Alright, let me ask you this question.
If you think spiritual knowledge is of no importance and everything is attained through salvation,
in that case, there are seven different types of paradise.
So which paradise would you be going to through salvation?
Who Requires Salvation?
Prophet Muhammad (s) prayed for salvation for those,
who shall only obtain terrestrial knowledge,
they shall only go as far as Shariah;
despite having faith written in their fate,
they shall only look for faith based on terrestrial knowledge.
Although they shall have correct tenets, obviously they shall not attain salvation through their deeds.
This is why Prophet Muhammad (s) has requested God to grant salvation to such people.
This was for those who were spiritually handicapped and could not attain the ethereal knowledge.
Furthermore, no hell-bound soul can be from any prophet’s nation.
If there is a hell-bound soul from any prophet’s nation,
you should understand they are the hypocrites in the nation.
They shall not truly be religious despite posing as religious people.
As I have explained previously, the nations were pre-decided.
Only the souls that God selected are inducted into the prophets’ nations.
Now, it all depends on whether they understand, and endeavour to attain [their fate].
There are many people who have faith written in their fate,
but due to the atmosphere they are raised in,
due to sectarianism, their mindset becomes so disrupted that they cannot turn towards Sirat al Mustaqeem.
Those who are deeply entangled with sectarianism shall not find the right path.
Therefore, it is for such people for whom the Prophet (s) prayed for salvation, for those that do not have a divinely ordained criterion for the Day of Judgment.
What did God say in the holy Qur’an?
That nothing shall benefit you on that day.
‘yawma la yanfa’u maalun wa laa banoon…’
‘On that day, neither your children nor your wealth shall benefit you…’
Who shall be successful?
The one who brings forth a Qalb e Saleem (Secured Heart).
God himself is guaranteeing success for those who bring forth a Secured Heart so such people would not require salvation.
Salvation is for the one who does not have this criterion.
Such people require salvation.
In today’s era, Muslims do not even have the correct tenet.
The cruelty and injustices against Maula Ali (a) cannot be denied.
However, along with those who were cruel, if the Ahle Tashayyo (Shias) also reject the close companions of the Prophet (s) then that would be unjust, wouldn’t it?
You cannot make comparisons between the people in the Ummah.
If you are to make a comparison between the members of the Prophet (s)’s Household and the companions of the Prophet (s) - there is no comparison between the two.
But why must you compare?
You shouldn’t make comparisons anyway.
God has granted a unique rank to everyone.
The Ummah cannot be compared to the Prophet (s)’s Household.
It is written in the ahadith regarding the Prophet (s)’s Household:
‘My Household is like the Ark of Noah. Whoever boards this ark shall find salvation’.
So what does it mean to be aboard the ‘Ark of the Household’?
Does it mean to simply believe in them and make mention of their love day and night?
Did the members of the Prophet (s)’s Household also make hollow claims like people do today?
They possessed the knowledge, didn’t they?
They had Prophet Muhammad (s)’s esoteric knowledge.
Is there any individual from the Household that was unaware of the ethereal knowledge? Not one.
Each individual possessed the highest grade of spiritual knowledge.
Maula Ali, for whom the Messenger of God declared:
‘Ana medina tul ilm wa Aliun baabiha’.
The Prophet (s) is the City of Knowledge and Ali is its gateway,
but you consider the holy Qur’an to hold all knowledge.
So then what does ‘City of Knowledge’ mean here, to which Ali is the gateway?
Obviously, it is in reference to the ethereal knowledge.
If Ali (a) was the gateway to the physical knowledge, the Qur’an,
then no Wahhabi and Deobandi would have had access to the Qur’an today.
Therefore, it was the ethereal knowledge, right?
It was the knowledge through which one gains access to Habl Allah (the divine cord).
People today just go and practise Dhamaal (Sufi dance) at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar and consider themselves his disciples.
Those who celebrate the Urs of Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani every year consider themselves his disciples.
This is not what [you call being a] spiritual guide and discipleship.
You do not become an admirer of Maula Ali (s) by becoming a sloganeer.
Raising slogans of ‘Ya Hussain’ does not make one his admirer.
There is pertinent knowledge, isn’t it? What kind of knowledge?
It is the knowledge of the heart; the ethereal knowledge.
And those who gleaned this knowledge do not require salvation.
Now, let me ask you this question.
Surely there are many who listen to these discourses, including the religious scholars.
So I pose this question to them:
If you think spiritual knowledge is of no importance and everything is attained through salvation,
in that case, there are seven different types of paradise,
so which paradise would you be going to through salvation?
If salvation grants you entry into all levels of paradise,
then no one would pick the lowest level; everyone would want to enter Jannat ul Firdaus.
Therefore, we understand that it is not through salvation that one gains entry into the seven levels of paradise.
The more effort one puts in spiritually, the more deserving they shall become,
and such a person does not require salvation.
Now, God has also mentioned in Ayat ul Kursi:
‘manzal lazi…’ ‘Is there any…’
‘yashfahoo…’ ‘who can grant salvation…’
‘inda hoo…’ ‘on his own accord…’
‘illa bi iznee…’ ‘without God’s permission?’
Therefore, God’s permission is required for salvation, too.
Since God’s permission is required for salvation, it clearly means that not the entire Ummah shall require salvation.
If the entire Ummah would be granted salvation,
then God’s permission would have been given for the entire Ummah; the Prophet (s) would not have to ask repeatedly.
Therefore, salvation is for those that do not possess Amal e Saleh;
those who are not on the Straight Path;
those who only have knowledge pertaining to the body and the verses and incantations that relate to it.
However, even for that knowledge, it is necessary for your tenet to be correct.
Your tenet regarding God must be correct,
your tenet regarding the Oneness of God must be correct.
The Wahhabis, Ahle Hadith and Deobandis have completely distorted the tenet of God’s Oneness.
Whatever you are being taught by the mullahs in your mosques regarding God’s Oneness is absolute nonsense.
What actually is the Oneness of God?
It is to eject all but God from your heart.
This is when God’s Oneness is established.
Why do we strike [these sacred words, such as], ‘La Ilaha Illa Allah’?
It is negation.
You have to negate everything non-God from your heart (by saying La Ilaha) and then you say ‘Illa Allah’, which means ‘only God’.
Everything else must be ejected.
This is the reason why we strike ‘La Ilaha Illa Allah’ - it is for the lower self that we worship...
We say it to the lower self: ‘La Ilaha’ meaning ‘there is no other Creator’
Because we do worship the lower self, don’t we?
If we do absolutely everything for the pleasure of our lower self then it simply means we worship it, right?
God descended this particular Quranic verse upon the Prophet (s),
‘O Messenger of God (s), have you not observed the one who worships the desires of the lower self?’
So the people who engage in all religious activities for the sake of their lower selves…
what could be a greater act of shirk (polytheism) than this?
In fact, this is silent shirk.
They have destroyed the philosophy of God’s Oneness.
‘Iyyaka na’badoo…’ ‘We want to be subservient to you…’
‘wa iyyaka nasta’een.’ ‘And for this, we seek your help’.
This was a lesson for us but the clergy have twisted it.
What was the lesson?
‘Iyyaka na’badoo…’
which means ‘so that we can worship you exclusively’,
‘wa iyyaka nasta’een’,
which means: and for this we seek your help, so that you can send a Spiritual Master who shall teach our hearts the true meaning of God’s Oneness.
‘Iyyaka na’badoo…’
‘So that we may worship you exclusively…’
‘wa iyyaka nasta’een’,
and for this we can only seek God’s help because nothing can happen without God’s help.
Without God’s help, neither shall you find a Spiritual Master
nor shall you obtain Activation of the Heart, so continue scrubbing your foreheads on the floor.
Your foreheads, the praying mats and everywhere else on your body you have scrubbed the mark of prostration shall remain right here in this world.
What ascends to the higher realms?
Either it shall be your deeds or it shall be your spiritual heart.
‘Wa hussila ma fee sudoor.’
‘Extract whatever is concealed in their hearts’.
What is in the heart?
First, you recite the Kalima. ‘La Ilaha Illa Allah Muhammadur Rasool Allah’
and when your heart is searched, only the Devil is to be found therein.
You worship your lower self.
So there goes the authenticity of your claims.
You may have recited the Kalima verbally but your heart practises polytheism.