Elementary Sufi Course Full Audio EP:02

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Potential for Housing Divinity  The Guided Ones are those whose hearts have been activated with the permission of God. Factually and actually, all those individuals whose hearts do not have the ability to absorb God’s light and Dhikr (commemoration), are considered to be severely misguided in the eyes of God; they can never be brought to guidance.  This happens for two main reasons:  Number 1 - in the Primordial Time, that supposed person had already opted for the luxuries of the world and did not show any interest in purity, faith or divine love. This could be the result of what he desired for in the Primordial Times. When such individuals are born in this world, religions, spirituality or Sufism - nothing works for them because they are not compatible with these things. However, if they want to become a cricketer, a politician or a businessman, they have plenty of potential but spirituality is not their field.  Number 2 -  some people have the potential for spirituality when they are born. However, they grow up in a bad society. in a sense that these religious people today who are divided into dozens of sects and they have their own creed system, and according to them, they decide to whom they will give more importance in spirituality and religion and to whom they will give more respect. For example, plain Sunnis and Wahhabis give more respect to the Companions of the Prophet (saw), the Shiite group give more importance and respect to the Household of Prophet Mohammad (saw). And the Barelvis give more importance to Prophet Mohammad (saw).  So, if a person is born with this potential in his or her heart, and they have the ability to absorb God’s name but they grow up in a society where there is no real authentic practise of religion and they follow a Wahhabi, a Salafi or somebody else who does not approve of Sufism, obviously they will develop a bad conjecture for the Sufis and will have no faith in the existence of Sufism.  As a result of which, he or she begins to talk badly about the Auliyah, Sualiheen and Fuqra, they have no respect for such individuals. These dignitaries, friends and Saints of God, they are very close to God and God doesn’t like anybody to disrespect them. Whether these Sufis comes from Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Sikhs or Hindus - in the eyes of God, all are equal. If you are a Muslim and you give a lot of respect for a Muslim Sufi but you hold a grudge against all the Sufis who are not Muslim, this will also hurt God. And as a result of the blasphemy towards the spiritual dignitaries, God will then end the spiritual life in their heart. You have to respect everybody who belongs to God whether they practise a religion or they don’t practise a religion at all.  ‘God has the power to grant respect and God alone has the power to take it away.’ Quran 3:26 Whomsoever God has granted respect as a true devout Sufi, God anticipates you to render respect to all the individuals who are connected to God. This is the formula. Furthermore, God says: ‘Verily, those who disbelieve - it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe. Allah has set a seal upon their hearts and upon their hearing, and over their vision is a veil. And for them is reserved a great punishment.’  Quran 2:6-7 God is warning Prophet Mohammad (saw) not to approach or preach Islam to those individuals who have rejected the message because even if he were to approach them and tell them, it is not possible for them to accept it. Why? Because God said he has already ended the spiritual life in their hearts. Now, it is not about any particular religion. One may belong to any religion because the second stage of every religion is to revive the heart. And it is the heart which will turn one into a devout Muslim, Hindu or Christian.  Furthermore, one must bear this truth in one’s mind that according to the Quran, God has created the majority of humanity for hellfire and the majority of Jinn for hellfire.

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