Many many years ago when I began my spiritual path on my own, I kept meditating on la illah ha il Allah, doing deeper and deeper into it. It was like layers of veils were being peeled off of my mind, and every time that would happen, a deeper meaning of this Divine Statement would come to mind, and I would likewise dive into that. It kept occurring until the meaning came to me that there is no reality except God. And in that moment, I felt real.
@@tsurumikutaro7642 Yes, I have been praying all of the prayers since I was around seven years old. The best times for meditation on Allah is after Isha before going to bed, and before and after fajr prayer.
I love your seminars. As an old Christian woman with an open heart I enjoy learning about my brothers and sisters. How lovely and deep are their thoughts. We are so close but hold ourselves apart.
This is the best episode of anything on TH-cam ever, full stop. I don't mean this as hyperbole. I want our future to include more people that "get" this concept.
This exposition of Wahdat al-Wujud was so fine, a diamond of a video and gift to the world. Ibn Arabi would be proud to see youtube used to spread and explain ideas of unity like this. Keep em coming.
Aham Brahasmi I Am Brahman( not Braaahman) You Are That 2 out 4 great utterances Upanishadic Idealism Aryan philosophy of Persia or Iran Greece and of course India or Hindustan Buddhist monism off MY-- PPS Tibetan Zen Anal haq of Mansur Hillaj or Hallaaj BB JR S T KMC+5 of our Sub continent IPB
There is no any evidence that ibn arabi had exist . Its all ideas coming from Buddhism but introduced to islam later by free masonic especially Napoleon and turkish mohammed ali basha ruler of egypt . At that time most islamic philosophy had made and written.
I am Persian. I'm living now in the UK but I know many Sufis in Iran. This video was amazing and it's just incredible how accurate and beautiful you explained Wahdat al-Wujud! Thank you so much for this. Such videos make man drunker than any wine! When we define something, we distinguish it from other things by showing its attributes. But the concept of "Nothingness" cannot be described with a certain number of characteristics, otherwise, "Nothingness" would become "something", and therefore, it would be not "Nothingness" anymore and it would be limited to those characteristics of a thing. Therefore, when Nothingness cannot be defined, it means that it cannot be distinguished. Therefore, "Nothingness" must have all the characteristics and attributes at the same time and consequently, Nothingness is in fact Everything! and it means Nothingness is the very Being and has infinite attributes. and when we say God is infinite, then, God seems like "Nothingness" for the mind while it is also everything at the same time but it is not a certain limited thing because it is infinity! I want to add a Persian poem from Maulana Jalaluddin Muhammad, known as Mowlavi in Iran, who is the Persian poet known as Rumi: مرد و زن چون یک شود آن یک تویی ** چون که یک جا محو شد آنک تویی این من و ما بهر آن بر ساختی ** تا تو با خود نرد خدمت باختی تا من و توها همه یک جان شوند ** عاقبت مستغرق جانان شوند مثنوی ۱ از ۱۷۸۶ تا ۱۷۸۸ When man and woman become one, Thou art that One; when the units are wiped out, lo, Thou art that (Unity). Thou didst contrive this “I” and “we” in order that Thou mightst play the game of worship with Thyself, That all “I's” and “thou's” should become one soul and at last should be submerged in the Beloved. Masnavi 1 (1786 - 1788)
One of the best explanations for an often misunderstood concept: "The Akbarian Wahdat al-Wujud (Oneness of Being) transcends duality without denying it: Haqq is Haqq and khalq is khalq. To use numerical symbolism... the number 1,000 gets all its reality from the number 1, without which it is nothing. Even so, one cannot write 1 = 1,000 or 1,000 = 1, which would be to deny the unity of the one or the multiplicity of the multiple. The notion of theophany comes clear in its crucial sense: the three zeroes of the number 1,000 (the word 'sifr,' which designates zero means, precisely, 'nothing,’ ‘emptiness’) in themselves are nonexistent. But preceded by the number 1, they express the series of epiphanies by means of which this principial 1 manifests to itself and by which each is unique: an instantaneous lightning flash of a Name which is not God, but which is not, either, other than God." - Michel Chodkiewicz
And the infinity is designed to never go backwards in relation to time. As a present tense, it is like a one way street..participating... .while doing a two way street, stop or delayed or even thinking it as future. In reality, it is actually moving as a one way street only. This intelligent concept can only be designed by someone who is universally intelligent, so man cannont be god as man has limitations in intelligence
100% proof of Wahdat Al Wujud from the Sunnah* The Muwatta of Imam Malik (100% Authentic to all Sunnis) related that Muhammad SAWS said "Beware that you do not curse time, for Allah is time" (Kitaab Al Kalaam 3rd Hadith). Imam Nawawi explained that Arabs used to curse time when calamities befell them. Muhammad SAWS was saying that Allah is the One who unveils the path of time and all calamities and goodness and time itself is from Him. Since all creatures are from Allah and His will is behind all things "Allah is time" is as true as "Allah is all things". Therefore Wahdat Al Wujud is not a fringe thing but came from the mouth of the Prophet AS himself according to the Salaf and the most authentic books of the Sunnah.
@البتّار الازدي No the Sahaba never discussed Aqeeda and go read what Sa'id ibn Al Mussayab used to say about how good character is better than salat and how Umar RA and the other Sahbi argued about how that Surah came down.. I think the True Sunnism is not even contingent on these little details of Fiqh.. That's why I like the Malikiyyah so much cause they seem to understand this and allow a lot of room for thinking
@البتّار الازدي I'll look at him because knowledge can come from anywhere but not all those who have knowlwedge have wisdom and its not good to make takfir in this general way because the Salaf never had all these Aqida based takfir and the Khawarij came in all forms and thats who they made takfir on, not because somebody wasnt Ash'ari or something. By the way I agree with Ash'aris on many things.. Even Abd al Qadir al Djazairi who loved ibn Arabi he said Ash'aris are the ones who were correct about many things
Peace! I just felt like I should express some appreciation for your work on this channel. As a Muslim, it seems to me to be a great contribution and help in clearing up misconceptions around various people, their thoughts, and movements. I can also learn here about other religions, if they are as well respresented as I find Islam here to be. Keep up the good work!
Muhammad SAWS said "Beware that you do not curse Time, for Allah is Time" (from the Muwatta of Imam Malik). Imam Nawawi explained that Arabs used to curse time when calamities befell them. Muhammad SAWS was saying that Allah is the One who unveils the path of time and all calamities and goodness and time itself is from Him. Since all creatures are from Allah and His will is behind all things "Allah is time" is as true as "Allah is all things". Therefore Wahdat Al Wujud is not a fringe thing but came from the mouth of the Prophet AS himself according to the Salaf and the most authentic books of the Sunnah.
Funny thing is that book the Muwatta is not a "Sufi" book but accepted as authentic by every Sunni.. And is the first book of Sharia. Shows you that the Prophet himself had this kind of thinking but the institutional religionists have to make everything dumb and boring and "heretical" lol, they hide these truths from believers with guilt trips 😂 Smh Nietzsche was right
Having deconstructed a fundamentalist variation of Islam, you have no idea how much your videos help me reclaim the traumatized parts of my spirituality. It’s such a refreshing take in comparison to the dogma I was exposed to. Thank you so much.
God is Greater, the Greatest. I type this with tears in my eyes. Thank you for this video and for this channel. May God bless you and Guide you to Him. Ameen.
@@LetsTalkReligion I too like your vedios for for many years ie since1976 I have been reading about Sufi saints and Sufism had a bit of Sufism in my MA History Mphi I could not get all the books I read all major religious can not disbelieve them I am also a Nsmmsji with 11 surahs- a Namaji with Tabligis JI Hind AH and Aulia Karam Biographies of saints of all religions Sai Baba of Shirdi Tajuddin Baba of Nagpur KM Chidti of Ajmer+5 Karamat HSL Ishq of all silsillas and religions eg St Catherine St Bernard L Rice Ekhart
These religious leaders (pir, Sufi shia,Jewish rabbis, christians saints, Hindu pandits Buddhists monks, pope, priests, piir,) invent religious regulations and rituals involving them into different sorts of deviations in order to destroy the unity of mankind and by obstructing the way of every righteous mission with the obstacles of learned doubts and pious suspicions. They tempt people to buy their salvations and fortunes in life from them and make deaths and marriages dependent on the payment of due price to these monopolists of Paradise. And they make divisions. (within Islam also for example today shia, Sufi, dewbondi berelvi (Rizvi) tableeghi Jamaat etc. Have gone astray. Each sects are rejoicing with what the new things they have invented in the name of Islam) These religious leaders (Jewish rabbis and Christian monks as well as other pagan leaders, pandit/pir/pop) are guilty of two sins. First, they devour the wealth of the common people by selling false decrees, and by taking bribes, gifts and presents on different pretexts. They invent religious regulations and rituals as tempt people to buy their salvations and fortunes in life from them and make deaths and marriages dependent on the payment of due price to these monopolists of Paradise.
sufism is the purest form of islam..sadly nowadays nobody talks about it often. i am so glad to have stumbled upon this video..and i hope more people understand that this is the real islam and not what media portrays.tq for this amazing video
I study Oriental studies and I am very interested in Islam and in religions generally. As a student I find your videos very interesting and informative. When I want to watch one of your videos, I need to grab a pen and a notebook, and I usually end up making many notes. Thank you for the great academic content. I am looking forward to watching all of your videos, and do further reading on the topics that interest me more. I hope one day I will know as much about religions as you do. :) Also thank you for always mentioning the main sources you use. Much love and respect from Armenia!
"(O ALLAH), Guide us to the Straight Way; The Way of those (Prophet Ibrahim & his family) upon whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (those Jews who hate Eesa messiah or/and love antichrist), nor (the way) of those who went astray {those Christians/pagans who worship human (prophets, Jesus, imams,saints,buddha, ram, krishna, gonesh etc.) to be deceived by the anti-christ}." AMEEEN! surah al-Fatihah Verses 6-7 6-7 verses of Surah al-Fatihah explained here 6:161[So] say, "Indeed, my LORD (ALLAH) has guided me to a straight path - a correct religion - the way of Abraham, inclining toward truth. And he was not among those who associated [others with GOD]
Having watched your other videos I feel you enjoyed doing this segment on Ibn Al Arabi the most. The excitement in your voice is unmistakable. Keep up the good work.
It is realy amazing that the great mystics of all traditions came to so similar conclusions, even if they express them using diferent metaphors o a diferent cultural reference and language, in essence they are quite the same. Great explanation, thanks for it.
I came to this realization by myself when I later found out about wahdatul wajood, reality makes so much more sense now. Because I've slightly experienced it first hand.
This is all important to me as my brother died a shaheed in a car accident st the age of 20 on october 1st. He was truly a special person and i csnnot undertand why he was chosen.
@@LetsTalkReligion I have uncertainty regarding Unity of Being, Should it be consider as Pantheism or not? I know it does say god is transcendence and we creation never smelt whiff of existence. However, at same time it also say's from the point of view of tashbih, it affirms that all things are wujūd's self-disclosure (tajalli) or self-manifestation (ẓohur). In sum, all things are "He/not He" (howa/lāhowa), which is to say that they are both God and not God. doesn't this lead to pantheism? Would you mind clarifying whether wahdat al wujud should be regarded as pantheism or not?
This presenter has done a very good job. Proving that he has a perfect grasp of the subject matter that many who experienced found difficult to verbalize . I am impressed .
This is beyond brilliant and he explains it all so simply. I have been after this concept for the last 10 years . I am looking at the shadow of the blinds on my fall and can’t help but see the divine. Thanks to this video. There is so much light in this. I wish everyone could see this.
Spiritual enlightenment is the ultimate highest state that people should pursue because in the end after death we face and enter the spiritual world so we should prepare and know as much as possible while we are alive.
Ok you have reached spiritual enlightenment. Now what? What do you do next? Ehat do you do with it? Do you become this stoic being that is completely passive, though enlightened? So you live in spiritual valhalla . Now what. There is a major difference between emagining a state, especially Future state, and living out that state, they are completely different. One is a moving picture in the mind, the other is a complete living it. Secondly, life always strives towards a future end. Once you " arrive" what purpose is there for life? This is why to sustain life, one must always allow for mystery in life, something to strive for or to marvel at. And Christianity answers this need in eternal life.
@@מוטיבני-ס1ת The main goal for everyone should be to understand oneself and to understand our creator once that is established a strong belief then one should try to get close to the creator through worship and the goal should be to please the creator Allah and to give thanks for creating us and everything that we have and use and to know that at the end we return to our creator Allah so to gain God's pleasure is the ultimate and of highest feat for a person to achieve
I don't know your beliefs but I am so thankful you led me back to Allah through these fun type of informative videos!! May Allah grant you a great life in this dunya and the hereafter :)
Watched the first half of the video, thinking all the while, "so, basically Advaita Vedanta?" Pleasantly surprised that the final half illuminated a primary difference, namely that of the universe being merely a reflection of Gods attributes, and this being both God and not God, as opposed to Vedanta's belief that the universe is entirely illusory. The Sufi concept seems to me to be more logical, more beautiful, more believable.
Vedanta doesn't claim the world is illusory. It is of the opinion that all phenomena viewed by our senses has an illusory side, since it is unable to grasp the Absolute due to it's natural disposition of assuming that what is tangible is truly real. It is a delusion more than an illusion.
You must complete the logic that Advaita follows. "The world is unreal, Brahman alone is real, the world is Brahman." There is no difference at all between the two.
this is basically Advaita though. The misconception lies in being stuck on the first step, that none of this is real. It is meant to take the mind away from distractions and focus on Being itself (God). But then the affirmations are stated, that all these are nothing but the manifestations of God. In fact, that is such a primary idea in Hinduism, that we can accept millions of names and forms of God, worship trees and rocks, knowing all to be One.
What is interesting is that Theoretical Physics in the subatomic Quantum reality realm is defining & new debating the concepts of matter energy & conscious in these SAME TERMS
This is an incredibly wonderful video. It explains what science has not been able to explain. It is a much better alternative to Solipsistic philosophy.
You are amazing man. I’m learning about my religion and heritage from you. I’m a believer in god (Allah) but not practising Muslim. Your videos are impartial detailed, yet easy to understand and follow. You are enlightening me about the philosophy of islam. Please, keep up the great job and your informative videos.
@@selvamthiagarajan8152 Yup. That was said before. That is why the sufi who said An-al-Haqq was hanged. They were too small minded to actually try and understand what he was actually saying. I think for you something like Salafism or Wahabism is best. Just stick with that. Your mind is still closed and Allah has not taken the veil off yet. Till He does, you should stick with what you understand. Peace be upon you.
Great to see a video on a difficult topic of wahdat-al-wajud. To understand this concept one needs to go through functional qulb (spiritual parallel of heart) concept that sufis generally practice and claim that the whole of the universe may not encompass God but He may reside in the instigated qulb of His slaves who selflessly worship Him regardless of any temptation of heaven or fear of hell and seek merely love of God only.
@See Ease i appreciate ur working on different mystical practices. In contemporary Islamic meditation one does not need to follow such complicated activities. According to my understanding its hyper activation of existing senses thru mind focus that, obviously, enhance our capacity to learn.
This is absolutely informative video those who are learning about being and existence ! This a Gem if knowledge brother , articulate and caring material may Allah bless you and your effort . Keep sharing more video please .jazakallah
Incredible video discourse on a seemingly complex doctrine. Kept coming back to this for years now. Deeply resonates at a level that is hard for most content creators to reach. Well done sir!
Imam Ali was Insan al Kamil besides the prophet. As apparents in his sermons and saying when he says things like "Ask me ask me before you lose me" or "Why do you consdier yourself so small man when the universe is enfolded within you"
From the inception of world, Prophet Adam (A. S.) to Prophet Muhammad (S. A. W.) message conveyed was Wahdayyinate, Oneness of being, uniqueness, Uni-verse,universal soul, all explaine's mystical vision of existence, and sufism is not a borrowed stuff, like many unbaked scholars advocate,. Beautiful presentation,
This is amazing. And it happened to me :) After He’s taken me through Heaven and Hell, He manifested Himself as a ray of light of exact straightness; I felt being one with that ray of light as if it was the only thing which truly existed; He shined through my mind, paused, turned around, pointed at Himself and asked: Who am I? He laughed. I laughed too, bathing in love and tears.
This is probably my favourite video of the chanel. One of the first I saw, and I keep coming back to it. It is not just informative/academic, it is so much more than that. Thank you 🙏🏾
This is my favourite part of Sufism. Especially, the infinite manifestations of god through "A'yan al-thabita" sounds a lot like the multiverse hypothesis in theoretical physics in which we have infinite worlds being created with different or similar laws of physics (either the many world interpretation of quantum mechanics or the multiverse of the eternal inflation theory). I always found the concept of "A'yan althabita" very similar to laws of physics. I absolutely loved the fact that you very correctly used images of the galaxies and the universe while you were talking about these very complex concepts. One small comment about Macrocosm and Microcosm. As much as I have read in Arabic and Persian texts, they are not translations of "Insan al-kabir" (Great man) and "Insan al-saghir" (small man). They are translations of "the great cosmos/world" (Aalam al-kabir) and "the small cosmos/world" (Aalam al-saghir). And the idea behind it is that the human being is the small world which means that the human being includes all attributes of the world within itself. This idea which surely had existed way before Sufism and even Islam, can again be interpreted via a scientific perspective. It means that all the laws of physics that are valid out there in the world (for particles, planets and galaxies), they are all also valid inside us humans. We are not fundamentally different to the world.
100% proof of Wahdat Al Wujud from the Sunnah* The Muwatta of Imam Malik (100% Authentic to all Sunnis) related that Muhammad SAWS said "Beware that you do not curse time, for Allah is time" (Kitaab Al Kalaam 3rd Hadith). Imam Nawawi explained that Arabs used to curse time when calamities befell them. Muhammad SAWS was saying that Allah is the One who unveils the path of time and all calamities and goodness and time itself is from Him. Since all creatures are from Allah and His will is behind all things "Allah is time" is as true as "Allah is all things". Therefore Wahdat Al Wujud is not a fringe thing but came from the mouth of the Prophet AS himself according to the Salaf and the most authentic books of the Sunnah.
@@nadjiguemarful Witnessing of Oneness of Allah is WadatulShuhud. Without Partnering with the Uncreated Creator and returning home into the Created Ocean of NurMuhammad ( The first intellect/ The first determinant HabibAllah, the Beloved of Allah Azzawajal who is Abu Arwah Father of all souls Quran 4:1 ). Our Miraj is into the heart of NurMuhammad SAW ( Quran 24:35 ). RasulAllah SAW is in continuous Miraj *** Qaba Qawsayna aw Adna *** 2 bow length or nearer for continuous creations (Quran 53:9 ) with no other creations between the two , The Haroof is 29 Laam- Aleef, our Spiral DNA. We are Coded with Heavenly Language. Books: Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi Qs ( Insan Al Kamil ) and (A Timeless Reality ). Alhamdulillah.
@@nadjiguemarful th-cam.com/video/lzC9eVwxoXo/w-d-xo.html Dr. Timothy Winters aka Hakim Abdal Murad of Cambridge Muslim College Khutbah in Madrid SPAIN.
Very impressed with your explanation, thank you for this video. It is indeed good to see someone talk of the real Islam, the Islam that the Prophet (Sal) and the great Saints taught. Today this type of teachings are covered by Wahhabism. Wahhabism does not accept spirituality, neither follow any tradition of the Prophet (Sal), instead divert people from the real teachings of Islam. The real teachings of Islam today can only be found in Sufism and through these teachings one can reach closeness to his/her Lord to the state of saying 'be' and it is, also internal eye can open to see what others cannot see, past present and future. There is no limit to what your Lord can give you when you get close to Him, hence we pray to be among the favoured ones, and favoured are those who become the Saints.
i agree with you im still a teenager and i was a born wahabi, but still it doesnt make sense to me and i found ww on my own and it made sense to me before i even knew what it was
@Knowledge Explosion The problem with these statements is that you're actually making these actions the end goal, which means, you stop at them not daring to go beyond them. These are all doors, and if you pass through them, then you attain true spiritual knowledge. All of the spiritual philosophies, including wahdat al-wujud, are man's attempt at explaining the Divine Reality and the nature of existence that you see when you go through these doors. That is what it means to worship God. The Qur'an instructs us to meditate, to go inside ourselves, to witness, to experience. If your idea of spirituality stops at merely listening to it and saying "this is good enough", without trying to go deeper, then you're not actually listening to the Qur'an or following Islam. Islam is a door, not a god to be worshipped.
@Knowledge Explosion It's not going beyond what the Prophet taught, it is actually following what he said. The Prophet meditated before he attained the station of prophethood, the form of meditation was called tahannuth. And afterwards, he taught various forms of meditation, including muraqabah. The problem is that the way that Muslims today practice Islam, due to the influence of wahabi ideology from Saudi Arabia, is not in line with the way of the Prophet. Do not think that just because something is outside of your experience or understanding that it must be wrong. That is the ego. Rather, one should explore it further to investigate.
@Knowledge Explosion I'm not saying you are, I'm implying that you investigate yourself more deeply. The ego is very tricky. There are many Muslims who think they are authentic Muslims, taking the most narrow way, being judgmental of any differences in explanation or philosophy, but it has less to do with wisdom and religiosity as it does with feeling insecure and trying to gratify the ego.
@@mohammedfazrin3862 what is your kalima. None worthy of worship except the ONE GOD . One GOD must translate to ONE HUMANITY. THAT is created by the ONE GOD. If that is not understood, then what is a Muslim.? Just screaming Shirk does not makes a better Muslim.
@@786humaira1 there is none worthy to worship except Allah The one Who created the humankind and everything Humankind are God Allah',s creation so worship the Creator not his Creation Mankind
What a wonderful, deep appreciation of Sufism. Listening to your enlightening narration a thought kept recurring to me…. Yes, it is worth noting: Nothing combats ignorance, and its offspring, racism, like knowledge of the hitherto unknown. Imagine if, in a course on comparative wisdom traditions, high school students were exposed, at their level, to this remarkable appreciation of this branch of Islam. What we’re bombarded with on the Consumer News, with the express purpose of dehumanizing the owners of the resources we covet, are blanket stereotypes, mostly visual parodies of caricatures, that serve to “other” the Islamic world. This enlightening video reinstates, in those of us so unfortunately brainwashed, the dignity which is rightfully owned by those we seek to denigrate And ALL OF HUMANITY stands to gain Wahdat al Wujud
Beautifully presented. Thank you for this video and I look forward to more. Your knowledge is vast and yet I can see your ease in and enthusiasm in sharing your passion. Thank you.
Still experiencing the feeling is different from hearing the philosophy May Allah help you to experience it. Sometime you will experience it and it will not be permanent. So at the end you will live with the attribute Allah want you to live with.
Yes, the words have to completely forgotten in the actual experience, when you are deep in wajd, right? Because these words are also in a very real way the instrument of our thoughts, and when you are IN Allah you can’t THINK about Allah. To be annihilated in Allah your words are also annihilated, even the names of Allah, even while they are forming on your body’s lips your mind and soul are totally ignorant of them in that moment; they melt away because they are unnecessary. Even in this comment, the words I have to use are kind of a vulgar thing, even though they are necessary for us as social beings. I’m just doing my best to communicate imperfectly what I have experienced, briefly, in dhikr.
Other words I can think of for this is that it’s almost like our words are a sacrifice: we bring these sacred words to an altar and offer the death of these words to Allah... inshallah I will serve Him better than my words can.
MAN....... MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO THIS TOPIC.. OTHERWISE I WOULD KEEP AWAY FROM THIS READINGS AND TALKS.. IT WAS WONDERFULL.. AS I DIDN'T FELT LIKE I AM FORCED TO ACCEPT OR REJECT... NEITHER DID THE USER SEEM TO CLAIM HIS VERSION IS CORRECT.. IT PERFECTLY SEEMED NEUTRAL.. THAT IS WERE LIES QUALITIES OF YOUR OTHER PRESENTATION.. VIEWERS HAVE CHOICE TO REJECT OR ACCEPT.. WHILE AT SAME TIME ENJOY PRESENTATION.. SUPERB
My deep and humble submission that Your Video has helped me to understand the deep inter-connection of non-duality (from one aspect) and duality (from another aspect) making me realise that it is indeed two sides of the same coin if understood in the right context.... It is just like fighting between 6 (inverted 9) and 9 (inverted 6) claiming they are different images due to our limited/myopic view/understanding and our lack of comprehensive/overall view/understanding...
Great channel indeed ! Thank you for your meticulous explanations . It is a real pleasure to hear these gems of spirituality . For me , as an orthodox christian THIS mystic Islam is a revelation.
Thank you so much. I have been wondering about Sufi/Muslim non-duality for some time. It's great to become better acquainted. Truly appreciate your work.
You have got a subscriber. You go into the most comprehensive knowledge of Islamic historical past and scholars. Ibn Arabi has become my fav. He’s full of knowledge and the nuanced tolerance that he has shown to practice is astronomical. Enjoy listening to you.
Thank you, I am a Baha’i and have enjoyed seeing the Islamic and Sufi roots to of which the Baha’i Writings often refer. The discovery has been illuminating. Best!
Oh it touched my heart. Am in tears. Jaxakallah. Jazakallah. Jazakallah. May Allah bless you with the realisation of his eternal nearness. Remember in prayers. Keep it up🙌🏻
@@solsak836 it is saying u become God is associating partners to God Almighty why can't we follow the teachings of prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) teaching than confusing with this shrik Sufism
One thing you missed out I think is that, this idea is derived from the idea of "That Tvam Asi" or "That art you", which is a Hindu trantric phrase, as mentioned in the Chandokya Upanishad. This idea is so welcoming and one of unity. There are similar ideas in other Indian spiritual ideologies. Therefore, many Islamic scholars declare this idea as heretic and blasphemous and often decried the whole cause of Sufism thus.
Thank you for helping me make peace with my own birth religion, thank you for unveiling the beauty within it that has been cluttered by nonsense egos ❤️
Yeah there is a reason a lot of Syrian diaspora and in Syria (pre-2011) still stay with Islam despite a country that does not hide its Byzantine heritage, it is bc Syria has a lot of diverse groups from the worlds oldest Ismailis, small groups Alevis, Alawite, Quranist, etc. Lebanon used to be like that before the phalange.
Superb presentation. Great work. I’m so glad for the notes, text, illustrations and graphics; especially for such complex and deeply nuanced topics. Furthermore these additions (to the ubiquitous talking head camera shot) are therefore fundamental while adding texture to the presentation thereby cultivating interest to the audience.
I'm an American revert, and I can't tell you how much this series would have meant to me when I started my journey with Islam 10 years ago, when I was I so very thirsty for this. But late is better than never, and now is perfect as ever. Thank you so so very much!!!🙏🫶🙏
I'm really enjoying this series of videos, and they have brought new life to my interest in early islamic literature. Your channel is and has always been fantastic.
My favourite religious historian. Your work is so valuable, and necessary in contributing to the current movement of intergrating the best of Human knowledge, and endeavour, in the purpose of Human spiritual evolution. In my view anyway, JZK. :-)
The only video I had a problem with was his Alawite video but in my opinion there will never be a well made video on alawites without an Alawite making the video.
I really appreciate that you are making this material digestible for the current generation of youth. The struggle between Aristotelian and Platonic metaphysical frameworks seems to be at the core of many western religious conflicts throughout history. From what I've read, it really came down to differing distribution patterns of the two philosophers' works across Europe and Asia Minor, but the result seems to have been that Platonic monism became far more popular among philosophers in the Islamic world whereas Aristotelian ideas became more deeply embedded into the Christian context. I think the reason that doctrines like Wahdat Al-Wujud were so controversial was the fact that monists, due to the width of their worldview, are rather difficult to control or govern. Dualistic doctrines tend to make social engineering a lot easier because they allow for us/them mentalities to be cultivated and exploited. I would be interested to see counterexamples to this, but I can't envision a monist philosophical framework that would compel one to participate in state-sponsored violence.
“i was a hidden treasure and i loved to be known so i created the world that i might be known” is SO similar to tantra/shaktism/kashmir shaivism mother created the world and illusion of separateness so that she could experience herself over and over again in a divine play of action(prakriti) and consciousness(purusha). i really believe all religions point to the same divinity but manifest as different paths
Wow this is very consistent with the teachings in Sikhism too, we say that god is everything, he’s immanent in the universe whilst also being transcendent. We are capable of being reflections of God through achieving enlightenment and recognising him and his oneness. A Sikh poet by the name Bhai Nand Lal actually talks of Mansoor al hallaj, it’s recognised that the truth has always been here, before the Gurus certain people had found the truth. It’s interesting the hadiths you spoke of also further support the idea and go hand in hand with concepts in sikhi. A beautiful explanation, thank you for this video.
Wonderful, although I am an orthodox christian, this teaching resonates deeply and wholly in me. I could say that it's actually my real belief. In listening to the description of this godly teaching I am moved within... The "trinity" of love, beloved and lover is actually quite similar to the actual Trinity, while Jesus being the lover of the Father while the Spirit is love itself. I deeply believe that we ought to be like Jesus in this matter and that's how we become divinized, one with God. Ibn Arabi presents these thoughts wonderfully
Thank you for such a lucid explanation with lots of valuable references. God bless your work - making "wine" for the soul accessible without diluting it.
A great explanation, even though I'm exploring these topic for years, I've found a lot of new ideas from this video. Another point idk why you didn't even remind about Rumi when talking about Wahdat-al Wujud and Love, when he known as one of the greatest teachers of this concept.
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Many many years ago when I began my spiritual path on my own, I kept meditating on la illah ha il Allah, doing deeper and deeper into it. It was like layers of veils were being peeled off of my mind, and every time that would happen, a deeper meaning of this Divine Statement would come to mind, and I would likewise dive into that. It kept occurring until the meaning came to me that there is no reality except God. And in that moment, I felt real.
Did you have an peak experience? and if so were you ever been able to reproduce it?
Did you pray fajr every single day ?
@@tsurumikutaro7642 Yes, I have been praying all of the prayers since I was around seven years old. The best times for meditation on Allah is after Isha before going to bed, and before and after fajr prayer.
Powerful, how has this changed your life, how can one achieve this?
@shadowkill546 please reach me on insta at @yusuf_io or give me a way to contact you
I love your seminars. As an old Christian woman with an open heart I enjoy learning about my brothers and sisters.
How lovely and deep are their thoughts. We are so close but hold ourselves apart.
Very true words...'we are so close but hold ourselves apart' 🍃
Bittersweet words. Makes me think of Meister Eckeharts saying that theologians may quarrel but the mystics of the world share the same language.
I don't believe in religions or god but "I believe in the religion of love" (Ibn Arabi)❣❣❣
Love from Sweden💛💙
@@reynalindstrom2496 Love from Småland ✌️🇸🇪
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This is the best episode of anything on TH-cam ever, full stop. I don't mean this as hyperbole. I want our future to include more people that "get" this concept.
This exposition of Wahdat al-Wujud was so fine, a diamond of a video and gift to the world. Ibn Arabi would be proud to see youtube used to spread and explain ideas of unity like this. Keep em coming.
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Aham Brahasmi
I Am Brahman( not Braaahman)
You Are That
2 out 4 great utterances
Upanishadic Idealism
Aryan philosophy of Persia or Iran
Greece and of course India or Hindustan
Buddhist monism off MY-- PPS
Tibetan Zen
Anal haq of Mansur Hillaj or Hallaaj BB JR S T KMC+5 of our Sub continent IPB
There is no any evidence that ibn arabi had exist . Its all ideas coming from Buddhism but introduced to islam later by free masonic especially Napoleon and turkish mohammed ali basha ruler of egypt . At that time most islamic philosophy had made and written.
@@theconnecteduniverse1video629 we have handwritten manuscripts from ibn 'Arabi
@@solsak836 show me them please .. im sure not
I am Persian. I'm living now in the UK but I know many Sufis in Iran. This video was amazing and it's just incredible how accurate and beautiful you explained Wahdat al-Wujud! Thank you so much for this. Such videos make man drunker than any wine! When we define something, we distinguish it from other things by showing its attributes. But the concept of "Nothingness" cannot be described with a certain number of characteristics, otherwise, "Nothingness" would become "something", and therefore, it would be not "Nothingness" anymore and it would be limited to those characteristics of a thing. Therefore, when Nothingness cannot be defined, it means that it cannot be distinguished. Therefore, "Nothingness" must have all the characteristics and attributes at the same time and consequently, Nothingness is in fact Everything! and it means Nothingness is the very Being and has infinite attributes. and when we say God is infinite, then, God seems like "Nothingness" for the mind while it is also everything at the same time but it is not a certain limited thing because it is infinity! I want to add a Persian poem from Maulana Jalaluddin Muhammad, known as Mowlavi in Iran, who is the Persian poet known as Rumi:
مرد و زن چون یک شود آن یک تویی ** چون که یک جا محو شد آنک تویی
این من و ما بهر آن بر ساختی ** تا تو با خود نرد خدمت باختی
تا من و توها همه یک جان شوند ** عاقبت مستغرق جانان شوند
مثنوی ۱ از ۱۷۸۶ تا ۱۷۸۸
When man and woman become one, Thou art that One; when the units are wiped out, lo, Thou art that (Unity).
Thou didst contrive this “I” and “we” in order that Thou mightst play the game of worship with Thyself,
That all “I's” and “thou's” should become one soul and at last should be submerged in the Beloved.
Masnavi 1 (1786 - 1788)
One of the best explanations for an often misunderstood concept: "The Akbarian Wahdat al-Wujud (Oneness of Being) transcends duality without denying it: Haqq is Haqq and khalq is khalq. To use numerical symbolism... the number 1,000 gets all its reality from the number 1, without which it is nothing. Even so, one cannot write 1 = 1,000 or 1,000 = 1, which would be to deny the unity of the one or the multiplicity of the multiple. The notion of theophany comes clear in its crucial sense: the three zeroes of the number 1,000 (the word 'sifr,' which designates zero means, precisely, 'nothing,’ ‘emptiness’) in themselves are nonexistent. But preceded by the number 1, they express the series of epiphanies by means of which this principial 1 manifests to itself and by which each is unique: an instantaneous lightning flash of a Name which is not God, but which is not, either, other than God." - Michel Chodkiewicz
As long as one knows intuitively ... one no longer needs anything explained .
@@MKTElM True. Its very much tathawuq.
it's a clever pointer
@@MKTElM Indeed, the questions fall away.
And the infinity is designed to never go backwards in relation to time. As a present tense, it is like a one way street..participating... .while doing a two way street, stop or delayed or even thinking it as future. In reality, it is actually moving as a one way street only. This intelligent concept can only be designed by someone who is universally intelligent, so man cannont be god as man has limitations in intelligence
The line about God and creation viewing each other in mirrors was awesome
That made me cry for like 5min.
dude my youth has been centered around contemplating and consuming these things, but you manage to rock my world every time. thank you so much.
100% proof of Wahdat Al Wujud from the Sunnah* The Muwatta of Imam Malik (100% Authentic to all Sunnis) related that Muhammad SAWS said "Beware that you do not curse time, for Allah is time" (Kitaab Al Kalaam 3rd Hadith). Imam Nawawi explained that Arabs used to curse time when calamities befell them. Muhammad SAWS was saying that Allah is the One who unveils the path of time and all calamities and goodness and time itself is from Him. Since all creatures are from Allah and His will is behind all things "Allah is time" is as true as "Allah is all things". Therefore Wahdat Al Wujud is not a fringe thing but came from the mouth of the Prophet AS himself according to the Salaf and the most authentic books of the Sunnah.
@البتّار الازدي No the Sahaba never discussed Aqeeda and go read what Sa'id ibn Al Mussayab used to say about how good character is better than salat and how Umar RA and the other Sahbi argued about how that Surah came down.. I think the True Sunnism is not even contingent on these little details of Fiqh.. That's why I like the Malikiyyah so much cause they seem to understand this and allow a lot of room for thinking
@البتّار الازدي But I will still check out what you said cause it's interesting lol
@البتّار الازدي I'll look at him because knowledge can come from anywhere but not all those who have knowlwedge have wisdom and its not good to make takfir in this general way because the Salaf never had all these Aqida based takfir and the Khawarij came in all forms and thats who they made takfir on, not because somebody wasnt Ash'ari or something. By the way I agree with Ash'aris on many things.. Even Abd al Qadir al Djazairi who loved ibn Arabi he said Ash'aris are the ones who were correct about many things
@See Ease damn Ur giving out either sacred info or Ur a weirdo
Peace! I just felt like I should express some appreciation for your work on this channel. As a Muslim, it seems to me to be a great contribution and help in clearing up misconceptions around various people, their thoughts, and movements. I can also learn here about other religions, if they are as well respresented as I find Islam here to be. Keep up the good work!
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I agree. This is a great service to the world.
I come back to this video over and over again. To me this is the best description of God that I have yet found.
Muhammad SAWS said "Beware that you do not curse Time, for Allah is Time" (from the Muwatta of Imam Malik). Imam Nawawi explained that Arabs used to curse time when calamities befell them. Muhammad SAWS was saying that Allah is the One who unveils the path of time and all calamities and goodness and time itself is from Him. Since all creatures are from Allah and His will is behind all things "Allah is time" is as true as "Allah is all things". Therefore Wahdat Al Wujud is not a fringe thing but came from the mouth of the Prophet AS himself according to the Salaf and the most authentic books of the Sunnah.
Funny thing is that book the Muwatta is not a "Sufi" book but accepted as authentic by every Sunni.. And is the first book of Sharia. Shows you that the Prophet himself had this kind of thinking but the institutional religionists have to make everything dumb and boring and "heretical" lol, they hide these truths from believers with guilt trips 😂 Smh Nietzsche was right
Advaita Vedanta: Am I joke to you
I am so impressed by this young scholar. He has been blessed by the Divine
Bought tears to my eyes. Thank you so much. لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّٰهُ
“Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.” - Rumi
@@NAKK786 wow, I love that, thank you for sharing 🎁
This is the beauty of Islam many people doesn't know about it, hope his knowledge spreads who hates Islam and take it as terrorism.
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Why would it bring tears to your eyes,
Having deconstructed a fundamentalist variation of Islam, you have no idea how much your videos help me reclaim the traumatized parts of my spirituality. It’s such a refreshing take in comparison to the dogma I was exposed to. Thank you so much.
your Arabic Pronounciation is so good😍
This is the Truth and it transcends ALL religions. I have came to these same Truths and am just hearing about all of this right now. Pretty amazing
God is Greater, the Greatest.
I type this with tears in my eyes. Thank you for this video and for this channel. May God bless you and Guide you to Him. Ameen.
Sufism is heretical. If PBUH Mohamed were to hear of it, he’d not encourage his followers to partake in it.
@@selvamthiagarajan8152 relax
@@MelleGamers no offence intended
@@selvamthiagarajan8152 heresy is subjective
@@nuppusaurus3830 not in Islam
You've become my favorite religious TH-camr and I just started watching your videos. Amazing.
That is very flattering! It inspires me to know that people like the content.
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@@LetsTalkReligion I too like your vedios for for many years ie since1976 I have been reading about Sufi saints and Sufism
had a bit of Sufism in my
MA History Mphi
I could not get all the books
I read all major religious can not disbelieve them
I am also a Nsmmsji with 11 surahs- a Namaji with Tabligis JI Hind AH and Aulia Karam
Biographies of saints of all religions
Sai Baba of Shirdi
Tajuddin Baba of Nagpur
KM Chidti of Ajmer+5
Karamat HSL Ishq of all silsillas and religions
eg St Catherine St Bernard L Rice Ekhart
These religious leaders (pir, Sufi shia,Jewish rabbis, christians saints, Hindu pandits Buddhists monks, pope, priests, piir,) invent religious regulations and rituals involving them into different sorts of deviations in order to destroy the unity of mankind and by obstructing the way of every righteous mission with the obstacles of learned doubts and pious suspicions.
They tempt people to buy their salvations and fortunes in life from them and make deaths and marriages dependent on the payment of due price to these monopolists of Paradise. And they make divisions.
(within Islam also for example today shia, Sufi, dewbondi berelvi (Rizvi) tableeghi Jamaat etc. Have gone astray. Each sects are rejoicing with what the new things they have invented in the name of Islam)
These religious leaders (Jewish rabbis and Christian monks as well as other pagan leaders, pandit/pir/pop) are guilty of two sins. First, they devour the wealth of the common people by selling false decrees, and by taking bribes, gifts and presents on different pretexts. They invent religious regulations and rituals as tempt people to buy their salvations and fortunes in life from them and make deaths and marriages dependent on the payment of due price to these monopolists of Paradise.
sufism is the purest form of islam..sadly nowadays nobody talks about it often. i am so glad to have stumbled upon this video..and i hope more people understand that this is the real islam and not what media portrays.tq for this amazing video
I’m a Christian and I APPROVE OF THiS ViDEO. His opening statement SLAYS mediocrity in some Religions. Gotta love it.
I study Oriental studies and I am very interested in Islam and in religions generally. As a student I find your videos very interesting and informative. When I want to watch one of your videos, I need to grab a pen and a notebook, and I usually end up making many notes. Thank you for the great academic content. I am looking forward to watching all of your videos, and do further reading on the topics that interest me more. I hope one day I will know as much about religions as you do. :) Also thank you for always mentioning the main sources you use.
Much love and respect from Armenia!
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Sunna of prophet muhammad saw is real
"(O ALLAH), Guide us to the Straight Way; The Way of those (Prophet Ibrahim & his family) upon whom You have bestowed Your Grace, not (the way) of those who earned Your Anger (those Jews who hate Eesa messiah or/and love antichrist), nor (the way) of those who went astray {those Christians/pagans who worship human (prophets, Jesus, imams,saints,buddha, ram, krishna, gonesh etc.) to be deceived by the anti-christ}." AMEEEN! surah al-Fatihah Verses 6-7
6-7 verses of Surah al-Fatihah explained here 6:161[So] say, "Indeed, my LORD (ALLAH) has guided me to a straight path - a correct religion - the way of Abraham, inclining toward truth. And he was not among those who associated [others with GOD]
Having watched your other videos I feel you enjoyed doing this segment on Ibn Al Arabi the most. The excitement in your voice is unmistakable. Keep up the good work.
It is realy amazing that the great mystics of all traditions came to so similar conclusions, even if they express them using diferent metaphors o a diferent cultural reference and language, in essence they are quite the same. Great explanation, thanks for it.
I came to this realization by myself when I later found out about wahdatul wajood, reality makes so much more sense now. Because I've slightly experienced it first hand.
This is all important to me as my brother died a shaheed in a car accident st the age of 20 on october 1st. He was truly a special person and i csnnot undertand why he was chosen.
Allah yrahmo. May al haqq bless his soul and may you all mourn dearly for him. I'm very sorry for your loss
Beautifully explained, please continue making videos on Ibn Arabi(qs) and Muslim gnostics and mystics
I will ;)
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@@LetsTalkReligion I have uncertainty regarding Unity of Being, Should it be consider as Pantheism or not? I know it does say god is transcendence and we creation never smelt whiff of existence. However, at same time it also say's from the point of view of tashbih, it affirms that all things are wujūd's self-disclosure (tajalli) or self-manifestation (ẓohur). In sum, all things are "He/not He" (howa/lāhowa), which is to say that they are both God and not God. doesn't this lead to pantheism?
Would you mind clarifying whether wahdat al wujud should be regarded as pantheism or not?
Where are you come from? Your name sound unfamilliar i from indonesia
@@syedmujtabaali5769 pantheism is not he/not he. Pantheism , just says everything so God. So obviously it is not pantheism
This presenter has done a very good job. Proving that he has a perfect grasp of the subject matter that many who experienced found difficult to verbalize . I am impressed .
Heretical
Okay Daesh
This is beyond brilliant and he explains it all so simply. I have been after this concept for the last 10 years . I am looking at the shadow of the blinds on my fall and can’t help but see the divine. Thanks to this video. There is so much light in this. I wish everyone could see this.
The best short explanation, of whadathul wujeed, may Allah teach us more 🤲🏻
Spiritual enlightenment is the ultimate highest state that people should pursue because in the end after death we face and enter the spiritual world so we should prepare and know as much as possible while we are alive.
Ok you have reached spiritual enlightenment. Now what? What do you do next? Ehat do you do with it?
Do you become this stoic being that is completely passive, though enlightened?
So you live in spiritual valhalla . Now what.
There is a major difference between emagining a state, especially Future state, and living out that state, they are completely different. One is a moving picture in the mind, the other is a complete living it.
Secondly, life always strives towards a future end. Once you " arrive" what purpose is there for life?
This is why to sustain life, one must always allow for mystery in life, something to strive for or to marvel at. And Christianity answers this need in eternal life.
@@מוטיבני-ס1ת The main goal for everyone should be to understand oneself and to understand our creator once that is established a strong belief then one should try to get close to the creator through worship and the goal should be to please the creator Allah and to give thanks for creating us and everything that we have and use and to know that at the end we return to our creator Allah so to gain God's pleasure is the ultimate and of highest feat for a person to achieve
I've studied religion for years however never knew how diverse and complex Islam was . It would be cool to meet you one day a lot of questions.
Islam was same until the dead of prophet mohammed pbuh
Hunger for Power and politics gave many branches and made complex religion !!
I don't know your beliefs but I am so thankful you led me back to Allah through these fun type of informative videos!! May Allah grant you a great life in this dunya and the hereafter :)
Watched the first half of the video, thinking all the while, "so, basically Advaita Vedanta?"
Pleasantly surprised that the final half illuminated a primary difference, namely that of the universe being merely a reflection of Gods attributes, and this being both God and not God, as opposed to Vedanta's belief that the universe is entirely illusory.
The Sufi concept seems to me to be more logical, more beautiful, more believable.
Vedanta doesn't claim the world is illusory. It is of the opinion that all phenomena viewed by our senses has an illusory side, since it is unable to grasp the Absolute due to it's natural disposition of assuming that what is tangible is truly real. It is a delusion more than an illusion.
Vedanta doesn't claim the world is 'completely illusory". Wdym
You must complete the logic that Advaita follows. "The world is unreal, Brahman alone is real, the world is Brahman."
There is no difference at all between the two.
this is basically Advaita though. The misconception lies in being stuck on the first step, that none of this is real. It is meant to take the mind away from distractions and focus on Being itself (God). But then the affirmations are stated, that all these are nothing but the manifestations of God. In fact, that is such a primary idea in Hinduism, that we can accept millions of names and forms of God, worship trees and rocks, knowing all to be One.
It's fascinating how modern cutting edge physics is reaching similar conclusion, just using different language to do so.
What is interesting is that Theoretical Physics in the subatomic Quantum reality realm is defining & new debating the concepts of matter energy & conscious in these SAME TERMS
not even close
Also Tesla's 9=Nothingness=Everything is also in the same term as this
Amazing I didn’t even know this.
all is God...the absolute
This is an incredibly wonderful video. It explains what science has not been able to explain. It is a much better alternative to Solipsistic philosophy.
You are amazing man. I’m learning about my religion and heritage from you. I’m a believer in god (Allah) but not practising Muslim. Your videos are impartial detailed, yet easy to understand and follow. You are enlightening me about the philosophy of islam. Please, keep up the great job and your informative videos.
Please don’t encourage heretical teachings. Sufism is heretical.
@@selvamthiagarajan8152 that makes it more interesting
@@selvamthiagarajan8152 exactly the same thing the Founder of Wahhabist used to justify killing of Muslims
@@selvamthiagarajan8152 Yup. That was said before. That is why the sufi who said An-al-Haqq was hanged. They were too small minded to actually try and understand what he was actually saying. I think for you something like Salafism or Wahabism is best. Just stick with that. Your mind is still closed and Allah has not taken the veil off yet. Till He does, you should stick with what you understand. Peace be upon you.
@@abidfarooqui-sla3301 Follow the teachings of the prophet.
Great to see a video on a difficult topic of wahdat-al-wajud. To understand this concept one needs to go through functional qulb (spiritual parallel of heart) concept that sufis generally practice and claim that the whole of the universe may not encompass God but He may reside in the instigated qulb of His slaves who selflessly worship Him regardless of any temptation of heaven or fear of hell and seek merely love of God only.
@See Ease i appreciate ur working on different mystical practices. In contemporary Islamic meditation one does not need to follow such complicated activities. According to my understanding its hyper activation of existing senses thru mind focus that, obviously, enhance our capacity to learn.
@See Ease Great. I think modern Jews have might have changed all that.
Absolutely fantastic - I am so glad I found this channel. That was a lucid exposition
True...
This is absolutely informative video those who are learning about being and existence ! This a Gem if knowledge brother , articulate and caring material may Allah bless you and your effort . Keep sharing more video please .jazakallah
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Watch this and get guided
@@mohamedafridi8231 that link is not what we are talking about.
Incredible video discourse on a seemingly complex doctrine. Kept coming back to this for years now. Deeply resonates at a level that is hard for most content creators to reach. Well done sir!
Imam Ali was Insan al Kamil besides the prophet. As apparents in his sermons and saying when he says things like "Ask me ask me before you lose me" or "Why do you consdier yourself so small man when the universe is enfolded within you"
From the inception of world, Prophet Adam (A. S.) to Prophet Muhammad (S. A. W.) message conveyed was Wahdayyinate, Oneness of being, uniqueness, Uni-verse,universal soul, all explaine's mystical vision of existence, and sufism is not a borrowed stuff, like many unbaked scholars advocate,. Beautiful presentation,
The only Islamic scholar I have ever trusted was Grace Song.
Pantheism
This is amazing. And it happened to me :)
After He’s taken me through Heaven and Hell,
He manifested Himself as a ray of light of exact straightness;
I felt being one with that ray of light as if it was the only thing which truly existed;
He shined through my mind, paused, turned around, pointed at Himself and asked:
Who am I?
He laughed. I laughed too, bathing in love and tears.
@sailor soul yes
And a pure heart :)
Are you joking?
@@ahajahashim2595 jokes aside😊
This is probably my favourite video of the chanel. One of the first I saw, and I keep coming back to it. It is not just informative/academic, it is so much more than that. Thank you 🙏🏾
This is my favourite part of Sufism. Especially, the infinite manifestations of god through "A'yan al-thabita" sounds a lot like the multiverse hypothesis in theoretical physics in which we have infinite worlds being created with different or similar laws of physics (either the many world interpretation of quantum mechanics or the multiverse of the eternal inflation theory). I always found the concept of "A'yan althabita" very similar to laws of physics. I absolutely loved the fact that you very correctly used images of the galaxies and the universe while you were talking about these very complex concepts.
One small comment about Macrocosm and Microcosm. As much as I have read in Arabic and Persian texts, they are not translations of "Insan al-kabir" (Great man) and "Insan al-saghir" (small man). They are translations of "the great cosmos/world" (Aalam al-kabir) and "the small cosmos/world" (Aalam al-saghir). And the idea behind it is that the human being is the small world which means that the human being includes all attributes of the world within itself. This idea which surely had existed way before Sufism and even Islam, can again be interpreted via a scientific perspective. It means that all the laws of physics that are valid out there in the world (for particles, planets and galaxies), they are all also valid inside us humans. We are not fundamentally different to the world.
100% proof of Wahdat Al Wujud from the Sunnah* The Muwatta of Imam Malik (100% Authentic to all Sunnis) related that Muhammad SAWS said "Beware that you do not curse time, for Allah is time" (Kitaab Al Kalaam 3rd Hadith). Imam Nawawi explained that Arabs used to curse time when calamities befell them. Muhammad SAWS was saying that Allah is the One who unveils the path of time and all calamities and goodness and time itself is from Him. Since all creatures are from Allah and His will is behind all things "Allah is time" is as true as "Allah is all things". Therefore Wahdat Al Wujud is not a fringe thing but came from the mouth of the Prophet AS himself according to the Salaf and the most authentic books of the Sunnah.
@@nadjiguemarful Witnessing of Oneness of Allah is WadatulShuhud. Without Partnering with the Uncreated Creator and returning home into the Created Ocean of NurMuhammad ( The first intellect/ The first determinant HabibAllah, the Beloved of Allah Azzawajal who is Abu Arwah Father of all souls Quran 4:1 ). Our Miraj is into the heart of NurMuhammad SAW ( Quran 24:35 ).
RasulAllah SAW is in continuous Miraj *** Qaba Qawsayna aw Adna *** 2 bow length or nearer for continuous creations (Quran 53:9 ) with no other creations between the two , The Haroof is 29 Laam- Aleef, our Spiral DNA. We are Coded with Heavenly Language. Books: Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi Qs ( Insan Al Kamil ) and (A Timeless Reality ). Alhamdulillah.
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Dr. Timothy Winters aka Hakim Abdal Murad of Cambridge Muslim College Khutbah in Madrid SPAIN.
Very impressed with your explanation, thank you for this video. It is indeed good to see someone talk of the real Islam, the Islam that the Prophet (Sal) and the great Saints taught. Today this type of teachings are covered by Wahhabism. Wahhabism does not accept spirituality, neither follow any tradition of the Prophet (Sal), instead divert people from the real teachings of Islam. The real teachings of Islam today can only be found in Sufism and through these teachings one can reach closeness to his/her Lord to the state of saying 'be' and it is, also internal eye can open to see what others cannot see, past present and future. There is no limit to what your Lord can give you when you get close to Him, hence we pray to be among the favoured ones, and favoured are those who become the Saints.
i agree with you
im still a teenager and i was a born wahabi, but still it doesnt make sense to me and i found ww on my own and it made sense to me before i even knew what it was
@Knowledge Explosion The problem with these statements is that you're actually making these actions the end goal, which means, you stop at them not daring to go beyond them. These are all doors, and if you pass through them, then you attain true spiritual knowledge. All of the spiritual philosophies, including wahdat al-wujud, are man's attempt at explaining the Divine Reality and the nature of existence that you see when you go through these doors. That is what it means to worship God. The Qur'an instructs us to meditate, to go inside ourselves, to witness, to experience. If your idea of spirituality stops at merely listening to it and saying "this is good enough", without trying to go deeper, then you're not actually listening to the Qur'an or following Islam. Islam is a door, not a god to be worshipped.
@Knowledge Explosion What are you talking about worshipping creation? Are you sure that it's not you who is actually worshipping creation?
@Knowledge Explosion It's not going beyond what the Prophet taught, it is actually following what he said. The Prophet meditated before he attained the station of prophethood, the form of meditation was called tahannuth. And afterwards, he taught various forms of meditation, including muraqabah. The problem is that the way that Muslims today practice Islam, due to the influence of wahabi ideology from Saudi Arabia, is not in line with the way of the Prophet.
Do not think that just because something is outside of your experience or understanding that it must be wrong. That is the ego. Rather, one should explore it further to investigate.
@Knowledge Explosion I'm not saying you are, I'm implying that you investigate yourself more deeply. The ego is very tricky. There are many Muslims who think they are authentic Muslims, taking the most narrow way, being judgmental of any differences in explanation or philosophy, but it has less to do with wisdom and religiosity as it does with feeling insecure and trying to gratify the ego.
I really admire you as your a real researcher. May Allah blessed you
Soo young and soo wise. Beautiful. Thanks.
Are u Sufi wahdathul wujudh is shrik
@@mohammedfazrin3862 what is your kalima.
None worthy of worship except the ONE GOD .
One GOD must translate to ONE HUMANITY.
THAT is created by the ONE GOD.
If that is not understood, then what is a Muslim.?
Just screaming Shirk does not makes a better Muslim.
@@786humaira1 there is none worthy to worship except Allah The one Who created the humankind and everything
Humankind are God Allah',s creation so worship the Creator not his Creation Mankind
@@786humaira1 plz go and read the surah ikhlas to who Allah is
What a wonderful, deep appreciation of Sufism. Listening to your enlightening narration a thought kept recurring to me…. Yes, it is worth noting:
Nothing combats ignorance, and its offspring, racism, like knowledge of the hitherto unknown.
Imagine if, in a course on comparative wisdom traditions, high school students were exposed, at their level, to this remarkable appreciation of this branch of Islam.
What we’re bombarded with on the Consumer News, with the express purpose of dehumanizing the owners of the resources we covet, are blanket stereotypes, mostly visual parodies of caricatures, that serve to “other” the Islamic world.
This enlightening video reinstates, in those of us so unfortunately brainwashed, the dignity which is rightfully owned by those we seek to denigrate
And ALL OF HUMANITY stands to gain
Wahdat al Wujud
💚 From Syria.... We are all One pure Love and One pure Consciousness 💚
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This is an amazing breakdown and sounds similar to the views of the Gnostics
Beautifully presented. Thank you for this video and I look forward to more. Your knowledge is vast and yet I can see your ease in and enthusiasm in sharing your passion. Thank you.
Enlightenment is finding God standing in your shoes. I Am Thee Sweet One, if You say, "I Am." Eheihe is Thee I Am. Great Work by the way, keep it up!
Still experiencing the feeling is different from hearing the philosophy May Allah help you to experience it. Sometime you will experience it and it will not be permanent. So at the end you will live with the attribute Allah want you to live with.
Yes, the words have to completely forgotten in the actual experience, when you are deep in wajd, right? Because these words are also in a very real way the instrument of our thoughts, and when you are IN Allah you can’t THINK about Allah. To be annihilated in Allah your words are also annihilated, even the names of Allah, even while they are forming on your body’s lips your mind and soul are totally ignorant of them in that moment; they melt away because they are unnecessary. Even in this comment, the words I have to use are kind of a vulgar thing, even though they are necessary for us as social beings. I’m just doing my best to communicate imperfectly what I have experienced, briefly, in dhikr.
Other words I can think of for this is that it’s almost like our words are a sacrifice: we bring these sacred words to an altar and offer the death of these words to Allah... inshallah I will serve Him better than my words can.
Religion is for bringing people together, Spirituality is real.
You are a special gift from The Creator for Humanity I pray for your well being and long life
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Alhamdulillah this video is a very beautiful explanation of the Shaykh, May Allah Bestow abundant mercy and blessings upon the Shaykh al- Akbar!
PBUH Dear Prophet is turning in his grave. This is heretical.
My deep and humble submission that Your Video has helped me to understand the deep inter-connection of non-duality (from one aspect) and duality (from another aspect) making me realise that it is indeed two sides of the same coin if understood in the right context.... It is just like fighting between 6 (inverted 9) and 9 (inverted 6) claiming they are different images due to our limited/myopic view/understanding and our lack of comprehensive/overall view/understanding...
Great channel indeed ! Thank you for your meticulous explanations . It is a real pleasure to hear these
gems of spirituality . For me , as an orthodox christian THIS mystic Islam is a revelation.
Thank you so much. I have been wondering about Sufi/Muslim non-duality for some time. It's great to become better acquainted. Truly appreciate your work.
Omg! Im seriously falling in love with your channel! Thank you for this fabulous content ❤️
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@See Ease brother, just relax
You have got a subscriber. You go into the most comprehensive knowledge of Islamic historical past and scholars. Ibn Arabi has become my fav. He’s full of knowledge and the nuanced tolerance that he has shown to practice is astronomical. Enjoy listening to you.
Man I literally conceived of God almost in the exact same way prior to hearing about this guy.
Amazing!
Me too.
Many have. It’s an incredibly humbling experience
Listening to you moves the flame inside my chest
Super skeptical of all this, but it’s super interesting.
Thank you, I am a Baha’i and have enjoyed seeing the Islamic and Sufi roots to of which the Baha’i Writings often refer. The discovery has been illuminating. Best!
Oh it touched my heart. Am in tears. Jaxakallah. Jazakallah. Jazakallah. May Allah bless you with the realisation of his eternal nearness. Remember in prayers. Keep it up🙌🏻
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Sufism is part of shrik wuhudathul wajood is shrik and Hadith Quioted is fabricated
@@mohammedfazrin3862 it isn't
@@solsak836 it is saying u become God is associating partners to God Almighty why can't we follow the teachings of prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) teaching than confusing with this shrik Sufism
@@mohammedfazrin3862 Noone is associating partners with God. You are projecting your thoughts externally onto a group of people
This video is a gift for humanity! Thank you!
Really great and simple explanation !about the unity of being !
Love the prism example and table example !!✨
Unity of being وحدة الوجود is a blasphemy, every one who believes in it will never ever leave the Hellfire and will be forever tortured
You’re doing an excellent work by covering these topics
One thing you missed out I think is that, this idea is derived from the idea of "That Tvam Asi" or "That art you", which is a Hindu trantric phrase, as mentioned in the Chandokya Upanishad. This idea is so welcoming and one of unity. There are similar ideas in other Indian spiritual ideologies. Therefore, many Islamic scholars declare this idea as heretic and blasphemous and often decried the whole cause of Sufism thus.
Thank you for helping me make peace with my own birth religion, thank you for unveiling the beauty within it that has been cluttered by nonsense egos ❤️
Yeah there is a reason a lot of Syrian diaspora and in Syria (pre-2011) still stay with Islam despite a country that does not hide its Byzantine heritage, it is bc Syria has a lot of diverse groups from the worlds oldest Ismailis, small groups Alevis, Alawite, Quranist, etc. Lebanon used to be like that before the phalange.
@@vannakinder352 the phalangists has ruined Lebanon and all the Maronites fanatics
Superb presentation. Great work. I’m so glad for the notes, text, illustrations and graphics; especially for such complex and deeply nuanced topics. Furthermore these additions (to the ubiquitous talking head camera shot) are therefore fundamental while adding texture to the presentation thereby cultivating interest to the audience.
Mushallah brother, I thought this stuff was too esoteric for the general public. You explain it so much more eloquently than I ever could.
High respects for your knowledge brother 🙏🏽 you are lighting spiritual flames 🔥💯🧘🏽♂️
This is really wonderful. The whole perspective actually means alot
That is profound wisdom, thank you 🙏🏼
I'm an American revert, and I can't tell you how much this series would have meant to me when I started my journey with Islam 10 years ago, when I was I so very thirsty for this. But late is better than never, and now is perfect as ever. Thank you so so very much!!!🙏🫶🙏
I'm really enjoying this series of videos, and they have brought new life to my interest in early islamic literature. Your channel is and has always been fantastic.
So god wanted to experience himself, so he created himself in a different form so that he could do that. Fascinating.
God may have done this same thing or something different in infinite past as well, as God has always existed ....
This is what I have experienced. There is one necessary being and all other beings are existential. Peace.
This is by far one of the best channels on TH-cam and this is a fantastic explanation of Wahdat al-Wujud. Amazing work, wish you all the best Filip!
Wind burnt face. So resilient. Cheers to the One. On the One. Nun can run.
Just when I thought this shares the same concept of Advaita, you said it! Pretty interesting to see similarities!
I don't why but after watching this I cannot stop my tears.
The best thing through which one can know Allah is through His creations that He perfectly brought to existence and all the bounties.
My favourite religious historian. Your work is so valuable, and necessary in contributing to the current movement of intergrating the best of Human knowledge, and endeavour, in the purpose of Human spiritual evolution. In my view anyway, JZK. :-)
The only video I had a problem with was his Alawite video but in my opinion there will never be a well made video on alawites without an Alawite making the video.
@@vannakinder352 why do you say that
I really appreciate that you are making this material digestible for the current generation of youth. The struggle between Aristotelian and Platonic metaphysical frameworks seems to be at the core of many western religious conflicts throughout history. From what I've read, it really came down to differing distribution patterns of the two philosophers' works across Europe and Asia Minor, but the result seems to have been that Platonic monism became far more popular among philosophers in the Islamic world whereas Aristotelian ideas became more deeply embedded into the Christian context. I think the reason that doctrines like Wahdat Al-Wujud were so controversial was the fact that monists, due to the width of their worldview, are rather difficult to control or govern. Dualistic doctrines tend to make social engineering a lot easier because they allow for us/them mentalities to be cultivated and exploited. I would be interested to see counterexamples to this, but I can't envision a monist philosophical framework that would compel one to participate in state-sponsored violence.
There is also the concept of "just war," as was done in the Mahabharata.
Western Muslim are beautiful Not like Whabisem
Ibn Arabi is extremely interesting to me, though I have to be very careful when considering his views.
Your video, as usual, is quite excellent.
“i was a hidden treasure and i loved to be known so i created the world that i might be known” is SO similar to tantra/shaktism/kashmir shaivism mother created the world and illusion of separateness so that she could experience herself over and over again in a divine play of action(prakriti) and consciousness(purusha). i really believe all religions point to the same divinity but manifest as different paths
Wow this is very consistent with the teachings in Sikhism too, we say that god is everything, he’s immanent in the universe whilst also being transcendent. We are capable of being reflections of God through achieving enlightenment and recognising him and his oneness.
A Sikh poet by the name Bhai Nand Lal actually talks of Mansoor al hallaj, it’s recognised that the truth has always been here, before the Gurus certain people had found the truth.
It’s interesting the hadiths you spoke of also further support the idea and go hand in hand with concepts in sikhi.
A beautiful explanation, thank you for this video.
God's love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God's love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.“ - Simone Weil
This was beautiful
Thank you for the presentation I can never have enough listening to you.
Wonderful, although I am an orthodox christian, this teaching resonates deeply and wholly in me. I could say that it's actually my real belief. In listening to the description of this godly teaching I am moved within... The "trinity" of love, beloved and lover is actually quite similar to the actual Trinity, while Jesus being the lover of the Father while the Spirit is love itself. I deeply believe that we ought to be like Jesus in this matter and that's how we become divinized, one with God. Ibn Arabi presents these thoughts wonderfully
Thank you for such a lucid explanation with lots of valuable references. God bless your work - making "wine" for the soul accessible without diluting it.
Wonderful, magnificent, beautiful, amazing, perfectly explained, MashaAllah, SubhanAllah, Elhamdulillah. Much appreciated.
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Love described here is ishq of passionate love
Lover is ashiq passionate lover and beloved is mashooq. Be passionately loved.
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Probably the best video i came across on youtube!
A great explanation, even though I'm exploring these topic for years, I've found a lot of new ideas from this video. Another point idk why you didn't even remind about Rumi when talking about Wahdat-al Wujud and Love, when he known as one of the greatest teachers of this concept.