What is Your Rank in Spirituality?
Hina Khalid asks, 'How can we know which stage of spirituality we are on?'
There are four chapters of spirituality.
How many?
Four chapters.
The first chapter is Zakooriyat
in which you engage in Zikar only.
Not verbally.
Rather, with the help of Zikar, you must awaken all of the souls that have been placed in your body by God.
You understand?
The knowledge of Zakooriyat begins with the Activation of the Heart
then each subtlety is activated one by one until all seven subtleties are engaged in Zikar.
Thereafter, the sub-spirits of the subtleties are also engaged in Zikar.
Each soul has a different Zikar.
Some have the Personal Name of God, some have the name of God's attributes.
And there is a Zikar called Zikar e Sultani.
In this Zikar, you are able to engage all of your subtleties in the Zikar of the Personal Name of God.
This is a rare occurrence; not all the saints reached this stage.
It is called Zikar e Sultani.
For instance, the Subtlety of Sirri
commemorates the name 'Ya Hayyo Ya Qayyum'
and then Khafi and Akhfah commemorate Ya Wahid and Ya Ahad, respectively.
Right? So these are the names of God's attributes.
The subtleties will only engage in their respective Zikar.
However, some people are granted this divine phenomenon in which all of their subtleties are engaged in the remembrance of God's Personal Name.
When such people concentrate on one subtlety, all of their subtleties begin to echo with the same Zikar.
This is Zikar e Sultani.
Furthermore, we have red germs in our blood
which can also be engaged in Zikar.
The bones must also engage in Zikar.
Our Terrestrial Spirits,
the Binding Spirit, the Botanical Spirit, the Bio Spirit, must also be engaged in Zikar.
The knowledge of Zakooriyat is extensive.
After this comes the knowledge of Kushiyat.
It is the knowledge of extracting sub-spirits from the subtleties.
For example, the Spiritual Heart has three sub-spirits.
The Secured Heart, the Directed Heart, the Witnessing Heart; these are the three sub-spirits of the Spiritual Heart.
There are four sub-spirits of the Lower Self; so that is seven sub-spirits.
And then the Main Soul has two sub-spirits in the shape of Terrestrial Spirits.
So that makes nine.
This is the knowledge of Kushiyat.
Now for all the souls to reach their respective destinations
comes from the knowledge of Khashiyat.
After the souls reach their destinations and you can witness the divine splendour
it is the stage of Hurriyat.
Therefore, if you are currently engaging in Zikar only, you are on the stage of Zakooriyat in spirituality.
Okay?
When will you reach the stage of Kushiyat? When you are sleeping at home and your sub-spirits are offering Salat in the mosque.
When do you reach the stage of Kushiyat in spirituality?
When you are fast asleep and your sub-spirits are offering Salat alongside Prophet Mohammad in the Prophet's Mosque.
You will be asleep in your house and your sub-spirits will go to your friends' houses for dinner.
You are asleep and your sub-spirits have gone to perform Hajj.
If this happens with you, it is known as the stage of Kushiyat in spirituality.
Then comes a stage after witnessing the divine splendour
which is known as Hurriyat.
Hurriyat means freedom.
After witnessing the divine splendour, one is freed from the shackles of religious law.
Then what happens?
Whenever it is time for Salat, one simply closes one's eyes and sees God.
You don't have to go anywhere when it is time to offer Salat.
And this is a custom, isn't it?
The Quran states,
God said to Prophet Mohammad, 'When you are done with your duties and responsibilities as a prophet
then concentrate and focus on your Lord and reach your Lord'. This is what the Quran instructs.