Pretenders

Jul 23, 2011 by Admin

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

There are many pretenders on this path because of its strangeness, and there is a lack of understanding because of its subtleties. There is a great deal of rejection of its followers because of its purity. People giving advice have cautioned against pursuing the path due to the numerous errors therein. Religious leaders compiled works to refute its followers because of what heretics have done to it and because of erroneous things attributed to people on the path. Even Ibn ‘Arabī al-Hātimī (may God have mercy on him!) said, “Beware of this path, for most of those who deviate from it are of it. It is but a path of doom and a path of this world. He who actualized his knowledge, action, and spiritual state will gain the glory of eternity. He who abandons realization in the Path will be doomed and will come to an end.” We ask God for well-being through His grace and generosity!

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كثر المدَّعون في هذا الطريق لغربته، وبعدت الإفهام عنه لدقَّته، وكثر الإنكار على أهله لنظافتِه، وحذَّر الناصحون من سلوكه لكثرة الغلط فيه. وصنَّف الأئمة في الردِّ على أهله لما أحدث أهل الضلال فيه، وما انتسبوا منه إليه. حتى قال ابن العربي الحاتمي رحمه الله: احذر هذا الطريق، فإنما أكثر الخوارج منه وما هو إلا الطريق الهلَك والمُلك، من حقق علمه وعمله وحاله نال عز الأبد، ومن فارق التحقيق فيه هلك وما نفذ. نسأل الله العافية، بمنِّه وكرمه.

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Shaykh Ahmad Zarrūq al-Fāsī (may God be satisfied with him)
from his Qawā’id al-Tasawwuf (The Principles of Sufism)
Translated by: Zaineb Istrabadi