Tuesday, April 19, 2022

A ‘Bow’ to Adam

 

‘When We told the angels, ‘Bow down before Adam,’ they all bowed.’ (2:35)


In the Islamic spiritual realm, Hazrat Adam is the first Khalifatullah; the human who was taught the true values of life and elevated by God Himself as the perfect exemplar of his people. Like Adam, the prophets who followed him in history, and all other Elects of God are the embodiment of Divine vicegerency; a serious responsibility to ascertain divine will and strive to imbibe divine attributes; sent in this world  to be the guiding lights for humanity in every era. Indeed, Allah (swt) raises an Adam, His Khalifatullah, in every era. As the Qur’an notes, ‘Allah chooses whom He pleases (for exclusive nearness) in His presence, and shows the path to come towards Himself to everyone who turns (towards Allah) heartily.’  (42:14) 


These exemplary servants of God are the teachers of mankind; they are the carriers of the Divine Light of justice, compassion and love for fellow human beings and all other creatures in this world. As the trustee of the Divine mission on earth, such a saintly figure is worthy of the respect, esteem, affection, assistance, submission and obedience of their fellow beings. When such a servant of God appears, it is likely that devoted hearts will bend down before him in veneration, and offer their respects and offerings to him.  At one level, it is this conceptual principle that the aforesaid Qur’anic verse in Surah Al Baqarah embodies within it.

 

Alhamdulillah, Summa Alhamdulillah, we are pleased to bring to the attention of everyone a sublime sign heralding the special spiritual status of the Khalifatullah of this era. On Monday, 18 April 2022, in the North of Mauritius in the afternoon, a Great Divine Sign unveiled on the person of Allah's Messenger, the Khalifatullah of this era, Hazrat Muhyi-ud-Din Munir A. Azim (aba).

 

Describing the incident/ the event of the great Sign, Hazrat Tayyeba Shaheeda Aliah Nasrine writes:

 

‘While he was walking on the main road, suddenly a man came and cried out, addressing Huzur as: JAI JAI GURU DEV, JAI JAI GURU DEV. His cry attracted other people, who in turn also cried out JAI JAI GURU DEV, and they all fell down in prostration before Huzur.


They cried out: GURU DEV KI... JAI!’


Huzur was very embarrassed that these people fell down to his feet in prostration. In this awkward and never-happened-before situation, Huzur prayed to Allah about what he should do in this case as many people had fallen down to his feet and they were not getting up, despite that heavy rain suddenly fell while these people were prostrating before him. Then Huzur heard a voice, the Divine voice called out to him, saying to put his hands on their heads, and he did so, and the people in turn got up. Then Huzur explained to them that they should not fall to his feet, but instead pray ONE GOD only. Huzur preached Tawheed to them; that is to say: Huzur seized this opportunity to preach them the Unicity of God, to worship only one God and NOT to fall at his feet.)

 

Huzur fell awestruck by this situation as such an occurrence never happened to him before. Only once, someone addressed him when he was walking: 'PRANAM GURUJI.'

 

So this experience shook him, and he heard the Divine Voice guiding him what to do.

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A Revealed Duah

 

'Alhamdulillah, Summa Alhamdulillah, this humble self (Tayyeba Nasrine) received a revelation this morning, never knowing that this was a revelation being bestowed to me. I was inspired to write this Duah at 09.40am (and Huzur after relating his spiritual experience today and after I related to him the Duah I received, said that this was indeed a divine revelation which was literally fulfilled today). The Duah is as follows:

 

Bismillah-ir-Rahman-ir-Rahim

 

O Allah!

Out of Your Mercy and Love,

Heaven's Most Treasured Cave has received Your Light,

Let this Beloved Light illumine the Darkened Sky,

Let it Shine through a Million shine,

MAKE YOUR ANGELS

EMBRACE YOUR DEVOTED LIGHT

WITH SUBMISSION LIKE TO ADAM,

Make Your Light My Light,

Which guides me and purifies me

all the way to my Heaven, Ameen.

 

Indeed, the Words in Capital Letters was literally fulfilled when all these people fell in prostration before Huzur like the angels prostrated before (and submitted to) Adam, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar!


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A Sign narrated by a Disciple


[Recently, there was also the manifestation in India of certain students falling on the feet of a humble disciple of the Khalifatullah (aba) who teaches them at the University. Hazrat Khalifatullah (aba) recommended that the experience be also shared along with the present series of Divine Signs. Reproduced below are the edited excerpts from a Jamaat communication where the humble disciple of the Khalifatullah (aba) writes]:

 

‘....Last Monday, 11 April 2022, I was at the university, going to my office, around 11.30 am. At the car-parking space outside of the Building, I met a senior colleague and we were walking together to the office to attend a faculty meeting. On the way, while still in the main corridors of the School, my colleague and I met with some students who were apparently waiting for us. One of them [who is not even my student/ not under my research supervision] suddenly bowed before me in a way as if he was about to touch my feet, and I quickly got him back to his standing position; discouraging in a friendly-way such a gesture of cultural respect for elders and affection and esteem for teachers in India.

 

In the previous month also, when something similar happened- with an otherwise brilliant student going out of his way to fall on my feet as an expression of his respect for his teacher-, I did advice that student also to refrain from such high manifestations of respect. And without offending their cultural psyche, I also told him [and others who were also there at that time] that the spirit of the cultural practice is to foster true respect and gratitude for knowledge and guidance, and that to my mind, true respect for teachers is when a student becomes a refined individual- fair minded; compassionate; ethically-conscientious in all settings of his/her life. As someone intellectually and emotionally committed to the pure monotheism of Islamic Tauheed, I also shared with them my perspective that all knowledge and guidance is from God and that one should bow down only before God, and not before any mortal human being.’

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