There is absolutely nothing in this world that does not glorify God.
This is because every element in the world has a soul.
Stones have a Binding Spirit.
Trees have the Binding and Botanical Spirits.
Animals have the Binding, Botanical and Bio Spirits.
Everything has a soul.
All Worldly Elements Have A Soul!
When one's spiritual progress is ongoing and one can feel it happening, oftentimes one becomes distracted by it.
Their attention is diverted.
This is why it is better for you to walk on this spiritual path undisturbed.
If one keeps listening to the voices one hears, they will lose sight of their purpose and become lost in them.
This is why although those voices have not stopped, they are not reaching your ears so that your spiritual journey is not disturbed.
Those voices that you could hear before, it's not like they will stop coming
because your inner faculties (subtleties) will continue to do what they have to do [commemoration of God's name].
The Holy Qu'ran states that the stones and trees commemorate God's name and prostrate to God.
But have you ever seen any stone engaged in Zikr?
Have you ever seen a tree do it?
They are doing it but we have been made oblivious to it.
Otherwise, we would be astounded.
This floor is made of stone - would you sit on it if you could hear the sound of God's name coming from it?
You wouldn't, right?
There was a saint of God who had this demand from God that if everything in the world commemorates God's name then why can't he hear it?
God said, 'Alright, you will hear it'.
And then he could hear every single bird, stone and tree that were engaged in the commemoration of God's name.
Now, he wanted to urinate and looked for a place to do it -
back in the day, they used to use small stones to clean themselves -
so when he picked up a small stone to clean himself, it was engaged in Zikr.
An angel came and said, 'This is what happens when you make demands. You can't even clean yourself now'.
So there is divine wisdom behind this - it is so that our day to day lives are not affected.
There is absolutely nothing in this world that does not glorify God.
This is because every element in the world has a soul.
The stones have the Binding Spirit.
The trees have the Binding and Botanical Spirits.
Animals have the Binding, Botanical and Bio Spirits.
Everything has a soul.
Anything that has a soul in it is bound to perform servitude to God.
Now because a majority of people do not have this knowledge, they will say, 'If there is a soul in it then why isn't it walking and talking?'
But this is due to the lack of knowledge.
What solidifies the stones is a form of energy.
It is called the Binding Spirit.
The Holy Qur'an states that when the trumpet sounds on the Day of Judgement, the mountains will become as soft as cotton and fly away.
You must think that's amazing.
Why will they fly away like cotton? Because the Binding Spirit will be removed from the mountains.
The atoms in the stones are joined together by an energy
When that energy is removed from them,
the binding power, the energy which binds the atoms together will go away.
In a similar way, the plants begin to wither if they are not watered regularly.
Why do they wither? Because the Botanical Spirit has been removed.
In a similar way, there is a soul inside every element in the world.
Every element.
Now since every element has a soul and all the souls made the affirmation [in the Primordial Times] -
Do you think that only the human souls replied when God asked 'Alasto bi Rabbikum (Am I not your Lord)'?
When God said, 'Alasto bi Rabbikum (Am I not your Lord)?'
The next word God has written in the Qur'an is: Qalu
Which means 'they said'.
All of the souls there said it.
'Qalu bala shahidana'.
'They said: no doubt, we bear witness that you are our Lord'.
That did not just include the human souls, it included all the souls.
It included the Binding Spirit, the Botanical Spirit, the Bio Spirit and the human souls - all the souls.
Even our bones have the Binding Spirit, the same Binding Spirit that is in the stones.
The growth of our body occurs due to the Botanical Spirit.
The movement and appearance of our bodies are due to the Bio Spirit.
God combined the three spirits to work in unison to create a system of life.
And then there is a pair of celestial souls.
These souls come from the higher realms.
The Main Human Soul (Rouh).
The Spiritual Heart (Qalb).
The Secret (Sirri).
The Arcane (Khafi), the Obscure (Akhfah), the Higher Self (Anna).
These souls having nothing to do with your body.
They have to do with God. You are supposed to awaken and enlighten them so that you obtain a connection with God.
They don't have anything to do with life.
It is the terrestrial spirits that are connected to life.
The Qur'an states, 'Wa laa taqooloo limai yuqtalu fee sabeelil laahi amwaat; bal ahyaaa'unw wa laakil laa tash'uroon'.
'Do not say those who have died on the path to God are dead'.
'Wa laa taqooloo limai yuqtalu fee sabeelil laahi amwaat'
'Those who are killed on the path of God'.
Now, the general concept is that if someone has died for God, we think it means they died on the path of God.
However, if it is said that someone died on their way to Manchester,
so it means he died on the path to Manchester, right?
'Sabeel' means path.
So the path that leads to God is called Sabeel Allah.
Our nation has always been ignorant.
When we want to get something for free, we say, 'Give it to us 'fee sabeel Allah''.
We think 'fee sabeel Allah' means free.
A freebie.
Something for free.
However, 'sabeel' means path.
The Mystical Path.
The Straight Path.
The Path that leads to God.
So those who are engaged in the purification of their Lower Self and enlightenment of their heart,
those whose Salat is being reformed and God's light is entering their hearts,
those whose souls are engaged in the commemoration of God's name and they are striving to reach God,
they are walking on the spiritual path - that is 'fee sabeel Allah'.
It is the divine path.
So those who are killed on their quest to God, in their attempts to please God - they have not yet completed their journey - so do not say they are dead.
Those who sacrifice their lives - which is generally known as martyrdom -
they also sacrifice their lives to please God.
They do it to please God, right?
This is why they are also known as 'fee sabeel Allah'.
So there are two types of martyrdom here. Those who sacrifice their lives for the sake of God -
for example, the Companions of Prophet Mohammad.
When Islam was in danger and God ordered them to carry out Jihad
so that the religion of Islam can be protected.
When Prophet Mohammad carried out the Jihad,
all those who had sacrificed their lives during Jihad
they were killed on the path to God (fee sabeel Allah).
Due to their martyrdom, they hold a high rank in the eyes of God.
For example, when Imam Hussain and his companions were martyred in the battle of Karbala
it was fee sabeel Allah - for the sake of God.
So whether one sacrifices their life in order to protect the religion
it is also considered martyrdom and for the sake of God.
Or those who are struggling to purify their Nafs e Ammarah (Commanding Self) - which compels us to do wrong things.
We have to purify your beings, our hearts and our souls and engage them in the love and servitude of God.
So we have to purify ourselves and those who adopt this path are also known as 'fee sabeel Allah'. It is the path of God.
Those who serve the religion and strive to purify their hearts,
those who want the love of God and faith to settle in their hearts,
all of this comes under fee sabeel Allah.
If somebody dies in their search for God,
do not say they are dead.
'Bal ahyaaa'un' - 'Indeed, they are living'.
'Wa laakin laa tash'uroon' - 'But you do not have the understanding of their life'.
Now, how are these people alive in their graves?
Those who die on the path to God, those who acquire martyrdom,
the terrestrial spirits in their bodies - the Binding, Botanical and Bio Spirits.
The three terrestrial spirits stay in the body even after death.
This means the body never decays, even their blood stays fresh.
Their bodies do not release malodour.
Their bodies are unharmed by the dirt and insects.
Their bodies stay fresh and untouched even after thousands of years.
This is how God grants them Rizq (provisions).
God has said that even after they die, God grants them provisions in their graves.
Which provisions do they receive?
That provision is for their bones - their Binding, Botanical and Bio Spirits -
they engage in the commemoration of God's name which generates divine energy and it is due to the divine energy that their bodies stay alive in the grave.