and it comes bi idnillah - the Hajj :)

عن عبدالله بن عباس رضي الله عنهما أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: «ما من أيام العمل الصالح فيها أحب إلى الله من هذه الأيام» يعني أيام العشر. قالوا: يا رسول الله، ولا الجهاد في سبيل الله؟ قال: «ولا الجهاد في سبيل الله، إلا رجل خرج بنفسه وماله، فلم يَرْجِعْ من ذلك بشيء»

[صحيح] - [رواه البخاري، وهذا لفظ أبي داود وغيره]

 

‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be pleased with him) reported:

 

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There are no days on which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than on these days." (Meaning: the first ten days of Dhu al-Hijjah).

 

They (the Companions) said: "O Messenger of Allah, not even Jihad in the cause of Allah?"

 

He said: "Not even Jihad in the cause of Allah, except that of a man who went to Jihad with himself and his property, but did not return with any of them."

 

Begin!

 

522. Then We made it a creation different from all others –who? the human being

 

ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَـٰهُ خَلْقًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ

فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ ١٤

 

Then We produce it (as) a creation another.

So blessed is Allah (the) Best (of) the Creators.

Surah Al Mu’minoon, Verse 14

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Summa: After it was completed, his (the human being’s) formation and his temperament and shape was perfected upon the way of unique innovation and astonishing so he became a creature sensitive, active with will like all other animals…

 

Ansha’na hu: We produced Him i.e. We originated him and moulded him especially…

 

Khalqan aakhara: with another creation, inventing, specifically in this body (uniquely different from) amongst other bodies and this was that We blew Our Spirit in it so he should adopt Our Attributes and yattakhallaqu bi akhlaqina - be in his manners like Our Ettiquette and become deserving of being Our Vice-Regent and Our Appointee and it is appropriate that he becomes Our Mirror having the ability to reflect the Shadows of Our Perfected Names and Exalted Attributes…

 

Fatabaraaka: so how Glorious i.e. High and Dignified is…

 

Allahu: Allah Al Qadir, The Omnipotent, Al Muqtadir, The Only One Powerful with complete authority in such changes and progressions which leave the aql, the power to reflect, bewildered because of them and ability and understanding subsides before them.

 

And He is in His Essence…

 

Ahsanul Khaliqeen: The Best of Creators amongst those who ordain destiny and creation and (He is the Best) in perfecting evolution, creating and moulding even if it was considered that another could create other than Him, though it is impossible for the mind or practice (to consider such a thing).

 

 

507. Nor do they feel a moment of thirst and fatigue and hunger that is not recorded for them as a good deed for which they, the Muhsineen, will be rewarded

 

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ لَا يُصِيبُهُمْ ظَمَأٌۭ وَلَا نَصَبٌۭ وَلَا مَخْمَصَةٌۭ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا يَطَـُٔونَ مَوْطِئًۭا يَغِيظُ ٱلْكُفَّارَ وَلَا يَنَالُونَ مِنْ عَدُوٍّۢ نَّيْلًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُم بِهِۦ

عَمَلٌۭ صَـٰلِحٌ ۚ

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ ١٢٠

 

It was not (for) the people of the Madinah and who were around them of the bedouins, that they remain behind after the Messenger of Allah, and not they prefer their lives to his life.

 

That is because not the affliction upon them of thirst and not of fatigue and not of hunger in (the) way (of) Allah, and nor do they step any step that angers the disbelievers and they do not inflict on an enemy an infliction except is recorded for them in it (as) a deed righteous.

 

Indeed, Allah (does) not allow to be lost the reward (of) the good-doers.

 

Surah At Tauba, Verse 120

 

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Dalika: that i.e. it was not made compulsory upon them, the bearing the hardship of heaviness and tiredness and the quickness towards battle and stepping towards it…

 

Bi annahum: because they i.e. because whenever he came out (for battle) (salutations and greetings upon his singular focus upon his Lord and that of his family)…

 

La yusibuhum dama’: they did not experience the trial of thirst…

 

Wa la nasabun: and extreme tiredness from exertion and they were not afflicted with pain from different kinds of pain…

 

Wa la makhmasatun: and they did not experience hunger…

 

Fi sabeel illah: in the Way of Allah for the victory of the religion and the Kalima Tauheed, pure words of His One-ness (La ilaha illalla Muhammad Ar Rasool Allah)…

 

Wa: and like this…

 

La yataouna mauti-an: they never step on a track and they do not tread in a place…

 

Yagheedul kuffara: which angers the disbelievers, (which it would) if they walked with him, the Messenger of Allah…

 

Wa la yanaloona min adouwin nayyla: and they do not receive from the enemy anything to be killed and being captured and being overcome and being defeated…

 

Illa kutiba lahum bihi: except that it would be written for them near Allah…

 

Amalun salihun: a good deed, guaranteeing for them blessings great and a high rank and overall…

 

Innallah: indeed Allah Al Muhsin, The Only Bestower of Favour, Al Muttafaddil, The Only Granter of Bounties for His Special Servants…

 

La yudee’u ajar al Muhsineen: He does not waste the rewards of the Muhsineen, the doers of good, who beautify their adab, manners with Allah and worship Him as if they see Him and with His Messenger, the one who is His Vice-regent and His Successor.

 

 

The first blessed stop: Medina Shareef

 

The prayer chosen for me to enter every place from Medina to Mecca to Mina to Arafat to Muzdalifa to the stoning to the Tawaaf e Ziarat to the Tawaf al Wida.

 

395. Ya Rabb who raises me only with His Gentleness - Make me enter with truth and make me leave with truth

 

وَقُل رَّبِّ أَدۡخِلۡنِی مُدۡخَلَ صِدۡقࣲ

وَأَخۡرِجۡنِی مُخۡرَجَ صِدۡقࣲ

وَٱجۡعَل لِّی مِن لَّدُنكَ سُلۡطَـٰنࣰا نَّصِیرࣰا

 

And say, "My Lord! Cause me to enter an entrance of truth,

and cause me to an exit of truth

and make for me from near You an authority helping."

Surah Al Isra’, Verse 80

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

O one who is on the path of Allah, O worshipper, and after that you reached towards it, (the station of Maqam e Mahmood), there will not be remaining for you a (higher) rank of completion and guidance but instead you are now completed and are the guided one.

 

When revelations come to you and permission is granted to you by Subhanahu, you will become a perfect Murshid, guide, for the people with shortcomings, incomplete, interceding for them by the Permission of Allah, for their deliverance from the compulsions of imkaan, possibilities, that lead one to the pitfalls of fire and you will make even them reach the atmosphere of heavens with the ability granted by Allah to you and to them.

 

Wa: And after your reaching from your striving and your struggling and the different times of waking up at night and your praying during the nights by the ability granted by Allah and the ease He gave you so that you reached the stations exalted and the ranks high …

 

Qul: say, beseechingly, to your Lord, seeking refuge from Him, focusing towards him as the desirer of the highest standard of capability and being firmly placed in the station which you have reached by His granted ability and His Help…

 

Rabbi: O my Lord who raises me by different types of Lutf, Kindnesses and Karam, Mercy…

 

Adkhilni: Make me enter by Your Fazl, Bounty and Jood, Generosity…

 

Modkhala sidq-in: the entrance of truth and the destination of being settled and it is the Place of Tauheed, One-ness, free of all kinds of additions and excesses and make me be in it forever without fluctuation and without staining…

 

Wa akhrij-ni: and make me exit the demands of my selfishness and my identity for the atmosphere of dissolution which connects to the honour of ever-lastingness and meeting (The Divine)…

 

Mukhraja sidq-in: the exit of truth without hesitation and shaking…

 

Waj’al-i: and assign for me in the moment of my ego quarreling with me, overcoming me with wrongdoing…

Mil ladunka sultan-an: from Your Authority i.e. proven in a way that nothing can overrule it, clearly revealed, witnessed in totality, so it becomes…

 

Naseera: a helper for the one who helps me against my enemies and frees me from their grip in the moment that they surround me.

 

 

The only prayer in Medina other than sending Darood Shareef. Why?

 

128. In worship what comes first Tasbeeh or Tauba? Tauba ,because only the one forgiven can praise Subhanahu. The verse that promises that forgiveness from Waaf e Al Qauli, The One who keeps His Promises…

 

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذ ظَّلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ جَآءُوكَ فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ

وَٱسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا

 

And if they, when they wronged themselves, come to you and asked forgiveness of Allah,

and the Messenger (peace be upon him) asked forgiveness for them,

surely, they would have found Allah Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Surah An-Nisa’, Verse 64

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Wa lau annahum: And if they, without doubt, due to the intensity of their ignorance and hypocrisy…

 

Id zalamu anfusahum: that which befalls them of affliction, (which is) harmful, from not submitting to you…

 

Jaa’uka: they must come to you as the ones who repent, the one who are apologetic because of that which happened from them…

 

Fastaghfarullah: then they ask for forgiveness from Allah (being) sincere and regretful…

 

Wastaghfara lahum Ar Rasoolu: and The Messenger (peace be upon him) also asks for forgiveness for them through intercession and praying before Allah, asking for the acceptance (of the person by Him) after they have come as the ones who are apologetic…

 

Lawajadullaha: surely, they will find Allah (to be) and they will testify to Him being the One who grants Bounty and Mercy…

 

Tawwaban: (and find Allah to be) The One who accepts their repentance…

 

Raheeman: The One who is Merciful to them and grants them ability to do this (go the The Messenger (peace be upon him).  

 

How to keep a sustained patience laced with gratitude in the journey in all circumstances for a complaint, silent or spoken, opens the door for Iblis? Zikr!

 

202. The ones who brought faith will find, without doubt, peace in the Zikr - remembrance - of Allah.

 

‏ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَطْمَىِٕنُّ قُلُوبُهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ أَلَا بِذِكْرِ ٱللَّهِ تَطْمَىِٕنُّ ٱلْقُلُوبُ ‎

 

Those who believed and find satisfaction their hearts in the remembrance (of) Allah.

No doubt, in the remembrance (of) Allah find satisfaction the hearts."

Surah Ar’Rad, Verse 28

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Alladina amano: Those who believe in Tauheed, One-ness…

Wa tatma’innu qulubuhum: the heart finds peace and steadfastness from the pangs of following falsehood and its colours, disappearing and vanishing…

 

Bi zikr illah: with the remembrance of Allah, Al Wahid, Al Ahad, Permanent in His Presence without fluctuation and enumeration and doubt. So indeed (this remembrance), causes to leave and disappear from the tablets of their hearts, the engravings of relying (on others) and thinking (of others) in totality.

 

Alaa: Beware, O Taliboon, the ones who are eager to seek the rank of Kashf, unveiling and Shahood, witnessing…

 

Bi zikr illahe: the remembrance of Allah Subhanahu, removes all which is extra (other than Him)…

 

Tatma’inno ul qulub: (it) gives tranquility to the hearts and keeps it firm in the Maqam Al Huzoor, the Place of Ever Presence, and gives it rest from chaos and paranoia.

 

 

And what is the ultimate Zikr?

 

500. What is the best word? The kalima tayyaba

 

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًۭا كَلِمَةًۭ طَيِّبَةًۭ كَشَجَرَةٍۢ طَيِّبَةٍ أَصْلُهَا ثَابِتٌۭ وَفَرْعُهَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ٢٤

 

Do not you see how sets forth Allah the example, a word good (is) like a tree good, its root (is) firm and its branches (are) in the sky?

 

Surah Ibrahim, Verse 24

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Alam tara: Have you not seen, Ayyoha Ar Ra’ee, O one who sees (saluations and greetings upon your seeing and your family), Al Mu’tabir, the one who gains admonition, Al Khabeer, the one who is well informed, Al Baseer, the one who watches…

 

Kaifa daraballahu: how Allah, Al Hadi, The Only Guide, sets forth for His Servants towards His Tauheed, His One-ness…

 

Masalan: an example, to warn them from Him, such that it was a parable…

 

Kalima-tan tayyiba-tan: a pure word which is the Kalima Tauheed – La Ilaha Illallah - which is uttered, which is pure, that there is no presence except Allah Al Haqq…

 

Ka shajratin tayyaba-tan: is like a good tree, which is the palm tree, which…

 

Asluha: in its origin and roots…

 

Saabitun: are firm in the earth so much so that the winds cannot uproot it and displace it at all…

 

Wa far’auha: and its branches i.e. its shoots and its twigs are high…

 

Fi: in the direction…

 

As’sama’: of the sky.

 

 

501. (The good word) gives fruit all the time by the Permission of Allah and sets examples for Mankind to remember

 

تُؤْتِىٓ أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍۭ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا ۗ وَيَضْرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ ٢٥

 

Giving its fruit all time by the permission of its Lord. And sets forth Allah the examples for mankind so that they may remember.

 

Surah Ibrahim, Verse 25

 

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Tu’ti-ukulaha: (That tree) gives its fruits…

 

Kulla heen: all the time from the specific times of yielding fruit…

 

Bi idni Rabbiha: by the Commands of its Rabb, its Lord i.e. by His Will and His Order meaning like the date tree which grows and gives fruit because its roots are firm in the earth and its branches are high towards the sky and from it are yielded fruit in the time of the harvest. Such is the Kalima Tayyaba, which is based on Allah’s Tauheed, One-ness, which is firm. Its roots are in the earth of (one’s) natural capability, its branches are high and its twigs are towards the sky of the Realm of Spirituality, which yield the fruit of unveilings and witnessing, which uproots and demolishes the thorns of others (than Him), which are growing from the additions from the Realm of Nothingness…

 

Wa: and there is no need for the people of the eyes of the heart and intellect, who are unveiling by the Essence of the One-ness of Allah, for examples of such warnings and instead…

 

Yadribullahu: Allah Al Mutta’li’u, The One All Informed, exemplifies the secrets of the capacities of His Servants…

 

Al amsala: the example mentioned…

 

Li-naas: for people who have forgotten their promises and their covenants with Allah due to the veil of their identities which are followed by the increasing and abundance (of the world)…

 

La’allahum yataddakaroon: so they may remember what they have forgotten from the example like these examples.

 

 

The most exquisite and ultimate reward of Zikr.

 

502. The reward of Zikr is becoming like His Beloved (salutations and greetings upon his perfection in manner and his family’s) in behaviour– insane!

 

Subhan Allah wa Ajmala ka wa Ahsana ka wa Akmala ka

 

لَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِى رَسُولِ ٱللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌۭ لِّمَن كَانَ يَرْجُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلْيَوْمَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَ وَذَكَرَ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًۭا ٢١

 

Certainly, is for you in (the) Messenger (of) Allah an example good for (one) who has hope (in) Allah and the Day the Last, and remembers Allah much.

Surah Al Ahzab, Verse 21

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Then said Subhanahu to activate the passion of the Mo’mineen, the believers:

 

Laqad kana lakum: certainly there is for you, Ayyohal Mo’minoona, O believers, Al Mukhlisoona, sincere ones, Al Taliboona, the seekers, at-takhalluqa bi ikhlaq Allah, of adopting the Attributes of Allah, Al Hariboona, being those who run away from (adopting) the manners of His Enemies…

 

Fi Rasoolilla-hi: in the Messenger of Allah (salutations and

greetings upon the excellence of his behaviour and his family’s), the one sent for your instruction and your guidance…

 

Uswatun hasana-tun: an excellent model (of life) i.e. praised characteristics like no one else that mandate that you adopt them and make yourself characterized by them…

 

Liman kana yarjullahi: for every person who aspires to meet Allah i.e. meeting Him and seeing His Kareem, Generous, Countenance…

 

Wa: and he hopes also…

 

Youmil akhira: for the Last Day, (which has) promised in it this greatest honour (of that meeting) and for the sake of this hope and the overwhelming (feeling) of this great hope in his heart…

 

Wa zakaraallaha katheeran: and he remembers Allah much in all of his ordinary situations and times with satisfaction through Zikr, the remembrance of Subhanahu, until he achieves what is promised to him from the triumph of the honour of meeting Him.

 

And when he becomes like that (in the state of abundance zikr) and whoever decides on this firmly, then he becomes a follower of the Rasool (salutations and greetings upon the one who is the manifestation of Allah’s Aklhaq as are his family) in that most highly praised characteristics and the manners excellent, accepted near Allah which are raza, his satisfaction in all of what happened to him from fate decreed.

 

What is the Ka’aba?

 

520. The first House of Worship is the one in Bakkah and it is a guidance for humanity

 

إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيْتٍۢ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِى بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكًۭا وَهُدًۭى لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٩٦

Indeed, (the) First House set up for the mankind (is) the one which (is) at Bakkah, blessed and a guidance for the worlds.

Surah Aal e Imran, Verse 96

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Then when Hazrat Ibrahim (as) was steadfast upon the Sirat e Tauheed, Allah’s One-ness, upright upon it, Subhanahu made the first House of Worship for the ones who believe in His One-ness for the sake of the Prophet Ibrahim (as) so He said:

Inna awwala baiti wudi’a lin-naas: indeed, it is the First House of worship set up for Mankind so they worship Subhanahu in it and focus upon His Presence…

 

Lalladi bi bakka: the one which is at Bakka, the House which is before the making of the Masjid al Haraam, before the making of the Bait al Maqdas by 40 years and the state indeed, in which it is constructed…

 

Mubarakan: is fully blessed with abundance of blessings and benefit for its residents and its pilgrims, guiding them towards imaan, faith, in Allah and His Angels and His Books and His Messengers…

 

Wa hudal lil aalimeen: and it is a source of guidance for all Mankind, making them reach towards the Tauheed az Zaati, the Essence of His One-ness, if the secrets of its making and its legalization are unveiled for them. 

 

 

521. In it are clear signs of the standing place of the Prophet Ibrahim (as) and pilgrimage is incumbent on whom can find a way to it

 

فِيهِ ءَايَـٰتٌۢ بَيِّنَـٰتٌۭ مَّقَامُ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ ۖ وَمَن دَخَلَهُۥ كَانَ ءَامِنًۭا ۗ

وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ حِجُّ ٱلْبَيْتِ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَاعَ إِلَيْهِ سَبِيلًۭا ۚ

وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِىٌّ عَنِ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ ٩٧

 

In it (are) signs clear, standing place (of) Ibrahim, and whoever enters it - is safe.

And (due) to Allah upon the mankind (is) pilgrimage (of) the House (for one) who is able to [it] (find) a way.

And whoever disbelieved then indeed, Allah (is) free from need of the universe.

 

Surah Aal e Imran, Verse 97

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

(From previous verse)

Wa hudal lil aalimeen: and it is a source of guidance for all Mankind, making them reach towards the Tauheed az Zaati, the Essence of His One-ness, if the secrets of its making and its legalization are unveiled for them because…

 

Fihi ayatun: in it are signs (which are) the proofs and evidence…

 

Bayyenatun: clear, proving the Tauheed az Zaati, the Essence of His One-ness, among which are…

 

Maqam-u Ibrahim (as): the Station of Ibrahim (as) and it is the Station of Raza, being contented with Allah, and Tasleem, surrender…

 

Wa man dakhalahu: and the one who enters it, as a guest, in submission, entrusting…

 

Kana aaminan: it will be safe (for him) from waswasat al ananiya, the whispers of selfishness and ego, and daghdaghatil ghairyiati, the provoking of another, and he will become characterized by the attribute of friendship.

 

Wa lillahi: And for the sake of Allah i.e. for reaching His Tauheed, One-ness, and being steadfast on the station of worshipping Him and ehsaan, His Favour, it is obligatory…

 

Alan naasi hajj ul baiti: upon the people to perform Hajj, which (the House) is made an example of to be like the qalb, the station of Recognition of Allah within the heart of His Friend, deserving of the garment of friendship…

 

Man istata’a: the one who can amongst you, Ayyohal Hayara, O ones wandering blindly in the desert of possibilities…

 

Ilaihi sabeela: afford its journey (18/10).

 

Wa man kafara: And the one who disbelieves in (the Hajj) and refuses it stubbornly…

 

Fainallaha: so indeed Allah is Al Mustaghni, Self Sufficient in His Essence from all His Appearances and Creations…

 

Ghani un an-il alimeen: beyond need of all the worlds. He is not concerned with them and their worship and indeed, they were made to appear and He made it obligatory for them worship and the return towards His Presence and focus towards His Door so they could be steadfast in the rank of worship and become established in it until they become deserving of Friendship and Vice-Regency, which is sprouting secrets of Divine Appearance and Manifestations.

 

 

 

One of the most important prayers of the Tawaaf

 

511. Rabbana aa’tina fid duniya – the prayer around the Ka’aba

 

وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةًۭ

وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حَسَنَةًۭ وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

And from those who say, "Our Lord! Grant us in the world good and in the Hereafter good, and save us (from the) punishment (of) the Fire."

Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 201

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Wa minhum mayyaqoolu: Amongst them are those who have gathered their overt and inner beings, (zahir and batin) and keep this world and the Afterlife together,

 

Rabbana a’tina fi duniya: who say, “O our Lord, Grant us goodness which makes You pleased with us in this life…

 

Wa fil akhira: and grant us goodness in the Hereafter, which makes us reach Your One-ness (Tauheed)…

 

Waqina: and save us by Your Favour upon us…

 

Adaab an naar: from the possibilities that cause in a person paranoia and doubt.

 

 

A personal favourite for the Tawaaf:

 

335. The magical Prayer Subhanahu Himself taught His Beloved (salutations and greetings upon the one who was the most devoted and his family): Ya Rabbi, forgive me and hide me from my self and have mercy upon me so I become dissolved in You and You are the Best of those who show mercy

 

وَقُل رَّبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ وَٱرۡحَمۡ وَأَنتَ خَیۡرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِینَ

 

And say, "My Lord! Forgive and have mercy, and You (are the) Best (of) those who show mercy."

Surah Al Mo’minoon, Verse 118

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Wa: And after that Subhanahu made it certain, the success for the Mo’mineen, the believers, Al Muwwahideen, who are certain in the One-ness of Allah, in the beginning of this Surah and He deprived the Kafireen, the deniers of truth, Al Mushrikeen, the ones who associate others with Allah in the end (of the Surah)…

 

Qul: Say O Akmal Ar Rusul, O Messenger who completes the Messengerhood (greetings and salutations upon him and his family by His Allah who loves him), educating everyone who considers you his leader and follows in your footsteps and warning them as well of this and reminding them…

 

Rabbi: O my Lord who raised me by your Kunf, Protection and Jawar, Safe Guarding…

 

Ighfir: Forgive me and hide for me my egoistic self from my inner eyes…

 

Warham: and have mercy upon me by the negation of the essence of my nature and dissolve it in Your Essence.

 

Wa anta: And You with Your Essence and Your Names and Your Attributes…

 

Khair ur Raheemeen: are the Best of the Merciful, who are also demands of Your Attributes and reflections of Your Names and everything is with You and from You and there is no one who is Merciful except You and there is no Lord for me other than You.

 

 

What is the reality of the sa'ee? A striving for the union of duality within the self - Subhan Allah!

 

513. The sa’ee between Safa and Marwa is to gain a fusion of the overt and the inner being

 

۞ إِنَّ ٱلصَّفَا وَٱلْمَرْوَةَ مِن شَعَآئِرِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ

فَمَنْ حَجَّ ٱلْبَيْتَ أَوِ ٱعْتَمَرَ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَن يَطَّوَّفَ بِهِمَا ۚ

وَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًۭا فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَاكِرٌ عَلِيمٌ ١٥٨

 

Indeed, the Safa and Marwah (are) from (the) symbols (of) Allah.

So whoever performs Hajj (of) the House or performs Umrah, so no blame on him that he walks between [both of] them.

And whoever voluntarily does good, then indeed, Allah (is) All-Appreciative, All-Knowing.

Surah Al Baqarah, Verse 158

 

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Then when He gave insight, Subhanahu, towards the Al Ka’aba Al Haqeeqia, the inner Ka’aba rather than the Ka’aba Al Sooriya, the physical form of the Ka’aba, He wanted to inform of the signs of the inner Ka’aba with the signs of the Ka’aba in physical appearance…

 

Inna Safa wal Marwa: Indeed, Safa and Marwa, the signs of Allah i.e. the overt, the zahir of a person, and Marwa is their batin, the hidden, they are…

 

Min shai’r Allah: among the Signs of Allah and the Symbols of His Tauheed, His One-ness…

 

Faman hajja: so the one who performs Hajj, intending…

 

Al baita: the House, it is only the representation of the Al Manzil Al Haqeeqi, the actual truthful destination…

 

Au ae’tamara: or the one who performs Umra, upon the way of following the Sunnah, intending in it the focus on the Essence of Tauheed, the One-ness of Allah by turning themselves away from the connections which prevent it (that focus)…

 

Fa la junaha: so it is not a thing constricting or tiring…

 

Alayhi ayyataffa bi-hima: for them (the ones performing Umra or Hajj) to sa’ee, walk, i.e. he walks between the two, believing, connecting them both till that he can unveil by the union of the two (the Safa of their zahir and the Marwa of their batin).

 

Wa man tattawaa: So whoever does good, focusing his attention towards Him…

 

Khairan: with a pious act voluntarily above what is a command and obligatory…

 

Fa innallaha Shakir-un: then certainly, Subhanahu is As Shakir, The Most Appreciative and The One who makes it (the sa’ee and doing voluntary good acts) easier (for the seeker), pleased by their deed…

 

Aleem-un: and He is Well Aware of their states.

 

 

508. The Hajj ayaat begin – disconnect from the world and do not quarrel and be mindful of Allah

 

ٱلْحَجُّ أَشْهُرٌۭ مَّعْلُومَـٰتٌۭ ۚ

فَمَن فَرَضَ فِيهِنَّ ٱلْحَجَّ فَلَا رَفَثَ وَلَا فُسُوقَ وَلَا جِدَالَ فِى ٱلْحَجِّ ۗ

وَمَا تَفْعَلُوا۟ مِنْ خَيْرٍۢ يَعْلَمْهُ ٱللَّهُ ۗ

وَتَزَوَّدُوا۟ فَإِنَّ خَيْرَ ٱلزَّادِ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ ۚ

وَٱتَّقُونِ يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ١٩٧

 

(For) the Hajj (are) months well known,

then whoever undertakes therein the Hajj then no sexual relations and no wickedness and no quarrelling during the Hajj.

And whatever you do of good knows it Allah.

And take provision, (but) indeed, (the) best provision (is) righteousness.

And fear Me, O men (of) understanding!

Surah Al Baqarah, Verse 197

 

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Then when ordered Subhanahu His Servants for the Hajj, that they come to His House from cities far away from all over the globe and highways distant, fixing for him the specific time from the times which has great excellence and a place near Subhanahu, so He said:

 

Al hajjo: Al Hajj i.e. the time of Hajj…

Ashharum malomaat: are the most famous months well known, blessed, recognized and they are Shawal, Zul Qada, Zul Hajj, all of them or some of them because there is difference in opinion about it…

 

Fa man farada: so the one on whom (the Hajj) was made obligatory…

 

Fi-hinnal hajja: in these months, with the commitment of fulfilling the conditions of it and its pillars regularized for him during these months, its completion is incumbent without disconnection from determination and (without disconnection from) the intention of the heart and (without the disconnection of) the sancitity of the forbidden things in it.

 

Fala rafatha: So do not have sexual relations i.e. no intercourse and no copulation regardless of the length of the stay…

 

Wala fusooqa: and do not transgress and do not exit the Boundaries of Allah with the committing of the forbidden things…

 

Wala jidaala: and do not fight and do not quarrel and do not show power in front of the servants and the friends…

 

Fi: in the days…

 

Ayyam al hajj: of Hajj because the Hajj is a symbol of the death of the will which shows the Hayat al Haqeeqia, the real life, and these matters (sexual relations, fighting, the will) are all from the characteristics of living in the natural (day to day) life.

 

So the one who intends to do the Hajj Al Haqeeqi, true, and intends for the Al Hayat Al Haqeeqia, the life truthful, so for him it is compulsory that he kills his nafs from the needs of that life from nature, borrowed, (which is) without stability, so he triumphs with the true life everlasting, permanent, forever, eternal and that is not available except without the exit from the demands of the aql al juz’ie, which is (in fact) a small thing (that power to reflect), stained with paranoia and imagination. Instead the aql, the ability to reflect, is dominated by the nafs which governs it forever.

 

And it cannot be gained (that true life, Al Hayat Al Haqeeqia) except for the Salik, the traveler, An Nasik, the one who sacrifices while performing the ways of worship, who Allah Al Haqq has pulled away from his nafs, self, from rank to rank, progressing his essence (of that Nasik) from realm to realm from the selected realms so that he comes to a rank and a station which enfolds all of the ranks for him and all of the realms become dissolved in him with their secrets and he also becomes dissolved in them.

 

And there is nothing in it that can make him fall. Instead he became stable and firmly established and contented in this Al Hayat Al Haqeeqia the way we witness such lives, as Mutahassireena, the ones envious, the Mutamanneena, the ones longing for it, when watching the lives of some of the Abdal (the replacements of the Prophets and the Auliya) of the time.

 

May Allah raise the shadow of such a person upon the parting of the people of Yaqeen, inner certainty and Irfaan, Recognition of Allah. And may his name be unfamiliar so that his glory remains unnoticed. How far is such a rank, its not suitable for us and its not for me that we can even speak about it.

 

Ghaus Pak (ra) prays:

 

جعلنا الله من خُدَّام تُراب أقدامه

 

May Allah Subhanahu make us from the dust of the footsteps of His Servants. Ameen!

 

And after Subhanahu commands His Servants for the Hajj of His House exalting Him and His House, He urges them towards charity and the spending of possessions for it and in its way, to establish in their nafoos, selves, this beautiful characteristic (spending in charity) because it is the preventer of the inclinations of the hearts towards the True Beloved and this wealth is the head of all temptations, thus He said:

 

Wa ma taf’alu: and whatever you did for the Raza, the Pleasure of Allah…

 

Min khair: from spending in charity, pure from the dirt of (making others acknowledge) kindness and hurting others, stripped from boastfulness and showing off, saved from the whisperings of devils and desires (from the self)…

 

Ya’lamullahu: Allah knows it with His Ever-Presence because such charities are happening on the Sirat e Mustaqeem, the Straight Path, which is the Way of Allah Al Adham, the Greatest of All, Al Aqwam, The Most Upright…

 

Wa tuzawwadu: and take provisions for the crossing of this Sirat of Allah with taqwa, mindfulness of Him from the world and everything in it…

 

Fainna khair az zaadi: so indeed it is the best provision for the Servants for the Day Promised which is…

 

At taqwa: mindfulness of Allah from all corruption…

 

Wattaqooni ya ulil albaab: and be conscious of Me, O people of intellect (who search for the marrow of knowledge), Al Mutawajjiheena, the ones who focus upon the origin of understanding, Al Mutamaaeleena, the ones detached from the veils (that veil) the Divine Presence.

 

Ghaus Pak (ra) prays:

 

Grant us understanding by Your Luft, Gentleness, Ya Khafi Al Altaf,

O One who grants kindnesses in secret!

 

 

509. Arafaat – the gathering of the pilgrims’ mari’fa – Subhan Allah

 

لَيْسَ عَلَيْكُمْ جُنَاحٌ أَن تَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًۭا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۚ

فَإِذَآ أَفَضْتُم مِّنْ عَرَفَـٰتٍۢ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ عِندَ ٱلْمَشْعَرِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۖ

وَٱذْكُرُوهُ كَمَا هَدَىٰكُمْ وَإِن كُنتُم مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ١٩٨

 

Not is on you any sin that you seek bounty from your Lord.

And when you depart from (Mount) Arafat then remember Allah near the Monument [the] Sacred.

And remember Him as He (has) guided you, after surely you were among those who went astray.

Surah Al Baqarah, Verse 198

 

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Laysa alaykum: It is not upon you, Ayyohal Mo’minoon, O Believers…

 

Junah-un: any blame, so don’t feel constrained or exhausted, while you are being mindful of the Anger of Allah and (while you are) taking (as a provision) your taqwa, consciousness of Him…

 

An tabtaghu: whilst seeking i.e. all of you…

 

Fadlan: the Favour from the Ma’arif Al Yaqeenia, the Recognition of Certainty and Lazaat Ruhaniya, the tastes of spirituality…

 

Mir Rabbikum: from your Lord who is The One who raised with different kinds of Lutf, Kindness, and Karam, Generosity.

 

Fa ida afadtum: So when you depart, Ayyohal Mo’minoon, O Believers…

 

Min Arafat-in: from Arafat, (which is) the Recognition of His Essence All Encompassing of all of His Divine Attributes which have been ranked for you, (Subhanahu is using the plural, Arafaat because it is a collection of the recognitions) of the approaching from all the approachers towards His Recognition by a way, specific so that after the arrival (of all the pilgrims), it becomes singular again, Arafa’, because it is in fact Allah’s True Essence without additions in them at all (with their focus upon His Essence).

 

Fadkurullaha: then (upon returning from Arafat to Muzdalifa) remember Allah, Al Mustajme’u, The Gatherer of yourselves…

Ayndal masha’ril haraam: near Muzdalifa i.e. with the characteristics of the Essence of Allah which are forbidden to prove in anyone other than Allah. Subhanahu uses the singular masha’ara for haraam instead of mashair because each one of us is being specified (there) with a special attribute by which His Rabb, Lord, is nourishing Him (all their lives)…

 

Wadkuruhu kama hadaakum: and remember Him as He has guided you with the entrusting of your matters, all of them, to Him and your mindfulness towards Him from the whispering of the devils who make you wayward…

 

Wa in kuntum min qablihi: and you were certainly i.e. before His Guidance…

 

La min ad-daaleen: surely the ones who were wandering disoriented, At Tae’heena, walking in the valleys of carelessness, An Naakebeena, the ones turning from the true guidance. 

 

 

510. After Muzdalifa ask forgiveness of Allah

 

ثُمَّ أَفِيضُوا۟ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَفَاضَ ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ۚ

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌۭ ١٩٩

 

Then depart from wherever depart the people and ask forgiveness (of) Allah.

Indeed, Allah (is) Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Surah Al Baqarah, Verse 199

 

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Summa: Then when you complete your focus and your stay (in Muzdalifa) with the Ma’rifat Az Zaat, the Recognition of Allah’s Essence and you become steadfast on it…

 

Afeedu: then return from that (Recogntion of Allah)…

Min haithu afaad an naas: from where people depart towards the ranks which have been placed in order (for them) towards the Divine Attributes (i.e. from Ma’rifa, Recognition back to attributes)…

 

Wastaghfirullah: and ask forgiveness of Allah, Al Muhit, The One who encompasses you in them (those ranks).

 

Inallaha Ghafoor-un: Indeed Allah is Ghafoor, All Forgiving, Saatir The One who conceals your ranks and your essence…

Rahim-un: He is All Merciful for you with the reaching of your true origin.

 

 

511. Then after you finish the rituals of Hajj remember Allah like you remember your ancestors and more and some pray…

 

فَإِذَا قَضَيْتُم مَّنَـٰسِكَكُمْ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَذِكْرِكُمْ ءَابَآءَكُمْ أَوْ أَشَدَّ ذِكْرًۭا ۗ

فَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَا لَهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَـٰقٍۢ ٢٠٠

 

Then when you complete[d] your acts of worship then remember Allah as you remember your forefathers or (with) greater remembrance.

 

And from the people who say, "Our Lord! Grant us in the world." And not for him in the Hereafter [of] any share.

Surah Al Baqarah, Verse 200

 

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Fai da qadaytum manasikukum: So when you have completed your methods of worship (of the Hajj) commanded for you from what to avoid from the demands of your natural life and to be characterized by to the requirements of Al Ayn Al Haqeeqia, the witnessing of certainty…

 

Fadkurullaha: then remember Allah, Al Hadi, The Only Guide, for you towards this rank (the witnessing of certainty)…

 

Kazikrikum abaaukum: the way you remember your ancestors without distrust and doubt…

 

Au ashadda zikrun: or more remembrance (than that) and instead remember Allah more fervently than the place of the remembrance of your forefathers because the remembrance (of them) has in it doubt as opposed to the Zikr of Allah, based on witnesses, which is followed by dissolution in that zikr because indeed it is empty of the stain of doubt.

 

Fa min an-naasi man: So there are some from the people who target their focus and their repentance towards Allah and beseech before Him for the world alone and…

 

Fa yaqoolu Rabbana a’tina fid duniya: he says, O my Lord, grant us in this world for what we are needy in it in the matters of livelihood…

 

Wa: even though if he gains it what he yearned for in the world…

 

Ma lahu min aakhara min khalaaq: there is not for him any share in the Hereafter because he has spent his capacity towards what does not make him benefited and instead is harmful for him.

 

(Repeated because of sequence in the Quran)

511. Rabbana aa’tina fid duniya – the prayer around the Ka’aba

 

وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةًۭ

وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حَسَنَةًۭ وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

 

And from those who say, "Our Lord! Grant us in the world good and in the Hereafter good, and save us (from the) punishment (of) the Fire."

Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 201

 

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Wa minhum mayyaqoolu: Amongst them are those who have gathered their overt and inner beings, (zahir and batin) and keep this world and the Afterlife together,

 

Rabbana a’tina fi duniya: who say, “O our Lord, Grant us goodness which makes You pleased with us in this life…

 

Wa fil akhira: and grant us goodness in the Hereafter, which makes us reach Your One-ness (Tauheed)…

 

Waqina: and save us by Your Favour upon us…

 

Adaab an naar: from the possibilities that cause in a person paranoia and doubt.

 

 

 

512. Then for them is a share of what they earned and Allah is swift in His Judgement

 

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌۭ مِّمَّا كَسَبُوا۟ ۚ

وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ ٢٠٢

 

Those - for them (is) a share of what they earned, and Allah (is) swift (in taking) account.

 

Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 202

 

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Ulaika: For them, Al Mawaffoona, the ones who fulfill their promises to Allah, Al Muwwahidoona, the ones who truly believe in Allah’s One-ness, Al Jami’oona, the ones who gather and possess what is ordered in both the ranks of the zahir, the overt being, and the batin, the hidden…

 

Lahum naseebun: for them is a share, portion, complete…

 

Mimma kasabu: of what they earned in the world and this is the harvest of the Afterlife which produce the recognitions of the Divine and the unveilings of the Divine.

 

Wallahu: And Allah is Al Muheet, The One All Encompassing of what is hidden (in their hearts)…

 

Saree’ul hisaab: swift in taking account. He calls them to account and rewards them upon what they earned (in deeds).

 

 

 

527. O ye who believe! Do zikr in abundance, katheera

 

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ذِكْرًۭا كَثِيرًۭا ٤١

 

O you who believe! Remember Allah (with) remembrance much

Surah Al Ahzab, Verse 41

 

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Then Allah informed to do Zikr in abundance and He gave it preference over reflection (HUGE!):

 

Ya ayyohalladina aamano: O ye who believe in Allah and recognized Him, the way it was worthy of Him being recognized and His Tauheed, One–ness and the perfection of His Divine Names and Attributes requisited by your imaan, faith and your irfan, Knowledge, continuously, paying close attention and in persistent application of His Zikr, remembrance…

 

Udkurullaha: Remember Him, Al Wahid, The Only One, Al Ahad, The One and Only, Al Fard, The One Single, As Samad, The One Above Everything, Al Muttasiff, characterized by the gathering of His Attributes Perfect, Al Mustaj’mi, The One who is the Possessor of His Beautiful Names which are uncountable and cannot be enumerated…

 

Dikran katheera: a remembrance abundant, comprehensively in all your times and states and be more than that in His Remembrance, so that you reach the certainty of knowledge (moving) towards a witnessing.

 

 

What is the Qurbani? Leaving the world

516. The Qurbani

 

لِّيَشْهَدُوا۟ مَنَـٰفِعَ لَهُمْ وَيَذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ فِىٓ أَيَّامٍۢ مَّعْلُومَـٰتٍ عَلَىٰ مَا رَزَقَهُم مِّنۢ بَهِيمَةِ ٱلْأَنْعَـٰمِ ۖ

فَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا۟ ٱلْبَآئِسَ ٱلْفَقِيرَ ٢٨

 

That they may witness benefits for them, and mention (the) name (of) Allah on days known over what He has provided them of (the) beast (of) cattle.

So eat of them and feed the miserable, the poor.

 

Surah Al Hajj, Verse 28

 

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And certainly, We ordered them for the Hajj and made it a duty upon them…

 

Li yashahdu mana’fa’a lahum: so that they may avail themselves of its benefits i.e. the places which being in the presence of and staying in will benefit them, a benefit for the Hereafter and We will make it easy for them the walking on the Way of Tauheed, Allah’s One-ness, with dissolution and being dissolved and (We will make it easy for them) being cut off from the debris of the world and (We will make it easy for them) to make them take off their garments of pain and troubles and (We will make it easy for them) to be sincere in the requirements of the organs and (We will make it easy for them) wearing the beautifications of taqwa, the mindfulness of Allah and (We will make it easy for them) their preparedness so that they are worthy of being presented before Al Maula, The Only Lord and (We will make it easy for them) the freedom from that which is the hurdle in reaching the Dar al Baqa, The Everlasting Abode, from wealth and children (the life of this world)…

 

Wa yadkuru: and they should remember in these places…

 

Ismallaha: the Name of Allah, Al Mushtammil, The One containing all of His Names and Attributes, Al Muhit, The Only One All Encompassing of all things like the sun encompasses all the shadows and the rays, (He is) without any formation or distribution of parts and portions, especially…

 

Fi ayyam im maloomat: in these appointed days fixed by Allah Al Muttazzir, The One who is wrapped in the Cloaks of Exaltedness and Majesty, (they should remember Allah’s Names) for gaining focus and praying and these are the (first) 10 days of Zul Hajj, and in other traditions these are the Days of Sacrifice (9th till 13th of Zul Hajj)…

 

Ala: (they should remember Allah’s Names) upon slaughtering…

 

Ma razaqahum: what Allah has given them in rizq, livelihood and made lawful for them…

 

Min baheematil anaam: of the beasts of cattle which they possess, gaining the closeness of Allah through these animals as a offering (for the Hajj) or as a sacrifice (outside of Mecca)…

 

Fakulu: so eat from what you slaughter…

 

Minha wa at’imul ba’isal faqeer: of those animals and feed the poor who are covered by the pain of hunger and they are encompassed by the intensity of starvation.

 

 

517. Then let them end their denial and fulfill their vows and circumabulate the Kaa’ba

 

ثُمَّ لْيَقْضُوا۟ تَفَثَهُمْ وَلْيُوفُوا۟ نُذُورَهُمْ وَلْيَطَّوَّفُوا۟ بِٱلْبَيْتِ ٱلْعَتِيقِ ٢٩

 

Then let them end their prescribed duties and fulfill their vows, and circumambulate the House Ancient."

 

Surah Al Hajj, Verse 29

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Summa: Then after offering the animals of sacrifice for the Hajj (in Mecca and outside of it)…

 

Layaqdu: let them clean and remove…

 

Tafasahum: their dirt i.e. their impurities which have come upon them from the rain of possibilities and the oppression of desires and the demands of selfishness.

 

Wa: And after they cleanse the impurity of possibilities…

 

Layoufu nudoorahum: let them fulfill their vows which are their vows in the cutting off from the valley of their worldly essence and the erasure of their desires from the slaughter of the cattle of their Nafs e Ammmara, the nafs that prompts towards wrongdoing, (making them) rebellious of the Straight Path…

 

Wa: after they are purified from the dirt and fulfilled their vows…

 

Leyattawwafu: they should circumabulate, Munkhali’eena, undressed from the dress of their worldly life, Muttaajarrideena, emptying themselves from the garments of being human…

 

Bil bait il ateeq: around the Ancient House and this pillar is old since forever which is not going to be demolished and it will not break and it will not fall so these orders are for the one who desires the way of Fana’, dissolution (in Subhanahu), and Hajj Al Haqeeqi, the true Hajj and the real tawaaf, circumambulation.

 

 

 

524. So the game from sea is lawful and game of the land is forbidden in ihram – but what is the ihram and what is the Hajj…

 

 

أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ ٱلْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُۥ مَتَـٰعًۭا لَّكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ ۖ

وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ ٱلْبَرِّ مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُمًۭا ۗ

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ ٩٦

 

Is made lawful for you game (of) the sea and its food (as) provision for you and for the travelers, and is made unlawful on you game (of) the land as long as you (are in) Ihram, And be conscious (of) Allah the One to Him you will be gathered.

 

Surah Al Maida, Verse 96

 

Tafseer e Jilani

 

Uhilla lakum: It is made lawful for you, Ayyohal Muhramoon, O ones in ihram…

 

Said ul bahri: the game from the sea which is born in the sea except that which your temperament dislikes…

 

Wa ta’amahu: and eating it…

 

Mata’allakum: is a provision for you, you enjoy it for free…

 

Wa: and like this…

 

Lisayyarati: it is also for your trade and taking as a gift and your using it for other purposes…

 

Wa hurrima alaykum saidul barri ma dumtum huruman: and unlawful is made upon you the hunting of animals as long as you are in ihram i.e. from the time you are in it towards its end…

 

Wattaqullaha alladi ilaihi tuhsharoon: so be mindful of Allah, O Tasaqoon, you will be

taken, O believers.

 

And upon you is that you avoid and become conscious from exposure to that which is created by Him (in the world), (so that you avoid) His Qahr, Anger and His Ghalba, Domination, in all of your states, especially when you dressed in ihram which is the Kafn ul Fana, the shroud of dissolution in reality and Al Maut al Haqeeqi, the meaningful death (which is Hajj is) for the ones who are Ulil al Baab, the people of understanding, An Nadireen, the ones who keep their eye on the crux of the commands.

 

Just like the overt death does not allow the organs and apparent sensors to remain in signs and function and instead are suspended and finished and scattered so much so that there is no expectation from it (the body) at all. Like this is the Maut al Iradi, the death of the will, which is the expression of the Hajj Al Arif, the Hajj of the one possessing Recognition of Allah.

 

It is necessary that when he becomes of the ones wearing ihram, his organs become suspended, both overt and inner, from the demands of being human and the animalistic needs (sleeping, eating, sexual desires) and from all of the bodily determinations and spirituality and the unseen and the seen and the overt and the hidden.

 

And overall (also) from all of the additions and the abundance of veils so as to reach Al Wahid Az Zaatia, the Essence of His One-ness, which (those additions and veils) are vanishing in His Essence, and everything that he imagines from shadows and reflections (are also vanishing). In this sense the Maut al Iradi, the death of the will, happens, (and it is) worse in terms of erasing and more drowning in fana’, dissolution, than the overt death because the matter of Maul al Iradi, the death of the will, ends in (complete) nothingness and controls (the person in such a state) and there is an overall total fana, dissolving, such that the person cannot understand (or recognize) his own essence at all.

 

So how can life or death interfere and how can being or absence wander in the Lordship of Allah’s Courtyard and how can the aql, the power to reflect and opinions, wander in it?

 

 

 

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