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CHAPTER ONE1
CHAPTER ONE
BRIEF ANALYSIS OF Q{ATR AL-GHAITHIYYAH FI>< CILM
AL-S{UFIYYAH CALA< SHARICAT AL- MUH{AMMADIYYAH
(DROPS OF RAIN CONCERNING THE SCIENCE OF S{U<FISM IN THE MUH{AMMADAN DISPENSATION)

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As a spiritual traveler he starts his writing by praising Allah, in a way, familiar to the S{u>fis, which is to indicate the bounties given by Allah whether big or small. Further he praises Allah Who has favored the hearts of the Gnostics with the wine of spiritual love and has showered their inner hearts with the lights of His Oneness and knowledge. As in many spiritual discourses, we can find therein a few cardinal ideas associated with the notions of “light”, “heart” and “love”.
S{u>fism or spiritual travel is the inner journey of the heart and it deals with inward knowledge and in this case, “light” represents it. Since this is fundamental and important for a traveler, Shaykh Husayn suggests that every responsible Muslim of age must know and should not be without the knowledge of The Real (haqi>qah) and tas}awwuf. Prophet Muhammad is the one and one only who walked truly on every dimension of The Real (h}aqi>qah), and his family and companions served as guiding stars to the best of all paths. Most of this work of the author is based on the views and experiences of authoritative scholars of authentic Islamic spiritual traditions which he has systematized as can be seen in the following paragraphs.

I) Prologue
In this prologue he describes the ten important things related to the knowledge of tas}awwuf.
i) The meaning – The word al-s}afa> (clean) carries various meanings. It covers the cleansing of the dirtiness of the senses (frees from animalistic behavior), fills it with the behaviors of angels (mala>ikah) and frees from everything that would cause God’s dislike. ii) The target – The only being that exist is Allah and any being other than Allah is considered transient or without being. iii) The benefit - is to reach reality of the Right

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