What is the nature of the presence?

How is it felt?

The great followers answered that if the Mureed is able to look at his heart realize internally that he is close to Allah, praise be to Him, then this is the presence even if this case is temporary. This presence may weaken according to his occupation in earning his living.

Thus if the presence becomes as if “Looking at Aim” at any time, condition, speaking and speechless, pleasures and anger and it becomes the authority, this case is called “The Permanent Awareness” or “The Permanent Remembrance”. This is one of the bases of the Naqshbandia course. These attempts continue since he is rapture by his vision, seeing and watching. He may feel in this case that he is looking by his sight not by his vision overcome by the presence situation and he may utter expression which mean setting and uniting, but in reality he is in a presence case and what he is uttering must be considered excess – out of control. After being back and informed what he said, he won’t believe as a drunker after being awakened. This vision resembles the dream, but it’s a distinguished one.

It’s incredible for any to see Allah with his sight, so if one hears unbelievable words from a raptured, immediately he should know that it’s the raptured’s words and his feelings not the reality.

Sheikh Abed Allah Dahlawie said “After the certitude is over comes the connection watching. As Allah praise be to Him said “Wahuwa Maakum Aynama Kuntum”. Means: He is with you whenever you are. Alhadid Chapter – verse 4. Here the vocal invocation becomes allowed. This kind of closeness belongs to the smallest state, the first step for the –Awleya – Masters and Tutors. It’s the crossing distance in the shade of Asmaa Allah. The Sacred Alames of Allah. This rank is called the “Rapturous Rank”. Where he gains the feeling of blessing, the beating, the longing, the crying, the tasting, Attawheed, (declaring the uniqueness of Allah), the shining prevailing of Allah light and the seeing of the londiness and the numerous; the friendly and the passionate love conditions, the solitude and the bewilderment. This is all obvious for the leaders of the state. Even the absorption in the knowledge sea is achieved here where the follower disconnects all his human relationships, forgets all except Allah, and elevates his heart from the wicked suggestions of Saton. Here in the supremacy state the heart perishes and the spiritual absorption ever lasts.

This is “The connection State” or “The Connection Watching”.

Quraan says: “Wanahnu Akrabu Ilayhe Mon Hable AlWareed” Means: Allah is closer to his worshiper than his great vein in his neck.

The Muslim due to his purified innerself feels this closeness, and in reality every Muslim is close to Allah, but the purified one feels it where as the unpurified one doesn’t.

Sheikh Abed Allah spoke about four kinds of perishing:

Naqshbandia men say that the supremacy rank is consists of ten ranks:

They also declared that the supremacy rank and the perishing of the heart aren’t enough characteristics for the Sheikh to be tutor. This couldn’t be attained unless the self perishes to achieve the perfection of the great supremacy to be a true tutor.

When the heart perishes, the thoughts and the wicked suggestions settle in the self. When the self in the forehead perishes, no where remains for those wicked thoughts to settle. These steps crossed by the follower during his journey to Allah, praise be to Him, from the initial step till the one known only by Him, may be felt by the follower; these steps are compared to circles combining all the Lataef – gifts, and tendencies, introduced by the out of space circle and ended by The Out of Determination Circle. These circles are twenty. Some said “If the lover’s check is unveiled, another veil one appears, if a veil is removed another one stands”.

Imam Rabbani talked in his pamphlets and Sheikh Abed Allah Dahlawie said in his book “The Clarification of the Course” about these circles. The circles is a figurative name since it resembles the real circles. This is clear for the Naqshbandia followers.

First, the follower has to cross the out of space circle. It’s the creation world, the Demand and the Ascending through purifying this world. It’s the purification of the five Lataef, the self Latefa, the four elements and the nature of the body. If he completed the crossing of these circles through the purification, he then is beyond the out of space circles and is reached the second. The small supremacy, The Supremacy of Al Awleyaa, the guardians. Here begins the travel and the Ascend towards the longed summit below the shade of the names of Allah -Asmaa Allah- and the traits. Here in this settlement the beginning of the real perishing is achieved. The rapture is one of its fruits.

After the Ascend from the previous circle through walking spiritually in the shade of Allah names, this is considered as the beginning in the great supremacy, originally exclusive to the prophets and messengers, may God have mercy and bless upon them all, and their companions gradually.

Those who have reached these circles, have exceeded the self-perishing rank. The self perishing and the heart perishing different from the purification of the heart or the self. The purification is just for the beginning for the preparation of the heart nothing else. The perishing of the Lataef is considered the highest step.

The Great supremacy circle has three circles and a bow, a half, the follower feels it and has to exceed it one after the other strongly and mainly. Similar to a passer in a mountain or a descent. The follower himself knows where he is. This passing procedure takes place observed by the Names and Traits of Allah. The follower’s harvest in this circle is the True perishing, The True Islam, The Delight. It’s the permanent thanks and satisfaction rank.