In the last days Imam Ali (as) is training 12,000 men who rijal (people of maturity) become
in the image of Imam Ali (as), in the image of character - the kholoq (character), the love that
Allah (AJ) has for Imam Ali (as) he dresses them with the chivalry,
with the good character, the noble character, the noble character of youthful innocence.
And that responsible for raising these 12,000 of the horsemen for Imam Mahdi (as). That he comes
from Jabal Qaaf (Mountain Qaaf) in the times and the events of difficulty and they are the
horsemen for the armies of Imam Mahdi (as). That they ride a steed in which has an immense power
and its movement is with the power of their thought. As they think and see the horse is moving
in that direction and it’s not a horse from this understanding of dunya (material world) but
it’s an immense steed and power from Allah (AJ), from Allah’s (AJ) heavenly realm.
That for us to understand just a small understanding that this Jabal Qaaf is the heart of
Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. And that the mountain of Qaf is the reality of Sayyidina Muhammad’s ﷺ heart.
And that our love and our ihtiram (respect) and respect allow us to be inhabitants of that realm,
a realm that not easy to traverse, not readily available and begins within a hidden cave.
And these ‘ashiqeen (lovers) and muhibbin (lovers of the way) that they took a path at the beginning
of Muharram and they asked Allah (AJ) to take away haram – and that to take away what is
forbidden from Allah (AJ) and to live a life in which to sacrifice themselves. As they entered
into Surat Al-Tawbah, as the Qur’an will pull them into the heart and into the source its location.
It’s located in the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and that he is the mountain of Allah (AJ)
and that from that mountain is coming “Qaf wal Quranil Majeed” and every emanation,
every power and every reality. And those whom enter into that cave
is a cave of unseen, a cave in which
nothing manifest. They describe it in a realm of darkness in which it’s a perfect state of rijal.
That the perfect state of rijal in which it’s an ocean of darkness and they describe it as a realm
that Prophet ﷺ was describing to Imam Ali (as), ‘It’s in a realm of immense darkness’ meaning
that the inhabitants they enter a state of non-manifestation. That this journey into
the cave is not a journey for people to bring their identity and their characteristics.
We started at beginning of Muharram and the Muharram events and the example for Imam Hussain
(as) is that look to the field of Karbala and that Yawmul Ashura and you’ll all be like that,
you’ll all be like that. Everyone will be in a state of Karbala. That this path is not a path
in which to manifest. Anything that manifest will be brought down, anything that manifest will be
shattered, everything will become non-manifest. As we see now in dunya that in its binary state
it’s asking to appear. It has its last thrust of life before its death. Shaitan (satan) is
quickly coming out and pushing people to manifest, manifest on their images, their homes, their cars,
their properties. Everything that they’re trying to do to manifest it’s a last state of
manifestation before Allah (AJ) brings everything to be nothing. In that state of nothingness
khashiya (dust), means anything that standing Allah (AJ) brings it to be brought down.
This Jabal Qaaf is an ocean of darkness in which nothing manifests entering into the
black… what they call black hole – the one that comes to annihilate everything. That
Prophet ﷺ is that state of Akhfa (most hidden) in which annihilates everything. Every light that
manifesting becomes as if nothing in the presence and the journey of that is an ocean of darkness
in which the servant is not manifesting and moving into those oceans of reality.
And the state of those realities is just darkness, darkness, darkness and oceans of non-manifest.
And the only manifestation is these lights of Muhammadun Rasulallah ﷺ. From that ocean
of ishq and love where every goodness is hidden and every blessing is blessed and dressed.
We pray that Imam Ali (as) to dress us and to bless us from that mountain,
that nothing manifests and when it manifest, it manifests with Allah’s (AJ) Might and Majesty.
Means that everything comes with its existence becomes nothing,
enters into the oceans of fana (annihilation) and on the other side of this mountain into the light
and the Glory of Allah’s (AJ) Divinely cave of the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ they become baqa –
they become ever-living and alive in Allah’s (AJ) lights and Allah’s (AJ) Glories and
Allah’s (AJ) blessings. From that qudra – from that power that that light and support
to begin to enter into earth and always a reminder that this earth is now going to
reach its phase of nothingness when Allah (AJ) begin to crush everything and everything
that manifesting will be brought down. The path is based on that understanding,
the path is based on losing the character, losing the identity, losing the bad characteristics so
that Allah (AJ) replace with its glory, with its Divinely glory and make them to be rijal.
And rijal both men or women means mature in the way of Allah
(AJ). Mean this love for Asadullah al-Ghalib (The Victorious Lion of Allah (AJ)) and this love for
futuwwa and the way of chivalry, this logo [of the Phoenix] that we put upon our heart from
‘Ya Allah, Ya Muhammadun, Ya Ali’ that Allah (AJ) to perfect our faith, to grant us the chivalrous
character. And to be dressed by its nobility and blessed by its nobility and that to prepare
ourselves for the arrival of Sayyidina Mahdi (as). And if we reach with our physicality to see the
momentous days alhamdulillah and if don’t reach with our physicality that Allah (AJ) keep our
souls to be present to serve with our souls and with our entire being for all of eternity in
Allah’s (AJ) oceans of rida and satisfaction. Subhana rabbika rabbal ‘izzati ‘amma yasifoon,
wa salaamun ‘alal mursaleen, walhamdulillahi rabbil ‘aalameen. Bi hurmati
Muhammad al-Mustafa wa bi siri Surat al-Fatiha.