The ethereal spirits were present within the progenies of all the Adams because you can neither see nor smell nor comprehend anything without the ethereal spirits.
The Ethereal Spirits of 13,999 Adams
Q: How did the bodies of the previous 13,999 Adams function since their bodies of devoid of a spiritual sensory system?
The five senses we have in our bodies pertain to the five ethereal spirits.
No, it’s not like they did not have a spiritual sensory system in their bodies.
They had all the ethereal spirits in their bodies.
However, they did not have access to the spiritual knowledge of the souls.
For example, if I were to ask you, ‘What kind of a driver was Moses?’
You’d tell me that cars were not invented back then and since there were no cars, he didn’t drive.
So then there’s no question of how well a driver he was because he has never driven.
Or do you think Moses rode on horses and donkeys while the Pharoah drove a Ferrari?
I’m just saying.
So, they did possess the ethereal spirits, however, they lacked spiritual knowledge.
When I deliberated on this one day, I had to raise my objections to God.
I deliberated that when Adam Safi Allah was sent, he was equipped with the knowledge of one soul.
Then Abraham came.
He was given the knowledge of two souls.
Then [Moses and] Jesus, and when Prophet Muhammad (s) came, he brought the knowledge of the five souls.
So I objected that those who were born in the era of Adam were being unjustly deprived of the knowledge of the remaining four souls for they were only given the knowledge of one soul.
Then I said that in the era of Prophet Abraham, although his people were rendered the knowledge of two souls, they were still deprived of the knowledge of three.
And so on.
Then, the most fortunate ones were those who came in the era of Prophet Muhammad (s).
So [I questioned] why the other nations were deprived in this manner.
And God replied, ‘Nobody was left deprived.
Only those who were destined to obtain knowledge of one soul were sent in the era of Adam.
Had they been sent in any other era, they would still only receive the knowledge of one soul’.
However, we must express our gratitude for not only making this knowledge available to all but also dispensing upon us the benevolence.
Otherwise, despite having the knowledge of all five spirits, they are aware of none.
They were deprived of the knowledge of all five ethereal spirits.
So isn’t that unjust?
Despite sending the knowledge of the souls, nobody is aware of them.
Although our Shia brethren raise slogans of Ali’s name day and night,
and [spiritual] knowledge was rendered to Maula Ali from Prophet Muhammad (s)
but even those who seemingly adore Maula Ali were deprived of the knowledge.
They don’t know about spiritual knowledge, they don’t know about sainthood. They don’t know what faqr (spiritual poverty) is.
Then came HDE Gohar Shahi and made this knowledge widely available.
Even then, for centuries, the common man had to fulfil only one condition to become a Momin,
[which was] to awaken just one ethereal spirit, the Spiritual Heart - and then they could carry on with the religion [as per norm].
Who was aware of the teachings of the other Messengers?
These were the hidden secrets of God and no one was aware of them.
Now, the people who go to the mosque and offer prayers, they perform Hajj, they recite Durood Sharif day and night,
they recite the Qur’an - how many of such people know that they must also revive their souls?
Forget about reviving the souls, the average Muslim doesn’t even know that they are obligated to purify the lower self.
If you ask them about purity, they only know the importance of physical cleanliness and ablution.
Whereas, the traditions of the Prophet (s) state that cleanliness is half of faith.
I presented this before HDE and asked, ‘Lord, what does ‘cleanliness is half of faith’ mean?
If someone takes a shower, does that mean they’ve become half a momin?’
What else would it mean?
I’m discussing this with you here, point to point, in the same way as we have all been made to understand these matters in the mosques.
‘Cleanliness is half of faith’ - but we were only made to understand physical cleanliness, spiritual cleanliness was never mentioned.
Despite this, our Muslim countries are far from clean.
But my question is that if cleanliness is half of faith then all you have to do is take a shower and become a half-momin.
Take a shower in the morning and in the evening to become a complete momin.
His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi elucidated that when the Prophet (s) declared, ‘cleanliness is half of faith’,
he alluded to the purification of your inner.
HDE Gohar Shahi explained, ‘One who purifies the lower self becomes a half-momin and one who awakens and enlightens the heart becomes a complete momin’.
‘Qad aflaha man tazakka’
Successful is one who purifies the lower self.
So, cleanliness is half of faith but the cleanliness of what?
Everyone showers, right? This is not what the Prophet (s) indicated.
The Prophet (s) indicated to the inner, about which Bulleh Shah said,
‘It is the lower self that tainted us; we were not impure originally’.
It is the lower self that made us impure, otherwise, we were not impure in the primordial times.
There was no impurity in the primordial times.
The souls that were created were pure [in nature].
So it couldn’t have been impure.
The spiritual hearts [that hail from the higher realms] were also not impure.
Everything in you was pure.
You became impure when the lower self entered your being.
The religious law that you are aware of, it's only purpose is to cleanse the lower self.
If you are unable to cleanse your lower self through it, your religion is futile.
All 30 chapters of the Qur'an were descended for the cleansing of the lower self.
There were no verses descended for the awakening of the heart, there were only indications to it.
Now you’ll ask, surprised, ‘What, no Quranic verse speaks about the heart? There are indications’. What are the indications?
‘Well, it is said you must bring forth a Secured Heart’.
Alright, fair enough but does it say how you are to find a ‘Secured Heart’?
‘Wa man yu’min billahi yahdi qalbahoo’
One who brings faith in God, their hearts shall be rendered guidance by God’. But where does it say how the guidance is to be received?
‘Affaman sharhallahu sadrahu lil islami fahuwa ala noorim mirrabihi’
One who has expanded one’s chest for the sake of Islam shall receive divine energy from the Lord.
But where does it say how one is supposed to achieve expanding of the chest?
If [the Qur'an] elucidated how one could awaken their spiritual heart, would there have been 73 sects?
Would there have been any Shia, Sunni, Wahhabi or Barelvi whose spiritual heart is not awakened had this been mentioned in the Qur’an?
Each sect has recited the Qur’an thousands of times, right?
There are such great religious scholars. Forget the common man, what about the scholars? They could’ve understood had it been mentioned in the Qur’an.
They didn’t understand it because it’s not there.
So then how does one garner this knowledge?
Did Maula Ali receive this knowledge from the Qur'an? No. It was Prophet Muhammad (s) that taught him.
So, the ethereal spirits were in the progeny of every Adam,
because you are unable to see, smell or comprehend anything without the ethereal spirits.
The ethereal spirits have a physical function and an ethereal function.
The physical function is facilitated to everyone, and the ethereal functions are locked,
and they must be unlocked with the personal name of God.
One who finds the key of God’s personal name to unlock the spiritual heart and obtains opening of the heart has acquired faith.
Sainthood is also acquired along the path of faith.
The enlightenment of all seven ethereal spirits isn't sainthood, it's still only faith.
There are different levels of faith.
Sainthood is when you attain the spiritual attention of God - when you either converse with God or witness God.
In order to witness God, it is something else that you must do.
Adam was given the knowledge of the Spiritual Heart.
Abraham of the Soul.
Moses of the Sirri.
Jesus, the Khafi and Muhammad (s), the Akhfa.
Not one of these ethereal spirits can help you to witness God.
And the ethereal spirit that can help you witness God is not in any religion, not even in Islam.
Then where is that knowledge?
That knowledge rests with Muhammad (s) alone.
You say that they (Muhammad [s]) are just like an elder brother, a human like us.
Continue to believe that then.
Keep wasting your time in the mosque. What will you gain?
The knowledge of witnessing God is not to be found in the religions.
People asked Bibi Fatima, 'What did your father leave for you in inheritance?'
She was really happy [to hear this], and replied, 'The legacy my father left me is out of your reach'.
What is that legacy?
Muhammad (s) made various groups in their Ummah.
The legacy of each group was different.
For the Momineen, the legacy was Zikr e Qalb.
For the saints it was the legacy of communicating with and witnessing God,
and for the Aashiqeen it was the unification with God.
You shall receive the legacy [of the Prophet (s)] in accordance with your genus in the Ummah.
The knowledge of the Ana is not part of the religion of Islam.
It rests with Muhammad (s) alone.
They may dispense it to whomsoever they wish.
It is not dependent on religion, that they must give it to every single Muslim, no. It's down to their accord.
Since it is down to their accord, it will not depend on one's religion, it is purely down to whom they wish to confer it to.
This is why God made contradictory statements in the Qur'an.
At one point, God said in the Qur’an, 'O Muhammad, you cannot guide anyone'.
And then at another point he says, 'O' Muhammad, it is only you that guides'.
When God said, 'Innaka la tahdi man ahbabta (you cannot guide anyone that you wish)' - this was for the religious people.
And when he said, 'It is only you that guides', this was for those that were void of the religion.
The religion has the knowledge of the paradise, the palaces, damsels and the servants.
God did not dispense the knowledge of his person in the religion, he dispensed it to his Beloved.
And Mustafa (s) can confer the knowledge of witnessing God to whomsoever they please.
Now, there is the Naqshbandi Order.
Never has a Naqshbandi saint ever attended the 9th gathering of the Prophet (s),
nor has any Naqshband saint ever attended the Jabruti Court of the Prophet (s),
nor have they ever been in the company of the Prophet (s)’s blessed soul,
neither have they seen the Prophet (s)’s blessed nor have they witnessed God,
because they were related to the religion, not the Person of Muhammad (s).
Those who were attached to the Person of Muhammad (s), on the basis of a personal relationship,
the Prophet (s) selected those he wished to be benevolent upon.
People like Imam Abu Hanifa, who said, 'I witnessed God a hundred times'.
The Ahle Tashayyu ridicule Imam Abu Hanifa. Imam Abu Hanifa and Imam Ja’far Sadiq were contemporaries.
He would attend the gatherings of Imam Ja’far Sadiq out of respect.
People had also heard of Imam Abu Hanifa’s prominence, so when he would visit the gathering of Imam Ja’far Sadiq,
people would mock him and say, ‘Go on, speak here since you’re such a great scholar’.
However, he would remain quiet. He’d say, ‘I am his subservient’.
Imam Abu Hanifa would say, ‘No, this is not the time or place. I am the servant of the Progeny of the Messenger'.
Now, those who were given the knowledge of the five ethereal spirits, they also have the Ana in their heads.
Why were they not able to witness God despite this? Because they lacked knowledge.
They have the Ana but they lack the knowledge.
In the way that you have five ethereal spirits, but not the knowledge of the 7th spirit [in the head], which is why you weren't able to witness God.
Similarly, the progeny of the Adam's prior to Adam the Eminent One, they did not have the knowledge of any ethereal spirits despite possessing them all.
Being in possession of the ethereal spirits doesn’t make a difference, what makes the difference is acquiring the pertinent knowledge.
If I continue on with this topic, you might become confused.
What’s truly benevolent, my friends, do not be offended,
however, when we recite the mottos of the Messengers of God,
such as La Ilaha Illa Allah Adam Safi Allah, La Ilaha Illa Allah Ibrahim Khalil Allah, La Ilaha Illa Allah Musa Qaleem Allah, and Esa Rouh Allah
The ethereal knowledge of these [prophets] were rendered either by Adam the Eminent One, or the Last Messenger, Muhammad (s). No one in between.
Everything else was a formality.
Adam the Eminent One initiated it by rendering the knowledge of the spiritual heart.
[However] when Muhammad (s) came - now this is very special.
Listen attentively, please.
Prophet Muhammad (s) arrived and it was them that revealed the knowledge of the Soul,
whereas this knowledge belonged to Abraham. However, [Abraham] did not render this knowledge.
It was Prophet Muhammad (s). The knowledge Moses was given was of the Sirri. However, he did not issue this knowledge.
He did not have the power to do so.
That knowledge was also taught by Prophet Muhammad (s) to his people.
Abraham did not render the knowledge of the Soul to his people.
Prophet Muhammad (s) rendered his peple with Abraham’s knowledge.
Moses did not have the knowledge of the Expansion of the Chest - he would supplicate to God for it.
‘God, expand my chest’. He would pray for it, right?
So if he’s praying to God for something, how would he provide his people with it?
So fundamentally, it was either Adam who was granted knowledge - and what does this mean?
It means that Hindus also possessed spiritual knowledge, as well as the Sikhs.
However, neither the Jews nor the Christians received it.
It was rendered to either the followers of Adam or Prophet Muhammad (s).
That’s it. The others were wandering here and there.