For the common person,
the initiation is Zikr Allah (swt) is the starting point,
for his heart to be enlightened with the zikr of the personal name of God.
Furthermore, every rank is attained through the folds of God’s name.
What are the folds of the personal name of God?
What is the Fold of God’s Personal Name?
Q: Sultan Haq Bahoo stated,
‘O Seeker, uncover the meaning of all things in the folds of the personal name of God ‘Allah’
for the meaning to everything can be attained instantaneously through the folds of God’s name’.
Yes, this is absolutely correct.
So what you should do is visualise the name of God and attain your purpose.
If you attain that purpose then you should know that it was meant for you
and if you don’t, then understand that it was for someone else.
It’s quite simple, isn’t it?
Now, for the folds of God’s name and the various forms of transcendental meditations performed through it,
one’s rank and station have to be assessed for all these things.
For instance, Sultan Sab said,
'I can have you witness God in one glance'.
I posed this question to Sarkar
and asked, ‘Sarkar, what does he mean by ‘witness God in one glance’?’
Sarkar explained it to me in detail.
Sarkar said, 'You only witness God in one glance, not two'.
You see the divine splendour in one glance, it never happens twice. It’s done with a single glance.
So I said, 'Sarkar, what is the need for rendering zikr e qalb then
since it is possible to have people see God with a single spiritual glance?'
And Sarkar said, 'That is the thing.
When it comes to witnessing the divine splendour,
the seeker must be one who has fulfilled all the requirements prior to witnessing God,
thereafter, a Master of Haqiqah can take you to God with a single glance.
However, you must do all that is required prior to the witnessing.
How are you to reach there and be worthy of witnessing God?
Numerous books of [the discourses of] Sultan Sab were compiled
but we must also bring to our knowledge the various ranks and stations of the individuals he has addressed.
‘Every meaning can be obtained from the name of God’ - this is not written for you.
For the common person, the initiation is Zikr Allah (swt) is the first step,
for his heart to be enlightened with the zikr of the personal name of God.
This is what you should focus on, to strengthen your faith and settle God’s name in your heart,
you want to make sure that the personal name of God is entwined with your heartbeats and begins to generate divine energy.
Furthermore, ‘every rank is attained through the folds of God’s name’.
What are the folds of the personal name of God?
All our senior members have also heard of this that all ranks can be attained through the folds of the personal name of God.
So, what is the fold of God’s name?
‘Tay’ means fold.
If something is folded, it can be unfolded too.
So, when you unfold the personal name of God, Allah,
- it is folded, right? The fold of God’s name. Tay means fold.
So what happens when you unfold it?
The ‘alif (A)’ from ‘Allah’ will be removed and it will become ‘Lillah’.
When it is further unfolded, the ‘laam (L)’ will be removed and it will become ‘Lahu’.
When it is further unfolded, another ‘laam’ will be removed and it will become ‘Hu’.
Now, each word has its own stage, the acquisition of which requires unique efforts and struggle.
As long as you are on the stage of exoteric and esoteric Shariah, you shall attain spiritual benevolence from God’s name ‘Allah’.
Now listen carefully.
Now usually, the first step on the spiritual path is the revival of the spiritual heart.
We are aware of this and you must also be aware of this.
Now, how are you going to lead the spiritual heart, through Shariah or Tariqah?
Now, the heart entered into Tariqah through Tariqah
but what is the doctrine of the heart? Is it Shariah or Tariqah?
For example, if your heart commemorates the name of God, ‘Allah’,
although you are practising Tariqah,
the benevolence you receive is of Shariah - as long as God’s name is colliding with your heartbeats.
When shall you attain the benevolence of Tariqah in the heart?
When one fold is unfolded and the 'Alif' from Allah is removed and becomes 'Lillah'.
When Lillah begins to echo within, its divine light as well as its attitude shall be unique.
What is the attitude of Lillah?
Lillah means everything is for God.
So, when everything is for God, then your zakat shall be 97.5%, won’t it?
There are requirements too.
As long as you are engaged in the zikr of ‘Allah’, you are a momin
and the divine light of ‘Allah’ has entered your heart,
your zakat is 2.5%; when you earn 100 rupees, you keep 97.5% for yourself and spend 2.5% in the way of God
but when you enter the phase of Lillah
then you give 97.5% towards God, and you keep only 2.5% for yourself
and that includes your wife and your children.
That’s it.
Your parents are not included in your 2.5%.
Now, when the zikr of Lillah begins,
even the beats are different as well as the divine light,
therefore, its reach is also different.
The Qur’an states ‘Allahu maa fi samawat wa ma fil ard (Allah owns everything between the heavens and earth)’
and in another place, it states ‘Lillahu maa fi samawat wa ma fil ard’,
and in yet another place, it also states, ‘Lahu maa fi samawat wa ma fil ard’
and it also states ‘Hu al lazee’.
All four folds of the personal name of God have been unfolded.
There is a separate rank and stage for everything.
The spiritual benevolence of God’s personal name in your hearts is the Shariah of Mustafa (s).
The Zikr Allah of a zakir e qalbi is the spiritual benevolence of Mustafa (s).
The spiritual benevolence of Tariqah begins when Lillah enters your being.
For instance, we granted the zikr of ‘Lillah’ to an individual in the Kaaba. Do you remember?
We gave him the zikr of Lillah.