بك عرفتك و أنت دللتني عليك و لولا انت لم ادر ما انت Rather...
بك عرفتك و أنت دللتني عليك و لولا انت لم ادر ما انت Rather, without this definition (of God), even the Ma’rifat of the position of Messengership and ‘vilayat’ (Mastership) would not have been possible for man اللهم عرفني نفسك فإنك ان لم تعرفني نفسك لم اعرف رسولك This Innate Ma’rifat is having such foundational and infrastructural aspect in the divine religions that even if among some of the worships it is reckoned to be the pillar of religion it is for this reason that this worship causes in man, the condition of returning back to his self, remembering that innate Ma’rifat and paying attention to God.
Prayer is the remembrance of God and ascension of a believer and if mysticism of the self or soul is the mysticism of God it is because the soul is the bearer of that divine remembrance. Returning back to the self and evading from every sham and deception and recovering that original simple and pure Fitrah (innate disposition) causes once again to return back to that same innate Ma’rifat (gnosis).
The discussion, which has come in Qur’an and traditions (of God) can be divided into two main sections. The first section is the discussion, which shows in which place the innate Ma’rifat was given to man and from what time man has been entrusted with this divine trust. In the second section, discussion will be about procurement and consequence of that definition (of God) and its reality and specifications.
Birth-Place of Definition (of God) What is evident from the divine proofs and testimonies is this that the soul of man, before coming into this world and getting attached to the corporal body has already passed through another world or rather worlds. It has witnessed events and scenes and in every stage has experienced some learning and realities such that all of these play a fundamental role in this world and the life Hereafter.
In some of these places, like the world of spirits [Alam al-Arwah (world of shadow [‘Azlah’ and ghost [‘eshbah’ man was possessing only the soul while in some other places like the world of pre-existence (‘Alam al-zar’) and substance (‘Alam al-teenat’) the soul of man was given a special mould and body.