Ilm ul Yaqeen, Ain ul Yaqeen Aur Haq ul Yaqeen
Ilm ul Yaqeen,
Ain ul Yaqeen,
Haq ul Yaqeen.
1- Ilm ul Yaqeen.
2- Ain ul Yaqeen.
3- Haq ul Yaqeen.
There are three stages.
Ilm ul Yaqeen: to obtain belief through knowledge.
This is the stage of Shariah called Maqam e Shuneed.
Okay.
For example, God is one.
How do we come to know that God is one?
Because we were told.
We read it or we listened to somebody’s lecture and this is how we came to know that there is one God.
So this is a belief that we obtain through knowledge.
Ilm ul Yaqeen.
Number one: to obtain belief through knowledge.
Ilm ul Yaqeen (Belief through knowledge).
You obtain belief through knowledge.
That’s it.
There is no personal experience in this.
For example, ‘Carrot halwa is delicious’.
Whatever comes into our knowledge through hearsay and we believe it is Ilm ul Yaqeen.
It is a very ordinary station.
A majority of people who obtain belief through hearsay are at the stage of Ilm ul Yaqeen.
There is no guarantee for such belief; it fluctuates.
Alright?
Now, we have Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and the fact that he is the Last Prophet.
You heard that Prophet Mohammad is the Last Prophet.
'La nabiyya baadi'
Prophet Mohammad said, ‘There will be no prophet after me’.
And the Qur’an states, ‘Khatimun Nabiyeen (Last Prophet)’.
You read this and heard this and you believed it.
This tenet of yours is based on Ilm ul Yaqeen.
This has no value.
Why does it have no value?
Those who had this belief were corrupted by the Qadianis and Ahmadis
and they rejected the Finality of Prophethood of Prophet Mohammad.
Why did they reject it?
Because the belief they had in the Finality of Prophethood was based on knowledge, not on personal experience.
Similarly, whenever you have belief in something by hearing it or reading about it in the books, it is Ilm ul Yaqeen.
The second stage is a spiritual stage.
It is called Ain ul Yaqeen.
‘Ain’ in Arabic means eyes.
God is one.
Everybody says God is one.
Isn’t that right?
Everybody says it.
We believe it because we heard of it.
And then we heard from India that there was a Hindu girl who said,
‘If you want to marry me, you have to adopt my religion’.
And the Muslim boy converted to Hinduism.
So what happened to ‘God is one’?
This is a problem.
It’s a problem, isn’t it?
What happened to that belief?
That belief was useless, wasn’t it?
Why did it become useless?
Because it was Im ul Yaqeen.
You need to have personal experience in order to have Ain ul Yaqeen.
You have to adopt the path of spirituality for this.
Our spiritual file is taken to God [by the Spiritual Master] and he asks God,
‘This seeker wants to love you. Do you accept?’
Then God will send his permission and inscribe his name on your heart.
When you see the name of God written on your heart it is Ain ul Yaqeen.
You can see the truth of God with your eyes.
Ain ul Yaqeen is for those who practise spirituality and Sufism.
And what is Haq ul Yaqeen?
When a seeker reaches God and witnesses the divine splendour through the knowledge of Haqiqat.
This is Haq ul Yaqeen.
So what is written in the Qur’an is the very same thing written in the Traditions of Gabriel about Darja e Ehsan.
What is Darja e Ehsan in the Traditions of Gabriel?
When you worship God, the quality of your worship should be that you witness the divine splendour.
And that is what the Qur’an says,
‘Wa'bud Rabbaka hattaa yaatiyakal yaqeen’
'Worship your Lord until you reach the stage of belief'
Which belief?
The belief that he is one and you can see it with your eyes.
This verse is for those who have witnessed the divine splendour.
This is for those who have witnessed the divine splendour.
I hope you understood what I said.