Maurifat and Inspiration...
Maurifat and Inspiration: We seek the ‘Irfan-ul- Haq’ and the Maurifat-e-Nooraniya (recognition of the Noor) of the Masomeen -asws , in particular the Imam -ajfj of our time, by quoting a Hadith of Imam Abu Abd Allah -asws : الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ نَجِيحٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع لَا بُدَّ لِلْغُلَامِ مِنْ غَيْبَةٍ قُلْتُ وَ لِمَ قَالَ يَخَافُ وَ أَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى بَطْنِهِ وَ هُوَ الْمُنْتَظَرُ وَ هُوَ الَّذِي يَشُكُّ النَّاسُ فِي وِلَادَتِهِ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ حَمْلٌ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ مَاتَ أَبُوهُ وَ لَمْ يُخَلِّفْ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ وُلِدَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِ أَبِيهِ بِسَنَتَيْنِ قَالَ زُرَارَةُ فَقُلْتُ وَ مَا تَأْمُرُنِي لَوْ أَدْرَكْتُ ذَلِكَ الزَّمَانَ قَالَ ادْعُ اللَّهَ بِهَذَا الدُّعَاءِ Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad has narrated from Ahmad ibn lIila1 who has said that ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa narrated to us from Khalid ibn Najih from Zurara ibn A’yan hom abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, who has said: ‘Abu Abd Allah -azwj has said, ‘It will be necessary for the young boy to disappear from public sight.’ I then asked, ‘Why it will be necessary?’ The Imam -asws replied: ‘Because of fear’ (pointing toward his -asws chest).’ He will be the one whose reappearance will be intensely expected.
His coming (to this world) be doubted. Certain people will say, ‘His mother was not blessed by him -ajfj .’ Others will say, ‘His -ajfj father -asws died but left no surviving son -asws .’ Certain others will say, ‘He -ajfj his ‘zahoor’ [23] took place two years before the death of his -ajfj father -asws .’ I asked the Imam -asws , ‘What do you command me if I were to live at that time?’ The Imam -asws said, ‘Pray to Allah -azwj in the words.
اللَّهُمَّ عَرِّفْنِي نَفْسَكَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ لَمْ تُعَرِّفْنِي نَفْسَكَ لَمْ أَعْرِفْكَ اللَّهُمَّ عَرِّفْنِي نَبِيَّكَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ لَمْ تُعَرِّفْنِي نَبِيَّكَ لَمْ أَعْرِفْهُ قَطُّ اللَّهُمَّ عَرِّفْنِي حُجَّتَكَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ لَمْ تُعَرِّفْنِي حُجَّتَكَ ضَلَلْتُ عَنْ دِينِي ‘O Lord, Make me recognise You -azwj ; if You do not Make me recognise You -azwj , I will not recognise You -azwj .
O Lord -azwj , Make me recognise Your Rasool -saww ; if You -azwj do not Make me recognise Your Rasool -saww I will never recognise him -saww .
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