Extract from “Al-Khalwah”
According to the Shaykh al-Alawi, the profound meaning of religious practices and the reason they exist is the remembrance of Allāh, which means that all the sharī'ah, all the dogmas, all the practices reside in the dhikr. One may be prevented by circumstances from fulfilling a particular prescription of the Law; one can never be prevented from remembering God.
The sharī'ah was revealed in time whereas the haqīqah has no beginning; it was before the creation of the world. The sharī'ah is bound to the haqīqah, but the haqīqah is not bound to the sharī'ah. Spiritus autem ubi vult spirat.
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dhikr "remembrance" of God, based upon the repeated invocation of His Name; central to Sufi practice, where the remembrance often consists of the single word
Allāh.
(more..) shaykh(1) In Islam, a Sufi or other spiritual leader or master. (2) The term is also used more generally as an honorific title for a chief or elder of a group.
(more..) shaykh(1) In Islam, a Sufi or other spiritual leader or master. (2) The term is also used more generally as an honorific title for a chief or elder of a group.
(more..) shaykh(1) In Islam, a Sufi or other spiritual leader or master. (2) The term is also used more generally as an honorific title for a chief or elder of a group.
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