Mehraj-Meaning
“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)
Shabe mehraj
The meanings of ‘Manifestation’ are (i) Sign ( آيت ), (ii) Refulgence (تجلي ) (iii) Expression (إظهار), (iv) Appearance ( ظهور ), and (v) Materialization (تجسد or التحقق).
Absolute Existence of Allah cannot be manifested in a shape, body, form of any kind – exclusive, divine or creature like.
Allah is free from time, place, form and composition, physical or spiritual. He does not live in a place and is not made up of parts like hands, eyes, face, etc. He is pure from the consideration of any kind of body; physical, spiritual, visible or invisible.
His Unity (Zaat-e-Elahi) cannot be expressed within the limitations of time, space and dwelling. Therefore, it cannot be seen by human beings, from their physical eyes or the eyes of their hearts or spiritual eyes.
Whoever has seen Him, has either seen His Tajalli-e-Zaati ( نُور ) or Tajalli-e-Sifaati (in the shape of His creatures).
Makkan Pagans at the time of Prophet Mohammad believed in a Sky Idol God who has hands, eyes, legs and a physical human-like body, who is sitting up in the skies. They used to call him ‘Allah’, because the Arabic translation of God is Allah. They did not understand the facts about Allah even though Prophet Mohammad explained them explicitly.
Tajalli-e-Zaati (which is referred to as ‘Light of His Unity’) and Tajalli-e-Sifaati – Manifestation of Allah’s Attributes.
Prophet Mohammad saw Allah in both Tajalli-e-Zaati and Tajalli-e-Sifaati.
In Tajalli-e-Zaati, what the Prophet witnessed is formless light ( نُور ); and in Tajalli-e-Sifaati, the Prophet saw Allah in the shape of a human being.
Thus, Sahaba and Imams rightly said that Zaat-e-Elahi (the absolute existence of Allah) cannot be encompassed by human beings from the physical or spiritual eyes.
It is important to note that Allah’s light ( نُور ) is within his Zaat. It is not that Zaat-e-Elahi is within His light ( نُور ).
We cannot confine Zaat-e-Elahi into His own light, ( نُور ) or into a form, shape, or body; exclusively, divine or creature like. If you do that, it will be shirk.
Nothing can encompass Zaat-e-Elahi.
Sighting of Allah’s manifestations in (i) Tajalli-e-Zaati (Light of His Unity), and (ii) Tajalli-e- Sifaati (His attributes Refulgence)
We worship Unity of Allah (Zaat-e-Elahi) that cannot be encompassed into any shape, form or body; exclusive or creature like.
Allah is free from time, place, form and composition. He does not live in a place and is not made up of parts like hands, eyes, face, etc.
His Unity (Zaat-e-Elahi) cannot be expressed within the limitations of time, space and dwelling. He is beyond the imaginations of human beings.
Some are prostrating to an Idol who is made up of a physical human-like body and who is sitting on the Skies.They imagine Allah in a physical shape which has eyes, hands, face, body, etc. This kind of belief is Idol worship. as per their belief, they are encompassing/confining/arresting the Unity of Allah (Zaat-e-Elahi) into an imaginary body sitting on a big chair over the skies. (La Haula wala QuwwataIlla Billah).if someone imaginatively confines / encompasses Allah’s Unity into that shape and performs Salah five times a day with that belief, his Salah will be treated as idol worship.
Sighting of Allah in Tajalli-e-Asma wo Sifaat will be in the shape of His creatures or in the shape of a human being or any other shape.
Sighting of Allah in Tajalli-e-Zaati is ( نُور ) formless light.
The entire cosmos and all worlds in it, are the places of manifestation of Allah’s Signs or Tajalliyat which can appear in any form or shape.
Name is the combination of Zaat (person) + Sifat (attribute).
Allah’s name is “Rahman”, ( الرحمن – Compassionate) meaning it is the combination of His Zaat + His attribute of compassion (towards His creatures).
Similarly, His name is “Raheem”, ( الرحيم – Merciful ) which is the combination of His Zaat + His attribute of Mercy (towards His creatures).
The same is the case with His other names (epithets of Allah).
Allah likes to show His “Compassion”, His “Mercy” and His other attributes to His creatures so that they see His magnificence, independence (self subsistence) and their indigence (dependence) upon Him. Thus, Allah’s Tajalliyat-e-Asma wa al-Sifaat or Signs ( الآيات ) appear in front of us in various shapes and forms continuously.
We believe in all Quranic verses, in all Ahadith that have reached to us from authentic sources. We also believe in sayings of Sahaba, the interpretations of Imams of Fiqh and Theology and our Shuyook of Ihsan.
When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)
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