?
The degree, to which we develop them in this world, until the point of death, will be our
fixed capacity indefinitely, in the Afterlife! What we fail to recognize in this dimension of

If we dont strengthen our spiritual body now, we wont get a chance to return to this
dimension, to compensate for it later.
What we cant comprehend or fathom now, we can never comprehend in the future.

We are not just the macro of the microcosm, but also the micro of the macrocosm.
Muhammad (saw) says:
There are some angels, who have attained the State of Certainty (Yaqeen) who are
not even aware of the existence of either this world or humans.
In the same way, we are not aware of the cells that are constantly coming to life, growing,
serving, and dying in our bodies.
If we dont expand our consciousness and enlarge our comprehension now, if we dont get
to know ourselves in terms of the Absolute Essence and connect with the system and
attain the universal realities while in this world, we will never have the opportunity to do so
again. This is because; death will replace our worldly endowments and capabilities with
those qualities that are more befitting the nature and conditions of the subsequent
And whoever is blind in this [life] will be blind in the Hereafter (Quran 17:72)
Undoubtedly, the blindness, mentioned in this verse, is not in reference to a physical
condition, but rather to spiritual blindness, or, the incapacity to recognize and evaluate the
reality. The only way to be enlightened, from this kind of darkness, is by absolving our
consciousness from unnecessary and false information.
Muhammad (saw) says:
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state, in which you change dimensions, is the state you will continue your existence
indefinitely, in the Afterlife.
To summarize:
We seem to occupy an intermediary position in the universe, right between the micro and
macro worlds. Mankind is the transition point between the states of energy that comprise
un-manifested matter and the supra states of matter.
Every dimension is inhabited by specific entities, receptor systems to evaluate these
entities, and a perception of matter based on these evaluations.
The corporeal world, created by our brains, as opposed to the ethereal world of the celestial
In terms of their origin and essence, the consciousness, that is present in all of them, stems
from One Source: The Spirit.
In Sufism, the identity of The Spirit is referred to as The Perfect Man (Al-Insan Al-Kamil), and
its consciousness as The First Intellect (Aql-i Awwal).
How imperative it is, that we understand our place and structure within the infinite micro
and macro worlds. How crucial it is, for us to achieve this understanding to avoid dying like
the truth will look at those who couldnt and say another one has passed away, like a leaf
falling off a branch, our departure will mean nothing for the universe.
So lets stop wasting our time and energy on things from which we are inevitably going to
part. Lets start living with the awareness that our possessions, our loved ones, and all of our
worldly accumulations are going to stay behind, when we continue our journey on to the
next dimension.

Lets accrue more of that which will enlighten our journey ahead; lets increase our
knowledge, elevate our consciousness and raise the frequency of our vibrational energy.
Now that we have become aware of the higher states of matter, or The Angelic Realm
(Malakut), lets now explore the Realm of Divine Power (Jabarut.)
In the following chapters, The Observation of the Essence and The Discretion of the One,
I will try and elucidate how the Absolute Essence (dhat) evaluates existence with the
attribute of Knowledge, once our consciousness is purified and our souls are refined.



n man a period of time, when he was not a thing worth
(Quran 76:1)
A n A n
A A n Rahman (the quantum
potential from which everything obtains its existence).
W A n n A
potentiality (Ama)
What are these encrypted messages telling us?
Be it the verses of the Quran or the sayings of Muhammad (saw), evaluating these timeless
truths, according to the knowledge and understanding of our current time, will provide us
with invaluable insight and enlightenment.
However, the primary prerequisite for such enlightenment is the removal of the thick veil of
the 5 senses. For, without freeing ourselves from the conditionings of this blinding veil and
its illusory world, we cannot see the truth for what it is.
Nonetheless, the cocoon-like reality, spun by our sensory perceptions, or the 5 senses, is not
altogether purposeless. It actually renders a crucial function in ones primary growth. Like a
mothers womb, it aids in the cardinal development by nurturing and preparing us for the
real world. Hence, it is not designed to be a perpetual abode, rather a temporary sheath of
protection during our development. Just like a matured baby pushes itself out of the womb,
or a developed silk worm breaks out of its cocoon, the matured consciousness must also
hatch out of its cocoon-like reality, lest he suffocates and withers away.
Our biological bodies and this worldly life are like our cocoons, designed specifically for us to
develop and enhance our Afterlife skills, so that we can survive and thrive in the hereafter.
If our consciousness fails to break through this cocoon of the 5 senses, it will never attain the
truth about itself. As a result, we will always be subject to the stimulations of our rigid sense
perceptions, i.e., the physiological and chemical stimulations of our body will shape our
reality, in which we will eventually suffocate.
The 5 senses renders perhaps one millionth of the brains capacity of performance. It has
been given to us as a sample (trial version) of the brains infinite specifications and qualities.
The human brain shares a similar process of development with countless other life forms on
our planet. That is, the brain is formed by molecules, which are formed by atoms, which are
nothing more than clusters of energy.

When I say energy, Im not referring to the static or kinetic forms of energy that we study at
school. I mean the energy that is the source of life of the whole of creation.
The genetic structure of the DNA and RNA molecules, contained in each and every cell of our
bodies, is subject to undergo mutation if exposed to certain cosmic radiations. Modern
science can modify and manipulate the genetic configuration in laboratory settings, exposing
these molecules to certain waves and radiations and creating other species as a result.
Interestingly, X-rays have been found to have the same effect on the neurons in our brains.
Our consciousness is the I that develops on the database of our genetic and astrological
data, synthesized with our acquired environmental conditionings. In reality, our
consciousness doesnt belong to the physical body; it is a by-product of the brains
exceptionally comprehensive activities of analysis and synthesis. It pertains to the soul!
Though the universe is satiated with infinite forms of life, each form is recognized only by
those who share the same dimension, and who have the capacity to perceive and evaluate
That is to say; first, the sensory perception is formed, then the material world is perceived.
Or, first, the radial analyzers are formed, and then the radial world is perceived and
evaluated. The expressions and their meanings rely on the life forms that perceive and
analyze their wavelengths.
Now let us remember an imperative truth:
There is no existence other than the infinite and boundless Uluhiyya
named ALLAH.
Since there is no limit to Allah, it is impossible to think of anything that is other than His
In one aspect, this infinite boundless Being is Al-Jami, gathering all the expressions unto
Himself. In another aspect, this Being is Al-Muhit, embracing and encompassing the whole of
existence. Hence, the expressions, that are contained in Himself, are contemplated in His
Knowledge, again by Himself.
There are no other beings in His Being, for no other being has come into existence other
than His Being.
He begets not.
Nor was He begotten. (Quran 112:3)
No other existence other than His existence can be thought of.
C A n n
Now is the now mentioned in this verse. Concepts of time, place, matter, space, etc., are
only valid according to the 5 senses. In this dimension, however, time is the consistency of
the now. In other words, time is nonexistent, outside the dimension of our perception.
If only we can surpass the barrier of our physical eyes and start basing our lives on scientific
realize that this world is composed of
innumerable forms of life, ranging within wavelengths of a billionth of a centimeter to
kilometers of length, each with unique expressions and significance. This animated world is
the World of Acts (afal).
Each of these layers of expressions contains specific meanings that are perceivable by
certain other expressions. They become labeled as the unknown (ghayb) and hence remain

Uluhiyyais the entiiety of the manifestations of Allahs Names thioughout all uimensions.

concealed only to those who cant perceive them. This isnt an absolute unknown
however, only a relative unknown.
To the extent we become conscious of our own essence and escape the limitations of the 5
senses, we can decipher and observe these unknowns.
This observation will not be ours however; it will be the observation of the Absolute Being.
The Observing One!
The observation of the now, as there is no other time other than this very moment now.
Only those with a purified consciousness can live this reality.
n n ce He shaped His
creation such that they contain His expressions.
In His infinite Knowledge!
It is crucial to have a correct understanding of these words and their meanings. Creation is
the form of His expressions that He wanted to observe.
When I say form, I dont mean physical form, but the form of meanings, as He is al-
Musawwir, the fashioner of infinite forms derived from the implicit realm of meanings.
When contemplating on this, we shouldnt let our minds run through images of earth and
the billions of people residing on it.
Just one galaxy in our universe can contain up to millions of suns, let alone billions of other
galaxies that havent even been discovered yet. Whether we think of the macrocosm out
there, or the microcosm within, there is no space that is void of meaning.
It is in this light that we should evaluate the phrase:
(Quran 76:1)
That time is now. Not some time ago in history.
That is, right this very moment, there are such grand and magnificent dimensions, so
immense and extensive, that amidst these, humans are not even worth mentioning! That is,
except for those who have elevated their consciousness and ascended to higher realms. So,
if we dont want to be amongst those who arent worth being mentioned, who have no
significance in the universe, then we must realign our way of thinking.
Lets remember what Muhammad (saw) said:
D e time (dahr)
Time (dahr) is an infinite, limitless moment!
When Allah wishes to observe an expression of His Names, He merely wills for them to
V n n C be (Kun), and it is! (Quran 36:82)
That is, His very thought of a thing is the act of manifesting that thing. The minute its
thought of, its already done.
There are no such concepts like the past and the future for Allah!

Dahr iefeis to eteinal time as opposeu to the time of oui physical uimension

Whatever meaning He wishes to manifest, he shapes an appropriate form in an appropriate

dimension, and experiences that meaning through that form.
Not within, nor without.
The emanation of a form, and the experience of a particular meaning, occurs through the
revelation of the inherent meanings of the form.
Hence, the meanings and conditions, that become explicit through the form, are what
compose the form in the first place. The forms experience of its meaning is the result of the
environment, conditions, and events that cause it to be.
All of this is created within the Knowledge of the One.
Actually, all seemingly animate and inanimate beings are nothing more than names in the
realm of His Knowledge.
Their apparent presence is only of a hypothetical nature, based on being acknowledged in
His Knowledge.
In other words, existence is a trust given unto us. The illusion, that we exist outside of Allah,
is due to certain names or labels that we are given.
Like assigning a label x, to a hypothetical data in an algorithm. It doesnt have a substantial
existence of its own, but because we say x we assume x exists, whereas in reality it is only a
hypothetical figure.
In actual reality, only Allah exists.
According to whom?
According to He who observes his creation through the eyes of those who have conquered
(fath) their true essence, by attaining the High Station of Sainthood (Wilayat-i Kubra) at the
consciousness level of The Pleasing Self (Nafs-i Mardhiyya).
Thus, all things, that we affirm to be existent, are nothing more than the forms of His
Names created in His Knowledge. Things dont exist independently.
When evaluated from the Realm of Knowledge, everything that supposedly exists, according
to our senses, turns out to be nothing more than forms of knowledge.
To put it simply, the whole of creation is a composition of Names. All of the innumerable
and various dimensions in the cosmos are different compositions of His Names.
Those who reach the level of The Pure Self (Nafs-i Safiyya) are those who are able to break
through the conditionings imposed by the explicit forms on the implicit meanings.
They are those who abandon their hypothetical existence and dive into the ocean of
nothingness and become everything.
Through realizing and living their nothingness, they attain the level of Oneness of Being
(Wahidul Ahad), hence becoming everything!
Now lets try and understand the following:
L (fitrah - natural disposition).
(Quran 17:84)
That is to say, whatever purpose, individuals are created to fulfill, the means to achieve this
purpose will be made easy and attainable to them. The decisions and actions, that are

necessary for the execution of their mission, will be made attractive and pleasant, such that
they manifest what is in their nature with ease.
Rabb (reality of the Names comprising your essence) creates and chooses as He
pleases, they have no choice (or say) in the matter. (Quran 28:68)
As can be seen, if you are meant to be bound by conditions, restrictions, and not break out
of your cocoon, then the act of hatching your cocoon-like reality will be made difficult for
That being said, the act of breaking out, or leaving the womb, whether it is an animal giving
birth or some bug trying to hatch its cocoon, is always a difficult process!
It follows then; the act of breaking ones cocoon-world of matter to reach the boundless
Angelic Realm (Malakut) of the heavens should not be
As with any transition from one dimension to another, the transition is an awakening
(bath) that is, a new birth, a new beginning, a first after a last
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An incalculable, limitless structure! Layers of meanings beyond comprehension! A name
that points to His existence, but which isnt conditioned or even completely defined by it!
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But to experience existence as a whole, without fragmenting it, requires the abandoning of
the you and the me.
Only once we become selfless can we become one. And only once we become one can
we attain and live true love.
The self is like a curtain between the lover and the beloved, when the lover annihilates
himself in his beloved, the curtain will be lifted, duality will disappear, and only love will
When one likes, one wants to possess. But when one loves, he loses his self in his
beloved. He abandons his identity completely and becomes nullified in the beloved. This
micro experience of UNITY then gets rippled out into the cosmos, transforming it into a
macro experience of Unity, until individual consciousness perception and experience,
becomes completely obsolete.
Let yourself abandon your you and let me abandon my me so that we may meet in
nothingness, and be!
According to one narration:
What begins at the point ends at the alif
That is, everything begins at the point of Oneness (Ahadiyyah) and ends at the alif of
Unity (Wahidiyyah). The whole of existence is only one reflection, referred in Sufism as the
One Theophany or the Divine Self-disclosure of Allah (Tajalli Wahid).
According to another narration:
What begins at the point ends at the
Where indicates human in Arabic, and the point is the One (Ahad).

Sin )is the th lettei of the Aiabic alphabet As a woiu sin issynonymouswithman oi human

The Quran begins with the letter

of the basmalah
, or to be more precise, the point
beneath the . When this point is extended it becomes an alif!
Just like when one wants to draw a line, one begins at a point which then becomes the
source, from which the line extends. The of the basmalah is the source point of all of
the characters in the Quran. The point never changes. Every character is a series of points
that come together and seem like lines. In their essence, they are repetitions of the same
Hadhrat Ali says: I , perhaps to mean, I I
I alif
The last chapter of the Quran is called Ns, which means humans. As mentioned, the letter
is representative of a single human. Hence, the chapter z means O humans (or O
Eventually what we have is a semi-circle, going from the point to man, and the journey of
man back to the point.
Uniting with Allah, in essence, comes about, in man, with the knowledge of the point.
Will the knowledge of the point make mankind (ns) obsolete?
Since, in terms of their actual reality, humans do not have an independent existence; it
makes no sense to talk about losing something that doesnt exist in the first place.
It was mentioned above that He manifested as creation, the meanings He wanted to
We were told these meanings were 99 in total, albeit this figure is only in reference to the
samples and not the whole. Just as our 5 senses give us some insight into the innumerable
qualities of the brain, the 99 Names give us an idea about the infinite meanings
encompassed by the One (Ahad). Evidently, an infinite and unrestricted being will possess
infinite and unrestricted meanings.
In consideration of this endless, limitless truth, how devastating a loss it is - to indefinitely
confine oneself to a tiny little cocoon world based on the 5 senses and the fleeting,
temporal, local bodily desires.
what are you spend
Who is this verse addressing?
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1 -nay (, they are even less conscious of the right way: it is
they, they who are the [truly] (Quran 7:179)
To be a mirror to the One from whom we derive our existence, essence and origin, or, for
the One to reflect on our mirror, we must first be cleansed from the contaminations and
conditions of our illusory humanly being.
As Jesus says:

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value in Bauhiat Alis acclaimeu saying I am the point beneath the b the point iefeiiing to inuiviuual
TheBasmalahis an Aiabic noun useu to iefei to the Quianic phiase b-ismi-Allah-er-Rahman-er-Robim
founu in the beginning of eveiy chaptei of the Quian which liteially means In the name of Allah who is
Rahman anu Rahim

are not thinking God


If we observe our essence from a material human perspective, and live our lives like an
iceberg in the ocean, then surely we cant reflect Him duly.
The world and everything in it are like games and p
The whole of existence has been desired, designed and shaped for the observation of the
Reality of Muhammad (Haqiqat-i Muhammadiyyah) and The First Intellect (Aql-i Awwal).
If you have been created to be one of the observers of meanings, then escaping from the 5
senses and humanly emotions and conditionings will be made easy for you. The process of
cleansing your mirror from emotions, thoughts, conditions, bodily and subconscious desires
that can obscure the Reflection, and reaching your essence will be simplified for you.
Nevertheless, just as some grains become wheat and bread and eventually make their way
to our dinner table; many others are lost in the field and dont amount to anything.
To love Muhammad (saw) is to be like Him, to acquire His knowledge and consciousness, to
annihilate ones self in Him.
One cannot taste the honey from its jar.
To love is to become the beloved.
Eventually all things will fulfill their nature and return to their essence, hence actualizing
their innate servitude to Allah.
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All of these mean one thing: for whatever purpose you have been created, you will fulfill it
one way or another. Life, conditions, skills you have been given, all of these will inevitably
channel you to perform your innate worship, i.e., manifest your true essence, whatever that
may be.
Our final destination will either be to get sloshed and agitated in the World of Acts (Afal), or
to freely swim in the realms of His infinite Names (Asma), or to manifest and observe the
qualities of His Essence (Dhat), or else to realize our nothingness and become nothing in His
infinite, boundless Being.
However one lives ones life, that is how one will die, and however one dies, that is how
one will live in the Afterlife.
The frequency, at which our brains function just before the point of death, will be the last bit
of information uploaded to the spirit that our brains render. Hence, when the spirit becomes
detached from the brain, it will continue functioning at the frequency with which it was last
Therefore, if at the point of death, our consciousness level happens to be functioning at a
low frequency, conditioned by the 5 senses, and consumed with worldly and bodily desires,
and then we will have to live the consequences of this state in the Hereafter.
If, on the other hand, our consciousness happens to be vibrating at higher frequencies, freed
from sensual conditionings, we would have attained the level of the Observers of the Truth,
watching and observing the infinite bounty of His Names expressing themselves in ever
unique and incredible ways upon creation. That is, the level of loving the creation, due to
the Creator!


P t like us! Who knows where he is

He would be swimming in the ocean of meanings in the P
would be wondering in the dimension of Allahs Names.
Some people who reach this state become veiled to what goes on in the corporeal world,
while others experience both dimensions simultaneously. This state is commonly referred to
as the Contented Self (Nafs-i mutmainna) and the Pleased Self (Nafs-i Radhiyya) and it is the
state one attains as one becomes cognizant of the reality of his soul.
The consciousness will wonder amidst these meanings in the realm of Reflection of Names
(Tajalli Asma) knowing that they are indeed the meanings of his own soul.
Then, if the consciousness can rise up to the next level called the Pleasing Self (Nafs-i
Mardhiyya), he will have reached the point of actualizing the attributes of his essence
(dhat) 1 P
observing the meanings in himself becomes himself.
The truth is; the manifestation of these meanings on a person is a matter of preordination
What is of primary importance is an individuals archetypal essence (ayan thabita); in other
words, the meanings he has been created to actualize. The next stage is the skills and
capabilities given unto him in order to fulfill this actualization. Then the encounter of the
cause will occur, that is, a subject who will render the means to actualize his archetype.
When the individual submits his existence to this cause, and eventually annihilates himself in
the cause and becomes nothing, his archetypal essence will manifest completely.
One who has diffused the boundaries of the Pre-eternal and Post-eternal C C
by actualizing the reality of his soul, has become nothing in the limitless and infinite nature
of his soul!
When we refer to infinity, we are actually referring to the World of Names, for it is
completely out of question to make any reference to the nature of His Absolute Essence
He is infinite in terms of His meanings. Hence, even His infiniteness is an attribute.
One cannot contemplate His Absolute Essence (dhat)!
In fact, even His Oneness (Ahadiyyah) is an attribute of His Absolute Being.
Notice that Allah is the name of a Being whose attributes we have been notified of.
Just as Hulusi is a name given to me, a name to reference my being, ALLAH is also a name
we use to reference His Absolute Essence. A name is merely a sign we use to indicate
The extent to which the name Hulusi reveals the attributes and qualities I possess, whether
I have manifested them or not, is the extent to which the name Allah can explain His
Magnificent Being.
The Glorious Being who observes Himself on the mirror of the name Allah!
Ideally, He observes Himself on the mirror of the name ALLAH through mankind.

The Absolute Essence is beyond comprehension through definitions based on attributes. He,
who attempts to bring a definition to the Absolute Essence, is an ignorant person, indirectly
confessing his place amongst the imitators. For he, who has been enlightened, will know
without a doubt that in addressing the Absolute Essence, one can only go as far as His
No one has the liberty to talk about or define the nothingness, for nothingness is the place
where all contemplations stop, where thoughts cease to be, where life, senses, words have
no validity!
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The place of nothingness is such an absolute darkness that everything one knows, thinks,
and imagines becomes completely obsolete.
Lets hope we are of those, or at least amongst those, who He has chosen for Himself.
But beyond the conceptions of time and space, everything has already been lived and done!
So what we need to do then is to pursue the path that best reflects our natural disposition
and character, the path we find ourselves accessing with ease, rather than painstakingly
going against our nature and making our lives difficult.
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What does this mean?..
Mans existence is in accordance with divine existence. Man also has an essence. Man also
has attributes, qualities and meanings that belong to his essence, and a place where he
manifests his qualities, i.e., his body.
Just as we talk about an Absolute Existence, Essence (dhat), Attribute, Names (asma) and
Acts (), we can also talk about the essence, attributes, names and acts of man. Where,
of course, the essence of man is ultimately derived from the Essence of the Absolute, as man
does not possess a separate essence from the Absolute Essence of the One. Mans existence
depends on the existence of the Absolute Essence.
The attributes of man can be summarized as follows; life, knowledge, will, power, speech,
hearing and sight. In other words, man is Hayy (Living) Aleem (Knowing) Mureed (Willing)
Qadir (Powerful) Mutakallim (Speaking) Sami (Perceiving) and Basir (Evaluating). This is
because mans existence depends on His existence, and therefore His attributes.
Hence Allah has created mankind in His own image, that is, in the image of His Names and
Attributes. There is no other existence in whose image He can create man. In any case, He
encompasses the whole of existence; there is nothing other than He!
Every individual is a unique expression of a unique composition of His names. Due to this,
there is multiplicity within unity. Though by essence we are all one and the same, our
outward manifestations are varied. To put it allegorically, when the inward meanings of the
One outwardly localizes and becomes dense at innumerable points, we have what appears
to be the cosmos.
Each of these localized points, by essence and origin, are compositions of divine names,
magnified and manifested on a grand scale. Thus, all of the galaxies and their constellations,
with their stars and rays and so on, are just different compositions of the divine names. That
is, they are all materializations of the compositional properties denoted by the divine names.
The Absolute Existence wanted to observe His meanings, and thus disclosed Himself through
His Names, which eventually formed the world of forms.

To illustrate this divine design, we can metaphorically think of it as localizations of the divine
Names and meanings that transform into cosmic rays or angelic forces, which eventually
form the world, as we know it.
Before any form actually becomes physically manifest, its archetypal essence is defined,
and based on this, its potential capabilities and skills are delegated.
In the sight of the Absolute Existence, forms are constant, as forms have essentially formed
from compositions of His immutable Names and meanings.
However, at this point, we should take care to avoid a common misconception. That is,
thinking of the Absolute Existence as a designer or a creator who is separate from, or
outside of, the world of forms.
Lets remember that a limitless boundless force encompasses the whole of existence. There
is nothing other than this existence. Words like Him or His are only used here due to the
limitation of language. Allah cannot be defined with words.
The relative existence, which we refer to as I, is ultimately our brains projection of the
compositions formed by His meanings.
This projection then utilizes the skills and capabilities, given to it, to fulfill its mission or reach
the purpose for which it has been designed.
Our final destination is defined at the point of death where our brain stops functioning, and
a transition takes place from this dimension and body to another.
How one lives defines how one will die. And how one lives is defined in their archetypal
essence, which is reflected by the skills and capabilities we have been innately given (our
natural disposition).
Our unique composition is made of the meanings of His Names.
The specific skills and capabilities, comprising our composition, guide us and engage us in
certain actions and these actions then shape and design our spirit which becomes fixed at
the point of death, with which we continue our afterlife.
Hence, ones lifestyle, actions, personality and so on, will be shaped and defined by and
according to the purpose for which he or she has been designed to accomplish, that is, the
meaning he or she has been destined to manifest. [What begins as an archetypal essence
flourishes and evolves, throughout ones lifetime, until finally getting fixed at the point of
Every event, lived at every level of existence, is an expression of meanings that the One
wishes to observe in Himself.
Every unit of existence will comply with the requirements of his make-up. By actualizing his
unique composition, he will be effectuating his duty as a servant to Allah.
So, the meanings that form man are the meanings Allah wishes to observe in Himself.
All this said, Allah is Al-Ghani (The One who is beyond being labeled and limited by the
manifestations of His Names, as He is Great [Akbar] and beyond all concepts) and beyond
any form or need. Hence, it is absolutely invalid to think of Allah as this meaning in that
form, and restricting to say Allah is as such or Allah is this much. Just as making a
judgment about an artist, based on one out of perhaps thousands of his artworks, cannot be
If we can comprehend all that has been discussed here, then it would have become evident
that we need to do all that it takes to accomplish our purpose in the best possible way.

If we consciously understand these truths then the probability is that we have also been
equipped with the required skills to undergo the necessary transformations in the path to
It is said that:
A n t willing to accept.
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answer his prayer.
If He has given us the capacity to comprehend these truths, then most probably it will be
possible for us to live through the events that will actualize these meanings in us.
But first, we must purify our souls, cleanse ourselves from the conditionings of the 5 senses
and make a leap to the higher dimensions of consciousness.
Praying, that is the process of directing our thought waves to this purpose, is our most
powerful tool!
And if fulfilling our purpose has been preordained, then were not going to have too much
But what does preordainment or divine discretion actually mean?



The Topic of Fate (qadar) is the one topic that has captivated and occupied humanity
throughout all time, and that only a select few, of a certain level of enlightenment, have

In order to unravel the mystery of fate, one must first adopt and discern the concept of
So long as the reality of Unity isnt conscientiously understood and applied, ones
acceptance of fate cannot surpass the level of blind faith.
This is precisely the reason why vicegerency has been given to humans, and not the jinn
who used to reign on earth before humans were created.
The jinn, though acquainted with almost all the mechanics of the system, are restricted from
apprehending two core realities:
1. The mystery of Unity.
2. The mystery of fate.
Because the jinn dont have the capacity to understand or carry these truths, humans were
created with the necessary cognizance and capacity to fathom these mysteries.
Based on the verse;
Im going to create on earth (the body) a caliph (a vicegerent, who will live at the
conscious awareness level of the Dimension of Names). (Quran 2:30)
Humans were created with an innate capacity to comprehend the mysteries of Unity and
fate, hence becoming worthy of vicegerency.
To apprehend Unity, one must first study the meaning of the Word of Unity (Kalima-i
Tawhid), followed by an analysis and an evaluation of the meaning of the 112
chapter (al-
Ikhlas) of the Quran.
It is impossible to understand the reality of the Absolute Existence, referred to with the
name Allah, if we dont first absorb the meaning of chapter al-Ikhlas.
To READ the chapter al-Ikhlas does not mean to merely repeat the words in this short
chapter. One may repeat the chapter al-Ikhlas 100,000 times without ever once READING
the verse Allah is One. To read this verse means to understand, feel, and live its truth.
As I said before, the word Allah is a name. There is a significant difference between calling
upon ones name, and knowing the nature of the being called upon with that name, hence
calling upon that being with that name! In one, youre merely uttering the words on the
signpost, while in the latter; youre reading the signpost and actually travelling in the
direction it gives.

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Such travelers are those who are near to Allah (muqarribun), referred to as the People of
Allah (ahlullah). In other words, those who are mentioned in the verse,
A n n (Quran 42:13)
If we can comprehend the reality that the name ALLAH points to One body, not in the
sense of a physical body, but in the sense that there isnt a second being other than His
Being, that His limitless, infinite Being And if we can understand that He
hasnt come about from something, and due to His infinite nature, no other thing has
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contemplated, evaluated, manifested and then made nonexistent the whole of creation in
His Knowledge.
To put it another way, with His Knowledge and Power, a Limitless, Infinite One has created
the worlds from nothing, and observed the reflections of His Names via the names of the
creation, all at the level of knowledge!
These forms of meanings in the Knowledge of the One, obtain their form from His
existence, by manifesting the properties of His Names, at His discretion. And it is He yet
again, who observes these meanings.
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A cosmos that exists
To give an example: Let us create a world in our imagination. Let us imagine all the different
from nothing in our imagination; it has no real substantial existence independent of our
existence; it is eventually nonexistent.
As such, all of the universes and all the dimensions and life forms that they contain exist in
His Knowledge, depend on His existence, and are fundamentally nonexistent!
Comprehending this immense reality will enable us to see a remarkable truth. That is, Allah
with the properties of the name The Possessor of Absolute Will (Mureed), has willed to
create appropriate forms for the meanings to be manifested and observed. And these forms
willingly conformed and accepted this duty.
Let us now go back to the Universe we created in our imagination. We imagined and
populated a world with different individuals, equipping unique skills and capabilities to
them. As such, these individuals, in our imagination, manifest their essence based on the
skills they have been given. Can we say then, that these individuals have their own
independent will, with which they choose to govern their actions?
Or is it more correct to say, these imaginary individuals are projecting the innate
characteristics that we have assigned to them? Let us suppose that one of these individuals
commit murder and kill another individual, whereby a third person who witnesses this scene
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knowledge, in our thoughts and imagination. We are writing the script and ordaining their
roles, and they are playing it out. So how can we say S s killed so and so with his
own independent free will and choice Saying this would entail the assumption that all
individuals have a free will, and render obsolete the Will of the One. The declaration of a
free will alongside the Will of the One will implicitly fragment and lessen His Absolute Will.
In his book, Huccetullahil Baligha, Sheikh Veliullah Dihlevi, who is generally known to be
the reviver (mujaddid) of the generation after Imam Rabbani, says:

Went choice is never real as it is divinely

motivated by certain benefits and payoffs making the person think its their choice,
whereas in reality it
Muhammad (saw) says:
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Ibrahim Hakki Erzurumi, known to be the Great Helper (ghaus) of his time, says in his
d -eternal discretion is above and greater than the causes, as an individual
cannot request something after Allah provides it.
As such, Allahs provision is the cause for everything, and nothing is the cause or the
reason for His provision. His blessings are not from you. Where were you when His
blessings came to you?
All things rely on His wish, while His wish relies on nothing. For, Allah does as He
wishes. The verse Allah does as He wills
informs us that everything comes about
There are numerous Quranic verses and sayings of Muhammad (saw) to elucidate this topic.
I dont want to repeat all of them here
, but here are 2 verses to reinforce the matter:
N (on your body and outer world) or among
yourselves (your inner world) that has not already been recorded in a book (formed
in the dimension of knowledge) before We bring it into being! Indeed for Allah, this is
W t despair over your losses or exult (in
(Quran 57:22-23)
To understand the core of the matter, we must view the outer situation from the inner
point of essence; we must view multiplicity from the point of unity. If we try and view in
reverse, that is, if we try and view the peak point of the pyramid from its bottom layer, our
vision is bound to get obscured somewhere along the way, and we are bound to get
sidetracked by all the details and miss the Essence.
The sole condition one must fulfill, in order to grasp and solve this mystery from its core, is
to view the many from the point of the One, to view the manifestations from the point of
the Essence, not the other way around. In doing so, one will inevitably see that the outer
existence, that is the conceptual world of forms, is nothing but a projection of the implicit
meanings in His Knowledge!
All life forms acquire their life from His Life.
He is Aleem. Hence all knowledge pertaining to creation is from, and within, His Knowledge.
Allahs Knowledge is limitless and infinite.
He is Mureed. His Will is infinite. Hence, all outward expressions of will are from His Will,
becoming manifest in accordance to the compositions of Names they carry in their essence.


When we he is acting out of his free will Whereas

this outward display of will is in reality nothing more than the disclosure of the Will of the
One through that individual; just as the water that runs from a particular tap isnt different
than the water in the reservoir.
The application of the same principle to all His other names and attributes, such as Power,
Speech, Hearing, Sight and so on, renders evident the truth that Allah encompasses all.
We can conclude then, that there is only one life in the whole of existence, and that is the
life of the Ever-Living One (Hayy). And again, there is only one will in the whole of the
cosmos, and that is Mureed (the Possessor of Absolute Will). If the Will of the One is infinite
and limitless, then how can we fragment His eternal will by assigning a partial, individualized
will to creation?
He is the All-Powerful One, thus, all expressions of power pertain to His Power. Every
appearance of meaning, and all the acts of every atom in existence, can all be traced to the
boundless, all-encompassing names that manifest the Knowledge of the One.
Hence, there is only one Will, one Power, and one infinite Knowledge to direct this Will and
Power pertinent to the One represented by the name Allah.
He reveals and observes Himself on the mirror of the name Allah, yet at the same time He
V A (in terms of His Absolute Essence) is Ghani from (being conditioned and
limited by) the worlds (individualized and materialized compositions of His Names).
(Quran 29:06)
ALLAH is Pre-eternal and Post-eternal (Baqi).
All the worlds are like seemingly transitory waves coming from nothingness and going to
nothingness in the ocean of Eternity.
We too are like a wave, forming in and from the ocean and returning to it. As all things will
return to their source, so too every formed wave will return to its formless state in the
ocean and not be!
In the sight of the knowledgeable ones, even waves dont exist.
A day will come and we will finally realize that we are not. Our assumed selves will be
annihilated in the existence of Allah, and then the fire of our internal hell will be
extinguished. Who will we see in the mirror then, I wonder?
Will the mirror be the Eternal One and the self be naught?
In reality, it is absurd to talk about the nothingness of naught. It is as its name suggests
naught! Hence for the enlightened one, there is in every instant nothing but the Eternal One.
In fact, for the enlightened one, there is no every instant and there is only one instant.
Eventually, these things can only be lived and experienced, but to sum up what has been
In order to evaluate existence in a proper context, we must view existence as though looking
from the tip of a cone. That is, from the point of unity going toward multiplicity, from the
inner core to the outer shell, not the other way around.
Since the illimitable, infinite Being has no limit, there can be no other existence than His
but His infiniteness needs to be recognized in terms of his infinite attributes.

We have always attempted to explain His infinite nature in terms of His Absoluteness, now
we need to recognize His infinite nature in respect of His attributes. In doing so, we will
recognize His infinite Life, Knowledge, Will, Power and we will understand that the so-
called free-will that we associate to ourselves is only a product of our 5 senses. Once we
grasp the fundamental reality that our apparent free-will isnt free from His Will, we can
stop dividing the Whole into fragments and become cognizant of the verse:
D (exterior manifestations of power) other than Allah.
(Quran 28:88)
If we have been ordained to comprehend His Infiniteness, not just in terms of His Absolute
Being but also in terms of his attributes and His whole Existence, then we will realize that
fate is nothing but the field of observing manifest upon the wish of the One.



The Observing One!
Since He is the Observer, then the meanings and forms, that He wishes to observe, must be
the P
Viewing things from this perspective, the whole of existence appears to be the life,
While everything in creation is incapacitated with impotence in the sight of the One with
Absolute Power, the only thing this Exalted Being doesnt have is impotence.
The Perfect Man (Al-Insan Al-Kamil) is referred to with an expression of impotence in the
I he is cruel (insufficient in duly living his reality) and ignorant (of the
knowledge of His infinite Names) (Quran 33:72)
The whole of creation is like an extension of the Perfect Man. Nevertheless, he is limited
with finiteness in the sight of the Infinite One. Hence, he is impotent.
The Creator that is the One who has manifested countless forms in creation, has indeed
created the worlds in impotence. The Perfect Man is unrestricted in terms of his infinite
potential and in respect to the Absolute Unknown (gayb-i mutlaq). However, he is impotent
and restricted in terms of the implicitness of the meanings he manifests. Ibn al-Arabi
references this impotence with his words:
/Impotent Servant
This state of the impotent servant is essentially the state of observing for the Perfect Man.
We should take care not to interpret these notions with our human minds lest we fall into
human errors and misconceive the reality.
Know that, in the sight of the Perfect Man, compared to that which hasnt yet manifested,
all manifestations are limited, and limitation is an implication of impotence.
In this light, Muhammads (saw) words I bears the awareness of
this limitation. That is, the repentance of the Perfect Man is in reference to the impotence
he feels in regards to illimitably manifesting the unlimited, unrestricted meanings of the
In other words, it is his way of declaring: A I
thereby confessing His Omnipotence over
the corporeal worlds.
But if Allah wills, He can also speak through a servant like me to impart these teachings.
Whether he chooses a sultan or a servant, it is His wish and command, and there is no limit
or restriction to the favors of the Exalted One. Our duty is to take the teaching, appraise and
understand it, if this has been meant for us, of course.
Otherwise, based on the verse,

L (fitrah - natural disposition).

(Quran 17:84)
If we are not meant to comprehend these teachings, we will effectuate the dictum Each will
do what has been made easy (by nature) for him and chase after the destiny we find easy,
deprived of these realities.



For centuries, scholars have argued over the question:
/ or is knowledge determined by the

Or in other words, does something become known after it outwardly manifests and discloses
itself, or does it become manifest based on the knowledge that exists before its disclosed?
The answer to this question
Lets suppose creation exists independently. The knowledge, pertaining to creation, is
nevertheless part of Allahs Knowledge. Now, if it is a must for Allah to outwardly manifest
His Knowledge, then one can say knowledge is determined by manifestation.
But since were talking about an unlimited, infinite Being manifest in every dimension, an
illimitable Absolute Existence, who is not only infinite in terms of His Absoluteness but also
in regards to His attributes, then were looking at an infinite display of Names and their
explicit Acts!
What can exist outside of, and hence become a subject of, dependency for the One who is
infinite by way of His Absoluteness, Attributes, Names and Acts? How can He be dependent
on, or be determined by, a manifestation that originates from His Knowledge in the first
We say absolute power belongs to Allah alone but seldom do we contemplate its true
Let us try and employ an abstract view on things by cleansing ourselves from our
conditionings, so that we may perhaps melt our iceberg in the objectiveness of
consciousness and attain selflessness. Let us become naught in the ocean of reality, and
realize that the whole of manifestation, everything that has come into creation or that will
come into creation, depends on, and is determined by knowledge!
Some claim;
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existence become explicit through manifestation, hence, meanings cause their own

However, the key point, missing in this view, is that Allah manifests the meanings He
wishes to observe, not what He feels obliged to. Allah doesnt outwardly express the
meanings that he finds in His Knowledge, but the meanings He creates with the knowledge
pertaining to His Absolute Essence.
Claiming otherwise imposes delimitation to Allahs Infinite Self and implies the condition
that Allah must be the sum total of all explicit meanings, whereas Allah is One (Ahad). Just as
Allah isnt made of parts or compositions of parts, Allah isnt an accumulation of meanings
either. We cant define Him as a formation of Names. It is the meanings formed by the

attribute of knowledge pertaining to Allahs Absolute Essence (dhat) that were referring
to here. Hence, Allah manifests what He wishes. This does not, in any way, connote a
physical or a spiritual form to Allah, as He is far beyond need of forms.
If Allah needs to manifest something in His Knowledge, then this must have an implicit form
at the level of Knowledge, before coming into physical manifestation. However, Allah has
created the worlds based on the meanings He created in His Knowledge, as Allah is free to
govern His Knowledge as He wishes to.
The worlds, which are inexistent in respect of their reality, have not been created in respect
of the Acts of Allah but in respect of the Names of Allah. Hence, the whole of existence is
present in His Knowledge.
Those, who fall into the misunderstanding that knowledge is determined by manifestation,
try to view the top from the bottom. That is, they try to solve the mystery with the
knowledge and light of Minor Sainthood (Wilayat Sughra). Minor Sainthood involves
ascension from the people to Allah, whereas Major Sainthood (Wilayat Kubra) involves the
condescension of Allah to the level of the people.
In the sight of the Perfect Man, who maintains the knowledge and the excellence of divine
disclosure at the station of eternity (BakaBillah), manifestation is determined by
Contrary to this, based on the view of ascension in the sight of Minor Sainthood,
knowledge is determined by manifestation, as in this view manifestation appears to be
When viewed from the level of Major Sainthood, the quintessence of disclosing the
Knowledge of Allah (Nubuwwat), nothing exists anyway, other than the Absolute Essence
(dhat). Hence, it is said that the Absolute Essence manifests, from nothing, the meanings He
wishes to observe in the Knowledge from Himself, to Himself. Of course, here we are
referring to the meanings of the Names of Allah, not the Acts of Allah.
Allah creates the meanings, and then discloses them through manifestation. At every
instant, these manifested meanings interact with each other in accordance to their
properties, and based on this, they perceive one another as the Acts of Allah. Although I said
every instant, lets remember that in reality there is only one instant, as the whole of
manifestation is the result of a single theophany, what the Sufis call One Theophany (Tajalli
Wahid) or a Single Disclosure. All has begun and ended at the point; alif and the rest are
just an illusion.
Pertaining to the level of knowledge, there are meanings of Names, which have come into
existence though the act of creation, referred to by the verse:
(Quran 29:06)
The fact, that knowledge isnt determined by manifestation, is evident in Allahs Self-
Sufficiency (Ghani) and Independence of the worlds and the meanings of the Names from
which they derive. If knowledge was determined by creation, then the verse Allah is free
from need of the worlds would be rendered obsolete, as this would suggest a form of
dependency on the worlds.
Whereas, Allah, being free from need and independent of the worlds, is indicative of the
Absoluteness of Allahs Essence (dhat) referred by the Sufis as the pure and absolute
essence (dhat-i baht).

The truth is, Allahs Absolute Essence (dhat) cannot even be defined as Absoluteness as
this word is used merely as an indicator to the Absolute Essence (dhat) in relevance to lower
levels of manifestation. In reality, the Essence cannot be expounded with terms such as
absoluteness, purity or existence.
If we can truly fathom this fundamental reality, then we will be able to view the topic from
the top of the cone, from the point of unity.
Isnt the event, known as the Big Bang, a simulation of the same concept on a macro level?
The event, called the Big Bang, is a result of white matter that forms from white holes... All
of the universes in the cosmos were born from such singular points and have expanded
into what they appear to be today. That first point is the defining point of the end. Just as
the first cell of an elephant, for example, also contains the information of its last cell.
Hence, just as the innumerable expressions of existence in the cosmos have all originated
from one primary point, all of the meanings in all the worlds have originated from the
Knowledge of Allah, based on His Infinite and Illimitable Will and Power.
If we can approach the matter in this way, we will have a clearer understanding of fate.
Allah says I and M

There are vicegerents in the heavens, that is, all other dimensions in the universe too. Every
dimension, according to its structure and capacity, contains its own vicegerents. What we
know of a vicegerent is the one delegated to earth, limited by earthly restrictions. There is
only one real vicegerent however, and that is what the Sufis call the Perfect Man (Al-Insan
Al-Kamil) in reference to the Grand Spirit (Ruh-ul Azam). Also known as The Reality of
Muhammad (Hakikat-i Muhammadiyyah) and in respect of knowledge as The First Intellect
(Aql-i Awwal).
Adam is the miniature of this Grand Spirit. Interestingly, the word Adam literally means
naught. He has a name but his existence is naught! Like the Roc bird, its name exists but its
self doesnt!
Weve already established that the perceivable existence, in respect of its essence, is Allahs
l multiplied via His Names, as the Names, or their expressions
and manifestations increased, existence appeared also to multiply! Whereas in terms of
Unity (wahidiyyah), existence is only One.
If we were to give each wave a separate name, it wouldnt change the fact that they are all
waves. Whether some are bigger or smaller, whether some appear to be more curved or
not, they are all waves in the same ocean. This is precisely where variations of perception
originate. Perceptions differ according to views (basirah). If you view things from above,
there appears to be neither any differences nor any dispute, neither alteration nor
k 1 P A
As such, while relaying his words, Im altogether displaying my own ignorance by the
lengthiness of my discussion. Albeit, displaying my ignorance reveals at the same time the
perfection of the Perfected Ones, as all things are known through their opposites. If a thing
doesnt have an opposite, its worth and value cannot be known. All things have been
created in pairs, one opposing the other, one relevant to the other.
The amalgamation of opposites can only occur at the point of Unity.

And Unity can only be viewed by removing the curtains that veil it; the curtains that are from
itself to itself.
The Absolute Essence whose name Wahid (The One) denotes His attribute Wahidiyyah
(Unity), has manifested with the qualities of the Dimension of Attributes, by respect of His
Rahmaniyyah (the infinite potential from which divine Names emanate). With these qualities
then, He has established the sovereignty of the Names at the Dimenson of Malikiyyah
(Divine Dominion). In turn, these names have become outwardly explicit in the World of Acts
(afal) in accordance to the creeds of His Rububiyyah, in the form of unique composition of
Every entity, or instance of manifestation, carries, in itself, all of the compositional qualities
of this chain of evolution.
Muhammad (saw) says: 1 ; pointing to the reality of
the holographic universe.
The particle derives its essence, attributes and qualities from the Essence, Attributes and
Qualities of the Infinite One. The acts of the particle are the conversion of these implicit
divine qualities into explicit manifestations.
Viewing things from this angle, one cannot see anything other than the One.
We say the dimension of Allahs Acts, the dimension of Names, the dimension of His
A L 8 dimension?
Where is the dimension of Names in respect to the Acts? Where are the Attributes in
respect to the Names?
They place the Chair (Kursi) on the 7 heavens, and the Throne (arsh) upon the Kursi, then
search for a god within these defined parameters, where n n L

Allahs Absolute Essence (dhat) is Infinite, so if He is present with His Infinite Self in every
particle, within every dimension, then there is no particle in reality, there is only the
Eternal One.
As long as we fall short of fully comprehending Allahs Limitlessness in respect of His
One-ness (Wahidiyyah), our understanding of Islam and faith will always be less than
The Quran depicts the state of such people as:
D hawa (instinctual desires, bodily form,
illusionary self)? (Quran 25:43)
People have created a god in their imagination based on their own conditionings, and they
are squandering their lives worshipping this imaginary god!
To be free from becoming one of these people we must comprehend, observe, feel and live
the Limitlessness of Allah in respect of His Oneness (Wahidiyyah).
All of these can only be understood via experience, not through reading, but through living.
To live it duly, one must be initiated by a cause. One must be able surpass the words and
become the actualization of their meanings. One must then escape the veils of existence,
until there remains only the Observer.
To achieve this, one must first believe and then to pursue his belief. One must be cleansed
and purified from all his conditionings and the emotions that are attached to them.

Once this happens, one will inevitably fall into consumption of his natural instincts and
bodily desires. Thus, one must take extra caution to keep his bodily temptations under strict
After this is achieved, one must then demolish the illusion of a separate Self and D
as the Sufis say, that is become naught and realize the Eternal One is Allah.
After all of this, one may finally escape thinking as a man and begin thinking as Allah, as
Jesus says.



Many of us come to a point where we think weve escaped our conditionings. Little do we
Engulfed by the illusion of a self, we become captives of our bodies, and hence subjugated
to the antichrist of the illusory-self. Subservient to every bodily temptation and desire, we
begin paving our paths to destruction.
After eliminating the conditionings during the stage of maturation and development, one
becomes subject to a certain amount of freedom. Now, if one hasnt also eliminated the
illusion of the self during this process, then the newly gained freedom works to serve the
body. One becomes consumed by all sorts of bodily appetites, leading ultimately to the
deification of their body.
Consequently, one begins living in the paradise of the antichrist. That is, as opposed to the
Absolute self, the illusory self becomes the dominating force, and by obeying the illusory
self, one inevitably gets choked in the swamp of their illusion.
Lets reflect for a
If the Reviver (Mujaddid), of the period between the Hijri years 1400-1410, was the last
reviver, then following the Mahdi (Saviour), the Antichrist should appear and claim to be
God round about these times, after which Jesus should come back to the world!
Of course, this is the explicit manifestation of the matter. Those, who cant grasp this reality,
fathom this reality or not, it will come to be.
However, there is also an implicit side, to which I would like to draw your attention.
When the Mahdi within is awakened, we will have attained selflessness and realized our
P 1 -based realization will be
inadequate though, for without a thorough purification, we will still be subject to our inner
antichrists infamous command: I Lord, serve Naturally, we will begin to
think this is the voice of Allah, and start believing our self is Allah, while still identifying
ourselves as our body.
As a result of this false identification, our dominant thought will become: S I G
G I I thus accrediting
all forms of bodily pleasures to ourselves.
This is why Muhammad (saw) says:
Expressing the inverted reality that the antichrists seemingly pleasurable paradise
is in actuality hell itself!
Bodily desires are generally expressed as natural desires. Some even attribute these to the
soul (nafs) and claim such behavior pertains to the soul, whereas what we mean by the

soul is simply the ego; the sense of I. When the soul is veiled from this reality, it falsely
identifies itself with the physical body, hence attributing all bodily states, desires, etc. to
To clarify the matter a little further, lets temporarily use the word consciousness, in place
of the word soul. When our consciousness is at this lower state of frequency, we become
occupied primarily with the pursuit of bodily pleasures, thus preventing the soul from
actualizing its reality.
Many people have faltered at this point and indeed have fallen into the pharaoh-like state of
the ego, attributing divinity to themselves and succumbing to physical pleasures or
addictions, eventually causing their own demise.
The first strike to the antichrist comes from the Mahdi.
Mahdi is the guide to the truth. That is to say, it is knowledge that counteracts the
antichrist. The knowledge of the truth stands up against the illusory self and says:
God with your physical body. Your consciousness is an abstract concept! Your body, on the
other hand, is a physical being bound to the conditions of the physical dimension in which
it resides. Abandon the false belief that you are your body and realize that you are far
beyond the
This calling does not always eradicate the antichrists claim: I G Im free to live as I
Thus, it becomes necessary for Jesus to descend from the heavens, or in other
words, to emerge from the implicit realm to the explicit realm, in order to kill the antichrist!
Despite the fact that the Mahdi emerges with the Knowledge of Reality, it isnt sufficient to
exterminate the antichrist of the illusory-self, not until Jesus descends from the heavens and
disposes with divine Power!
Jesus, descending from the heavens, is symbolic of divine power opposing the antichrist, i.e.
the illusory-self, or, the fake identity. As Muhammad (saw) says:
That is to say, when divine power becomes disclosed, the act of dying before death
becomes manifest and the realization becomes ever clear, that we are only existent in terms
of our consciousness. Thereafter, we become enabled to forego our attachment to our
bodies, ascending our consciousness to the saintly state at the level of The Contented Self
(Nafs-i Mutmainna).
This is the point when the illusory self no longer defines itself as a body, and what the Sufis
refer to as uniting with Allah occurs.
Instead of interpreting the antichrist as a figure expected to emerge before the major
doomsday of the world, we may interpret it as a state of the illusory self that can befall us
before our own doomsday, that is, our own death. Then, within this context, we can
decipher what it means for the Mahdi (Saviour) to oppose, and for Jesus to defeat, the
antichrist with divine power. Of course all of these are symbolic concepts. Mahdi represents
the Islamic knowledge of Unity (tawhid) which is the equilibrium of Allahs incomparability
(tanzih) and similarity (tashbih).
The Antichrist (dajjal) represents the excess of tashbih and an incorrect evaluation of it,
leading one l C
within the plane of the body.

Jesus, on the other hand, being the one who has revealed the reality of tashbih to humanity
in person, assumes the role of the corrector of possible deviations. In Sufism, Jesus
symbolizes the state of closeness (yaqeen) to Allah, also known as the disclosure of Allahs
Upon appropriately comprehending these truths, we can attain the realization of our
nothingness, as disclosed by the knowledge of Unity (wahdat), and kneel with our heads in
prostration and pray:

As Muhammad (saw) says:
1 and
closest place one may get to Allah is at the point of prostration.
Since this is the case, then let us all place our heads on the floor in prostration. Will we have
really prostrated by doing this? Yes, but only in form! Real prostration isnt a formal
imitation, but the conscious awareness of ones nothingness and the acknowledgement of
Allahs Infiniteness.
One, who prostrates with this awareness, observes the Infinite One through his poverty and
selflessness. However, the former prostrates in shape, but erects his ego ever so uprightly,
reminiscent of the state of those mentioned as their backs will be like wood, they will not

Indeed, prostration is the state of nothingness, which can only be attained by eliminating
ones false and illusory identity. Such a persons prostration is like a unity with Allah, a divine
closeness. In this state, a person will be like an observer, as divine attributes reveal
themselves and divine power manifests, he will observe them in prostration.
It may also be appropriate to mention the act of bowing (ruqu) here.
As known, previous to Islam, methods of worship included both the standing position
(qiyam) and prostration. Ruqu however, or the bowing position was introduced by
Muhammad (saw) as part of salah (5 daily prayers).
Why though? What does bowing represent; why is it important?
Bowing in salah is the act of bending the body forward from the waist by an approximate 90
degrees, such that one is standing straight waist-down, but kneeling forward waist-up, like
forming a right angle. But what does this mean?
Reciting the Basmalah and the Fatiha (the opening chapter of the Quran), in the upright
position, is the act of attesting to the truth that uprightness is only possible and
appropriate when applied as the vicegerent of Allah. To not read these verses is a form of
associating partnership with Allah (shirk), where one runs the risk of indirectly associating
his own being as a partner to Allah.
Contrarily, prostration is the renunciation of the self and the declaration of I

Bowing I I
am naught, I know intellectually that Im inexistent and that only You exist, but this
knowledge isnt sufficient to eliminate my identity and enable me to have a practical

The knowledge of Unity (wahdat) was not imparted to previous communities; this higher
reality was exposed to Muhammads community (to the people of today). This being said, it
was also conspicuous that not everyone will achieve the exuberant experience of true
prostration. Hence, out of compassion, bowing was given as an alternative so that those
who may not be able to experience the reality of prostration can at least bow down in
humility, and intellectually accept their nothingness.
At the state of closeness to Allah, when the disclosure of divine attributes takes place during
prostration, any wish is Allahs command. As;
I C W Be,
(Quran 16:40)
Since this is the case, let us turn to Allah.
Let us pray to be protected from the Antichrist of the illusory self and the captivity of our
fake identity. Lets ask to be bestowed with the enlightenment of His Reality and Unity. And
whatever state or addiction may be impeding our spiritual growth lets genuinely want to
be freed from its enslavement, so that we may finally rise in consciousness
and Unite with the One.



When the One, in order to experience Himself, wills to divulge Self-disclosure through a
particular form in the corporeal world, that form, will turn to the One at the expense of
everything, including its own being. The sole purpose, of this particular form, will be to reach
the One.
In order to achieve this goal, he will give up everything, from the plane of thoughts to the
plane of actions, everything he assumes he owns will become expendable. He will forego his
conditionings, and all the so-called values attached to them, and their resulting emot
He will even aim to detach from his physical desires and addictions, cleansing his body from
smoking or drinking habits, excessive eating or sleeping and any other bodily weaknesses he
may have acquired in his lifetime. He will then commence spiritual practices to raise his
As he discovers his reality at the level of consciousness, he will become cognizant of the One
and realize all knowledge pertains to Him. He will then recognize the illusory nature of his
self and the inexistence of his ostensible identity, and begin to let it go, finally annihilating
himself and uniting with the One.
Nonetheless, all of this can only be achieved through the guidance of an enlightened
mentor, already living this reality. For it is not possible for one to break free, from the
confinements of certain conditionings, desires and natural tendencies, or the illusion of a
self-identity, all by himself.

So if he is to reach the One, he will seek out and find a guide who will enable him to
relinquish all his conditionings, a guide who has already been through this process and has
been enlightened. As one cant teach another how to swim, if they dont know how to swim
themselves! If a man, who has never once seen the ocean, claims he can teach you how to
swim, leave him in his delusion and continue your journey. A shepherd cant teach you how
to swim. One must seek the right guidance from the right source.
Once the right guide is found and his guidance is heard and applied, purification of the soul
will take place and the consciousness will be awakened. This arduous process will continue
to until complete submission and unity with the One is attained. At this point, one will
realize he is Islam. He will become Abdullah that is the servant of Allah and reflect the
meanings of Allah on his newly polished and purified mirror of selflessness.
True purification costs everything. It requires the sacrifice of everything we own. If we are
not willing to give up all that we possess in this pursuit, it is probably best that we dont
embark on this journey at all, for it is a journey filled with struggle, pain, tribulations and
attached to it!


If we claim to be up to the challenge now, but cry in agony or play the blame game as soon
as we encounter an apparent loss, not only will we not gain anything we seemingly lost, but
also we will have become increasingly susceptible to enacting the very thing with which we
blamed others.
Muhammad (saw) says:
So, if we accept this knowledge and want to attain it, then we must be willing to burn in hell
in order to get to heaven. For one can only be purified by burning! Just as gold is purified by

I A (nafs) and their
properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. (Quran 9:111) says the

Note that it says souls and properties!
Lets evaluate these words in a broad term.
How can we both pursue bodily pleasures, allowing the antichrist of the ego to run his
sovereignty at full capacity, and unite with the One? Clearly this is not possible. The Satan
(ego) channels our thoughts to all sorts of cul-de-sac avenues, making us think there is a
way through, but alas, it is a trap of the ego; it is merely an assumption!
History is full of spiritually enlightened figures. Look at their lives. Which one has lived a life
without any suffering? Their lives were full of purification and sacrifice!
We can only get as far as we forego from our identities. The amount of sacrifice, made from
our selves, is the degree to which we can attain true reality. So, before the system
inevitably and forcibly confiscates our possessions, belongings, loves ones, etc., why not
willingly abandon them, first by detaching them from our egos and identities, and by
purifying our hearts from material possessions and attachments?
In reality, everyone goes through similar experiences in life; everyone suffers the grief of
loss, for example. However, the difference between just anyone, and one who has
consciously willed to be awakened, is that the latter knows the wisdom behind it, and hence
employs serenity and submission. The latter knows why he is burning and suffering, and
chooses to do so with tranquility, while the former intensifies his pain with constant criticism
and complaint.
But this isnt the prerequisite to enter heaven!
To unite with Allah, one must awaken his consciousness!
C !
determined on the 120
day after conception when we were decreed to be either of the
fortunate (said) or the unfortunate (shaqi) ones.
If we were decreed to be fortunate, then all of its necessities will have been sent to us
during our lifetime. We would have been endowed with the understanding and the
knowledge, the thirst for the quest, the faith and its outward manifestation, finally resulting
at the gates of heaven.
If, on the other hand, we have been decreed to be of the unfortunate ones, then:
A n A-Just and is free to do as He wishes. None has

Who and what is independent of, or separate from, Allah such that they can question His
If you claim you want the Reality, then you must be willing to pay the price my friend!
What if you are making this claim, yet deceiving yourself by continuing to indulge in personal
Do not be veiled!
When Moses went to meet His Rabb, Allah called out to him from fire:
I A Rabb C M
So do not be surprised when fire addresses you! Fire will burn you!
Do not be veiled from it when it addresses you from a place that burns you! What burns you
is fire, not what your eyes perceive as flame. And as long as you burn, you will be in your
personal hell. This world is a part of hell too. So long as you continue living this worldly life,
you will be living in hell.
Nevertheless, if you still claim you want to reach Allah, know that you can never reach
Dont follow the footsteps of those who promise to give you a wonderful worldly life. Follow
those who will k ; lest you get addressed with the words

Those who provide you with a glittery worldly life will do so up to the grave, if that!
Eventually, your demise will be inevitable.
Your true friend is the one who will kill you before you die, as the believer unites with Allah
through death at which point you will claim like Rumi:
W & /

Indeed, your true friend is the one who will kill your fake identity, your illusory self, and save
you from your illusion of being separate, hence enabling you to unite with your source.
Seek this death, and seek this friend, so that you can start truly living!
Death, like hell, is a mercy. The mercy of Rahman is hidden in suffering, just like remedy is
hidden in bitter medicine.
Death only scares those who are attached to the world, as death for them means the loss of
everything they seemingly own. But if one fails to deal with these fears now, the
consequences, that it will bring tomorrow, will be much more formidable.
Come my friend... come willingly and lovingly to die for the sake of Allah so that you will be
enlivened with The Ever Living One (Hayy) and The Everlasting One (Baqi).
Die now my



In his The Holographic Universe, Michael Talbot presents the theories of Bohm and Pribram,
and in reference to their proposed new way of looking at the world, he says:


Lets try and understand the implications of this powerful view.
First of all, lets put time and space aside, and focus on the words:
a deeper order of existence from another dimension
A deeper order is the order within the depths of our existence; our essence, in Sufi terms,
the Absolute Existence!
Beyond the illusory existence that we refer to when we say I, exists another I, one that is
common to all existence, the Absolute I, the Absolute Self!
The brain, then, is the converter of the frequencies that are projections from this Absolute
I, who projects the frequencies of His implicit meanings that He wants to disclose!
I cannot adequately stress the importance of the following:
Ah has created each person for a particular purpose. Only by complying with their
natural disposition (fitrah), and following the path that is best suited to their make-up, can
people fulfill their unique purpose. It is this fulfillment that renders their servitude

If we can truly grasp the meaning of and internalize this truth, we can no longer feel
angered, depressed, annoyed, or critical! For we will be cognizant of the reality that each
person can only disclose their own natural disposition, regardless of whether their
disposition complies with, or contradicts ours! It is as absurd to question anothers motives,
as it is to question the liver as to why it doesnt pump like the heart!
Indeed, this truth is the essence and the summary of the System and the Order as described
by the Quran.
As long as someone fails to comprehend this reality, their claims to believe in a God are
false; their faith is only an imitation.
Real faith is the fruit of the comprehension, internalization and the application of this reality.
First of all, a Sufi aspirant must abandon his anger! For as soon as one is angered by
something, one is veritably dismissing and denying Allah! Each individual can only execute


what is in his creation program. To become infuriated by another is no different than being
infuriated by the disposition assigned to him by Allah, i.e. the decree of Allah.
If Allah has willed to create that individual with that particular program, how can we
question His Absolute Knowledge and Will? Clearly, Allah has deliberately chosen to
designate that particular composition to that particular individual. To think he or she is
wrong, or flawed or inappropriate, is to undermine, doubt and even deny the Godhead of

What do dreams signify? Do they have a valid place in the System? How do we see what we
see in our dreams, do our spirits leave our body and go elsewhere?
The term astral travelling denotes a state of the brain, where the emission of a certain kind
of radar waves, projects certain images to our brain, allowing us to see and experience
certain things or events.
The general conception is that the spirit leaves the body when we sleep, takes a little tour,
then re-enters at the time of waking. This isnt so! The spirit does not leave the body or go
anywhere! The enlightened ones, who have been able to activate their third eye, have
mastered the ability to direct their radar waves to a particular location and perceive that
place through images that get projected back to their brains.
Those who are ignorant of the mechanics of this process think their spirits actually leave
their body and go to some other place.
Whereas the spirit can only leave the body in two ways:
1. Death
2. Conquest (fath)
The truly enlightened ones, who have been able to conquer their souls, who have died
before death and attained the state of Haqq al-yakeen (The Certainty of The Reality), are
the only ones who can observe without the body. All other observers rely on the radar
waves omitted by their brain!

The radar waves can either be a miracle, based and directed to the material dimensions
above Earth, or a phenomenon based and directed to the dimensions of Heaven, Hell and
the Intermediate Realm. It can also be directed towards lower dimensions, depending on
the expansion capacity of the brain.
To give an example, when we dream of angels, we see them in various forms and figures
with which we are already familiar. Angels do not have forms in their original state; they
only have certain frequencies in relation to their particular function. In other words, angels
are high frequency vibrations. When one of these frequencies reaches our brain, we
crosscheck it with our pre-existing database and decode it based on the closest frequency
we can find, and then assign an image to it.
When a tree talks in our dream for example, its actually an angel; a high frequency vibration
that got decoded and interpreted as a tree as this was the closest frequency the brain was
able to find in its database!


As such, when various incoming frequencies reach the brain, an automatic search engine is
activated to find the closest corresponding match in order to define it. Whatever form has
already been assigned to that closest match remains unchanged. Hence, we see dreams in
symbols and not in their original state.
l Muhammad (saw) says:

What does this mean? If this life is like sleep, then we must all be dreaming! This world, and
Everything we experience here,
the pain, the joy, our
symbols as a result of our brains frequency converting mechanism, so too we perceive
everything in this dimension by the very same process.
All of this is confirmed by the worlds leading neurophysiologist, Stanford University
professor Karl Pribram and the world famous physicist, David Bohm.

Can people have different perceptions of the same object?
If the same frequency reaches two different people with the same database, then the
resulting evaluation will be the same. This is precisely why we all perceive and see the same
objects in the same way, because we all have the same perception mechanism and have
been conditioned to function in pretty much the same way!
The visible spectrum, that is the frequency range that can be detected by the human eye, is
definite. Whether the same frequencies reach one eye or 1,000 different eyes, the result will
always be the same. They will all see the same thing, as all of them will be processing the
incoming data using the same system.

Why does color blindness result in the different perception of colors?
This is because, in the case of color blindness, there is also a difference in the mechanism of
the brain. That is, a person who is colorblind processes the incoming frequencies differently
than a person who isnt. Its not that they receive different frequencies; its that they possess
different brains! The database, i.e., the accumulation of data during ones lifetime, is what
defines the brains capacity.
When we are born, our database consists only of genetic and astrological data, but as of
birth, we are constantly prone to new information, new conditionings, and new data. This is
why a newborn baby has limited vision, not because of a lack of sight, but because of the
lack of data in the brain to evaluate the information.
We can only project outwardly what we possess inwardly. Our ability to decipher a certain
input of data depends solely on the database we have been building since our birth.
For example, the tendency to be fond of, and drawn to beauty, is a property of the brain. It
may be related to either genetic traits or astrological influences, such as the position of
Venus in ones natal chart. In any case, how this inclination externalizes in Iran is different to
how it is expressed in Africa, or Japan or the United States of America. Depending on how

environmental conditionings shapes ones database, traits that are primarily common to the
whole of humanity, become externalized through innumerably various means.

Are Heaven and Hell states of particular frequencies?
All information or data in our database are particular frequencies. Ones experience of
heavenly pleasures is directly proportionate to how rich and comprehensive ones database
is. Hence, the different levels of Heaven!
This is why Muhammad (saw) encourages the aspiration of knowledge with his words:
S , for the acquisition of knowledge is what
increases the capacity of our database that exists in our brain and gets uploaded to our
spirit. Our experience of life is the very result of the information contained in this database.
The quality and abundance of knowledge that we supply to it, is what defines our
experience of life, and whether it is hell-like or heaven-like.
The Sufis say:
Who are the foolish?
Those who are ignorant of their ignorance!
Why must one abstain? Simply because such people cannot add anything to an aspirant of
knowledge. An aspirant should befriend those whose knowledge is greater and further than
his, approaching the contrary only with the intent to share his knowledge.
An aspirant seeks to accumulate knowledge with the same eagerness that a worldly person
seeks to accumulate money and wealth, as he denies the afterlife. This is because an
aspirant knows he cannot attain any more knowledge; hence develop his spirit any more
after the point of death. This is why it is crucial for the aspirant to take heed of his masters
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Commodious knowledge is knowledge that serves useful after death, whereas useless
knowledge serves no purpose in the afterlife. When the enlightened ones warn us against
the attainment of useless knowledge, they are not prohibiting the acquisition of such
knowledge altogether but, in fact, advising us not to be fixated or obstructed by it. For all
encountered knowledge serves some purpose in life and nothing is encountered by
All things experienced by creation are inclusive of their preordained purpose and program.
Nothing is without reason. We are all individually equipped with the necessary program to
fulfill the purpose the Creator has willed for us. We cannot execute a code that isnt written
in our kernel!
When I was around the ages of 15-18, I thought of myself as a highly intelligent person. I
often wondered why Allah willed for me to be born in Istanbul and not in a more developed
country, such as some place in Europe or the USA. I even thought it would have been more
befitting if I were born in Mecca or Medina. What was the wisdom behind this will?
After many years, I realized that if I had been born and raised in Mecca or Medina, my
religious apprehension would probably not have surpassed the literal, disabling me from
deciphering the symbolic and metaphoric nature of religion. If I were born in the West, on

the other hand, I would probably have become a great scientist, deprived however of the
knowledge imparted by Muhammad (saw).
Allah willed for me to be born in Istanbul instead, a city on the border of the East and the
West, right in the middle of both worlds! Thus, I was able to benefit both from the teachings
of the East and the resources of the West, forming a synthesis of both. I would probably
have been deprived of this, had my place of birth on the map been a little more on the left
or a little more on the right!
As such, Allah designates the perfect environment and resources required for the
fulfillment of every individuals unique purpose.
All of the above is based on a view going from the Essence to the outer.
If we employ the counter view, and look at the Essence from the outer reality, we may
reversely conclude that the people in our lives, our environment, and our occupation are all
a herald of either good news or a catastrophe.
When viewed this way interesting things come to mind! One no longer feels the need to say
I for one realizes with conviction that everything is exactly the way it is meant to be
and always will be! It is useless to say I wish I hadnt done such and such mistake in the
past. Indeed, that mistake had to be done, those lessons had to be taken, those emotions
had to be lived, and everything had to occur in the exact way it did, for us to discover
ourselves and accomplish our purposes.
Mistakes and sins teach us valuable lessons. By repenting, we can be cleansed from the sin
but the lessons we learn will forever be ours to keep. Life is a journey we must take to reach
the destination of our purpose. Everything that is encountered on this journey including
the mistakes we make, is there to aid and guide us in that direction.
Imagine a staircase of a billion steps. If your purpose in life is to constitute the 22222
then that is exactly where your life experience is going to lead you. Through the people you
meet and the events you live, Allah is going to shape you and sculpt you to befit that
particular position, not one more or one less.
Allah, in His Pre-Eternal Knowledge, has designed such a magnificent staircase called
humanity where each person is preordained to constitute one particular step; no one can
escape his role or position in this miraculous staircase.
Sooner or later, each person will play out his role and constitute the step that has been
assigned for him. Once the staircase is completed, doomsday will occur.
Although I mentioned the word preordained, let us also be aware of the verse:
L n n . (Quran 55:29)
That is to say, Allah is present in every dimension, through the various forms within that
As such, just as it is true that there is no free will and only Allahs Will, it is equally true
that every individual lives with his or her own will.
Though they seem to be opposite extremes in contradiction with one another, in fact, they
are two sides of the same reality. Its not that there is the greater will of Allah and the lesser
will of the people. In its essence, there is no distinction between the two; the distinction
arises only by perception. That is, when viewed through the 5 senses, there is dispersion,
hence many wills. When viewed through consciousness, there is unity, hence only One Will.
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they are different impressions of the same thing.
In the realm of consciousness there are no parts or monads, there is only The Whole. What
appears to be multiplicity is only the different relations and expressions the Names of the
One assume. Hence, when we say also we are denoting another in addition to the One,
which is implicative of shirk (associating another being with Allah.)
Like the staircase we mentioned of above, if we eliminate one single step from the staircase,
would it mean anything on its own? Together, the steps form the staircase; they have no
substantial existence on their own, as one single step does not lead one anywhere. The Will
of the One is like the staircase; the individual steps that compose it are not separate or
different from it. Thus, what we refer to, when we say individual will, is essentially no
different than the ultimate one will. As this staircase continues to evolve and extend,
different manifestations appear. The verse, about Allah disclosing Himself in different ways
every day, is in reference to these manifestations.
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respect of our source of life, being the life attribute of Allah. The same can be said about our
knowledge, will, power and so on.
If we can change the direction of our view and start looking at things from the core rather
than the outer shell, we may actually realize that everything we manifest is from Allah and
submission to this divine guidance will inevitably take us to the actualization of our
The pre-ordainment, which we have discussed, does not in any way suggest that we sit back
and do nothing as everything is already predetermined! The System does not allow
inactivity! One who is static cannot survive in the System, just as the primary cell, formed by
been preordained to be a human being so there is no need for me to undergo division and
l impossible for the cell not to proliferate. It goes against its
nature; it cant help but multiply!
In just the same way, we cant help but be ourselves. Whichever step we have been
ordained to be, in the staircase of humanity, we will be!
The ultimate destination is contained in the primary cell of our being. That cell contains my
characteristics, i.e., by genotype and phenotype but it doesnt define me in every detail.
When we look at things from an astrological view for example, we say that we are currently
under the effect of Uranus, where Uranus reflects the traits of Aquarius. This does not mean

The incoming new wave from Uranus will definitely stimulate certain thought processes,
but the results will vary amongst individuals according to their already existing databases.
If my database is ready to output a new thought, then the incoming stimulus will have a
favorable effect on my intellect. But if I lack this capacity, or am not in a receiving mode,
then the same wave will come to me but have no effect on my brain function. The various
planetary influences that reach the brain are nothing more than stimuli to activate certain
parts of the brain.
Another example can be given of medical experiments performed on cats. Sexual activity of
cats was observed to increase significantly when the sex centers in their brains were
stimulated with electrodes. When their anger centers were stimulated, they started to
growl. Thus it can be understood that when certain sections of the brain are irritated the

brain responds. Likewise, when astrological data reach the brain it comes in an elementary
format, without a particular notion. Depending on which part of the brain receives the data,
how it processes it, the contents of its database, and the interpretation it makes, the
resulting behaviors differ.
A final destination and a general path to lead us there, have been predetermined for us.
Everything else depends on the individual program we run, and its natural consequences.
Our program is constantly in synch with the angelic influences coming from our dimensional
depths. Hence, our behavior is a synthesis of both the inward, and the outward influences
that constantly surround us.
This formation is what we call the individual will. To deny the individual will is to deny this
formation! To say that the individual will and the Will of the One are one and the same
thing, is not to deny the individual will; just as claiming ice to be water doesnt negate the
formation called ice (but doesnt assign a separate existence to ice either.)
When we observe the reality from the dimension of pure consciousness, we cannot see
anything in existence other than the One. In this state, there is no dispersion or multitude;
there is no other to possess a separate will. Only when we observe from an individual point
of view, that is the dimension of multiplicity, we see individualized expressions of the One
Will, which appear to be many, but, in essence, they come from the same source.
The Quran elucidates this matter to those of understanding by saying
, referring to the individual will in the domain of
multiplicity. Then, reflecting it from the projection of unity, it says 1
A, referring to the reality that A
Both are true, as both are different projections of the same reality.
Note that the verse says L n n ; it does not
say Allah. He is translated from the Arabic word HU, which does not connote gender, of
course, but connotes a pure being beyond description.
We can think of HU as the dimension of unity in the essence of each monad, the source of
the constant formation.
HU is the unity disguised as multiplicity. HU is the dimension of oneness implicit in the
essence of all things!

Is the acquisition of knowledge in our control? How does it affect our future; the step we
have been destined to compose?
Knowledge, experience and guidance shape us into becoming the step we are meant to be.
The degree, to which someone acquires and applies knowledge, is the degree of shaping
that occurs. Without getting shaped, one cannot become. Therefore, knowledge without
application is futile.
Lets say, for example, that I have attained much knowledge and internalized the fact that
each individual can only express his, or her, natural disposition and cant display behavior
beyond the limits of his capacity. Now lets suppose I go to a restaurant, the waiter comes
and throws the menu at me. Can I get angry or yell at him? He is only displaying the behavior
resulting from his internal program; obviously he lacks the data to enable him to act in a
different way!

If I were ignorant of this truth, I would react with anger and frustration. I would question his
behavior with fury and try to correct him. Knowledge enables me to remain calm, to not
react with emotions. Knowledge saves me from the unnecessary burdens of impulsive
reactions and the tiresome repercussions arising as a result.
When a person gets infuriated and angry, millions of cells are terminated instantly! One
moment of anger, depending on its intensity, can cause millions of short circuits and
explosions at the molecular level, sometimes even damaging irreplaceable brain cells! So
how can a learned person who has acquired knowledge display such behavior and cause his
own demise? Could this be true knowledge? If knowledge does not prevent us from harming
ourselves and others, if knowledge does not shape us, then we cannot really claim to have
The cut of a diamond is what determines its value. A one-carat diamond, with 52 facets, is
much more valuable than the same diamond with 32 facets, or 16 facets. The more a
diamond is cut, the more its value will increase.
We, also, are like diamonds. The more knowledge cuts and shapes us, the more we increase
in value.

If the level of knowledge that I can acquire is up to me, that is, if Im in charge of using my
brain to evaluate knowledge, then its logical to assume that the step we form in the
staircase is not fixed, which means the staircase itself is not stable?
Our place in the staircase is fixed. The place we occupy, the step we compose is the very
purpose of our creation. However, its final shape is determined at the point of death. So
long as we are living, we are still being cut and shaped.
As for the shaping that happens in hell, it is like a final cleansing of the residues of
impurities we carry from our worldly life. Like purifying gold with fire, it doesnt add any
further value to it; only purifies it.
As such, hell is not a place of getting shaped, but rather, it is a place of purification.
Hellfire purifies and solidifies the things weve gained in the world, so that we may enter
heaven as refined beings.
No matter what the apparent reason may be, everyone experiences an intermediate phase
in their lives, during which they suffer an internal burning. This burning, referred to as
hellfire, is a way of cleansing ourselves from inappropriate states that impede our heavenly
Those, who are destined to stay in hell forever, will also eventually reach a state of
refinement after intense and extended suffering.
But at the end of all suffering, the fire will be extinguished, the burning will end, and new life
will spring from the ashes.


Dear Reader,
Many have asked, who is Ahmed Hulusi, what is his mission?
Ahmed Hulusi was born on the 21
of January 1945, in Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, and was named
Ahmed by his mother, and Hulusi by his father.
He spent the first 18 years of his life without any prior religious knowledge, believing only in
a Creator. As every time Ahmed Hulusi enquired about religion he was told
irreligious life according to his
Three days after his fathers death, on the 10
of September 1963, unable to decline his
mothers wish, he attended Friday prayer, where he felt an immense inspiration and desire
to understand the reality of religon. That same day he decided to always keep in a state of
ablution and committed to performing the prescribed daily prayers (salah).
He commenced his religious education by studying the eleven volumes of Sahih Bukhari,
published by the Turkish Directorate for Religious Affairs, the whole of the al-Kutub al-
Sittah, and the most authentic Turkish translation of the Quran by the late Elmalili, one of
Turkeys most eminent Quran scholars.
He then spent two years undertaking intense studies of the modern sciences. This
exceptionally diligent period of education was then followed by an interval of intensive
spiritual diets and retreats, leading him in 1965 to write his first book Reflections
(Tecelliyat). This book holds an important place for Ahmed Hulusi as it is a conglomeration of
his views and theological evaluations at the youthful age of 21.
In 1965 he took a solitary journey, as with all his endeavors, to fulfill his pilgrimage to Mecca
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In 1970, when he was working for the Aksam newspaper of Turkey, he began researching
the topic of spirits and the evoking of spirits, and published Turkeys first and only book in
this field, Spirit, Man, Jinn (Ruh Insan Cin).
After discovering that the phrases in the Quran smokeless fire and fire that inhabits the
pores are actually references made to radial energy, Ahmed Hulusi began to further his
research to decipher the teachings of the Quran in the light of science, and shared his
findings in his book The Mysteries of Man (Insan ve Sirlari) in 1985.
Continuing to integrate the truths in the Quran with the contemporary sciences, Ahmed
Hulusi established his understanding of religion on the foundation of the System and Order
denoted by the One named Allah, and committed himself to reading the reality disclosed
by Muhammad SAW, sharing his findings through his writings and the Internet.
Ahmed Hulusi, who has not only read and studied the aforementioned preeminent
collections of Islamic Law, but who has also evaluated the works of many renowned Sufi
saints (waliyy) and scholars, synthesizes his findings with scientific truths and presents
them as an integrated system of rational reality. Ahmed Hulusi strongly believes that

people should be evaluated according to their ideas rather than their personalities, and
asserts that Muhammad SAW is the best example of this.
While, simple-minded people spend their lives busying themselves spreading rumors about
personalities, he claims, developed minds engage with data resulting from ideas and
thought processes.
In order to refrain from self-promotion, he has not put his surname on any of the books he
has written over the last 40 years. He does not claim to be a guru or a teacher to anybody;
on the contrary, he chooses to have very little contact with people despite the large demand
and interest he receives.
He was forced to put his photos on his books after a few imposters claimed to be Ahmed
Hulusi, gathering and exploiting large crowds of people in the Anatolia region of Turkey.
Ahmed Hulusi, who always held an authentic press card, has never been occupied in a field
of profession other than journalism. He has never been a member of any political, social or
religious organization, foundation or establishment of any sort. He has spent his lifetime
researching Islamic mysticism, or Sufism, and the modern sciences. He is also the first author
to offer all his works, including his entire collection of books, writings, and videoconferences
absolutely free, fully downloadable from his Internet site.
All of his views and ideas are offered without any expectation of material gain.
Due to the February 28, 1997, postmodern coup in Turkey, Ahmed Hulusi and his wife
Cemile moved to London, where they lived for a year, before settling in the USA, where he
still resides today.
Ahmed Hulusi who prefers to live a relatively reclusive life in his small town, recommends
that people re-evaluate the original teachings of Muhammad SAW and the Quran in the
light of science, without depending on an intermediator.
According to Ahmed Hulusi, in respect of the System disclosed by Muhammad SAW,
religious positions cannot exist. Every individual has the right to, and is obliged to directly
interact with the teachings of Allah through Muhammad SAW and shape their lives
Ahmed Hulusi claims, the only person one must follow is Muhammad SAW, as everyone
else has a consultative role. He believes people are only accountable of the knowledge
imparted by Muhammad SAW and the Quran; as all other views are relative and non-
Due to this, Ahmed Hulusi does not encourage anyone to become his follower. He advises
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believe me, find and verify the truth for yours
Ahmed Hulusi is an Islamic intellectualist who tries to share his thoughts with those who
have an intellectual and inquisitive mind!
None of his written, audio or visual works are copyrighted. As long as it remains faithful to
the original, all his works can be printed and distributed for free. Just knowing that his books
are in the houses of millions of people is a great enough honor for him.
All his works can be accessed and downloaded at the following site:
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her knowledge base.

Try and evaluate these books with your own minds.

Be concerned about the writings, not the writer.
Duly examine these truths that are complimentarily shared with you.
I hope these books, that are based on the truths of Allah and the System (Sunnatullah) and
that have the potential to give direction to ones eternal life, will open up new horizons for

Ahmed Hulusi