WHO ARE THE TRUE BETRAYERS OF ISLAM TODAY

THE BETRAYERS & BETRAYAL OF ISLAM! 1/2

BISMILLAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHIIM

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, RAHMAN, RAHIM

salaamun alaykum and YA ALI MADAD

in the light of my original discussion and what i have discovered recently - the heading of this article should be:

WHO ELSE CAN FORGIVE SINS IN ISLAM

AND PURIFY -- BESIDES ALLAH --

THE BETRAYERS & BETRAYAL OF ISLAM?

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by ALLAH's infinite grace and mercy, i discovered a very sinister plot in martin lings' book viz., *MUHAMMAD - his life based on the earliest sources* -- as i was preparing my response to akbarally meherally's recent attack on the shia islam in general and our tariqah in particular.

please allow me to share this very important discovery with you as well, warn my muslim brethren throughout about the real dangers of this book, which in my opinion, is more harmful to the cause of true islam -- as a whole than anything else that i have seen on the market recently. and as such, i have decided to incorporate the said discovery into this write-up.

but first, let it be known that this important section deals with the divine Concept and Revelation of the *NOOR--LIGHT* in ISLAM and the Holy QUR?AN. that it may be too heavy for most of you, especially those of you who are not given to deep meditation, contemplation and reflection on spiritual matters such as this.

however, what follows next is not only crucial to a muslim's spiritual life here and in hereafter but also it is directly related to the matter under discussion viz., *WHO ELSE CAN FORGIVE SINS IN ISLAM AND PURIFY -- BESIDES ALLAH??* rest assured, both matters are very closely linked together and almost inseparable for some inexplicable divine reason. ONE cannot be divorced from the OTHER or even be understood without the OTHER.

take the following examples for instance, wherein martin lings, a pro-sunni muslim -- western author and an expert on sufism in islam, asserts:

i. the purpose of the ablution in islam is the removal of inward [batan, navali] impurity, symbolized by various modes of outward [zahara, navali] impurity or, ?..

ii. at the highest level its conception is expressed in the already quoted saying of rabi?ah al-adawiyyah, ?thine existence is a sin with which no other sin can be compared. [martin lings, ?a sufi saint of the twentieth century,? pp. 182-183].

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says the Holy Qur?an:

HQ. 004.049 Hast thou not seen those who praise themselves for purity? NAY, ALLAH _P_U_R_I_F_I_E_T_H_ whom He will, 004.050 See, how they invent lies about Allah! That of itself is MUBIIN?MANIFEST SIN.

HQ.006.120 FORSAKE THE OUTWARDNESS ? [ZAAHIRAL] OF SIN

AND THE INWARDNESS ? [BATIINAH] THEREOF.

006.152 Say: Come, I will recite unto you that which your Lord

hath made a sacred duty for you: ? and that ye draw not nigh

to lewd things whether open - [ZAHARA] or concealed - [BATAN].

[the Qur?anic text added, navali]

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iii. ?the meaning of defilement [hadath]?, continues the shaikh, ?is ephemeral existence [huduth], that is, existence other than God. this is not ousted from the heart of the gnostic, and its film is not removed from his inward [batana, navali] eye to be replaced by his sight of Eternity, save through his FINDING the WATER and his PURIFICATION therewith. except he be PURIFIED by IT, he is far from the Presence of his Lord, unfit to enter it, let alone sit therein.

iv. thus passeth he judgment upon most creatures that they are guilty of defilement, ?. nor is the stain of guilt removed from existing things but through PURIFICATION with this ABSOLUTE WATER. once purity hath been achieved, that is, once he hath washed the outward [zahara, navali] appearance of things in THIS WATER ? nay he has washed his own sight therein ? --- [martin lings, ?a sufi saint of the twentieth century,? pp. 182-183. see also pp. 55,125].

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v. bujayr had already -- but in vain ?

urged his brother [ka'b]

to _G_O_ to the _P_R_O_P_H_E_T_ and

_A_S_K__H_I_S_ _f_o_r_g_i_v_e_n_e_s_s._

HE SLAYETH NOT him who cometh

UNTO _H_I_M_ _I_N_ _r_e_p_e_n_t_a_n_c_e._ ?.

..... one of the helpers leapt to his feet and asked to be allowed to cut off his [ka'b] head, but the prophet said: "let him be, for he hath COME IN REPENTANCE and is no longer as he was. then ka'b recited an ode which he had composed for the occasion. ... but the gist of it was to BEG FORGIVENESS. it ended with a passage ?

in praise of the prophet..... which begins:

the messenger a LIGHT,

IS SOURCE OF LIGHT ....

when he had finished, the prophet drew off his stripped yemeni cloak and threw it over the shoulders of the poet in recognition of his mastery of language (?, navali).

['muhammad - his life based on the earliest sources,' * pp. 316].

[emphasis added, navali]

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please note that according to the Holy Qur?an and martin lings? -- sufi--mystic source, both forms of purifications viz., internal [zahara] and external [batan], were necessary to advance in your spiritual search. and as such, the PURIFING WATER was also necessary!

a. and that being the case, what was/is that purifying water?

b. where do we get it from in this day and age?

c. did the Holy Prophet (SAS) offer that form of purification, if ever?

d. but then, was HE A PURIFIER as well?

e. and even the PURIFYING WATER itself?

rest assured, the Qur?an based answers ? and a few hadiths quoted by martin lings himself -- will shock most disbelievers like akbarally meherally, shenlyara and nur iman(?), etc.

but more importantly, in the above example, the man--ka'b -- came to:

A. ?ask for __h_i_s_ forgiveness;?

B. and ?in repentance to __h_i_m._?

C. he also _R_E_C_O_G_N_I_Z_E_D_

D. "the MESSENGER as A Light

E. And Source Of Light.?

the aforesaid, being one of the DIVINE principles and foundations of the true islam, which, the pagan arab and enemy of islam, turned repenter had __R_E_C_O_G_N_I_Z_E_D__ just before his conversion and entry into islam.

AL-NOOR--THE LIGHT

and centuries later, al-ghazzali [1111 ? 505 ah], a world-renowned asha?rite sufi?mystic and theologian asserted:

praise to ALLAH! who poureth forth LIGHT ?

and prayer for MUHAMMAD! of all lights THE LIGHT

[the niche for rights, mishkat al-anwar, pp. 75]

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the Prophet [peace be upon him] therefore said:

*ana min NURULLAHI -- i am from the LIGHT OF GOD

wa khalaq kul luhum MIN NURI --

and the whole creation is FROM MY LIGHT.

[secret of ana'l-haqq, pp. 59]

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it was this to profound recognition only -- that the Holy Prophet Himself [SAS] had also reciprocated in kind. in other words, ?the Mercy unto the _W_O_R_L_D_S_ -- [HQ. 21:107 ? ?muhammad - his life based on the earliest sources,' * pp. 100], _F_O_R_G_A_V_E_ _H_I_M_ and set him free, as may be adduced and deduced from a few more examples -- cited by martin lings in the said book which, apparently, akbarally meherally had endorsed 110% -- see below.

then He, the Prophet [SAS] gave him -- that cloak -- because of the truth and honesty that He, in turn recognized in him, too. in short, THE TRUE ISLAM is about the ?NOOR--LIGHT, FORGIVENESS AND TOLERANCE,? which the new muslim had learned firsthand from the Holy Prophet Himself [Sas].

having said that, please read the following with an open mind, your god-given intelligence and faith--iman as well, take your knowledge and wisdom further ? i.e., beyond these words wherein lies the -- esoteric--batin -- truth of islam -- as revealed by ALLAH and, reiterated, witnessed and/or experienced by some of the greatest prophets & mystics of the centuries and millenniums past -- including mansur al-hallaj, jalaledin roumi, hafiz, bayazid bostami, spinoza, socrates, Jesus Christ and the Holy Prophet [pbuth], etc.

PURIFICATION & MEDITATION:

1. HQ. 002.125 and when we made the house a resort for mankind and sanctuary : take as your place of worship the place where ABRAHAM [IMAM -- HQ. 002.124] stood. and we imposed a duty upon abraham and ishmael,:

__P_U_R_I_F_Y__ MY HOUSE for those who go

around and those who __M_E_D_I_T_A_T_E__

therein and those who bow down and

__P_R_O_S_T_R_A_T_E__ themselves.

2. the immediate result of these visions was that solitude became dear to him, and he would go for spiritual retreats to a cave in mount hira. .... for retreat had been a traditional practice among the descendants of ishmael, and in each generation there had been one or two who would withdraw to a solitary place from time to time ... muhammad would take with him provision and consecrate a certain number of nights to the worship of god.

ramadan was the traditional month of retreat, and it was one night towards the end of ramadan, in his fortieth year, when he was alone in the cave, that there came to him an angel in the form of a man. the angel said to him 'read' .... ['muhammad - his life based on the earliest sources' * pp. 43].

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please note Allah?s 2-fold COMMAND re: the Holy House:

1. take as YOUR PLACE of worship

the PLACE where ABRAHAM [IMAM?2:124] PRAYED.

2. and we imposed a duty upon abraham and Ishmael

__P_U_R_I_F_Y__ MY HOUSE for those who go

around and those who __M_E_D_I_T_A_T_E__

IMPORTANT:

according to Allah himself, there was/is a PLACE -- [IMAM ABARAHAM?S] ? WITHIN THE HOUSE which, was/is more important than the rest. and as such, muslims were asked to take that place as their place of worship as well. that is, the IMAM?S PLACE OR HOUSE is more important and the TRUE PLACE OF WORSHIP, PURIFICATION AND MEDIATION IN ISLAM.

and although, most 'exoteric--shariati or sunni muslims' do not believe in the above Qur?anic injunction or even subscribe to this *esoteric?BATAN--practice ? MEDITATION* -- it had been an integral and intrinsic part of THE TRUE ISLAM since its revelation 1420 plus years ago. this then, is the qur?anic origin and foundation of our faith & the ISMAILI Tariqah.

says al-gazzali [died 1111 ? 505 AH], the world famous ashar?ite sufi-mystic and theologian:

i. even so did the prophet say: ?the Qoran hath an outside [zahir, navali], and an inside [batin, navali], like a wall with a watch-tower above it.? or perchance it was ali who said this, since its lineage stoppeth short at him. -- [vide: martin lings, ?a sufi saint of the twentieth century,? pp. 177].

ii. for a less fanciful and more accurate english rendition of this hadith, see al-ghazzali?s, ?the niche for rights, mishkat al-anwar, translated by W.H.T. Gairdner pp. 137.?

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in addition, says martin lings:

the summit of his [the Holy Prophet [SAS], navali], ascent was the LOTE TREE of the uttermost end. so it is named in the koran ... at this SUMMIT OF THE UNIVERSE gabriel appeared to him in all his archangelic splendour, even as he was first created. then, in the words of the revelation: when there enshrouded the Lote Tree that which enshroudeth,

the eyes wavered not nor did it transgress.

verily he beheld all the signs

of his lord, the greatest.

according to the commentary, the DIVINE LIGHT DESCENDED upon the Lote Tree and enshrouded it all else beside, and the PROPHET BEHELD IT without wavering and without turning aside from it. such was the answer -- or one of the answers-- to the supplication implicit in his words: *I TAKE REFUGE IN THE LIGHT OF THY COUNTENANCE.*

['muhammad - his life based on the earliest sources' * pp. 102]. see also -- martin lings, ?a sufi saint of the twentieth century,? pp. 171-175.

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says akbarally meherally:

http://www.mostmerciful.com/ghadir.htm

'muhammad - his life based on the earliest sources' * is one of the many renowned books that the biographer martin lings has written. his biography of prophet muhammad (p.b.u.h.), unlike any other, is based on the arabic sources of the eighth and ninth centuries. hence, the meticulous biography that we read below owes its freshness and directness of approach

to the words of the men and women who heard

the prophet speak and personally witnessed

the events of his life.

*the book is published by inner traditions international, ltd. of new york, and by george allen & unwin, ltd. of u.k. isbn 0-89281-046-7

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unfortunately, it seemed as though akbarally meherally had accepted whatever he found in martin ling?s said book -- including the praise and/or DENIGRATION of the Holy Prophet (SAS), islam in general and shi?ism in particular. but then, he is already known for doing that. take for example, he REVILED the Holy Prophet and His Ahl al-Baiyt?Household [pbuth] and other muslims, too -- when he followed the late rashad khalifa?s cult in the mid-late 80?s, as you know.

and in spite of this overwhelming QUR?ANIC & non-shi?ite evidence just cited, most or all of it will be REJECTED by some of the UNENLIGHTENED muslims amongst us because, according to them -- this is still an outrageous form of idolatry. but then, little do they know or understand that ONLY ALLAH GUIDES TO ?HIS NOOR?LIGHT? WHOM HE WILL [24:35].

028.068 thy Lord bringeth to pass what He willeth and chooseth. they have never any choice. glorified be ALLAH and exalted above all that they associate!

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THE TRUE ISLAM resonates and revolves around the divine concept and reality of:

ALLAH, THE LIGHT-¹ -- THE SIMILITUDE OF HIS LIGHT-²

-- LIGHT-³ UPON LIGHT-⁴ --

THE HOLY PROPHET'S [SAS] DIVINE NATURE --

?AND THE LAMP GIVING LIGHT-⁵

WA SIRAAJAM MUNIIRAA? [HQ: 24:35, 33:46]

the Divine concept of *5-FIVE NOORS--LIGHTS* -- is one of the most important, if not the most important REVELATIONS OF ALLAH in islam, the Holy QUR?AN and ALLAH's multifarious universal creation from that primal, primordial and timeless origin ? both in the physical and spiritual realms and anything in between.

1. on _P_A_G_E__6_8_ martin lings says:

the true believers are defined as they who set their hopes on MEETING US, whereas the disbelievers are they who set NOT their hopes on MEETING US ?. and FAIL to treat OUR SIGNS AS SIGNS ? HQ: 10:7.

the believer's attitude must be the opposite in every way. an aspect of dreamlike illusion in which the infidels were sunk was to take for granted the blessings of nature. to be awake to reality meant not only shifting one's hope from this world to the next but also marveling in this world at -

THE SIGNS OF GOD WHICH HERE ARE MANIFEST:

025.061 blessed is he who hath placed in the heavens

the constellations of the zodiac, and hath placed therein

A LAMP AND A LIGHT GIVING MOON!

['muhammad - his life based on the earliest sources' * pp. 68].

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frankly, the above fanciful advice and depiction -- is nothing short of an outright but subtle deception. in order to grasp its full meaning and my following contention you must first of all understand that:

i. martin lings was a pro-sunni christian with a private agenda of his own.

ii. he was asked to compile the said book ? perhaps, in accordance with the saudi wahhabi agenda and teachings, as is clear from his writings and flagrant distortion of material facts cited by him.

iii. regardless, here we have a conflict of interest between the 2 parties.

iv. and as such, we can surmise where his deepest loyalty lay then, despite the fortune he stood to amass from such a joint *anti-shia* venture.

v. moreover, as far as he was concerned, the fourth gospel of john declared that jesus was, 'the LIGHT of the world.' -- john 1:7 the same [john the baptist], came for a witness, to bear witness of the LIGHT [jesus], that all men through him might believe. john 8:12 then spake jesus again unto them, saying, i am the LIGHT of the world:

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irrefutable facts re: HIS PRIVATE AGENDA:

a. martin lings was obviously aware of these biblical claims, when he undertook the islamic project per se.

b. he was also aware of the controversies surrounding the non-biblical trinity and divinity of the christ jesus, son of mary _A_N_D_ the holy ghost [luke 1:34];

c. and/or, the inexplicable *word - logos - god - made flesh & the 1+1+1=1* conjecture, etc., -- that stemmed from it & john i 5:7 ?for there are three that bear record in heaven, the father, the word, and the holy ghost: and these three are one;?

d. which as it turned out, was a SPURIOUS interpolation of a later period.

e. and to this effect says he, ?according to the koran, jesus is both messenger of god and also his word which he cast unto mary, and a spirit from Him, and as it had been with the WORD-MADE-FLESH, so now analogously, it was ? ? -- ['muhammad - his life based on the earliest sources' * pp. 68].

And more significantly, as an expert on sufism in islam and the one, well acquainted with al-ghazzali?s monumental works on sufism--mysticism in islam, [see martin lings? earlier publication viz., ?a sufi saint of the twentieth century,? pp. 56,112f,123,124,125,127f,130, 135,169,77f,183,185,230]. Etc.,

He knew precisely why Allah had placed the Holy Prophet (sas) in such a high position or pinnacle by declaring him ?_and_ summoner unto allah _and_ a lamp that giveth light?wa siraajam muniiraa? - [hq. 33:46].

says al-ghazzali:

i. praise to ALLAH! who poureth forth LIGHT ?

and prayer for MUHAMMAD! of all lights the LIGHT

[the niche for rights, mishkat al-anwar, pp. 75]

II. the archetypal spirit of muhammad, the heavenly man created in the image of god, and regarded as the COSMIC POWER on whom depends the order and preservation of the universe .... [ibid. pp. 42].

III. 064.008 believe in Allah and His prophet and the light which We caused to descend. and again, 004.174 there hath come a sure proof from your Lord, and We caused a clear LIGHT to descend ? [ibid, pp. 93];

IV. ?ALLAH created adam __A_F_T_E_R__ THE __I_M_A_G_E__ of the merciful -- [rahman] ? or the tradition, ?Allah created adam after his own image? -- [ibid. pp. 56,58,85,115, 134-135,].

V. this is the phase of PURIFICATION. from the second standpoint this fragmentary ego has ceased to exist, for it has been abosorbed into the person of THE PROPHET who represents a hiearchy of different plenitudes of which the lowest is integral human perfection and the highest is Universal Man [Al-Insan Al-Kamil], who personifies the whole created universe and thus anticipates, as is were, the infinite, of which he is the highest symbol [martin lings, ?a sufi saint of the twentieth century? -- pp. 125]

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first, please note carefully that the above SPIRITUAL RECOGNITION comes only AFTER the SPIRITUAL PURIFICATION and not otherwise!

and second, despite these irrefragable facts and his prior knowledge thereof, martin lings clearly FAILED to include the said QUR?ANIC REVELATION & its interpretations -- in his latter book. this fact alone speaks volumes.

he did it in spite the fact that he had also spoken of the Holy Prophet?s [SAS] spiritual retreats on page 43-45 and spiritualism in general, including ?Allah being the Light? ? see pp. 102126,211,316,328-30. this in essence was/is sufism?mysticism in islam per se. likewise, there was not a single reference made to al-ghazzali or his works on sufism.

martin lings took advantage of the fact that most sunni muslims did not even meditate upon such spiritual matters and, have had very little, if any knowledge about the divine concept of *NOORUN ALAA NOOR--LIGHT UPON LIGHT' -- [HQ.24:35] -- in islam, the Holy QUR?AN and ALLAH?s perpetual universal creations ? both material and spiritual, etc., which, in spite of all the scientific & technological advances made by man transcends the human mind.

010.101 say: behold what is in the heavens and the earth!

but revelations and warnings

-- aayaatu wan nuzuru --

avail not folk who will not believe.

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in short, in addition to his personal agenda, martin lings? main objective and task then, was to somehow widen that gap between the shias and sunnis by diluting or countering every important shia hadith and event with false or fabricated sunni hadith re: the same matter. so right of the bat, we were left with -- 2-two diametrically opposite views or versions of every major event and/or hadith in islam. hence, any attempt to reconcile these 2 contending sects of islam -- was doomed to fail from the get go, as one may discern from the following.

BETRAYAL OF ISLAM

additional facts:

i. although, he had quoted some one hundred or more QUR?ANIC verses in his 360-page book or narrative;

ii. as well, translated, paraphrased or quoted an untold number of sunni hadiths based on arabic sources of the eight and nineth centuries;

iii. together with a few important shia hadiths -- garbed under clear sunn?ite contexts and connotations only,

iv. martin lings failed completely to include or make mention of the following 2 verses, in the above context too -- [_P_A_G_E__6_8_ - see above].

1. 033.045,46 o prophet! lo! we have sent thee as a

witnessand a bringer of good tidings and a warner.

_and_ a summoner unto ALLAH by his permission,

_and_ a lamp that giveth LIGHT

_wa_ siraajam MUNIIRAA.

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and here's a another plausible reason for his failure or its total exclusion!

allah himself had _E_Q_U_A_T_E_D_ the prophet

AND a summoner unto allah

AND a lamp that giveth light --

wa siraajam muniiraa [33:46]

*the lamp and a light giving moon --

siraajan wa qamaram muniiraa* -- [25:61 & 71:16].

['muhammad - his life based on the earliest sources' * pp. 68].

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D_I_V_I_N_E__E_Q_U_A_T_I_O_N__

rest assured, this is one of the most significant __D_I_V_I_N_E__ EQUATIONS FOUND in the Holy QUR?AN and the Religion Of Islam ? authored and revealed by ALLAH for all mankind.

yet, martin lings deliberately left it out -- in order to undermine or lower the Holy Prophet's [SAS] Supreme Status in the eyes of muslims, if not the world at large.

remember this man had a private agenda of his own besides what he was asked to do by the saudi wahhabis. his christian faith was more important to him, as you can see now. he knew well that no muslim would ever argue with what the Holy Qur?an says about the christ jesus, son of mary [pbuth]. and as such, he MISUSED the Holy Qur?an. here?s the proof thereof.

despite the said OMISSION, it does not mean that he did not make mention of the Holy Prophet's [SAS] epithet viz., 'GOD'S SUMMONER' at all. believe me he did! but not so without betraying his own conscience and the islamic truth, as he knew it then.

please review the following indisputable facts for -- NOW -- and you be the judge.

1. not only did he exclude completely verses HQ. 33:45,46 -- [O Prophet ?? and a Summoner unto Allah -- and a lamp that giveth light* -- wa siraajam muniiraa];

2. but also he mentioned the first epithet [God?s Summoner -- by citing in part __O_N_L_Y__ hq. 46:30-31 and NOT 33:45,46] -- some 32 pages later at pp. 100;

3. that is, from the original context cited at _P_A_G_E__6_8_ -- see above;

4. and more importantly, he did so in a very different, denigrating & misleading context and connotation;

5. in order to perhaps, BELIE THE HOLY QUR?AN per se;

6. as well, LOWER the Holy Prophet?s [SAS] Supreme Or Divine Status on the one hand;

7. and INCREASE that of the christ jesus [as], on the other, by knowingly misusing the Holy Qur?an per se ? as well;

8. playing on the emotions and sentimnets of the muslim people themselves.

insha?allaah there?s more to come.

Salaam:Peace

Lakum Diinukum--Unto you your Religion
WA LIYA DIIN--AND UNTO ME MY RELIGION
Kaafiruun--Disbelievers - Surah 109:6

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to be continued???..