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"Then those who believe in him, and honour him, and help him, and follow the light which is sent down with him: they are the successful." — Holy Qur'an 7:157

 

The Holy Imam is the Rope of Allah (Habli'llah)

 

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

 

Ya Ali Madad! This post has five parts.

 

Part 1: The Holy Imam is the Rope of Allah (Habli'llah)

In the first post of this series, I listed spiritual and luminous attributes of Noor Mowlana Hazar Imam. In this post, let us explore how is the Holy Imam the Rope of Allah (Habli'llah). Let us first study the following verses from the Holy Qur'an:

 

         Quranic Ayats:

"And hold fast, all together, by the rope which God (stretches out for you), and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude God's favour on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love, so that by His Grace, ye became brethren; and ye were on the brink of the pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus doth God make His Signs clear to you: That ye may be guided."
 
(Holy Qur'an 3:103)
"O People of the Scripture! Now hath Our messenger come unto you, expounding unto you much of that which ye used to hide in the Scripture, and forgiving much. Now hath come unto you light from Allah and plain Scripture, whereby Allah guides him who seeks His good pleasure unto paths of peace. He brings them out of darkness unto light by His decree, and guides them unto a straight path."
 
(Holy Qur'an 5:15-16)
1. Tawil of Habl Allah: The Luminous Rope of Allah, the Imam of the Time:
 
"In the time of Prophethood, the holy Prophet himself was the rope of Allah. He was both the speaking Qur'an and embodied Islam. After him the true Imams from his progeny were the rope of Allah in their respective times and today this most exalted position is indeed held by the Imam of the time. Praise belongs to Allah!"
 
(Source: A Thousand Wisdoms, Ta'wil No. 265, p. 143)
2. Tawil of Habli'llah: Rope of Allah:
 
"The Rope of God is the Light of Intellect, which is the fountainhead of knowledge and guidance in the form of the Qur'an and the Light of Imamat. It has been said in a Noble Hadith that the Book of God (Qur'an) is a rope which extends from the heavens to the earth. This leads to the conclusion that there are no stages of spiritual and intellectual advancement without the help of this rope of the Qur'an and the Light of Imamat. Verse (5:15) clearly shows that these two important things have both come from God and that they are always together."
 
(Source: Pure Intellect, p. 25)
3. Tawil of Habl Allah: Rope of Allah, Imam of the Time:
 
"God has sent the rope of His holy light from the higher world to the inhabitants of the lower world for the purpose that they may all together hold it fast so that they may be lifted to the higher world (3:103). Externally the luminous rope of Allah is the holy personality of the Imam of the time and internally it is his ever-reaching light. The holy light of the Imam of the time comes to you especially through ism-i azam (the supreme name, bol). Thus the Imam within (batin) you is the rope of Allah in the position of the ism-i azam, to which you have to hold fast in such a way that all faculties of the heart and the mind are turned towards and centered upon it."
 
(Source: A Thousand Wisdoms, Ta'wil No. 264, pp. 142-143)

 

Part 2: Teaching of Pir Hasan Kabirdin

The following verse is taken from Pir Hasan Kabirdin's Anant Akhado:

Recited by Shafiq Rawji

Âshâji nar sonâ gur rupâ
hirâ rakhisar jânoji
moti lâl ginân pichhâno
to ja(m)po pirshâhno jâ(m)p
 
Hari ana(n)t ana(n)t
Hari anatējo svāmi shāh
anatē jo a(n)t tuhi jānē ji

Oh Lord The Husband (Imam) is compared to gold
and the Guide (Pir) to silver
and know the devotee as diamond
Know the ginans (divine knowledge) as pearls and rubies
Recite (silently) the name of Pir Shah (Ism-i azam, bol)
So that you may shine like a diamond by exuding love
 
Hari You are eternal and unlimited
Hari You are the Lord of unlimited souls or eternity
You are the only Knower of the limits of the unlimited

445

 

Part 3: Special Dhikr

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Ya Ali, Mowla Ali;
O Light of Eternal Ali, O Noor Mowlana Shah Karim Al-Hussaini Hazar Imam

Recited by Noorallah Juma

Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil 'alamin.
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds!

 

Part 4. Angelic Salwat
Let us recite angelic salwats to invoke Divine grace and mercy.

Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

Allâhumâ salli alâ Muhammadin wa âle Muhammad:
O Allah! Bestow Peace on and through Muhammad and his Descendants

33 beads recited by Noorallah Juma

or

101 beads recited by Noorallah Juma

Al-hamdu lillahi rabbil 'alamin.
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds!

 

Part 5. Global Prayers and Three Grand Aspirations
Through the barakat of spiritual knowledge, tasbis and angelic salwat by many individuals of the global Jamat, O Noor Mowlana Hazar Imam, bless the global Jamat with:

  1. Spiritual and luminous tayid (help) to advance materially, spiritually and intellectually;
  2. Sunshine in our spiritual hearts and actualization of the inner vision of the Truth;
  3. Empowerment to present a Material Nazrana of time, knowledge and financial resources;
  4. Empowerment to present a Spiritual Nazrana in the form of a pure heart which is in a state of constant dhikr; and
  5. Empowerment to present a Luminous Nazrana in the form of a sound heart (qalb-i salim) which is in a state of constant dhikr and enlightenment.

 

Haizinda — Qayampaya
(Our Present Imam is Living and His NOOR is Eternal)

 

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