Spiritual Literacy: Learning the Language of Light

Gabriel and the Prophet – suluk, mi’raj, master-disciple relation (01:00) • Know that there is no god but God – dunya/nafs/shaytan claim divinity/gain firmness in visualizing the Nur/ then master the language of nur and ru’ya (01:50) • Abraham mastered the language of Light (02:30) • Opening of the Prophet’s Chest (03:30) • Read in the Name of thy Lord – become a blood clot! (06:00) • Becoming a clot, then a Perfect Human (09:00) • Seeing with God’s Light (13:00) • If you don’t benefit from your Shaykh, then you have no Shaykh (14:00) • Spiritual significance of Hajj (16:30) • Levels of Da’wa (16:55) • What is a Ruhani – intellect/spirit (18:15) • Dreams vs. Visions in the Spiritual Path (21:49) • Ahl al-Bayt can accept gifts, not charity – affiliation with ahl al-bayt (ansab) (22:20) A Mudhākara by Shaykh Mohamed Faouzi al-Karkari (qs) — Translation & Voice by Yousef Casewit, Ph.D.