Levels of The Manifestor in the manifested

There are levels with Allah, and Allah sees whatever they do. (Aal-e Imran:163)

Daraja, Levels

In everyday living, there are certain principles. One of them is what you see is manifested. What you do not see is the Manifestor. Your intention has to be: see the Manifestor in the manifested. This is one. The second one is levels. In order for you to be able to do this, you have to see Allah not as a concept. It is a reality.

Allah is the Nur [Light; Energy] of the universes and the earth. (Al Nur:35)

It is the energy in everything, so in multilevel, multidimensional levels. When you can see that, then you can be with Allah all the time. We think Allah is High and this Holy thing just talking or whatever, however you are imagining it. That is one level. But Allah is not only God to devotee.

Al Wali, The Protecting Friend Who Is Relied Upon

Allah is also all other levels having a relationship with you. Remember that Allah is Qarib, Yakın, Close, Relative, Related. If you can do all this, then in one relationship Allah is God and you are not. In the other, Allah is your friend, you are His friend. How do you talk to a friend, you talk to Allah like that.

And know that my Rab is Qarib [Very Close] and Mujib [Responsive].” (Hud:61)

Habibullah, Beloved of Allah

Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) is Allah’s beloved. They love each other. Love. In the love language they talk. So can you. In different levels.

Are you a part-time lover or a full-time lover?

So, the other thing to notice is when, for example, you are talking to your cousins, this is a different level. But you are not leaving being a sufi when you are talking to your cousin. You are still a sufi when you are talking to your mother in a different level, to your father in a different level, to your cousin in a different level, to your colleagues with a different level. You are always a sufi, you are not quitting being a sufi to go to that level. You are going down to that level but not quitting, not leaving the other levels behind, this is the trick. Neither is Allah. Allah is not leaving. So that is why sufis say Huu to each other. Hu. It means, I see Huu.

la ilaha illallah, There is nothing but Allah

This is the part I am trying to get across for years now. I am not sure if everybody is getting it. The closest thing is you. You did not even get it. That is why you are stuck. Why are you stuck? Because now your focus is someone else or something else. When you say something else, what happened? You separated, there is no god there. That thing is other than Allah. That person or thing is a manifestation. Where is Allah? Is Allah there? Yes. So, remember that your job is this, there is nobody else but you and Allah. Who is this person? Well, Allah is there. You talk to Allah in the person. You talk to Allah in your shaykh. You talk to Allah in everyone but in that level, in that manner.

Wasi: Expansive, Limitless in Every Way, Infinite

So the gravity of the thing is that you have to start like building a business, start small because it is a multilevel thing. All these weeks I am working on trying to get you to multilevel thinking. Allah is not limited to one level. What do you mean by level? One level is not a linear level, it is a multi, multi level. I mean the words cannot be enough to explain. You have to understand. That is why you have to find these things out. You can listen to me until the Dooms Day. I am urging you to find these things and get these yourself.

Keywords

daraja: degree; level; rank; station; diversity; intensity

This is an edited message from Murshid Shaykh Taner Vargonen Ansari, published on sufiview.com on March 28, 2022. The translation of the Qur’an verses are also from Murshid Shaykh Taner Vargonen Ansari.

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