“I encountered morning in great grief and sorrow of the loss...

“I encountered morning in great grief and sorrow of the loss of the Prophet (s) and the oppression of his successor…” After this fundamental blow on the Muslim Ummah, the Ahlu’l Bayt (as) and their true followers always remained gharīb among a great number of the Muslim Ummah.

The Ghurba of Every Human Being of Tainted Disposition O Allāh [the Name of the Essence that possesses all the Perfect Divine Attributes], return all the ghurabā’ (distanced) [who are spiritually far, which means that they do not enjoy the Divine Attributes]. Hāfiz, the great mystic-poet says[^6]: Man az dayāre habībam na az bilāde gharīb Muhayminā be rafīqāne khud rasān bāzam I belong to the beloved’s town, not to the land of strangers; O Lord, join me again to your friends!

Masters on the path towards human perfection believe that the human being is a traveler in this world. He has a path to traverse, which is ‘the religion’ or in Qur’ānic…