Prayer according to Shariah is service, according to Tariqa proximity, and according to Haqiqa union with God.

Prayer according to Shariah is service, according to Tariqa proximity, and according to Haqiqa union with God.

Seclusion protects the sight from gazing with desire, hand from taking-and receiving the forbidden. When the external senses are shut off, the internal senses, which are the doors of the hidden world, are opened.

Seclusion protects the sight from gazing with desire, hand from taking-and receiving the forbidden. When the external senses are shut off, the internal senses, which are the doors of the hidden world, are opened.

Man as a microcosm contains everything that exists in the macrocosm.

Man as a microcosm contains everything that exists in the macrocosm.

Recollection of “There is no god but God”, is the highest of the seventy-seven signs of faith, for the Prophet said that “The loftiest of them is the testimony that there is no god but God.

Recollection of “There is no god but God”, is the highest of the seventy-seven signs of faith, for the Prophet said that “The loftiest of them is the testimony that there is no god but God.

The lower soul, the Devil, and the Angels are not realities external to you. You are them. So too Heaven, Earth, and the Divine Throne are not outside you, nor are Paradise, Hell, Life, or Death. All exist within you, as you will realize once you have accomplished the initiatic journey and become pure.

The lower soul, the Devil, and the Angels are not realities external to you. You are them. So too Heaven, Earth, and the Divine Throne are not outside you, nor are Paradise, Hell, Life, or Death. All exist within you, as you will realize once you have accomplished the initiatic journey and become pure.

The heart possesses subtle organs of perception, which are progressively purified by the performance of zikr, together with other spiritual discipline and exercises.

The heart possesses subtle organs of perception, which are progressively purified by the performance of zikr, together with other spiritual discipline and exercises.

The traveler must also give up resistance to God’s decree and refrain from prayer for reward in the hereafter.

The traveler must also give up resistance to God’s decree and refrain from prayer for reward in the hereafter.

If one is silent, it may be that one hears the speech of angels as the Prophet said: “God speaks by the tongue of “Omar and his heart.”

If one is silent, it may be that one hears the speech of angels as the Prophet said: “God speaks by the tongue of “Omar and his heart.”

In the state of elevation, the mystic may be able to read heavenly books in languages and characters previously unknown to him and learn the heavenly names of things and beings in including his own eternal name which is different from his worldly name.

In the state of elevation, the mystic may be able to read heavenly books in languages and characters previously unknown to him and learn the heavenly names of things and beings in including his own eternal name which is different from his worldly name.

The carnal soul is disciplined by silence, for this carnal soul is an idle talker. Silence guarantees salvation from Hell.

The carnal soul is disciplined by silence, for this carnal soul is an idle talker. Silence guarantees salvation from Hell.

He says in a similitude: “If speech is silver, silence is gold.” In silence there is continuous recollection (zikr) of God by heart and tongue.

He says in a similitude: “If speech is silver, silence is gold.” In silence there is continuous recollection (zikr) of God by heart and tongue.

Kubra gives an exact description of the revelations of coloured light that occurs to the initiate during his spiritual training: These are dots and spots and circles; the soul passes through periods of black colour and of black and red sports until the appearance of the green colour indicates that divine grace in near-green has always been considered the highest and heavenly colour.

Kubra gives an exact description of the revelations of coloured light that occurs to the initiate during his spiritual training: These are dots and spots and circles; the soul passes through periods of black colour and of black and red sports until the appearance of the green colour indicates that divine grace in near-green has always been considered the highest and heavenly colour.

Permanent concentration upon the Divine Names in the retreat leads to mystical awareness.

Permanent concentration upon the Divine Names in the retreat leads to mystical awareness.

Included in the mystical journey “way of Junaid”, are Practices such as: constant ritual purity, constant fasting, constant silence, constant retreat, constant recollection of God, and constant direction of a spiritual Guide who explains the meaning of one’s dreams and visions.

Included in the mystical journey “way of Junaid”, are Practices such as: constant ritual purity, constant fasting, constant silence, constant retreat, constant recollection of God, and constant direction of a spiritual Guide who explains the meaning of one’s dreams and visions.

Fasting overpowers the carnal soul that commands evil. It resembles to spiritual being. It closes off the roads to Satan which are the veins in the body because Satan goes in the vein and skin. Fasting causes bodily and spiritual health. The faster receives aid and help, for “they seek and through fasting and prayer.”

Fasting overpowers the carnal soul that commands evil. It resembles to spiritual being. It closes off the roads to Satan which are the veins in the body because Satan goes in the vein and skin. Fasting causes bodily and spiritual health. The faster receives aid and help, for “they seek and through fasting and prayer.”