- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- INTRODUCTION (by the Author)
- TASAWWUF THE NATURE OF TASAWWUF
- THE NEED FOR TASAWWUF
- TASAWWUF AND THE QUR’AAN
- SHARIAT, TAREEQAT, HAQEEQAT AND MA’RIFAT
- BAY’T
- THE SIGN OF SHAIKH-E-KAMIL (QUALIFIED SHAIKH)
- MUJAAHADAH
- THE EXPOSITION OF THE FOUR FUNDAMENTALS OF MUJAAHADAH IJMAALI
- AKHLAAQ
- THE I’TIDAAL (EQUILIBRIUM) AND HUSAN (BEAUTY) OF THE FOUR INTERNAL FACULTIES
- IKHLAAS (SINCERITY)
- TAUBAH
- MUHABBAT
- SHOUQ
- KHAUF
- RAJAA
- ZUHD
- TAWAKKUL
- QANA’AT & HILM
- SABR
- SHUKR
- SIDQ
- TAFWEEZ
- RIDHAA (PLEASURE)
- FANAA (ANNIHILATION)
- HIRS (GREED)
- TAMA’ (COVETING-DESIRE)
- GHUSSAH (ANGER)
- DAROGH (FALSEHOOD)
- HASAD (JEALOUSY ENVY)
- BUKHL (NIGGARDLINESS, STINGINESS)
- RIYAA (SHOW)
- UJUB (VANITY)
- TAKABBUR (PRIDE)
- HIQD (MALICE, AVARICE)
- HUBB-E-JAH (LOVE FOR FAME)
- HUBB-E-DUNYA (LOVE OF THE WORLD)
- DOMINATION OF AKHLAAQ-E-HAMEEDAH
- AL-KHAWATIR (THOUGHTS)
- HOW TO RECOGNIZE IF THE KHAATIR OF KHAIR IS FROM ALLAH OR SHAITAAN
- THE NATURE OF NAFS
- THE TYPES OF THOUGHTS AND THEIR HUKM (EFFECT)
- THE SIGNS OF THE ACQUISITION OF NISBAT WITH ALLAH TA’ALA
- LATAA-IF-SITTAH AND THEIR EFFECTS
- CONDITIONS FOR IJAAZAT
- THE JOURNEY OF SULOOK
- SEARCHING FOR ANOTHER SHAIKH
- MAWAANI’ (IMPEDIMENTS)
- THE HARMS OF UMUR-E-GHAIR IKHTIYAARIYAH
- THE DEVOTIONAL PRACTICES OF THE SAALIK
- THE EXERCISE OF PAAS ANFAAS
- NAFL FASTING
- BOOKS TO BE STUDIED
- NASEEHAT SPECIALLY FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN THIKR AND SHAGHL
- IMPORTANT ADVICE FOR THE SAALIK
- FURTHER ADMONITION
- ADMONITION IN GENERAL
- AN EPISODE––TO REFLECT!
Allah Ta’ala says:
“Do not despair of the Rahmat of Allah...”
Rasulullah (saws) said:
“If even the kaafir realises the extent of Allah’s Rahmat (mercy), he (too) will not loose hope of Jannat.”
Nature of Rajaa
Raja is the state of the heart’s tranquillity which develops as a result of one’s yearning for the desirable objects of fadhl (Divine Grace), Maghfirat (forgiveness), Ni’mat (Bounty) and Jannat, while devising ways and means for their attainment. Thus one who remains in expectation of Rahmat and Jannat, but does not adopt the means of their acquisition, viz., amal salih (righteous deeds), taubah (repentance), etc., will not attain the goal of Rajs. He remains on the contrary in deception. He is like the one who inspite of not sowing the seeds, expect s to reap the crop. He dwells in empty desire.
The manner of acquiring Raja is to reflect about the vastness of Allah’s Rahmat and His Munificence.
