For instance, when Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani would come under a special spiritual state,
he would utter,
‘I am not the one you know. I know you but you do not know me’.
So people - special disciples - asked him,
‘Where have you come from?’
He said, ‘I am concealed in God’s qiba (close proximity)’...
What Does it Mean to be in the Close Proximity of the Lord?
[The Lord] said something one day which delighted me immensely.
It gave me great pleasure.
It has been Sarkar’s conduct
that when an ailing person would come for spiritual healing,
Sarkar would appoint someone with the power of Kashf to spiritually check them.
There was one such girl here in Manchester, her name was Shabana.
So when people would come for spiritual healing,
Sarkar would tell her to check them [spiritually].
So she would check them and tell Sarkar [about their ailments].
I had a headache one day, so I too presented myself.
She closed her eyes to check me
and Sarkar stopped her, ‘Leave it. You won’t be able to see him.
Leave it’.
Later on - well, Sarkar healed me and I returned.
Then, later on, Sarkar spoke about this
and Sarkar explained, ‘There are certain individuals
whom I have kept in my close proximity’.
For instance,
when Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani would come under a special spiritual state,
he would utter these words:
‘I am not the one you know. I know you but you do not know me.
I have not come from where you have come from.
I shall not go where you will go’.
So people - special disciples - asked him,
‘Where have you come from?’
He said, ‘I am concealed in God’s qiba (close proximity)’.
So, there are certain individuals whom Sarkar have concealed in Their close proximity.
For example, one day Prophet Muhammad (s) spread out his black shawl
and summoned Maula Ali and enveloped him in his shawl;
Bibi Fatima was summoned and enveloped in the shawl;
the princes, Hassan and Hussain were summoned and enveloped in the shawl…
and the Prophet (s) declared, ‘These are the members of my household’.
Now, isn’t this so beautiful?
That Prophet Muhammad (s) -
- although our Shia brethren talk incessantly about knowledge
yet they did not know about this.
There is a chapter in the Qur’an called ‘Ya Seen’
God has directly addressed Prophet Muhammad (s) here, 'Ya Syed'.
Ya and then 'seen' stands for 'Syed'.
Just like 'Ya Muhammad', 'Ya Seen' stands for 'Ya Syed'.
And what does Syed mean here? Leader.
What is the evidence of this? What did God say right after?
'Innaka min al mursaleen'
'You are among the messengers'
So who is God addressing? One of the messengers, right?
'Ya Seen' - God has addressed the Prophet (s) here.
'Ya Seen' means 'Ya Syed'.
That is where the sadaat have come from.
Ya Seen.
And let's read on - God calls the Prophet's heart the Qur'an.
'Wal Quraanil hakeem'
'You are the Qur'an, you are the Messenger, you are the leader'.
'You are the Qur'an'
'You are the Messenger'
'You are the leader'
So, the Prophet (s) enveloped them in his cloak.
God enveloped people into his close proximity, as did Sarkar.
Those who entered the close proximity -
The one who obtained Sarkar's extreme nearness
not even those with Jabruti Kashf nor Malakuti Kashf can check such a person - Nasuti Kashf doesn't even matter here.
So what do we find? That the one who is in the Lord's extreme nearness cannot be [spiritually] checked by Jesus or even Khidr.
Nobody can see who is sitting here.
They think, 'Well, there is no one here', so they appear unveiled and unbothered.
'There are no People of Sight here, I have no fear. I don't need to conceal my identity'
And we're able to identify who has come here.
And they are shocked, 'What? There was no Person of Sight here!'
The same thing occurred when we went to Medina Sharif.
When we were sitting there in Medina Sharif, the entire cavalry of Jannat al Baqi was sitting before us.
As well as the Shohda e Badr.
Hazrat Ameer Hamza was also present among us.