This is where we need the divine guidance and spiritual...

This is where we need the divine guidance and spiritual assistance from someone who has already attained Allah’s proximity and accomplished what is essential to reach the ultimate goal - the countenance of Allah. The best model to follow in this regard is the Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (SAW). At this juncture, the system of spiritual channels comes in to facilitate spiritual survival and growth of the common man in face of heavy odds and tempting evils of the earthly existence.

This is the spiritual system that has perpetuated ever since the emergence of Islam through Auliya Allah who enjoy nearness to Allah and His Holy Messenger (SAW) and who are the spiritual giants of the universe. They acquire the divine attributes and Allah places under their control what all they wish to control. A Mo’omin’s hand is Allah’s hand’ Commanding, Elegant, Prudent, Triumphant. [^18] This happens according to a system.

We have already acquainted ourselves with the studies on parapsychology and the literature produced on learning about infinite potentiality man has been bestowed with. Islam offers a well-organized system that wins us the spiritual prowess and competence. The lives of Auliya Allah are replete with the incidents that befittingly illustrate as to what it is that we call the spiritual power, how it is acquired and what is it that we name as the spiritual system of life.

This also unfolds how these spiritual personalities acquire attributes of the Divine Reality. These glimpses are in sharp contrast with the casual episodes that the scientists of parapsychology probe with an unusual surprise. These anecdotes have been taken from ‘Muslim Saints and Mystics’ by A.J.Arberry, an English translation of Tadhkiratul Auliya by Farid-ud-Din Attar. They are in fact miraculous manifestations of the spiritualism of Islam.

Glimpses Hasan Basri and the Fire-Worshipper Hasan Basri is revered as one of the greatest saints of early Islam. Brought up in Basra, he met many companions of the Holy Prophet (SAW) including seventy of those who fought at the Battle of Badar. Hasan Basri’s neighbour Simeon, a fireworshipper, fell ill and was on deathbed. Hasan called on him and found him discoloured with fire and smoke. “Fear God,” Hasan counselled him. “You have passed all your life amid fire and smoke.

Embrace Islam so that God may have mercy on you.” “Three things keep me from becoming a Muslim,” Simeon replied.