Malfuzat - Volume IV — Page 272
272 Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad The Promised Messiah as explains elsewhere in Malfuzat that fana-e-nadhari or ‘annihilation of perception’ is when man keeps his attention towards Allah in every action and movement, and becomes so absorbed in God that he can see nothing in the world to possess any power in its own right. Such an individual can perceive and observe nothing but the power and control of Allah in all things, and he comes to realise that everything in the world happens only by God’s will. fayj-e-a’waj literally, ‘a crooked group’ refers to a dark period destined to dawn upon the Muslims after the first three golden centuries of Islam. According to the prophecies of the Holy Prophet sa , this would be an era in which the Muslims would lose their spirituality and be misguided. habs-e-damm literally, ‘holding breath,’ is a meditative practice which combines rythmic inhaling and exhaling, and the restricting of one’s breath along with the recitation of verbal formulae to induce a state of heart and mind that entrances the spiritual seeker. Hafiz a person who has committed to memory the entire text of the Holy Quran. Plural form is Huffaz. halalah a practice among certain Muslims in which a female divorcee marries another man, consumates the marriage, and then gets a divorce, so that it becomes permissible for her to remarry a previous husband. Such pre-planned marriages of convenience are forbidden in Islam and the Holy Prophet sa has sent curse on those who engage in this unlawful practice. Hujaj-ul-Kiramah a book by Nawwab Siddiq Hasan Khan, relating to signs of the Latter Days. ijra-e-qalb literally, ‘the movement of the heart,’ is a sufi belief suggesting that one’s heart begins to beat in a certain manner or speed through constant, concentrated repetition of Allah’s name. It is said that once the heart begins to ‘move’ in this rythmic way, the spiritual seeker begins to perceive their heart call out the name of God. The Holy Quran and hadith do not speak of such things, and this is nothing but a latter innovation in the Faith. Isha the last of the five daily prayers, which is offered in the evening, shortly after nightfall. Maghrib the fourth of the five daily prayers and offered right after sunset. Mahdi literally ‘the guided one’ and usually used in reference to the Imam Mahdi—a title meaning ‘Guided Leader’, given to the Reformer of the Latter Days prophesied by the Holy Prophet Muhammad sa. ma’kus namaz literally, ‘the inverted prayer,’ is a sufi innovation that has no basis in Islam. The supplicant hangs upside down all night long in a well and engages in worship. Often this may be coupled with meditative breathing practices and other strange forms of discipline. Maktubat letters of pious men, Sufis and religious divines. Malfuzat written records of sayings, discourses and audiences of pious men, Sufis and religious divines. Mathnawi an extensive poem written in Persian by Maulana Jalal-ud-Din Rumi, it is one of the most influential works of sufism and is often referred to as ‘the Quran in Persian. ’ maulvi a Muslim cleric mi’raj literally, ‘the ascension’ was a spiritual experience of the Holy Prophet sa in which he