{"id":2324,"date":"2021-06-14T08:08:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T08:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naqshbandi.org\/?page_id=2324"},"modified":"2022-09-26T22:30:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T22:30:50","slug":"trois-niveaux-de-caractere-cuivre-argent-et-or","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/naqshbandi.org\/fr\/teachings\/suhbat-association\/suhbats-of-mawlana-shaykh-hisham-kabbani\/three-levels-of-character-copper-silver-and-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Trois niveaux de caract\u00e8re\u00a0: cuivre, argent et or"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/naqshbandi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Rectangle-1-2.jpg&#8221; min_height=&#8221;550px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;bottom_center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_5,3_5,1_5&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;70px||5px||false|false&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;align-items: center;&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/naqshbandi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture1.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Capture1&#8243; align=&#8221;right&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Anglecia Pro Display||||||||&#8221; header_2_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#05290d&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;62px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-23px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|0px||||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; header_2_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; header_2_font_size_phone=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_2_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>Three Levels of Character: Copper, Silver and Gold<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_5&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/naqshbandi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capture.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Capture&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;center&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text content_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Nunito Sans||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4 align=\"center\">Explanations of\u00a0<i>\u2018Iqaz al himam fee sharh al-hikam<\/i>, by Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Ajiba<\/h4>\n<p>Shaykh Hisham: Either I will speak or Shaykh Senad will speak.<\/p>\n<p>Shaykh Senad [Mufti of Bosnian community]: When a ignorant one (<i>jaahil<\/i>) is silent he conceals his\u00a0<i>jahl<\/i>. Especially in front of Mawlana.<\/p>\n<p>Shaykh Hisham:<\/p>\n<p><i>Audhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem bismillah ir-rahman ir-raheem Ati`ullaha wa ati`ur-rasula wa ulil-amri minkum, \u2026<\/i><\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u064a\u064e\u0627 \u0623\u064e\u064a\u064f\u0651\u0647\u064e\u0627 \u0627\u0644\u064e\u0651\u0630\u0650\u064a\u0646\u064e \u0622\u0645\u064e\u0646\u064f\u0648\u0627\u0652 \u0623\u064e\u0637\u0650\u064a\u0639\u064f\u0648\u0627\u0652 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u0647\u064e \u0648\u064e\u0623\u064e\u0637\u0650\u064a\u0639\u064f\u0648\u0627\u0652 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u064e\u0651\u0633\u064f\u0648\u0644\u064e \u0648\u064e\u0623\u064f\u0648\u0652\u0644\u0650\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0623\u064e\u0645\u0652\u0631\u0650 \u0645\u0650\u0646\u0643\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0641\u064e\u0625\u0650\u0646 \u062a\u064e\u0646\u064e\u0627\u0632\u064e\u0639\u0652\u062a\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u0641\u0650\u064a \u0634\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0621\u064d \u0641\u064e\u0631\u064f\u062f\u064f\u0651\u0648\u0647\u064f \u0625\u0650\u0644\u064e\u0649 \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u0647\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0631\u064e\u0651\u0633\u064f\u0648\u0644\u0650 \u0625\u0650\u0646 \u0643\u064f\u0646\u062a\u064f\u0645\u0652 \u062a\u064f\u0624\u0652\u0645\u0650\u0646\u064f\u0648\u0646\u064e \u0628\u0650\u0627\u0644\u0644\u0651\u0647\u0650 \u0648\u064e\u0627\u0644\u0652\u064a\u064e\u0648\u0652\u0645\u0650 \u0627\u0644\u0622\u062e\u0650\u0631\u0650 \u0630\u064e\u0644\u0650\u0643\u064e \u062e\u064e\u064a\u0652\u0631\u064c \u0648\u064e\u0623\u064e\u062d\u0652\u0633\u064e\u0646\u064f \u062a\u064e\u0623\u0652\u0648\u0650\u064a\u0644\u0627\u064b<\/p>\n<p><i>O ye who believe! Obey Allah, and obey the Messenger, and those charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among yourselves, refer it to Allah and His Messenger, if ye do believe in Allah and the Last Day: That is best, and most suitable for final determination.\u00a0<\/i>[4:59]<\/p>\n<p><i>Alhamdulillah<\/i>\u00a0that we are in a time that people are looking forward for learning about Islam. To know what Islam is about. And Islam has a civilization of 1400 years or more from the time of the Prophet (s), the Last Messenger of Allah swt.<\/p>\n<p>And we are also interested to know about the principles and fundamentals of the values that Islam teaches Muslims and others. We look deep as Muslims and as Sufis,\u00a0<i>mutasawwifeen<\/i>, the people of spirituality,\u00a0<i>tazkiyyat an-nafs<\/i>, looking deep into how to improve themselves, not only from the outside, but also from the inside.<\/p>\n<p>And it is said,\u00a0<i>samtul jaahili saloohuh<\/i>\u00a0\u2013 The ignorant one when he keeps silent, will conceal him from being exposed as ignorant.<\/p>\n<p>Because ignorance today is of two types. Ignorants that know themselves ignorant and keep silent, concealing and hiding their ignorance. And there are people who are really ignorant but their ignorance gave them pride to say they know something. And they become scholars speaking on podiums (<i>manaabir)\u00a0<\/i>and giving lectures and that is the worst of that kind of understanding, or that kind of characteristic.<\/p>\n<p>Because as it is said, that your knowledge compared to some others is like the differences between iron, copper and silver. Which is better? Silver. But you are copper or iron. If you keep quiet you don\u2019t expose your iron characteristics, meaning your worthless characters. If you don\u2019t keep quiet, it is as if you are plated, silver-plated.<\/p>\n<p>Some people go and buy silver-plated that is worth 5 or 10 dollars. Others buy real silver that is worth hundreds. They look at the plated one and say \u201cthis is worthless.\u201d The ignorant ones are plating them with silver to make them look shiny. But after a while the plating begins to come off and what appears\u00a0\u2013\u00a0their real face. That is for those who are so interested in external appearances. Those who are interested in external appearances are not real, they are still copper.<\/p>\n<p>There is another group of people. On their inner side they are silver, and they are real. But because they are real, they keep a low profile. How do they keep a low profile? They plate themselves with copper. Why\u00a0\u2013\u00a0because they want to preserve their silver characteristics.<\/p>\n<p>They aren\u2019t the ones who are copper and want to show silver.<\/p>\n<p>They are silver but understand that despite being silver, they are still nothing in the Presence of Allah and that is why they bring themselves down, as if they are copper. They keep quiet, they keep a low profile. They keep themselves like normal ones.<\/p>\n<p>There is a saying in Arabic: If talking is from silver, then silence is from gold.<\/p>\n<p>There is another group of people whose inner aspect is gold. They surrender to Allah swt. They never have a doubt and they are always in complete submission \u2013 these people become gold, Allah brings them up. And this is the best of people.<\/p>\n<p>Those are the perfect trustworthy persons. They are the real\u00a0<i>awliya<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Because they knew that their physical appearances have no value, they knew that their inner aspect\u2013though it has value\u2013still its value respectively speaking is nothing compared to the greatness of Allah.<\/p>\n<p>So they completely submit and leave the external and say \u201cwe are not going to be showing ourselves as big scholars.\u201d And because they are gold they know whatever they say is nothing in Allah\u2019s Presence, is nothing in the presence of the Prophet (s) and therefore they say nothing. Then Allah will dress them with His Presence, the Prophet (s) will dress them with his presence and they hide [that secret], as people hide their gold. People don\u2019t hide silver.<\/p>\n<p>Allah hides his awliya. He said, \u201cMy saints are under my domes no one knows them except Me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is a very big difference between these three levels. So what are the levels?<\/p>\n<p>1. Outer<\/p>\n<p>2. Inner<\/p>\n<p>3. has both but keeps quiet.<\/p>\n<p>That is the understanding of the hadith of the Prophet (s) about\u00a0<i>al- Islam, ash-Shari`ah, al-iman, al-tariqat, al-ihsan, al-ma`rifat\u00a0<\/i>\u2013 \u201cto worship Allah as if you are seeing Him and if not know that He is seeing you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These are like what we described just now:\u00a0<i>Shari`ah, haqiqat, ma`rifat.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0you follow the discipline of\u00a0<i>Shari`ah,<\/i>\u00a0follow what Allah asks you, that leads you to\u00a0<i>haqiqat<\/i>. Then you follow that guide that Allah sent to you. The\u00a0<i>Shari`ah\u00a0<\/i>teaches you how to follow, as in war zones you have mine fields so to move through them you have to know where the different mines are located. The\u00a0<i>Shari`ah\u00a0<\/i>takes you thru these minefields. Shaytan is like a minefield the\u00a0<i>Shari`ah<\/i>\u00a0takes you through the minefield safe.<\/p>\n<p>Then if you pass the minefield. You reach the garden that is\u00a0<i>haqiqat<\/i>. Then you are dressed with that garden, you are seeing it, enjoying it, experiencing it. Then they take you to\u00a0<i>ma`rifat<\/i>\u00a0and then they teach you knowledge of these gardens. When you acquire these gardens then you understand the importance of these gardens. Then your aim is\u00a0<i>ma`rifatullah<\/i>. Allah gave you a knowledge to know his creation and to know whatever he wants you to know\u00a0\u2013\u00a0that is\u00a0<i>ma`rifatullah<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>That is one of the meanings of the\u00a0<i>hajaru \u2018l-aswad<\/i>. It is completely enclosed with silver. That is the inner and the outer.\u00a0<i>Hajaru `l- aswad\u00a0<\/i>is from Paradise. Then when you pass the silver they take you to the gold. Before<i>hajaru `l-aswad\u00a0<\/i>is\u00a0<i>tawaaf<\/i>, which represents the\u00a0<i>Shari`ah<\/i>. The\u00a0<i>Shari`ah\u00a0<\/i>takes you past the minefields. When in\u00a0<i>tawaaf<\/i>\u00a0that is the obligation. But when you come to the\u00a0<i>hajaru `l-aswad<\/i>\u00a0you kiss it. That is\u00a0<i>haqiqat<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Sayyidina Umar (r) said, \u201cIf I didn\u2019t see the Prophet kiss you I would not do it.\u201d Then Sayyidina `Ali (r) said, \u201cYou cannot say that, this stone is going to witness for everyone who kisses it on Judgment Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is why awliya when they kiss the\u00a0<i>hajaru `l-aswad<\/i>, they are kissing Paradise. And\u00a0<i>awliya<\/i>\u00a0through kissing their spirits enter through\u00a0<i>hajaru `l-aswad\u00a0<\/i>and understanding\u00a0<i>ma`rifat,<\/i>\u00a0knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Ordinary people, do Hajj or `umrah, and they do\u00a0<i>tawaaf<\/i>, and then they kiss. Because they fulfilled their\u00a0<i>Shari`ah<\/i>\u00a0obligations, then they are permitted to kiss. Allah put that stone there for people to know that garden. Is it just a wall there? Why did the Prophet (s) kiss that stone? Behind that stone is a reality, a\u00a0<i>ma`rifat.<\/i>\u00a0That stone is a symbol of the garden of heavens, because it is a part of heavens.<\/p>\n<p>When you kiss it you are entering heavens. Anyone who kisses the\u00a0<i>hajaru `l-aswad<\/i>\u00a0is protected from the Fire. That is why it is important to go on pilgrimage, if even one time. It is important to kiss Paradise; as this is a stone from Paradise. Then your\u00a0<i>`amal<\/i>\u00a0will be changed to good\u00a0<i>`amal<\/i>\u00a0by kissing that Paradise stone.<\/p>\n<p>And they said that the best from among the three is the one that he takes from\u00a0<i>Ahl adh-dhaahir\u00a0<\/i>and takes from\u00a0<i>Ahl al-baatin<\/i>. They take from both sides.\u00a0<i>Ahl al-dhaahir<\/i>\u00a0benefit in\u00a0<i>dunya<\/i>. Why? Because they are outward. Everything outward is for this\u00a0<i>dunya<\/i>. And if you add your obligations on it, it will take you to be saved on Judgment Day in Paradise. The other group is\u00a0<i>Ahl al-baatin,<\/i>\u00a0the people of realities. If you accompany them, they give you from what they have seen of realities. If you keep with them, you will find a good company with them. They give you not only Paradise, but also what is above Paradise, they give you\u00a0<i>`ilm<\/i>, knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>And they take their followers to these realities. And the best among these two groups is the third group. And who are the third group.<\/p>\n<p>They take from the outward knowledge and get its benefit, take from inward knowledge and get its benefit. They are like Abu Bakr as- Siddiq (r), taking benefit. They inherit from the Prophet (s). He was in trade, in business with his wife, and at the same time he was in<i>\u00a0ghaari hira<\/i>\u00a0[making seclusion]. Sayyidina Abu Bakr (r) was a businessman, Sayyidina Umar (r) also, Sayyidina Uthman (r) and Sayyidina `Ali (r) also. They were\u00a0<i>siddiqeen<\/i>. Whoever wants to follow their footsteps must keep the\u00a0<i>Shari`ah<\/i>\u00a0very well.<\/p>\n<p>Not like these many other \u201cSufi\u201d groups [found in the West], but as the Naqshbandi tariqat, which is a very conservative tariqat which keeps\u00a0<i>Shari`ah.<\/i>\u00a0There is no compromise for\u00a0<i>Shari`ah<\/i>, the shaykhs keep the\u00a0<i>Shari`ah\u00a0<\/i>in the classical and traditional manner for themselves, but for the people they are very flexible. They leave them to easy ways. It took the Prophet 23 years to deliver the message. You cannot deliver the message\u00a0<i>Shari`ah, haqiqat, ma`rifat,<\/i>\u00a0in one month, two months or three months. It takes time.<\/p>\n<p>The Naqshbandi shaykhs keep\u00a0<i>Shari`ah<\/i>\u00a0very well, they have to be dressed outwardly very well and inwardly very well.<\/p>\n<p>If you are dressed very well on the outside but your inner side is not, it is as if you are a clock which has needles but inside the mechanism inside is broken.<\/p>\n<p>If you are dressed very well inside but not on the outside, it is as if you are a clock which has a working mechanism, but has no needles.<\/p>\n<p>But if your outside and inside dresses are both good, both outward and inward, it is as if you have both a functioning mechanism and the external needles. Then you a re in perfect position. And everyone can check themselves, and see if they are dressed outwardly and inwardly.<\/p>\n<p>And to see what kid of dresses they have to dress in order to keep themselves clean from all distractions of Shaytan. That temptations that Shaytan gives to people. How much you have to be very well armed. Not physically armed, but the armament of how to keep your eyes, to keep your ears, not to hear bad things, not to look at bad things, dressing very well outwardly and inwardly dressing the principles of good behavior.<\/p>\n<p>And everyone knows depending on his mind how he is. And once they asked Mawlana Shaykh asked, \u201cHow do we adjust ourselves when something comes up because we are not scholars?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cUse your mind to weight that problem in front of you. If your mind accepts it, then your mind will not accept to let you do what Shaytan wants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like your ego tells you \u201cgo and smoke cigarettes.\u201d What does your mind say about smoking cigarettes? It says \u201cit is no good for health it causes all kinds of cancers.\u201d That means you have to eliminate it from your life Your reasoning says it is bad but you are not listening. The Prophet said,\u00a0<i>kulli muddurin yuqtal \u2013\u00a0<\/i>\u201cEverything harmful is killed.\u201d That is the word used: killed. But not every word is understood literally, it is understood symbolically. If a lion is going to harm you, you can kill it. There is a spiritual scorpion that can kill you, as there is a spiritual lion that can kill you. Like cigarettes; so it is your mind that tells you \u201cthis is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like drugs. Some people say cigarettes are harmful, but there is no problem with marijuana. I tell them, \u201cdon\u2019t smoke.\u201d He says, \u201cNo I am not smoking.\u201d I say, \u201cI see you smoking.\u201d He replies, \u201cNo that is marijuana, not cigarettes.\u201d But that is where your reason tells you \u201cthis is bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you know only the basics of\u00a0<i>Shari`ah<\/i>, use your reasoning to determine what is good for you and what is not, what makes Allah happy with you and what makes the Prophet happy with you. Else we will all be lost on following the way of Shaytan.<\/p>\n<p>So the perfect Shaykh is called\u00a0<i>al-`arifu billahi.<\/i>\u00a0The knower of Allah, knower of what Allah wants him to know from the hidden realities.\u00a0<i>Al-`arifu billahi\u00a0<\/i>is different from the wali. The wali can be a wali only as far as his own self is concerned. Allah will dress him as a wali because of his sincerity. He will be like a person of his own.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<i>\u2018arifu billah<\/i>\u00a0is the one who can accommodate the worst of people and highest of people from the outward group together with the lower of\u00a0<i>awliya<\/i>\u00a0and the higher of\u00a0<i>awliya<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>So he meets with the ordinary people, the carpenter, the garbage men, who collects garbage and lower himself to their level and at the same time he can meet with the president. And at the same time he can go with the lowest level of\u00a0<i>wilaya<\/i>\u00a0and the highest level of\u00a0<i>wilaya<\/i>, he can mingle between the two because he has an overview and he is an\u00a0<i>insan al-Kamil<\/i>, the perfect man. That is the\u00a0<i>`arifu billahi.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<i>wali<\/i>\u00a0is different. Many\u00a0<i>awliya<\/i>\u00a0cannot mingle with the outward people. That is why you see today many people say \u201cSufis cannot mingle with the people, they must sit in the corner.\u201d That is true because they are at the level that they cannot mingle with the people. But the\u00a0<i>`arifeena billah<\/i>\u00a0are at a higher level \u2013 like Sayyidina Ahmad al- Faruqi who could mingle with the lower people and with the highest rulers.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Many people say \u201cSufis cannot mingle with the people, they must sit in the corner.\u201d That is true because they are at the level that they cannot mingle with the people.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Many were like that, such as Sayyidina Shah Naqshbandi and Sayyidina Abayazid al-Bistami.<\/p>\n<p>That is why we can see Mawlana Shaykh Nazim can mingle with all types of people. He can meet with people from the highest-level people to the lowest level people. And he can with people from the lowest level of\u00a0<i>wilaya<\/i>to the highest level of\u00a0<i>wilaya<\/i>. And he colors himself with the color of the station of the people. That is why you see people come to him for\u00a0<i>dunya<\/i>\u00a0issues also. For him it is not wasting time \u2013 he is accommodating them as he is<i>al-`arif billahi.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>From those who are\u00a0<i>wali<\/i>\u00a0but are not\u00a0<i>`arifeen,<\/i>\u00a0they see the Shaykh as wasting his time. They don\u2019t know that the Shaykh is accommodating them. That is why we have a lot of criticism on the Internet, where the Shaykh is meeting with these high level people.<\/p>\n<p>That is why the\u00a0<i>`arif billahi\u00a0<\/i>is able to go on both sides. The boat needs two oars, if only one it will move slowly, or like a plane with one wing\u00a0\u2013\u00a0it cannot fly.<\/p>\n<p>That is why the Sufi must still sit in the corner; he has only one wing. But the\u00a0<i>`arif billahi<\/i>\u00a0can go everywhere; he can open doors, as he can bring the two together and bridge them.<\/p>\n<p>He said the\u00a0<i>`arif billahi<\/i>\u00a0doesn\u2019t reject anyone, either\u00a0<i>Ahl al- dhaahir\u00a0<\/i>or<i>\u00a0Ahl al-baatin<\/i>. He takes the\u00a0<i>Ahl al-dunya\u00a0<\/i>in by connecting them, by fulfilling their needs. They are happy so they become his students.\u00a0<i>Ahl al-baatin,<\/i>whose focus is more no\u00a0<i>akhira<\/i>,\u00a0 they come to study.<\/p>\n<p>There are many people who come to Mawlana Shaykh, the\u00a0<i>`arif billahi<\/i>, they only want\u00a0<i>dunya<\/i>. They believe in him and he makes them his students. They love him, respect him that is enough. That way he brings them to make their prayers.<\/p>\n<p>The others who are making\u00a0<i>tazkiyyat an-nafs,<\/i>\u00a0the goes along with them, making them his students. That is the\u00a0<i>`arif,\u00a0<\/i>you see in his presence different groups. You will be amazed that one does not fit with that one. But he makes them to fit. The knower of Allah what Allah gives him makes the people happy with what he gives?<\/p>\n<p>It is said that the\u00a0<i>wali al-kamal\u00a0<\/i>will evolve in every level. That is the real evolution, not the evolution from monkey to man, Darwin\u2019s theory. That real evolution is the evolution in the way of the Gnostic. Moving higher and higher in level, bringing the inward and outward together. That is amazing. You see leadership coming, kings, presidents coming and on the other side sincere people, spiritual people. Not that the others are not sincere, but different levels.<\/p>\n<p>That is what Allah called us to, when he sent Sayyidina Jibreel to ask the Prophet about religion and he said it consists of three aspects:\u00a0<i>Islam, iman\u00a0<\/i>and<i>\u00a0ihsan<\/i>. And we categorized the states of people into copper, silver and gold, and then\u00a0<i>Shari`ah, haqiqat\u00a0<\/i>and<i>\u00a0ma`rifat.<\/i>\u00a0We then discussed<i>\u00a0Ahl adh-dhaahir, al-`arif billahi\u00a0<\/i>and<i>\u00a0maqam al-ihsan.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>May Allah swt forgive us and give us the blessings of this night and with the presence of our Prophet (s) and our shuyukh \u2013<i>\u00a0bi-hurmatil fatiha.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Levels of Character: Copper, Silver and GoldExplanations of\u00a0\u2018Iqaz al himam fee sharh al-hikam, by Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn `Ajiba Shaykh Hisham: Either I will speak or Shaykh Senad will speak. Shaykh Senad [Mufti of Bosnian community]: When a ignorant one (jaahil) is silent he conceals his\u00a0jahl. Especially in front of Mawlana. 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