A Muslim Convert Once Before

‎ بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ As translated by Dr. Alan A. Godlas, Shaykh Abu Muhammad Ruzbihan al-Baqli ( q.s. ) said, “All Created things are created forms Cast into the vast space of Divine Power without a true spirit, waiting for the arrival of Muhammad ( s.a.w. ).  So, when he arrives in the world, the world becomes alive by means of his being, because he is the spirit of all created beings.”

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   The following is extracted from “A Sufi Understanding of God’s Ordaining of Fighting” by, Shaykh Abu Muhammad Ruzbihan al-Baqli ( q.s. ), and translated by Dr. Alan A. Godlas.   The following is a commentary on:   سُوۡرَةُ البَقَرَة كُتِبَ عَلَيۡڪُمُ ٱلۡقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرۡهٌ۬ لَّكُمۡ‌ۖ وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكۡرَهُواْ شَيۡـًٔ۬ا وَهُوَ خَيۡرٌ۬ لَّڪُمۡ‌ۖ وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تُحِبُّواْ شَيۡـًٔ۬ا وَهُوَ شَرٌّ۬ لَّكُمۡ‌ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ وَأَنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ (٢١٦)   Fighting is Prescribed for you and you dislike it.   But it is possible that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and that you love a thing which is bad for you.   But Allah Knows and you know not. (Surah al-Baqarah:216)   Subhanahu , God, Akhbarah , Declared, that muqawamah , combating, the self and mukhalafah , opposing, it is difficult for its swahib , possessor.   But in the dzawb , melting, of each khuluq daniy , vile trait, in the fi...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following was translated by Dr. Alan A. Godlas.   This is Shaykh Abu Muhammad Ruzbihan al-Baqli’s ( q.s. ) commentary on the Qur’anic verse:   سُوۡرَةُ البَقَرَة وَإِذۡ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلۡمَلَـٰٓٮِٕكَةِ إِنِّى جَاعِلٌ۬ فِى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ خَلِيفَةً۬‌ۖ قَالُوٓاْ أَتَجۡعَلُ فِيہَا مَن يُفۡسِدُ فِيہَا وَيَسۡفِكُ ٱلدِّمَآءَ وَنَحۡنُ نُسَبِّحُ بِحَمۡدِكَ وَنُقَدِّسُ لَكَ‌ۖ قَالَ إِنِّىٓ أَعۡلَمُ مَا لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ (٣٠)   Behold your Lord Said to the angels, “I will Create a vicegerent on earth.”  They said, “Will you place therein one who will make mischief therein and shed blood?  Whilst we do celebrate Your praises and glorify Your Holy (Name)?”  He Said, “I Know what you know not.” (Surah al-Baqarah:30) Since the angels did not know Allah ( s.w.t. ) bi haqq al-ma’rifah , with true gnosis, since they were unable to perceive the truth, and since they left the door of Sustainership due to the attack on them of ijla...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   This is adapted from the Qur’an commentary of Shaykh Abu Muhammad Ruzbihan al-Baqli ( q.s. ), and translated from the original by the esteemed Dr. Alan A. Godlas.   سُوۡرَةُ البَقَرَة وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِى عَنِّى فَإِنِّى قَرِيبٌ‌ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعۡوَةَ ٱلدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ‌ۖ فَلۡيَسۡتَجِيبُواْ لِى وَلۡيُؤۡمِنُواْ بِى لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡشُدُونَ (١٨٦)   When My servants ask you concerning Me, I am indeed Close (to them); I Listen to the prayer of every suppliant when he calls on Me; let them also with a will listen to My Call and believe in Me; that they may walk in the right way. (Surah al-Baqarah:186)   Namely, if the folk of His Love and Taw h id , His Unity, asks us about His Dunuwi , Closeness, to them, answer, “Indeed He is Near them, Close to them.   And He is the Manager of the Secrets of the core of their fu’ad , heart, with bi asw-swifat al-khasw , the attribute of the elite.   So it becomes Burnished...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Shaykh Abu Muhammad Ruzbihan al-Baqli ( q.s. ) was a poet, mystic, and Sufi from Fasa in Fars.   He was a noted ecstatic and of the ahl al-hal .   Shaykh al-Baqli ( q.s. ) wrote a commentary of the Qur’an on the subject of fasting.   It is a difficult read but well worth it for those of gnosis in fasting.   The translation is by Dr. Alan A. Godlas.   سُوۡرَةُ البَقَرَة يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ كُتِبَ عَلَيۡڪُمُ ٱلصِّيَامُ كَمَا كُتِبَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِڪُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُونَ (١٨٣)   O you who believe!   Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you that you may (learn) self-restraint. ― (Surah al-Baqarah:183)   According to Shaykh al-Baqli ( q.s. ), this is a call to the companions of the hearts, ashab al-qulub and an address to the seekers of the crescent, hilal , of witnessing in the regions of the heavens, of the unmanifest realms.    For t...