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| Excerpts From Kashf-al Mahjub |
| Trans.
R. A. Nicholson |
| Ali b. Uthaman Al Hajwary |
| Lower-soul and Self-mortification |
| Pages (196-210) |
| When a man feels desire and passion he turns to the soul (dil) in order that it may guide him to the lower soul (nafs), which is the seat of falsehood; and when he finds the evidence of gnosis, he also turns to the soul in order it may guide him to the spirit, which is the source of truth and reality. (p. 275)
All diabolic suggestions (waswas) spring from passion, and the Devil in reality is lower-soul and passion. Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) has said, �There is no one whom his devil has not subdued, except Umar, for he has subdued his devil.� Passion has been mingled as an ingredient in the clay of Adam; whoever renounces it becomes a prince and whoever follows it becomes a captive. Junayd has regarded renouncing passion as union with God. Passion is so powerful sometimes that it is said that it is easy for a man to destroy mountain with his nails than to resist passion. However, passion captivated can liberate a man to unknown heights, as Dhu �l Nun the Egyptian said, �I saw a man flying in the air; he was but flying on his passion�. Fadhl Balkhi says: �I marvel those who goes with passion to God�s house to visit Him�. |
| Lust � Shahwat |
| Lust is a thing that is dispersed in different parts of human body, and is served by the senses. Man is to guard all his organs from it, and he shall be questioned concerning the acts of each. The lust of the eye is sight; that of ear is hearing; that of nose is smell; that of body is touch and that of mind is thought. It requires years, even one�s whole life for getting rid of these incitements; it can be quite difficult, long and painful as well. Therefore the right way is resignation. Allah does not like interference in His Kingdom: Abu Ali Siyah has related that one day while taking bath he had strong desire to amputate his male member, but was strongly prohibited by God. |
| Only true resignation protects him from evil of passion. |
| Man has no power over what is vicious in his constitution; he can get an attribute changed by Divine aid and by resigning himself to God�s Will and by divesting himself of his own power and strength. Through God�s protection he comes near to annihilating that evil than he does through self-mortification. |
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