Fitrat

‫‪FITRAT‬‬
‫ﲔ َر ُﺳ ًﻮﻻ ﱢﻣْﻨـ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻳَـْﺘـﻠُﻮا َﻋﻠَْﻴ ِﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫ِ‬

‫ﺚ ِﰲ ْاﻷُﱢﻣﻴﱢ َ‬ ‫ُﻫ َﻮ اﻟﱠﺬي ﺑَـ َﻌ َ‬
‫اﳊِ ْﻜ َﻤﺔَ َوإِن َﻛﺎﻧُﻮا‬ ‫ﺎب َو ْ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِِ‬
‫آﻳَﺎﺗﻪ َوﻳـَُﺰﱢﻛﻴ ِﻬ ْﻢ َوﻳـُ َﻌﻠﱢ ُﻤ ُﻬ ُﻢ اﻟْﻜﺘَ َ‬
‫ﲔ‬‫ﺿ َﻼ ٍل ﱡﻣﺒِ ٍ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬
‫ﻣﻦ ﻗَـْﺒ ُﻞ ﻟَﻔﻲ َ‬
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Fitrat
Ustad Syed Jawad Naqvi
Translated by:
Syed Arif Rizvi
Published by: Matab Publications, Qom-Iran
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Book Specifics
Title: Fitrat
Language: English
Author: Ustad Syed Jawad Naqvi
Translation by: Bethat Islamic Research Center
Publisher: MATAB Publications, Qom – Iran
Edition: First
Website: www.islamimarkaz.com
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Year: 2013
Copies: 1000

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Preface
In the name of Allah
“Fitrat” is the fundmental subject of self recognition and again this

book is the translation of Hujjatul Islam Syed Jawad Naqvi series of
lectures delivered on this topic. This topic is not academic but is a topic
that touches the soul and if the reader does justice to the subject than
it would change his perception towards his self. The addressee of this
entire book is the reader’s own self. The basis of this subject is the
verse 30 of Surah Rum, where Allah brings man attention to the
creation of “Fitrat” of human beings which gives uniqueness to his
creation differentiating man from all other creations. The privilege,
nobility and gem of human being is from “Fitrat” and this “Fitrat”
whose direction by birth is placed towards the religion of Allah and
whose destination is the essence of Allah gets subjugated and lost. The
consequence of being unfamiliar with this fundamental topic is
devastating and has resulted into big mistakes done by human beings
across history. The basis of subject is once again the instructions of the
Supreme Leader Ayatullah Syed Ali Khamenei’s (d.a) message to the
religious preachers to present to the masses the Lessons from Karbala.
This implies specifically to understand why those who were once
followers and companions of Prophet (s.a.w.s) and Imam Ali (a.s) came
and slaughtered their son Hussain ibn Ali (a.s) in the most brutal
manner. The author here presents a fundamental root cause analysis
behind the event of Karbala. By understanding this subject of “Fitrat”
the entire event of Karbala gets divided into groups of people who
were either victims of devastated “Fitrat” or those who really shined
their “Fitrat” and achieved felicity. I am once again grateful to Allah for
blessing me with this privilege of translating such an esteemed work.
Syed Arif Rizvi

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Table of Contents
The basis of subject 7

What is Fitrat? 9
Barzakh (Purguratory) 13
Fitrat and Khilqat 16
Direction of man towards Fitrat 17
Why man is misguided 18
Purpose of Religion and guidance 19
Forgetting Fitrat 24
The word “Fitrat” 27
“Fitrat” is style of Khilqat 29
The Privilege, Karamat of man over other creations 32
Arrangement for nurturing Fitrat 36
Vastness of Universe 38
Allah changes style of creation 40
The Philosophy of Allah’s self-commendation 43
What is the purpose of man’s creation? 47
Khalq and Khulq 48
The structure of man – Body and Soul 52
The meaning of “Hanif” 59
The meaning of “Shia” 63
“Madhab” and turning towards Deene Hanifa 66
Fitrat and Sunnat 68

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Meaning of matter in Philosophy 71

World of Seen and Unseen inside man 74
The uniqueness in creation of man 76
Why Allah says I blew my soul in man? 80
Difference between Fitrat and Tabiyat 81
Basic Principles in understanding right religion 82
Imamat – Demand of Fitrat 84
The Man of West 92
Tabiyat 95
Literal meaning of word “Tabiyat” 96
“Tabiyat” of all creations 99
Tabiyat is common between man and animals 101
Clash of Fitrat and Tabiyat and its consequences 103
Man – The Unknown 103
Gariza (natural instincts) 105
Philosophy of pleasure 107
Difference between Hidayat-e-Takwini and Gariza 122
Fitrat of man and woman 125
Is Islam outdated after 1400 years? 134

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The basis of subject
The Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution; Ayatullah Syed Ali

Khamenei (d.a.) while addressing the theological students few years
before said that one important topic to be presented to the people is
Lessons from Karbala. He specifically meant about this dimension, that
should be expressed about who were those people that came to
Karbala as oppressors like Shimr, Hurmula, Kholi and others numbering
thousands? Were they Muslims or non-Muslims? Did they know who
Hussain was? Did they know whom they were fighting against? In fact
there were few who knew Hussain ibn Ali better than others. Shimr
was a high ranking officer in the army of Imam Ali (a.s). So how did
these people become assassins, what made them become so low.
There were some reasons which History has concealed. Umr ibne Saad
became a killer of Hussain just for a promise of Governorship of Rae
and similarly Shimr was promised a high post. Some for property, some
for power turned into enemies and assassins of Hussain. This is worth
pondering that if such a promise can bring Umar ibne Saad and Shimr
to such a disgraceful level, than such promises can do the same with
others also. There are many Umar Saad and Shimr today also but
Hussain are very few. Today they can’t find Hussain. If they can find a
Hussain than in the greed and lust of power, wealth, and position they
are ready to behead every Hussain. This is a dimension of lesson from
Karbala. The thing which brought down and abased the killers of
Karbala was their distancing from their Fitrat (innate human
disposition). They turned away from their Human Fitrat. If a person
ignores the path of Fitrat and walks away from the road of Fitrat he

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exits religion and also turns into murderer of the grandson of Holy
Prophet (s.a.w.s) as likes of Shimr and Kholi.
The Fitrat which is the prestige for human beings and the basic extract
for human being has been forgotten by man himself. A man of Fitrat
has turned into man of no Fitrat. All the evils, deviations are the
outcome of straying away from this track of Fitrat whereas
reformation, guidance and upbringing (Tarbiyat) are all means of
getting back to Fitrat. If we want to get the extract of all Religious
teachings in one sentence than it can be said that the Religion of Islam
has not come to give human beings something from outside, instead
Islamic Religion has come to revive the existing innate disposition of
human i.e. Fitrat of Human being. If Fitrat comes back to life then the
person becomes guided and thus prosperous. All the Prophets were
assigned and Imams were appointed for the sake of reviving and bring
back to life the Fitrat of human beings. The axis of all divine books is
human Fitrat and today if man has distanced the most from
something, than that is Fitrat. Today man is human without Fitrat and
instead of Fitrat it has been replaced by certain other things which will
be mentioned later.
All the great philosophers who have passed away before, were in
pursuit of Human Fitrat. All the saints of Allah (Awliya Allah) and
reformists who have reached their stations have accomplished this
only after reviving their Fitrat. All the deviated persons of the world
have fallen into destruction only after forsaking their Fitrat. In a single
sentence for a person to become Yazid he just needs to stray away
from the path of Fitrat; forsake his Fitrat. The subject that needs the

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maximum emphasis is this subject of Fitrat. Allah (s) in the Holy Quran
mentioned about the creation of man and made man attentive
towards this gem inside him. Allah (s) sent heavenly books and divine
guides so that this pearl remains alive.
The culture which we have adopted today; the one in which we are
living, and the culture in which our societies are breathing is the
culture of assassination of Fitrat. The extract of all Philosophies, the
extract of all religions, the outcome of the efforts of all reformists, is to
revive the Fitrat of Man only. If man can discover this gem and can
identify this!
What is Fitrat?
We have heard this word but don’t know what this is? These days
when we meet each other we generally ask how is your physical health
(Tabiyat)? Man desires and strives to keep his physical side that is his
body as fit and healthy as possible. If there is a slight disturbance in his
health he says I am not feeling well or my physical side (Tabiyat) is not
good today. If the body becomes slightly sick we run to the doctors,
start spending money and this shows how much concerned we are
about the safety and wellness of our body or our physical side. But
have we ever asked how our Fitrat is doing? Do we ever ask others as
to how is their Fitrat? The way we ask about the physical health. We
are negligent and heedless to this extent, which we do not even care
to ask about Fitrat.

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Fitrat which is us or me, myself and is the reality and axis of a man; he
should be concerned about that also.
In Surah Room; verse 30 Allah has drawn the attention of man towards
this reality. This is the verse of Fitrat. In this verse man is asked to
straighten his direction towards Fitrat. This is being addressed to us
because our directions are in different and specific directions.
َ ‫ﷲ ﺍﻟﱠﺗِﻲ َﻓ َﻁ َﺭ ﺍﻟ ﱠﻧ‬
‫ﺎﺱ َﻋﻠَ ْﻳ َﻬﺎ ۚ َﻻ‬ ِ‫ﺕ ﱠ‬ َ ‫ﻳﻥ َﺣﻧِﻳ ًﻔﺎ ۚ ﻓ ِْﻁ َﺭ‬ ِ ‫ﻙ ﻟِﻠ ﱢﺩ‬َ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ِﻗ ْﻡ َﻭﺟْ َﻬ‬
ٰ ٰ ِ ‫َﺗ ْﺑﺩِﻳﻝ ﻟ َِﺧ ْﻠﻕ ﱠ‬
َ ‫ﺎﺱ َﻻ َﻳﻌْ ﻠَﻣ‬
‫ُﻭﻥ‬ ِ ‫ﻙ ﺍﻟ ﱢﺩﻳﻥُ ْﺍﻟ َﻘ ﱢﻳ ُﻡ َﻭﻟَﻛِﻥﱠ ﺃَ ْﻛ َﺛ َﺭ ﺍﻟ ﱠﻧ‬
َ ِ‫ﷲ ۚ َﺫﻟ‬ ِ َ
Then set your face upright for religion in the right state—the intrinsic human
nature made by Allah in which He has made men; there is no altering of
Allah's creation; that is the right religion, but most people do not know (30:30)
The Quran is saying that majority does not understand about this.
We translate Fitrat as nature and from here we come to know that we

don’t know about Fitrat. English is a language but in our culture if
someone knows English we think he knows everything. Arabic is a
language but when a scholar studies Arabic he thinks he has become
Hujjatul Islam but in reality he is Hujjatul Arabia. Referring to Fitrat as
nature is like calling Sun as tree. Since we use the word nature in
English it becomes a proof (Hujjat) on many and they start to refer to
Fitrat as nature. This is a big mistake. Since we have never pondered
over nature and Fitrat both we keep on committing this mistake. There
is nature in man as well but Fitrat is not nature.

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Tabiyat means nature and Tabiyat is an Arabic word. Tabiyat and

Fitrat are different. In reality man has three things inside which are
close to each other and we need to recognize each of them. Tabiyat,
Fitrat, Gariza. Gariza means natural instincts. All these are present in
a man, but humanity of man is not under the mercy of Tabiyat and
Gariza. The humanity of man is dependent on his Fitrat.In this Surah
Room, Allah (s.w.t) says He has created man on the Fitrat of Allah
ِ ‫ﻓ ِْﻁ َﺭﺕَ ﱠ‬. We have forgotten ourselves and hence we Fitrat have
‫ﷲ‬
misunderstood Fitrat as Tabiyat, i.e. us, our ego as Fitrat. All our
nurturing is for Tabiyat (Physical side of man), all our efforts are
towards Tabiyat. Education, upbringing, Science, Food and everything
is serving and for the benefits of Tabiyat, all the capabilities of Fitrat
are busy in serving the Tabiyat. Fitrat has become a servant to Tabiyat.
All intellectual, physical, spiritual efforts are spent on taking care of
Tabiyat. Tabiyat is obese but Fitrat is timid and weak. Tabiyat is
dominating and Fitrat is submissive.
First stage is to know what Fitrat is, and then we see what the affairs of
our Fitrat are? Then we look at the products of Fitrat and Tabiyat.
Karbala is the battlefield of Tabiyat and Fitrat. On one side was the
army of Fitrat and other side was the army of Tabiyat. If you want to
give Fitrat a physical form, then it will come in the form of Hussain ibn
Ali and his Companions; similarly if you want to give a physical form to
Tabiyat, where Fitrat has slept and subjugated then it will be the army
of Umar Saad, Shimr, Yazid and those thousands were all the army of
Tabiyat. Tabiyat after spreading becomes a quagmire for Fitrat where
it gets drowned and buried.

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Allah after 11 pledges in Surah Shams Allah says:
َ ُ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ َﻬ َﻣ َﻬﺎ ﻓُﺟ‬

‫ﻭﺭ َﻫﺎ َﻭ َﺗ ْﻘ َﻭﺍ َﻫﺎ‬
We have kept in man piety and vices but successful is one who has
nurtured the Fitrat
‫َﻗ ْﺩ ﺃَ ْﻓﻠَ َﺢ َﻣﻥْ َﺯ ﱠﻛﺎ َﻫﺎ‬

and one who has buried it gets annihilated
َ ‫َﻭ َﻗ ْﺩ َﺧ‬
‫ﺎﺏ َﻣﻥْ ﺩَ ﺳﱠﺎ َﻫﺎ‬
Those whose Tabiyat are nurtured are the ones whose Fitrat’s are
buried. Getting acquainted with this subject of Fitrat is necessary for
our selves, for our children and for our social system. By being strayed
from the path of Fitrat we need to question ourselves as to which
direction of the Tabiyat are we heading towards?
َ ‫َﺗ ْﺫ َﻫﺑ‬
The Quran says ask them; ‫ُﻭﻥ‬ ‫ َﻓﺄَﻳ َْﻥ‬Where are you going? Come
back. We have not made you like this; we have made you very pure. ‫ﻟَ َﻘ ْﺩ‬
‫ﺎﻥ ﻓِﻲ ﺃَﺣْ َﺳ ِﻥ َﺗ ْﻘ ِﻭ ٍﻳﻡ‬ ِ ْ ‫ َﺧﻠَ ْﻘ َﻧﺎ‬. O man, we had made you so beautiful and
َ ‫ﺍﻹ ْﻧ َﺳ‬
charming, but what have you turned into?
If you send your child in a nice clean dress, perfumed, combed, ironed
clothes and now if the child returns after falling in a gutter. So what
will mother say? My beloved, I did not send you like this, I dressed you
up, so why have you come like this? The mercy of Allah on his
creations is much more than that of mother.
‫ﱢﻙ ْﺍﻟ َﻛ ِﺭ ِﻳﻡ‬ َ

ِ ْ ‫َﻳﺎ ﺃ ﱡﻳ َﻬﺎ‬
َ ‫ﺍﻹ ْﻧ َﺳﺎﻥُ َﻣﺎ َﻏﺭﱠ‬
َ ‫ﻙ ِﺑ َﺭﺑ‬

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I was your generous lord, I made you so beautiful but what have you
become. Do you know how I created you? We lifted you from dust,
then made you go through a great journey, than placed in several
states and how many difficulties others took for you. And now you
have returned to me in this state? Where is your Fitrat? You have
come to me with these piles of Tabiyat. Where have you lost that gem
which I have given you? Now after death you stop in Barzakh. Now
wait in Barzakh till the time your Fitrat comes out shining from below
the piles of Tabiyat so that I can open the doors of hereafter for you.
Barzakh (Purgatory)
Barzakh is like quarantine. Quarantine is a place at the airport where
visitors are checked to see if they are not carrying any diseases and till
the time diseases are not cleansed they are not allowed to enter the
population. Why have we been stopped in Barzakh? Since we are
carrying viruses, bacteria inside our self and paradise is a place for pure
beings not for diseased hence we need to purified. So Allah says now
sit till the time you are made immune.
But O Allah! How? Can we go back? The answer is “No”So can we do

something here to cleanse ourselves? The Answer is again “No” just sit
and wait. We can’t go forward, we can’t go backward, we can’t do
anything here also so My Lord! How will these diseases be cleansed?
This will be purified by what you have left behind, now keep your
hopes with them; may be they will reach for your help.

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May be if you have left good children than maybe they will help but if
you have left diseased and infected children then they will also be of
no help to you. If you have established a religious education center and
left behind some good customs than that would come for your help.
If not then may those people amongst you whom you spent your life
with might remember you and pray for your salvation. And if amongst
those there is someone who is purified and near to me, and if he prays
for you, I might listen to his supplication and relieve you from the
burden of your Tabiyat and your Fitrat shines thereby opening the
doors of mercy of Allah. If you want to not spend more time in that
Quarantine than what should you do?
It is there in tradition that two types of persons are not placed in

Barzakh; one is whose Fitrat are completely destroyed and second
those who don’t have a slightest of scar on their Fitrat; they directly
reach the hereafter. The difficulty is for people like us. This opportunity
of sixty years that Allah has given us is to polish our Fitrat’s and not to
bury it.
The soul does not get buried in the grave it is the body that gets
buried. The soul is in the world of grave (Qabr) that is Barzakh where
the questioning is done. But the soul is attentive towards the body
because it has spent a lot of time with the body. The Alam-al-Qabr is a
parallel world which is known as Barzakh, it is not like this materialistic
world, nor the world of hereafter. Man is placed in this state for
rectifying himself in this state. Those who have completed themselves
reach the heavens and those who have completely destroyed

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themselves will be directly thrown into fire. Those who have done evil
in this world like made a cinema hall, whatever sins are done there, he
will have to face its effects in the Alam-al-Qabr. It is said that one who
establishes evil customs than those who follow those customs their
sins will be also on the one who established it. Same applies for
someone who leaves a good thing after him than he gets goodness
there also. This is how a person gets completed in Barzakh. The
punishment in the grave is the pressure that comes on the soul in
Barzakh; it is a vast world much bigger than this world. It is
recommended to visit graves and recite Fateha but it is not that the
soul is present in the physical grave. The soul is attentive towards the
grave but even if you do some goodness for the deceased anywhere
else the rewards and effects will reach the soul. It is not necessary that
you have to visit the grave only for the rewards to reach the deceased.
The philosophy of visiting graves and being highly recommended is not
just for the sake of sending Thawaab for the deceased, it is beyond
this. The Talqeen which is done on the body is a symbolic act, because
we cannot hold the shoulders of soul. The addressee of Talqeen
(Advice) is soul and whatever is said to the body the soul is listening to
it.
We pray to Allah to give us the strength to open this chapter of Fitrat

and he himself guides us towards Fitrat and maybe in a gathering
where this subject is discussed or maybe amongst those who read this
subject of Fitrat from this book there comes out one who can polish his
Fitrat, bring it to life and solve his problems. And Allah says that even if
one comes out purified from such preaching than Allah blesses the
entire gathering and all those participated in this divine preaching.

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Fitrat and Khilqat
There are three things present in man, Tabiyat, Fitrat and Gariza.
Martyr Murtadha Muttahhari (r.a) has a book by the name Fitrat. The
word Fitrat has come once in Quran in this Surah Room. But the family
of this word; which is Maftoor, Fatara, Faatir, and Munfatir are used in
many places.
In the beautiful names of Allah, there is one name as Faatir ‫َﻓﺎﻁِ ِﺭ‬
‫ﺽ‬ ِ ْ‫ﺕ َﻭ ْﺍﻷَﺭ‬
ِ ‫ﺍﻟ ﱠﺳ َﻣ َﺎﻭﺍ‬. The common translation done for Faatir is generally
Creator. Fatara means to create. But Faatir and Khaliq is not the
same. There is Khalqiyat (creativeness) present in Faatir but there are
other specialties also in Faatir. If these Qualities enter inside a creation
then it becomes Fitrat, and if the creator possesses these specialities
than he is Faatir. Khalq means to invent existence. One form of
Creation is to create something new for which the old one is already
present. Another form of Khilqat is that raw material is present and
then you create something out of the raw material like pots from sand
and bread from flour. The material is present and the creator just gives
it shape and form. The third form of creation is that there is no
material present, and neither there was a model present before, but to
bring something out of non-existence (Adam) to existence (Wujood) is
Fatr. In industries, raw material is purchased, brought to factory and a
product is produced. Allah did not do it like this.
Allah gave Fitrat to man meaning that Allah gave an initial creation to
man for whom no model was present before and no subset of this
matter was also present before. All those things which Allah gave

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initial creation are Fitrat but still these are not all qualities of Fitrat
which will be discussed later.
Direction of man towards Fitrat
Allah (s) in Surah room, verse 30, has expressed the secret of creation
of man which has been termed as Fitrat, and upright religion; and man
has been ordered to turn their direction towards religion
‫ﺎﺱ َﻋﻠَ ْﻳ َﻬﺎ ۚ َﻻ‬ ِ‫ﺕ ﱠ‬ َ ‫ﻳﻥ َﺣﻧِﻳ ًﻔﺎ ۚ ﻓ ِْﻁ َﺭ‬ ِ ‫ﻙ ﻟِﻠ ﱢﺩ‬َ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ِﻗ ْﻡ َﻭﺟْ َﻬ‬
ٰ ٰ ِ ‫َﺗ ْﺑﺩِﻳﻝ ﻟ َِﺧ ْﻠﻕ ﱠ‬
‫ُﻭﻥ‬ ِ ‫ﻙ ﺍﻟ ﱢﺩﻳﻥُ ْﺍﻟ َﻘ ﱢﻳ ُﻡ َﻭﻟَﻛِﻥﱠ ﺃَ ْﻛ َﺛ َﺭ ﺍﻟ ﱠﻧ‬
َ ِ‫ﷲ ۚ َﺫﻟ‬ ِ َ
Then set your face upright for religion in the right state—the intrinsic human
nature made by Allah in which He has made men; there is no altering of
Allah's creation; that is the right religion, but most people do not know (30:30)
The direction of man’s journey (metaphysical) is preset by his Fitrat

and by birth he is not born direction less. Allah created man; nurtured,
and polished his creation in a beautiful manner (Mustawi is the word
used by the Quran) ‫ﻫﺎ‬
َ ‫َﺳ ﱠﻭﺍ‬ ٍ ‫َﻭ َﻧ ْﻔ‬
‫ﺱ َﻭ َﻣﺎ‬
This point towards the uniqueness and beauty in this creation made by
Allah,as Allah not only just decorated him from outside but also
established his direction (and destination) within his creation. Man was
not born confused, though later he confused himself and was further
confused by others; and other causes for his confusion were also when
he distanced himself from Fitrat.

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The direction of Fitrat is towards the lord and the language of Fitrat is
the language of Quran. When man distances from Fitrat it becomes
difficult for him to understand Quran as well. The means of guidance
which Allah has ordained for man are in accordance with his Fitrat.
Why man is misguided?
It is an astonishing fact that despite the number of means which Allah

(s) created and established for man in the form of revelations,
Prophets, Imams who were the lanterns and sun of guidance man is
astray and misguided. This question comes in the mind of people why
man is in darkness, misguidance and disgrace? When the sun of
guidance is on its peak but still man is misguided? The reason is that
the sun which is on its peak is throwing its rays on the Fitrat of man
but those whose Fitrat’s are buried do not get anything from these
rays. e.g When the sun is at the peak during daylight and when
everything is getting benefitted from this light and shining, there is a
creation that prefers to stay in darkness. This creation which is known
as Bat accepts everything but is not willing to accept the existence of
light and sun. This is because the ability required to absorb the light
from the sun is not present in it.
Whether it is Quran, Prophets, Imams, Saints of Allah (Awliya Allah)

are all different degrees of guidance. Fitrat is the ability by virtue of
which man receives guidance from these sources of guidance. All the
addresses of Quran are for Fitrat ; O you people ! O you believers! The
direction of Fitrat is towards Allah ‫ُﻭﻥ‬ ِ‫ِﱠ‬
َ ‫ﻧﱠﺎ ہﻠﻟ َﻭﺇِ ﱠﻧﺎ ﺇِﻟَ ْﻳ ِﻪ َﺭﺍ ِﺟﻌ‬

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When Fitrat gets tongue and speaks it will recite the verses of Quran.
Today we have different languages and words, amongst these one is
the language of Fitrat. Those who are still surviving on their Fitrats or
their Fitrat is alive and not subjugated if you write their biographies it
would turn out to be verses of Quran. When you give a form and shape
to the verses of Quran it will come out as Perfect Man, (Insaan-e-
Kaamil), a pure Fitrat. The perplexities and troubles which are present
in humanity today of all natures whether they are individual, social,
educational, political difficulties they are all due to distancing from
Fitrat and the path of Fitrat.
Purpose of Religion and Guidance
The purpose of Religion and guidance is to turn man back towards the
path of Fitrat. The Guides of Fitrat have drawn the attention of man
towards it. The first sermon of Nahjul Balagah Is such a beautiful
sermon that a philosopher like Mulla Sadra on reading this sermon
gets passionate. It is just like those who are acquainted with music
become passionate after listening to Music. Music has its effects on
the nerves of man and the senses are impacted by Music and people
get passionate. When passions dominate wisdom, Fitrat and heart
than a person easily gets passionate with everything that arouses
passions. And when this impact reaches its peak, that state is Wajd.
Similarly when pure souls read these sermons of Nahjul Balagha they
get into Wajd. These are passionate sermons provided that Fitrat is
pure. There are some people who have not learnt visible etiquettes but
they have kept their Fitrat pure. If you look at George Jordac, he is
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People! Listen Allah has sent a gift on this earth in the name of Ali. He
is a Christian but he has kept his Fitrat pure; he is not an adulterated
but a pure Christian. He is telling the Muslims that you have heard the
name of Ali but are not impressed with the words of Ali. The cause of
our difficulties, troubles, deprivation is our distance from Fitrat.
Allah says that we have made the sky as roof and earth as cradle. A
cradle is place of comfort for child, and Allah has made this earth as a
cradle but the same land has become difficult for man and a place of
hardships. This land can become a cradle for man if man remains on
his Fitrat. The opponents of Fitrat have turned this land into a place of
calamities and help. Fitrat understands the language of Quran, the
Messenger and also the language of Intelligence. Tabiyat cannot
understand all these; it nods his head on music and jokes. Fitrat only
likes reality. We listen to rumour and become so happy with rumours
but the food for Fitrat has been made as certainty (Yaqeen) by Allah.
‫ﺃَ ْﻟ َﻬﺎ ُﻛ ُﻡ ﺍﻟ ﱠﺗ َﻛ ُﺎﺛ ُﺭ‬

O man you have indulged into Lahw. The desires and lust for abundant
has occupied you. You are not after fulfilling your basic needs but
instead you are after increasing your accumulations. You want more
cars, more homes, more money and more property. Some people have
earned so much that hundred generations of theirs can eat but still
their greed has not ended. They are so busy that their counts have
gone to graves.
َ ‫ُﻭﻥ ; ُﺛ ﱠﻡ َﻛ ﱠﻼ َﺳ ْﻭ‬
َ ‫ﻑ َﺗﻌْ ﻠَﻣ‬
‫ُﻭﻥ‬ َ ‫َﻛ ﱠﻼ َﺳ ْﻭ‬
َ ‫ﻑ َﺗﻌْ ﻠَﻣ‬

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But this state won’t last forever, very soon you will know,
ِ ‫ُﻭﻥ ﻋِ ْﻠ َﻡ ْﺍﻟ َﻳﻘ‬

‫ِﻳﻥ‬ َ ‫َﻛ ﱠﻼ ﻟَ ْﻭ َﺗﻌْ ﻠَﻣ‬
If you would have attained certainty then you would have seen it here
also
‫ﻟَ َﺗ َﺭﻭُ ﻥﱠ ْﺍﻟ َﺟ ِﺣﻳ َﻡ‬

Before dying you will see jaheem (the fire)
Our lord says worship and establish your servitude (bandagi) to the
level of certitude (Yaqeen). Ibn Sina whom we know as a physician was
also a philosopher but we make clinics and pharmacies on his name.
He was not a doctor, when he would get tired with his real work, he
would practice medicine to get some rest. He was an intellectual, and a
philosopher who had recognized reality and existence. He says that if
man accepts something before certainty or if he rejects something
before certainty has been is astray from this Fitrat. This means do not
accept something till you are certain and do not reject something till
you are sure. Now let us assess, whether we believed in someone with
certainty or those that have we rejected, was that with certainty. We
listen one sentence about someone we start to follow him, and we
listen one other sentence about someone we leave him. We believe if
someone says and we reject if someone says.
Two types of people were getting impressed by Prophets. One were

those who were impressed by the miracles of Prophets and others
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who were impressed by only miracles would come to Prophets through

this. Miracles mean paranormal things. At times tricksters present
tricks which also look abnormal. So those who only go after miracles by
eyes only get impressed with tricks also, and consider those also as
miracles. But those who are impressed with the knowledge and
wisdom of Prophets, those who see the miracles with the eyes of Fitrat
they can never be deceived by the tricks, even if thousands of tricks
and illusive games are shown to them but they never get deceived.
Everyone knows the virtues of Infallible Imams. For a wrestler physique

is a virtue, for a generous person generosity is a great virtue; everyone
looks at the virtues with the glasses which he has put on. Ibn Sina has
seen the virtues in the language of Philosophy. When a Philosopher
expresses the virtue of Ali he does not do it like the orators do. He says
that the state and position of Ali after Holy Prophet is equivalent to the
stage which Maqool (intellect) has within Mahsoos (senses). When the
difference between Maqool and Mahsoos becomes clear than we can
understand what virtue is he talking about? Mahsoos are those things
which can be sensed with the senses and Maaqool are those things
which cannot be sensed and only known by Aql (Intelligence). Like
Allah is Maaqool and not Mahsoos. Ibn Sina says that just like certain
things cannot be perceived by senses, they can only be grasped by Aql,
Ali’s position after the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s) was that of Aql (intellect)
within sense. In Quran, Allah talks about the purpose of Bethat
(appointment of the Prophethood). Some people think that Prophets
had come to waste our time, to get us out of our busy lives. Some think
about Prophets as they think about Maulana (Pastor). The Prophets
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something which man does not like. They had come to get man out of
wasteful activities into purposeful things.
Man is like water, if water remains still and stagnant it develops germs.
Allah has given many examples of water to man. Stagnant water
becomes dirty; water remains pure only with movement. The Prophet
had not come to take water out from the river of Religion and pour
into the tank of Human beings instead they had come to gush out
springs from within the fertile Fitrat of man.
In seminaries there are people who keep on studying for years but
then they speak for few hours and again they have to study for next
lecture. Why? This is because what they studied was like pouring
containers of water from the river into their empty tanks. Now if the
water is there in an empty tank in a stagnant form it evaporates within
a short time. When a person dies, even after studying for the entire life
still at the time of death, the shoulders are shaken and he or she is told
that Allah is your God, Muhammad is your Prophet, all this he was
saying every day; Ali is the Wali of Allah, throughout his life he was
raising slogans of Ali, so what is the need for reminding now in the
grave? The Prophets have come to run springs from within man.
Quran says, one who remains pure for forty days only for Allah; Allah
runs springs of Wisdom and knowledge in this person. This is very
difficult; just try to remain for forty mins only for Allah. For 40 minutes
just think only about Allah, let heart feel only about Allah, see only for
Allah, speak only for Allah, listen only for Allah. See how tough it is.
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Why did Prophets come? In the first sermon of Nahjul Balagha,

Ameerul Momineen (a.s) says;
Allah appointed the Prophets so that they can arouse what is kept
inside man and not to put something from outside. Imam (a.s) is saying
that by birth Allah has kept this religion inside man and hence the
Prophets did not come to insert religion inside man from outside, but
instead they came to arouse the religion which was already kept in the
Fitrat of man.
Forgetting Fitrat
What is this Fitrat which is ours and this is what we are in reality
(Fitrat), but we are negligent? In Quran Allah says, that do not become
like those who are indulged in sectarianism
َ ‫َﻭ َﻻ َﺗ ُﻛﻭ ُﻧﻭﺍ َﻛﺎﻟﱠﺫ‬

‫ِﻳﻥ َﺗ َﻔﺭﱠ ﻗُﻭﺍ‬
Do not become like those who divided
It is said in many traditions as well that do not dress, talk, walk and do
things which are disliked by Allah. In this verse, do not ever become
like those who do sectarianism.
‫َﻭ َﻻ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮﻧُﻮﺍ َﻛﺎﻟﱠ ِﺬﻳﻦَ ﻧَﺴُﻮﺍ ﱠ‬

َ‫ﷲ‬
Do not become those who have forsaken Allah …
What will happen if you become like those who have forsaken Allah?
Will there be any loss to Allah? Like we have this principle as regards to
our relatives, when we forgot them they feel bad and grieved. It is not

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that Allah will be grieved about his servants that they do not
remember him. When it comes to relatives we forget poor relatives
and only remember rich relatives but when we forget Allah the
outcome is different. The outcome of forsaking and forgetting Allah is
that you will forget yourself.
‫ﻓَﺄ َ ْﻧ َﺴﺎﻫُ ْﻢ ﺃَ ْﻧﻔُ َﺴﻬُ ْﻢ‬

One who has recognized his self recognizes Allah. The Prophet has said
that Itrat (Holy Progeny of Prophet) and Quran will not separate from
each other; even if you try to separate them they will not get
separated. They cannot be separated because their realities are same;
only manifestations are different. So when you try to separate them
they both will get lost. The Quran was not with Ahlulbayt (a.s) in a
manner that they carried Quran in their pocket. Their company is such
that guidance is one, but Allah created two samples of this guidance,
one is Quran and second is Ahlulbayt (a.s). Whatever Quran says can
be seen practically in the life of Ahlulbayt (a.s) and whatever Ahlulbayt
(a.s) did can be testified by the Quran. This is the reason that Ahlulbayt
(a.s) say that whenever you come across a tradition of ours testify it
with the Quran. If something goes contradictory to the Quran, then
that is not Hadith it is just an Arabic phrase which should be bashed on
the wall.
The Quran says that do not forget Allah or else you will forget yourself.
Now, Ahlulbayt (a.s) has also said the same. Imam Ali (a.s) says “One
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Allah also points towards his direction
ۖ ٌ‫َﻭﺇِ َﺫﺍ َﺳﺄَﻟَﻚَ ِﻋﺒَﺎ ِﺩﻱ َﻋﻨﱢﻲ ﻓَﺈِﻧﱢﻲ ﻗَ ِﺮﻳﺐ‬

And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then surely I am very
near;
Then Allah(s) specifies how close he is to us.
‫ﺃَ ْﻗ َﺭﺏُ ﺇِﻟَ ْﻳ ِﻪ ﻣِﻥْ َﺣﺑ ِْﻝ ْﺍﻟ َﻭ ِﺭﻳ ِﺩ‬

I am closer than your jugular vein. Call me and I will answer. But call by
your heart, and even before you say Allah, the answer of Labbaik will
come.
Maulana Rum narrates an incident about a Divine person, who used to

take the name of Allah day and night. One day Shaitan (Satan)came
and asked him, for forty years you are taking name of Allah day and
night, but did you ever receive an answer from Allah; even once. He
started to think that it is correct; I never heard the reply even once.
This feeling reduced his divinity and he reduced his worships and
gradually he left all worships, now he would sleep all night rather than
calling and taking the name of Allah. One night in dream he was asked
that why don’t you remember Allah at night, he replied what is the
use, I never got the reply. He was told that you are divine by tongue
but you are not cognizant of Allah. You invoke but you can’t feel the
reply. You don’t realize that even before you say Allah the answer
comes from him. You reply now that that feeling, thoughts,
orientation, attention which makes you say Allah, who kept this in your
heart? That pain, agony which made you call Allah who has given you

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that? You are divine by tongue but not recognizer of Allah. If you want
to reach Allah then first do the quest inside yourself.
Allah says in Hadith Qudsi, that I am in broken hearts. Broken hearts

does not refer to those hearts whose promised were not fulfilled.
Broken hearts mean soft and tender heart. Allah says I am in soft heart
and you can find me there. Someone asked Imam what is the distance
between Allah and Man? Imam said, that the distance of a sigh of
oppressed. What is the thing in which Allah is present?
It is the Fitrat of man. Go in pursuit of this Fitrat and the day you can
find your Fitrat you will find Allah as well. Hussain is the guide of
Fitrats. We should be thankful that Allah has made the name of
hussain come out from our tongues, this is a proof that our Fitrats are
alive.
The word “Fitrat”
Fitrat word is not found in many languages. The word Fitrat was not
found in Arabic also before the Quran. It was first time Quran used the
word Fitrat in this sense. In Arabic; Faatir, Fatr, Maftoor was used in
literal sense. Fitr, Fatr in Arabic means “To Open”. In Arabic all words
have a big family. Iftar also belongs to the same family, which also
means to open the fast. Fasting starts from intention and ends on
intention but in our culture it starts from one type of food and ends
with another variety of food. Iftar means to open, the mouth was
closed and now mouth is open. Faatir means one who opens; Maftoor
means that which is opened. Fatr means one complete thing which is
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Ibn Abbas was a reputed and respected Companion of Prophet

(s.a.w.s) and Imam Ali (a.s) though in the last phase of his life he
demonstrated some laziness with Imam Ali (a.s). What is important is
the end (Aaqebat). He is an intellectual personality who wrote the first
Tafseer of Quran. He says that I was not aware about the meaning of
Faatir though he was a scholastic Arab. He says one day two Bedouin
Arabs came to him speaking pure traditional Arabic. He says these two
Bedouin were fighting over water well as to who owns it. One said
“Ana Fatartoha”; I have opened this well (means first time). Fatar
means something opened first time. Ibn Abbas said I understood that
Fatr means to open for the first time as per terminology.
The word can be from any language but the words also travel. Words
are born, raised, grow and then go through journey. One journey
which the words take are that they are born in a language and by doing
a journey they enter into a science and turn into terms. Like all the
terminologies used in computer are old words but have become
computer terminologies. Like Mouse is used in Computer; today when
we say mouse, what comes in our mind is computer mouse. This word
Mouse did a journey and became a computer terminology. All words
are like this. Like Salaat in terminology is Dua, but when in Quran it
turned into prayers. We can’t understand the Quran from dictionary;
in fact the dictionary does not even tell about the words used in the
Quran. Dictionaries just refer to the birth of the word, it refers to the
domicile of the word; it cannot say where this word has reached today.
This would be told by the sciences. Ask sciences where the words are
standing today. Some words left the lexicon and entered sciences, but
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for culture but when the Quran used these words it became expression
for ideology.
Now, the Arabs were using the word Fatar for digging wells or splitting
dates but when it was used by Quran it used it for another reality. The
reality which was to be introduced by the words of Allah; the divine
reality was to be made understandable by man. When divine realities
are to be explained to man; if done in divine language then only those
who understand the divine language will understand hence for
ordinary man the realities need to be brought down to the level of
ordinary people. As Quran says, the book was in the state of ‫ﻭﻥ‬ ٍ ‫َﻣ ْﻛ ُﻧ‬
protection; ‫ُﻭﻥ‬ َ ‫; َﻻ َﻳ َﻣ ﱡﺳ ُﻪ ﺇِ ﱠﻻ ْﺍﻟﻣ‬where only pure beings would touch it.
َ ‫ُﻁ ﱠﻬﺭ‬
Now it was to be made for ordinary persons hence it was revealed
(Nuzool). The meaning of Nuzool is to bring something down to the
level of ordinary persons. Now the Quran has come in our language so
that we can understand it.
Thus Fatr means to open something like splitting a seed. Why Fitrat is
called as fatr, because Allah split open the curtain of non-existence and
got existence out from this (‫ﺽ‬ ِ ْ‫ﺕ َﻭ ْﺍﻷَﺭ‬
ِ ‫) َﻓﺎﻁِ ِﺭ ﺍﻟ ﱠﺳ َﻣ َﺎﻭﺍ‬. Since creation
implies getting existence out of non-existence; which means splitting
apart non-existence and bringing existence out from this, hence this
style of Khilqat (creation) is known as Fitrat.
Fitrat is style of Khilqat
The way the letters in the word Fitrat are organized is also very
beautiful ‫ف‬ ‫ترت‬

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Our situation is that we are decorating our body and homes but not
our Fitrat. It is like a bride is waiting and other women are decorating
themselves.
There is one more word bearing the same weightage as Fitrat i.e
Seerat. Seerat means to walk. It is Arabic word but our problem is
Zabaane Yaare Man Turki, man Turki namidaanam.

The language of my friend is Turkish and I don’t know Turkish
We don’t know the language of our friend.
In Arabic, when such words like Fitrat, Seerat, Jilsat, Riqbat; are made
in such sequence, they bear a special meaning which expresses the
type and style of the object. Sair means to walk, but Seerat means the
style of walking. Life is Sair not Seerat. People write about Seerat E
Nabawi that what did he do all his life. He married 11 wives so will you
also do this if this is Seerat. What Prophet did was the act of Prophet,
this is not Seerat; Seerat is how he has done this. Prophet ate dates,
eating date is not Seerat, but eating anything else the way he ate is
Seerat. One is life and other is style and way of life.
People say we should follow the Seerat of Imams hence should we

stop wearing our dresses and only wear the Arabic dresses? This is not
Seerat that we should wear the same dress which the Prophet would
wear, you wear the dress of your era, use the vehicle of your era, eat
the food of your era. Seerat of Prophet is not to sit on camels; Seerat is
the style of sitting. Adopt the life of your era, but the style should be
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Seerat-e-Rasollalah is the style of living. What he was speaking at his

time, you should also speak is not Seerat; you talk about the issues of
your time; but the style of speaking should be that of Prophet. You
look at the world with the same vision as that of Prophet. There are
many doors which are not recognized by us because that is between
them and Allah; those doors are locked on us. But one door which has
been opened on to us is the door of Seerat, which we have closed
ourselves and we are standing in queue in front of those doors which
are closed. We have been told that if you go near those doors you will
not achieve anything. If you study Wilayat-e-Taqweeni and spend your
entire life in studying that you will not achieve anything from that
because it is a specific dimension of the life of Imams but you cannot
recognize that dimension, it is for them only. For us the door of Seerat
has been opened on us. We need to enter from this door. In Wilayat-e-
Taqweeni whatever we know we should suffice; do not try to go
beyond; those who try to enter will get confused and confuse others.
Those who went towards these closed doors; either became Nasibi or
Gaali, and Ali says, that two types of people will perish about me, one
are those who hate me and other those who exaggerate me.
Enter from the door of Seerat which is an open door and see how
beautiful Allah has made them. Eating, studying, speaking, sitting,
talking, are all life but the style of these is Seerat.
Fitrat is not Khilqat but it is style of Khilqat; as said in the same line of
Sair and Seerat. Like Jilsat that comes from Jalsa which means to sit;
but Jilsat is the style of sitting. (For us Juloos means to walk but in
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majlis all have a special style of sitting. How are you sitting, Arab says
Jilsata Ali , like I am sitting like Ali.
Allah is the creator of everything, but when the turn for creating the
man came, Allah changed the style of creation. Allah was creating
everything in accordance with certain laws. The creation of angels was
specific to some laws. Skies and land were created as per certain laws.
But when the turn for creating man came, Allah changed the style of
creation and gave man a special creation.
Example: You go to a bread bakery and he makes fresh bread in an

oven; he makes dough balls and bakes bread. But when a close friend
comes his style of making dough changes. Similarly you go to butcher
as a friend, he will cut the meat from the most tender part; he will
change his style. In a gathering when you are saluting or shaking hands
with people but when you spot someone known and close to you; your
style changes. This shows that the one who has come is someone
different.
The Privilege, “Karamat” (Nobility/Superiority) of man over

other creations
As said in verse 30 of Surah Room that we have created man on Fitrat

and this is the established and firm religion for man which majority do
not understand. Fitrat is a gem of Allah which was given to man due to
which man became privileged as compared to other creation.
After introducing the gem of Fitrat Allah also said that the majority are
unaware about this. The upright, established and firm religion is the

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religion of Fitrat. The reality of man is this gem of Fitrat which Allah
has given to him. It is through this Fitrat that man is distinguished and
dignified as compared to other creations of Allah.
Allah says we have given privilege and honor to the sons of Adam and
this is on the basis of the gem of Fitrat which is present in man and not
present in any other creation. Fitrat is not present in angels, animals,
and other creations.
Allah says, that we offered our trust to all creation
‫ﲔ أَ ْن َْﳛ ِﻤ ْﻠﻨَـ َﻬﺎ َوأَ ْﺷ َﻔ ْﻘ َﻦ‬ ِْ ‫ض و‬ ِ

َ ْ َ‫اﳉﺒَ ِﺎل ﻓَﺄَﺑـ‬ ْ ‫إِﻧﱠﺎ َﻋَﺮ‬
َ ِ ‫ﺿﻨَﺎ ْاﻷ ََﻣﺎﻧَﺔَ َﻋﻠَﻰ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻤ َﺎوات َو ْاﻷ َْر‬
‫ﻮﻣﺎ َﺟ ُﻬ ًﻮﻻ‬ ِ ِْ ‫ِﻣْﻨـ َﻬﺎ َو َﲪَﻠَ َﻬﺎ‬
ً ُ‫اﻹﻧْ َﺴﺎ ُن ۖ◌ إﻧﱠﻪُ َﻛﺎ َن ﻇَﻠ‬
Surely We offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the
mountains, but they refused to be unfaithful to it and feared from it,
and man has turned unfaithful to it; surely he is unjust, ignorant (Surah
Ahzab: 33)
Allah says we presented our trust to heavens, skies, mountains but

they all refused to carry this trust, and they were afraid after
witnessing the trust. They did not achieve the status of becoming
Ameen of Allah (trustworthy of Allah). Man came forward and took this
trust but man is ignorant and oppressive to his self. He does not know
what great responsibility he has taken on his shoulders.
Fitrat is the true gem of man due to which humanity of man is

preserved. If this gem gets forsaken the status of man does not just
lowers but instead man washes his hands from his humanity as well.

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There are many things, of which our thinking is not correct. We are
religious but religion is not the manifesto of our lives. We are cultural
people, we live our lives as per culture and in this culture we mix a
pinch of religion similar to a pinch of salt in flour. We ensure that we
don’t put extra salt in food. We have adopted the same principles of
using salt for religion as well. In our sixty years of life religion was
equivalent to salt whereas entire life was spent in a cultural way.
Some of us have religion in a way when we are born Adhan was recited
by someone in our ears; then in our marriage Maulana came and
recited Nikah and on death someone recited our funeral prayers. Some
add Eid prayers as well and some others even go beyond this to attend
Majalis. We ensure that we don’t go beyond this in religion, because if
we do so like blood pressure, life pressure will increase. If husband
wants to come near religion the wife stops; if wife wants to come than
husband stops. If someone just becomes regular in Jamaat prayer
people say he has become Maulana (Pastor/Preacher).
Allah has blessed man with Sharaf (honor) and Karamat (nobility)
In Arabic Karamat is from the word Karam and Karam is the attribute
of Allah and amongst the Asma-e- Husna of Allah is Kareem. It is
mentioned in narrations that if you are indulged into any difficulty
which is so severe that it has made your life miserable than you should
call Allah by this name of Kareem. Even if one is in deepest of trouble
and with the depth of heart and purity says Ya Kareem Allah will solve
the problem. The challenge is to say it truly, which means his entire

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existence should say Ya Kareem and then his actions should also be
similar.
Like someone asked a Scholar to recite Salaate-Istisqa for rains. Istisqa

is the prayer which is done in droughts for rains; this is an etiquette
which religion has taught about a specific presence in front of Allah so
that Allah will shower his mercy. The scholar told the people to come
to an open area on Friday and he will lead this prayer. When people
reached the place he told them that you have demanded from me to
recite Salaat-e-Istisqa and pray to Allah for rains. Even though you
have told me to seek rains from Allah but you all don’t have trust and
faith on Allah. You don’t have faith and certainty on Allah’s promise.
They said we have faith and are certain that Allah will give rains. The
scholar said that if you were certain that Allah will give rains than why
did you not come with your Umbrella’s? Your coming without
Umbrella is telling that you are certain that rain will not come. You
have played a card that lets try if it rains by this Salaat.
One who is certain that Allah is Kareem and with this certainty when
he says Ya Kareem, it is impossible that the sea of generosity of this
Kareem does not get turbulent. Even if one broken heart says Ya
Kareem it is possible that the kindness of Allah will shower on the
entire heart.
Karamat comes from this same word Kareem and Allah (s) has given
the title of Kareem to every great thing like the Rasool-e-Kareem,
Quran-e-Kareem, khuda-e-Kareem. When Arabs want to elevate the
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Kareem. Abdul Muttalib was famous as Kareem-e-Arab, and in the

progeny of Abdul Muttalib one son, Imam Hassan (a.s) is titled as
Kareem-e-Ahlulbayt. Karamat means prominence, nobility, elderliness
and honorable. When certain attributes gather together then it
becomes Kareem. The opposite of Kareem is Laeem which means
disgraced, abased and lowly.
Allah has given Karam and Sharaf(Nobility) to man over all other
creations and the basis of this Karamat is the Fitrat of man. This is
because apart from Fitrat, rest of the things are common between
man and other creations.
Arrangements for nurturing of Fitrat demonstrates its

Significance
The addressee of religion is Fitrat of man hence Imam (a.s) says

present our words the way they are and pure Fitrat’s will accept it.
Fitrat is a gem which needs the utmost security and protection
because the dangers are also high. Fitrat is eligible for nurturing as well
destruction. Fitrat will never die but it gets buried.
You should start understanding Fitrat with Maarifat (Cognition)

because anything that starts with Maarifat reaches its end. Everything
we should start with Maarifat. This is because Ameerul Momineen
(a.s), the Imam of Fitrat says “The foremost in religion is recognition of
Allah (Maarifatahu)”. Know Allah before believing in Allah, also before
repeating the names of Imams acquire Maarifat of Imams.

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By looking at the arrangements which Allah made for nurturing the

Fitrat we can realize its significance and importance. The status of a
thing gets noticed by the arrangements. Now let us look at the
arrangements which Allah has made for Fitrat than from here onwards
we will be able to appreciate the Fitrat for which such arrangements
are made.
Allah selected the best of the persons from entire humanity; he

granted them Infallibility; made them perfect, granted them
knowledge, descended revelations on them and sent divine books on
them. When you are dressing up a child you know where you want to
send the child. When you are dressing someone with coat, armor,
sword and spear; with this preparation you know you are going to send
him to a battlefield.
Allah selected from all creations human beings, from amongst human
beings, he selected Prophets, from Prophets he selected our Holy
Prophet, from Holy Prophet he selected his progeny, from his progeny
he selected Imams. Allah started to prepare them by giving them
divine knowledge, purity, sent angels to their homes; from here we
come to know that they are being sent for some purpose. What is this
purpose? It is for the Tarbiyat (upbringing) of Fitrat of man.
The weight of Rustom cannot be lifted by every horse you need Raksh
(special horse of Rustom). Imam Ali (a.s) says that if ignorant can shut
their mouths half of the problems will get solved and other half can be
solved if scholars start to speak. So if scholars break their silence and
ignorant turn silent all the problems of the world will be solved. The

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issues have risen because of this; that those who had to speak are
silent and those who were to be silent are speaking.
The Prophets, Imams and divine guidance has come to get this buried
Fitrat out and nurture it.
Vastness of Universe
Allah has created human beings as one creation out of many in this
universe, and to his creation of human beings Allah granted them the
gem of Fitrat and with this gem man became the nucleus of the
universe. Let us just have a look at the vastness of this universe whose
nucleus is the Fitrat of human beings.
Allah made angels, universe, jinns and made such a vast universe that
if we sit and start to imagine it can take thousands of years and still we
won’t be able to comprehend its vastness.
Maulana Room says, that our case is like there is a big garden of 1000
metres with 1000 trees, every tree has 1000 branches, every branch
has 1000 leaves, and on one leaf, on one side of it lives an ant, who has
not even come on the other side of it. If you ask this ant what is the
size of the garden; the ant will say that the size is that of leaf. What
does this ant know that on the same branch there are other leaves,
and there are other 1000 branches, 1000 trees, 1000 such gardens, so
how will this ant know that there is a gardener of this garden as well.
The universe is very vast and this is the reason we have been asked to
recite Salaatul Layl (the midnight prayers), and there is a method for

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reciting Salatul Layl. There was a young boy whom someone preached
to do Salatul Layl. He got up at night and wanted to show everyone as
well that he is doing Salatul Layl. First he banged the door but no one
got up; than he banged the pot of water but everyone were sound
asleep. Finally he did Salatul Layl and slept but when he got up again
he wanted to tell everyone that he has done Salatul Layl. At breakfast,
he started to drink a lot of water; he drank the complete Jug of water.
His mother asked, what has happened to you, at breakfast you are
drinking full jug of water. He replied “Of course, the fatigue from
Salatul Layl needs at least 1 jug of water in the morning”. Somehow he
expressed that last night I did Salatul Layl
This should not be the purpose of Salatul Layl do it when everyone is

sleeping. Than come outside under the sky, look at the sky and see
those stars twinkling, than think about yourself. I am a small particle
on this small planet. This earth is also a small particle in this big
universe. We are living on this small particle, that too on continents, in
that there is a country, than a state, in that state is a city, in that city is
a lane, on that lane is a street, on that street is a tower, in that tower is
an apartment, in that apartment is a bedroom, in that bedroom is a
small bed and on that bed this big personality is sleeping and thinking
that there is no one greater than me in this universe. This is the
recognition of universe I should be having that I am such a small
creation as compared to vastness of universe but still Allah (s) has
given me the gem of Fitrat which has privileged me.
Why do our hearts do not become tender, why our necks have become
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place where we are living is so vast. To break our pride and arrogance
recite Salatul Layl and then go out and look at the sky and see with
certainty that every star is several times bigger than the earth, and
how many such stars are in a galaxy and how many such galaxies are
there. If this materialistic world seems to be never ending than what
about the other world where Allah says that this is not the entire
universe, the existence which I have created is just a glimpse of that.
‫َوإِ ْن ِﻣ ْﻦ َﺷ ْﻲ ٍء إِﱠﻻ ِﻋْﻨ َﺪﻧَﺎ َﺧَﺰاﺋِﻨُﻪُ َوَﻣﺎ ﻧـُﻨَـﱢﺰﻟُﻪُ إِﱠﻻ ﺑَِﻘ َﺪ ٍر َﻣ ْﻌﻠُ ٍﻮم‬
And there is not a thing but with Us are the sources of it, and We do
not send it down but in a known measure . (Surah Al Hijr : 21)
We have got all this out from the source in a very small quantum.
Allah changed the style of Creation
The greatest universe which I have created is Alam Al Malqoot (the

world of unseen). Allah first created Alam Al Malqoot and from there
he started to create Alam al mulk (the materialistic world), he created
the galaxies, stars, planets, the solar system then created earth and on
this earth created millions of creations but all were created with the
same style, but after creating all these when the turn for creating man
came Allah changed the style of creation. Why did Allah change the
style? Because now Allah is creating the extract of all creations; he is
going to create one for whom he created all other creations.
One for whom I created everything now I have to create him

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And how did this style change. This was presented by Allah himself in
the report of creation in Surah Mominoon
ِ ْ ‫َﻭﻟَﻘَ ْﺪ ﺧَ ﻠَ ْﻘﻨَﺎ‬
ٍ ‫ﺍﻹ ْﻧ َﺴﺎﻥَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳ َُﻼﻟَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻁ‬
‫ﻴﻦ‬
And certainly We created man of an extract of clay,
‫ﻴﻦ‬
ٍ ‫ﺍﺭ َﻣ ِﻜ‬ ْ ُ‫ﺛُ ﱠﻢ َﺟ َﻌ ْﻠﻨَﺎﻩُ ﻧ‬
ٍ ‫ﻄﻔَﺔً ﻓِﻲ ﻗَ َﺮ‬
Then We made him a small seed in a firm resting-place,
We created the sperm of man from the extract of clay; then we placed
it in Mateen (womb).
‫ﻄﻔَﺔَ َﻋﻠَﻘَﺔً ﻓَﺨَ ﻠَ ْﻘﻨَﺎ ْﺍﻟ َﻌﻠَﻘَﺔَ ُﻣﻀْ َﻐﺔً ﻓَﺨَ ﻠَ ْﻘﻨَﺎ ْﺍﻟ ُﻤﻀْ َﻐﺔَ ِﻋﻈَﺎ ًﻣﺎ ﻓَ َﻜ َﺴﻮْ ﻧَﺎ‬ ْ ‫ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺧَ ﻠَ ْﻘﻨَﺎ ﺍﻟﻨﱡ‬
َ‫ﷲُ ﺃَﺣْ َﺴ ُﻦ ْﺍﻟﺨَ ﺎﻟِﻘِﻴﻦ‬
‫ﺎﺭﻙَ ﱠ‬ َ َ‫ْﺍﻟ ِﻌﻈَﺎ َﻡ ﻟَﺤْ ًﻤﺎ ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺃَ ْﻧ َﺸﺄْﻧَﺎﻩُ ﺧَ ْﻠﻘًﺎ ﺁﺧَ َﺮ ۚ ﻓَﺘَﺒ‬
Then We made the seed a clot, then We made the clot a lump of flesh,
then We made (in) the lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones
with flesh, then We caused it to grow into another creation, so blessed
be Allah, the best of the creators.
Then we made clot, lump of flesh, bones and then put skin over it, and
then Allah got so pleased that he said
َ‫ﷲُ ﺃَﺣْ َﺴ ُﻦ ْﺍﻟﺨَ ﺎﻟِﻘِﻴﻦ‬

‫ﺎﺭﻙَ ﱠ‬
َ َ‫ﻓَﺘَﺒ‬
What Lord is he who created us so beautiful and we have to unveil this
secret of why Allah is commending himself. What is this unique beauty
in creation of man which makes Allah commends himself.
In Surah Teen he says,
ِ ُ‫ﻴﻦ َﻭﺍﻟ ﱠﺰ ْﻳﺘ‬

‫ﻮﻥ‬ ِ ‫َﻭﺍﻟﺘﱢ‬

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I swear by the fig and the olive,

ِ ُ‫َﻭﻁ‬
َ‫ﻮﺭ ِﺳﻴﻨِﻴﻦ‬
And mount Sinai,
ِ ‫َﻭ ٰﻫَ َﺬﺍ ْﺍﻟﺒَﻠَ ِﺪ ْﺍﻷَ ِﻣ‬
‫ﻴﻦ‬
And this city made secure,
ِ ْ ‫ﻝ◌َ ﻗَ ْﺪ ﺧَ ﻠَ ْﻘﻨَﺎ‬
‫ﺍﻹ ْﻧ َﺴﺎﻥَ ﻓِﻲ ﺃَﺣْ َﺴ ِﻦ ﺗَ ْﻘ ِﻮ ٍﻳﻢ‬
Certainly We created man in the best make
Here again after swearing on Teen and Zaitun, Allah again says that we
have created man as the best creation. This best is in term of the style
of creation which was expressed before in Surah Mominoon. Allah
adopted a new style of creation and this new and unique style of
creation which is unique with respect to the creation of everything else
and specific to creation of man, this unique creation is known as Fitrat
of man.
Now you find that when Allah changed his style of creation and
created us so special then what are those specialities which are
present in man and not present in other creation. What is the
difference between the two styles? When this secret will be revealed
then we will know what is Fitrat, than we will revive our Fitrat, nurture
it and sacrifice it as well. Then we will accept the path of Fitrat, the
book of guidance for Fitrat and will also start to obey and follow the
Leaders of Fitrat as well. Then we will understand the encounters of
Fitrat like that of Karbala.

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The philosophy of Allah’s self-commendation
Fitrat is on the lines of Seerat, whereby Seerat is the style of life,

whereas Fitrat is the style of creation. The essence of Allah is creator of
everything and he created everything in accordance to the laws of
creation which did not change for all types of creation. But when the
turn of man came, Allah created man as per the same laws of creation
but the style of creation changed. There were many other creations
like Angels, Jinns and many unrecognized creation on land were
present before man. But when the turn of man came Allah changed
the style of creation.
The different types of animals whose total types also cannot be

counted are all created under a specific common law of creation,
though their types are different. But when the turn of man came Allah
changed his style of creation and created a unique and artistic
creation. It was such a masterpiece of creation that Allah (s)
commended his own essence. َ‫ﷲُ ﺃَﺣْ َﺴ ُﻦ ْﺍﻟﺨَ ﺎﻟِﻘِﻴﻦ‬
‫ﺎﺭﻙَ ﱠ‬
َ َ‫ﻓَﺘَﺒ‬
Some people have the talent to break apart the verse of the Quran;
they impose their own visions on the Quran and do their own
interpretations. In Nahjul Balagha Imam Ali (a.s) says that Quran is
your Imam (leader and guide) and you should not become Imam of the
Quran. It should not be that you think and then try to get a testification
of your vision from the Quran. You should not make Quran follow you
instead you should follow and go where Quran goes. Similarly for
Ahlulbayt (a.s) you take from them, do not try to offer and give them
something, this is because beggars take from rich. The Ahlulbayt (a.s)

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are not dependent on us instead we are dependent on them; so what

do we have to give them?
This verse first presents that Allah is the most beautiful creator. The
way it is interpreted commonly is that that there are many creators
and amongst them Allah is the best. Like there are many mechanics,
speakers, poets but one of them is the best. This is incorrect
interpretation whereby there are many other creators but Allah is the
best. What this verse means is that creator is one only but there are
various creations of this creator. He is a creator for every creation and
he has a different creation for every creation, and the creation is
subjective to the status of the creation. When after creating all the
creations he reached the stage of creating man, than his style of
creation changed because the one who is about to be created now is
the best creation. Hence he himself said

ِ ْ ‫ﻟَﻘَ ْﺪ ﺧَ ﻠَ ْﻘﻨَﺎ‬
Certainly We created man in the best make
Allah did not commend himself after creating mountains, angels but
after creating man he said “best of creations”. This is because there is
a specialty kept inside the creation of man.
Fitrat is the style of creation. Fatr means to create, but the same word
Fatr when used in Fitrat means a specific and special style of creation
which is not present in another creation. Fitrat is this special type of
creation and this is where man separates himself from other creations
and all the secrets of man’s creation gets unveiled. The philosophy of
“best of creation” and “self-commendation by Allah” opens up from

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this special type of creation. It is from here the disturbance of Angels

gets resolved and from here itself the devilishness of the path of Satan
also begins. Allah created man and informed the angels ‫ﺇِ ﱢﻧﻲ َﺟﺎﻋِ ٌﻝ ﻓِﻲ‬
ِ ْ‫ ْﺍﻷَﺭ‬. O Angels, I am creating man on Earth who will be my
‫ﺽ َﺧﻠِﻳ َﻔ ًﺔ‬
representative; I am creating man from clay (teen). The Angels raised a
question. The Angels asked what is the need for creating man when we
are present? Like within us also many think and say that what is the
need for someone else when I am present. What is the need for a
scholar when I am present. What is the need for an Imam, Mujtahid,
Marja when we are Marja e Taqleed by birth present; what is the need
for Ijtihad.
What is the need for such a creation who will create Fasad and shed
blood on earth (Arabic ayah), that too when we are doing your
Tasbeeh? (Arabic Ayah). Our great teacher Ustad Hassan Zaada Amouli
says when Angels said that ُ‫ﻙ َﻭ ُﻧ َﻘ ﱢﺩﺱ‬
َ ‫ ; َﻭ َﻧﺣْ ﻥُ ُﻧ َﺳ ﱢﺑ ُﺢ ِﺑ َﺣﻣْ ِﺩ‬we are glorified
beings present to glorify you. He says Allah replied that I don’t need
sacred Glorified beings instead I need man. You are sacred Angels but
not Human. This is why Iqbal says.
Farishte se bahtar hai insaan banna, magar isme laghtee hai mahnat
zyada
It is better to become man instead of Angel, but it takes more efforts
It is very easy to become an Angel, I will show you the formula which
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To become an Angel take a praying mat, Tasbeeh, some water for

ablution (Wudhu), a Mafateehul Jinan (Book of Supplications) and go
outside the city in an isolated place and sit inside a cave; where no one
can come to you and you cannot go to someone anymore. There is no
unacquainted (Na-Mahram) woman whom you can look upon; no
person whose backbiting you can do, no shop where you can cheat, no
money which you can usurp, no person with whom you can lie or be
jealous. You are the only person that too involved in only worship.
Since you have not done any sins and just worshipping Allah you have
turned into an Angel. But if you want to become human than you need
to return to your city amongst people.
To become man you need to stay within the humanity of man,; you
have to take your eyes away in the presence of (Na-Mahram) woman.
If you eliminate the presence of (Na-Mahram) woman than you are an
Angel but if you take your eyes away in presence of woman than you
are a man. If there is no property of others present and you have not
usurped any properly then you are an angel; but if it is present and you
don’t even touch it than you are man. If there is no one present
around you who is blessed with bounties and you have not envied
anyone than you are an Angel; but if there is a neighbor present with
all bounties and if you still don’t envy him than you are a man.
Farishte se bahtar hai insaan banna, magar isme laghtee hai mahnat
zyaad
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Angels are made perfect but Man has to become, Angels were made
(to their best) and sent but man was sent to become; But become
what?
What is the purpose of man’s creation?
Man was not sent by Allah to become Hujjatul Islam, doctor, engineer,
Afghan, Mirza, Sayyed instead Allah has sent man to become man. We
presented our trust to everyone
‫ﲔ أَ ْن َْﳛ ِﻤ ْﻠﻨَـ َﻬﺎ َوأَ ْﺷ َﻔ ْﻘ َﻦ‬ ِْ ‫ض و‬ ِ

َ ْ َ‫اﳉﺒَ ِﺎل ﻓَﺄَﺑـ‬ ْ ‫إِﻧﱠﺎ َﻋَﺮ‬
َ ِ ‫ﺿﻨَﺎ ْاﻷ ََﻣﺎﻧَﺔَ َﻋﻠَﻰ اﻟ ﱠﺴ َﻤ َﺎوات َو ْاﻷ َْر‬
‫ﻮﻣﺎ َﺟ ُﻬ ًﻮﻻ‬ ِ ِْ ‫ِﻣْﻨـ َﻬﺎ َو َﲪَﻠَ َﻬﺎ‬
ً ُ‫اﻹﻧْ َﺴﺎ ُن ۖ◌ إﻧﱠﻪُ َﻛﺎ َن ﻇَﻠ‬
Surely We offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the
mountains, but they refused to be unfaithful to it and feared from it,
and man has turned unfaithful to it; surely he is unjust, ignorant (Surah
Ahzab: 33)
They (all other creations) got afraid after looking at the trust. There
are certain things when given to us we are happy but certain things
when given to us we are afraid. The Samawaat (everything between
land and heavens) and the toughest on land; the mountains also got
afraid. Man gives example of mountain for strength but even the
mountain got afraid; but man came forward and took this trust What
was that Trust ?
Allah asked heavens, lands, mountains, whether you want to become

heaven on your own, or should I make it? Do you want to become land
by yourself or should I make you land? Do you want to become

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mountain yourself or should I make you a mountain? They all said O

Allah! you make us. Allah created heavens, land, mountains and
angels as they are but it was an announcement from Allah that who is
amongst my creation who will not be made by me, I will only keep the
ability to become inside him, and show him the way to become and
then he by himself becomes human using the ability and way shown by
me. Man said; it is Me who will do this. We should never forget this
point which is the single Agenda, purpose given to us; that is to
become man, to become human beings on this earth.
Khalq and Khulq

In the Quranic and philosophical meaning Allah asked man to become
human. This means man has to make everything by himself. We take
help from a great Philosopher, who is unique, esteemed personality
gifted to Shiite, but we don’t recognize the worth of such personalities.
In Europe see how people praise their illiterate philosopher, and we
also start to assume that he would be great. But we have such great
assets but we don’t even know how to present and introduce them to
the world. This person is Mulla Sadra, and his name is Sadruddin and
his students call him Sadrul Mutallim. He was born 400 years ago in
Shiraz. After Infallibles when we are talking about ordinary people we
should not include Infallibles because their source of knowledge is
different. They were not educated from any university or school; they
did not reach this level by thinking. We are talking about people after
Prophet and Infallibles who were their students. In the history of
human thinking, the precise and deep thinking which Mulla Sadra had,
no one reached that level. Though all others are respected and we

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have been told to respect intellectuals and knowledgeable persons.

Anyone who has done any service to mankind should be respected, we
should not disrespect them. But the pinnacle of thinking and depth of
thinking which this person has reached no one reached there.
This same point which Allah mentioned in Quran about the creation of
man, this great philosopher presented in his style. He says, man has
two things inside him. One is Khalq and other Khulq. Khalq is that part
of man’s existence which Allah created and Khulq is that part which
was handed over to man.

ِ ْ ‫ﻟَﻘَ ْﺪ ﺧَ ﻠَ ْﻘﻨَﺎ‬
O man, I have done my part in the most beautiful form, and now your
role begins. Your part is to create Ahsan Khulq (beautiful inner self)
inside this Ahsan Khalq (beautiful external self). When Khalq and
Khulq become one then it will turn into man. But if you cannot make
your Khulq like Khalq than your exterior will be Ahsan (beautiful) but
your Khulq will not be Ahsan (beautiful). Now ask Quran who has
reached this level of Ahsan Khulq. Quran says we have created man in
Ahsanul Taqweem (best of make) and on the other side also says that
ٍ ُ‫َﻭﺇِﻧﱠﻚَ ﻟَ َﻌﻠَ ٰﻰ ُﺧﻠ‬

‫ﻖ َﻋ ِﻈ ٍﻴﻢ‬
And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality.
In context to our discussion Allah is saying O prophet! You are the most
esteemed as regards to your Khulq. Your Khulq is great.

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We have to become and whatever we are doing we are becoming. The

Quran says that Man is constructing his self, his reality and not that
man’s reality is made by force and man has to polish it. Our task is not
just to decorate and polish it but instead first we have to make it and
make it reach the level of humanity.
All are actions and deeds become a part of our existence. Whatever I
am speaking is not just going out in air, its waves are going out but its
meanings and effects are staying inside. Like when you slap someone,
the noise goes out but the pain stays inside. The maximum part of it
stayed inside and only minimum went out. If someone sets fire to his
house the smoke goes out to neighbor as well but the fire is in his
house. If someone grows a flower inside his home, the breeze of
fragrance takes it to neighbor but the flower is inside his home, the
garden is inside his home. Thus remember whether a person does
good deed or bad deed the effects of the deed becomes a part of his
existence. If he does bad deed he is burning his existence. When he
lies, assaults, backbites, slanders other, than the pain which other gets
is in similitude of that smoke burning eyes. The fire is somewhere else
but the eyes are paining somewhere else. In reality by doing such bad
things he is burning his self it is only the smoke which is going on
others. To simplify, the evil which I do on someone, the maximum evil
effects come on me and little trouble is experienced by others.
Similarly when you do good deed; you are planting a garden inside
yourself and if someone else gets benefitted by this good deed of
yours, than it is just a breeze of fragrance that is going to him, the
major part of the effects of goodness benefits your existence. Like if
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think that the money has left you and it is done; but that is not the
case it is only the fragrance that has gone inside his stomach, the
actual goodness has come back to you. You are constructing yourself
here. It is like constructing a brick wall whereby you put layers of
bricks one above other to construct the wall. The construction of man
is also done in a similar manner, whereby you are putting up layers of
actions, knowledge and Cognizance (Maarifat).
One part is made by Allah; and that part which Allah has made is not
man, it is the frame which Allah has made in which humanity can be
inserted and we have to insert humanity inside it. This is the difference
between man and others.
It was essential to create man in this universe and without which the
system of existence was incomplete. This is why Allah replied, what I
know you do not know ‫ُﻭﻥ‬ َ ‫ﺇِ ﱢﻧﻲ ﺃَﻋْ ﻠَ ُﻡ َﻣﺎ َﻻ َﺗﻌْ ﻠَﻣ‬. This is what is Angelic
behavior that when you do not know something than accept it that
you do not know. If you insist on something which you do not know
that is Satanic. When Allah said what I know you don’t know the
Angels confessed that whatever you have taught us we only know that
much and nothing beyond. But Iblees said that I know; what? I know
that I am better than man. This is where he got refuted and exiled.
Hence whatever you don’t know say you don’t know. It is there in
narrations “Half Knowledge lies in what you don’t know”. Allama
Tabatabai; a great scholar to the extent that his students are Marajae
today would on several instances say I don’t know. But a religious
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The structure of Man – Body and Soul
Allah has created man in two parts; one part is materialistic or bodily.
As mentioned before in the verse of Surah, that do not become like
those who have forgotten Allah and hence they have forgotten their
self also.
ِ َ‫ﷲَ ﻓَﺄ َ ْﻧ َﺴﺎﻫُ ْﻢ ﺃَ ْﻧﻔُ َﺴﻬُ ْﻢ ۚ ﺃُﻭ ٰﻟَﺌِﻚَ ﻫُ ُﻢ ْﺍﻟﻔ‬

َ‫ﺎﺳﻘُﻮﻥ‬ ‫َﻭ َﻻ ﺗَ ُﻜﻮﻧُﻮﺍ َﻛﺎﻟﱠ ِﺬﻳﻦَ ﻧَﺴُﻮﺍ ﱠ‬
And be not like those who forsook Allah, so He made them forsake their
own souls: these it is that are the transgressors. (Surah Al Hashr- 19)
When someone forgets his self he starts to consider someone else as

himself. If this accidentally happens with someone whereby he forgets
his home and presses the bell of someone else’s home and says this is
my home. Will others be pleased or concerned of this behavior? They
will call mental hospital that this person has become crazy. If someone
sits on dining table, and makes pieces of bread and puts inside the
mouth of other with the consideration that I am putting inside my
mouth. If someone is in need of money and to take money out he puts
his hand inside your pocket. You stop him that this is my pocket but he
says no this is my pocket. Now you will say that this person has
become insane and mad because he is considering the pocket of
others as his own. When someone forgets his self and starts to
consider others as himself this is a troublesome situation.
But when the same situation is there with everyone in a society where
everyone has lost his self and considers others as himself, than there is
no astonishment. In such a situation no one is astonished on others
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astonishment will be when someone puts his hand in his own pocket.
When everyone is eating Haram (forbidden) and one eats Halaal
(permitted), he will be called as useless and fool. A person legitimately
earning and eating is considered as a fool. In Khutbatul Muttaqeen
(sermon of pious people) Ameerul Momineen says that one attribute
of Muttaqeen is that people say he has become mad. Like when
promotion in his job was possible with only little bribe he refused to
give bribe. People say that he is mad he did not give bribe. A little lie
and he could have gotten the deal. People say that he is not a person
of this world, he cannot reach somewhere, he speaks and, eats Halal,
he can never prosper and hence he is mad.
One part of man is body and there is another reality which is the other
forgotten part. The tragedy of self-recognition is that we have
forgotten the reality of our existence. The word which is very common
on our tongues is “I” , Me but we are not aware about the affirmation
and verification of this “I”, We are considering something else Me and
I . I will try to clarify this with a simple question. This question is the
standard to know whether we know our self or not.
A person comes home and hangs his dress on hanger; and now
someone else comes and questions about him. He asks the servant
“Where is Sir?” The servant says Sir is hanging on the hanger. He is not
on the hanger but his dress is on the hanger; but if someone starts to
get this doubt that he is on the hanger, than he is mentally sick, and
we should be astonished on such person. Man is not dress but a sick
person considers his dress as himself. He has lost and forsaken himself.
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towards our body. Is I the body? But we always point towards our
body. We feed, bathe, serve and take care of this body. I am fulfilling
the demands of body and at its service protecting it day and night
because this is Me, I. Now just ponder over this, where is this “Me”?
We use two words, “I” and “Mine”. The word mine is used when there
are two things; one is “Me” or “I” and second is the thing under my
custody. Like if you have a mobile; what will you say about your
mobile? I or mine? You will say mine, so there is “I” and this mobile is
under my custody, so this is mine. When there is a connection
between “Me” and something under my custody, it is mine. “Mine”
word is a symbol of pluralism, means something disconnected from
me. Now come to our self, when I raise my hand and say this is “Me”,
what will you say? This is not you, this is your hand. So when we say,
we will say this hand, this leg, this head, this shoulder, neck, chest,
eyes are all mine. This all implies that all these are not me, these are
mine. There is something else under whose custody this hand, legs,
chest, eyes, nose, everything is there. The “I” is saying that beware
that these are mine, but not me. The head is mine, but not me. Now,
when you have referred to every part of the body and said that these
parts are not me but mine, than this entire body is also mine but not
me. So all these are mine, so now ask him who is that me under whose
custody all these are? Who is that I or me? Where is the owner? Who
owns all this? We don’t know who is he? We know everything else, we
know technology, space, geography, and we also claim that I know this
and I know you and even your forefathers.
A person was threatening someone that after staring at anyone he can

know the DNA also. So now let this person just answer this simple

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question, who are you? First find yourself, all these are yours which
you are considering as yourself. When you will find yourself then only
you will be able to find the address of others. This is the reason that
Imam of Fitrat (Ali (a.s)) said; “One who knows his self knows his Lord”.
When you will find yourself you will find your Lord also. When you are
lost yourself how will you find your Lord? Certain people have lost
their God. All these people who sit and give proofs about Allah’s
existence have in reality lost their lord. Like small kids when they are
lost in the market they say I have lost my mother, who is lost? Child or
mother? A lost person is one who has lost the address; here mother is
not lost but the Child is lost because child does not know the address.
This child despite of being a kid is not accepting the fact that I am lost,
he says my mother is lost. This is because he wants someone to find his
mother, but when he says I am lost it will mean make me reach my
address. When he says Allah is lost, this means find Allah. This is our
grave mistake because Allah is not lost, you are lost; the day you will
find yourself you will find Allah as well.
The extract of religion, heavenly books, Prophets and Imams is that all
have to tell us about our reality and to inform who and what we are.
This is the reason Quran says “Do not become like those who forget
their lord, they lost themselves”. Self-forgotten person is one who has
lost his lord. There is a relationship between Selfhood and God. You
find selfhood and you will find your lord in the selfhood. You should try
to understand this selfhood. We should be attentive that when we
introduce ourselves with our business card which states I am manager,
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Man is not body instead he is a reality beyond body. This reality is Soul,
Self and not body. The body is a mean for the soul to come into
existence, for nurturing the soul and for helping the soul reach its
perfection body is a mean. When the soul reaches its perfection the
time for disconnection between body and soul comes. Every school has
presented different relationship between body and soul, like dress,
cage, etc. we should not get lost in this.
The body is in the control of soul, and the soul is asked to make use of
this, but beware this ride is wild, and it should not happen that the ride
sits on you. Some people when they buy car to ride, then the car starts
to ride them. There was a man who went to a market to sell Donkey.
The price was high so no one was buying, he got tired and slept. When
he woke up; a client was standing, the rope was in his neck and the
donkey was counting money. The donkey has now sold him. It happens
at times, that you went to sell the donkey but the donkey has sold you,
because of negligence. Car was given for ride, but now they are giving
rides to Car. The relationship of soul and body is such that if soul does
not use the body the body will start to use the soul. This is why it is
said that keep yourself busy else it will keep you busy.
A soul is used for many things. Every living thing has a soul. Like when
an animal dies, we say the soul has left the body. The soul is also a
bodily thing which is present, in biology this is known as Life. When a
person dies this leaves the body. We say that the soul has left the body
and this type of soul is present in man and animals. This terminology of
soul is a biological terminology. Like heart is an organ behind the chest
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respect it is said as heart. The heart (Qalb) that Quran refers to is not
this pump in the body. But the heart of man in which there is
knowledge, feelings, revelation, love, hatred, attraction and in which
Quran enters is not this heart which has blood. Just for respect this is
called as heart. Similarly the soul which leaves the body at death is life
but not the soul which Quran refers to or the reality of man. This soul
is not that soul which is the reality of man, because this soul leaves the
body when man dies. The soul which is the reality of man is neither
inside the body nor outside because to be inside or outside is a sign of
materialistic thing. You might be anxious about this because we have
been always listening that soul is inside the body. Such kind of
anxiousness and astonishment is desirable. This is because the Prophet
says, O my lord! Enhance my astonishment about your existence. We
should also pray to Allah that he should enhance our astonishment
about our existence.
We are related to many non-bodily things. I will ask you a simple

question. The information and knowledge which you have, little or
more, scientific, religious, all these at present are where? Where are
they stored? In the brain? Then get it operated and check if it is stored
there. This information which you have is not inside your body. You
ask a scientist where are they stored? So is this outside the body? No,
why because this information is related to knowledge, and Knowledge
is not matter and hence it cannot be present in any materialistic thing.
Anything which is not matter has no location. They are inside You but
You are also not body. If someone asks you where is this information,
do not show them the location, say the question is wrong. If I ask you

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when Nelson Mandella created Pakistan, then the question itself is

wrong.
This is why I said that the Imamia School is very beautiful. See Usoole
Kaafi, the first chapter of Tauheed. A big intellectual person by the
name Jaasliq came in the presence of Imam Jafar Sadiq (a.s). He had
knowledge of science, religion and philosophy and he questioned
Imam (a.s). Where is Allah? There is a difference between when and
Where, When means the time, and Where means the location. If some
other Faqeeh would be there, he would have told, Allah is in sky, land,
everywhere. But the person who was questioned about recognition of
lord was one who had complete recognition of his self and lord. He had
knowledge of Allah, himself, and selfhood. Imam replied; Your
question is incorrect. You have asked Allah’s location. One who creates
location has no location. He has no place.
Angels have no place, Soul has no location. Soul has a relationship with
the body. That soul which is in the body is known as soul in biology, it
is biological life. But Allah has made the reality of man non
materialistic which is neither outside nor inside man, but instead body
is under control of this soul. Body is the need for man. From here the
ground for understanding Fitrat, and to understand the difference
between Fitrat, Tabiyat and Gariza is prepared.
Religion is not just the means of getting you rewards and worships are
also not just the means for making rewards reach a person. The
purpose of religious gatherings, books, discourses are also not for the
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automatically coming towards us. Like a person sits on internet full

night and says I am trying to make the sun rise. This is a waste of time.
The sun will come out at its time. Allah has given this duty of Thawaab
to reach you, you are not asked to reach Thawaab. Allah has said I will
reward you and you don’t be concerned about Thawaab. Allah said
you are not for Jannat, It is made for you. You don’t worry about these
things. You try for which you are made for. Allah says, I have made Rizq
for you, you don’t worry about Rizq, it will come to you. Your purpose
is to go after Rizq. Religion has not come to make Thawaab and Jannat
reach man. It has come to make man reach the Purpose of creation.
The religious gatherings are meant to make man reach the status of
humanity.
When those who lose their Fitrat, they degrade themselves to the level
of beasts. When man degrades he becomes a beast, when a beast
further degrades he becomes Shimr and Kholi. It is present in traditions
that when beast came in front of perfect human beings, they bow and
submit; but there are people worsts than beasts who demonstrate
their beastliness in front of holy beings. The calamities which they
brought were such that even in the camp of enemies they have written
that they write that the atrocities were such that we were feeling that
the skies would burst.
The meaning of “Hanif”

The extract of this entire topic is to turn your direction towards religion
which is the subject of this verse or Surah Room which is the basis of
this book.

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‫ﺎﺱ َﻋﻠَ ْﻳ َﻬﺎ ۚ َﻻ َﺗ ْﺑﺩِﻳ َﻝ ﻟ َِﺧ ْﻠ ِﻕ‬

َ ‫ﷲ ﺍﻟﱠﺗِﻲ َﻓ َﻁ َﺭ ﺍﻟ ﱠﻧ‬ ِ‫ﺕ ﱠ‬ َ ‫ﻳﻥ َﺣﻧِﻳ ًﻔﺎ ۚ ﻓ ِْﻁ َﺭ‬ ِ ‫َﻓﺄ َ ِﻗ ْﻡ َﻭﺟْ َﻬ َﻙ ﻟِﻠ ﱢﺩ‬
ٰ ٰ ‫ﱠ‬
‫ُﻭﻥ‬ ِ ‫ﷲ ۚ َﺫﻟ َِﻙ ﺍﻟ ﱢﺩﻳﻥُ ْﺍﻟ َﻘ ﱢﻳ ُﻡ َﻭﻟَﻛِﻥﱠ ﺃَ ْﻛ َﺛ َﺭ ﺍﻟ ﱠﻧ‬
ِ
Then set your face upright for religion in the right state—the intrinsic
human nature made by Allah in which He has made men; there is no
altering of Allah's creation; that is the right religion, but most people
do not know (30:30)
Hanif means to orient. In Arabic literature Hanif is a state. When you

stand up and turn towards something, this turning could be of
different form. One form of turning is that you are standing with the
feet firm in its place but half of the body turns towards that direction.
Another form of turning is whereby the body is in its position and only
the neck turns. The neck also has a joint by which it turns though it has
discs that it should bent. The neck has been made flexible by Allah so
that may be one day this man would remember me, would remember
my greatness and then if he desires to prostate his forehead, the neck
should be flexible to make him bent down.
At times a person wants to turn and he turns completely which means

his feet also turns left or right. Hence there could be different forms of
turning.
1. Body is straight, Neck is straight and only eyes turn

2. Body is straight but Neck turns
3. Body turns but Feet remains straight
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When body or neck turns, the legs are still straight. But when the legs
turn, the body is on legs, so that body also has to turn, which means
the neck also turns.
Every man is presented truth; irrespective of his path he will be shown

glimpses of truth. At times instead of Siraat (straight path) we tread on
Subool (multiple deviating paths). Siraat is the straight path whereas
Subool are the paths of transgression, misguidance; the path of Satan.
At times man gets on these path of Subool ; and then in order to get
him back on the Siraat man is shown truth. When man is shown truth
man should turn towards it.
When this happens some don’t turn at all, they don’t even look at
truth and just follow the line on which they are. They think that the
line which they are following is the final line and don’t even consider to
turn or even look at anywhere else. These are the followers of some
pseudo sacred personality and they just blindly follow this personality.
They follow certain personalities like the tail follows the body of an
animal. Some are not even prepared to look at truth forget about
turning. The Prophet (s.a.ws) in Mecca would present truth to them
and they would put fingers in their ears. The Doyen of Martyrs (a.s)
gave sermon in Karbala and they would beat drums. This custom of
beating drums came from Karbala in this manner. Whenever Imam
Hussain (a.s) started to deliver sermon they would make noise by
beating drums and banging shields. This is what happens at times
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Then there are some who at times look at the truth by just turning his
eyes; at times he turns his neck also to look at truth, and at certain
times he turns his body also towards truth . In all these three states,
his direction of movement and treading does not change, it remains
the same though he looks at truth sometimes by eyes, sometimes by
face and sometimes by body, but still keeps on walking in the direction
in which the feet are going. This means despite of looking at truth by
turning his neck he still proceeds in the wrong direction.
At times while driving the car you look from the window somewhere
else but the car is going in the direction in which the wheels are. The
direction does not change unless the feet also change the direction. By
changing the direction of neck or by turning the eyes right or left, or by
turning the body the truth cannot be seen. Unless the feet turn, man
cannot turn towards the truth. But if the feet turn and change the
direction than even if the body does not want to change the direction
still it has to change by force. In Arabic language the Arabs term this
turning of the feet as Hanif.
This is where you need to take pleasure from the verse. Allah says ‫َﻓﺄ َ ِﻗ ْﻡ‬
‫ﻳﻥ َﺣﻧِﻳ ًﻔﺎ‬
ِ ‫ َﻭﺟْ َﻬ َﻙ ﻟِﻠ ﱢﺩ‬It is not said that just turn your face towards the
religion. ‫ﻙ‬ َ ‫ َﻓﺄ َ ِﻗ ْﻡ َﻭﺟْ َﻬ‬means turn your face; but how to turn your face,
turn it ‫ﺣﻧِﻳ ًﻔﺎ‬ َ Hanifan. This means it should not happen that you
continue on the path of ignorance and only turn your face towards
truth. The Quran says turn your face but in the manner of Hanif, which
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start to walk on the path of Truth. Turn your face towards ‫ ; ﻟ ﱢﺩﻳﻥُ ْﺍﻟ َﻘ ﱢﻳ ُﻡ‬a
well established religion but as Hanif. Turn with your complete
existence; your legs should turn towards Siraat because you have to do
this journey.
The word Hanif has a treasure of Cognizance (Maarifat). The

interpreters have written a lot about this term Hanif but Quran has
referred to this in a specific context whereby Hanif possesses a
specialty. At times a person turns completely but in the state of sitting
or sleeping, whereby his entire body with feet turns but this won’t be
termed as Hanif. This was not done Hanifan. If a person in the state of
sleep turns his body towards truth will not be Hanifan. Similarly when
a person is standing in one place , in stationary form and turns his
entire body will not be Hanifan. Hanif is a person who is standing and
then he turns his body in another direction with his feet and is ready to
take a step and to walk in that direction. When a person is ready to
walk or is walking he is not asked to turn his chest or face towards
religion, he is asked to turn his feet in the direction of truth.
The meaning of Shia

With this preliminary discussion on Hanif and in context to the verse of
Surah Room it is clear that Quran is inviting everyone to turn and move
in one direction; one path. Whereas we have made different paths
and unfortunately we consider religion also as a group or a sect. We
have transformed Shiite as a sect. Shiite is not a sect but it has been
turned into a sect out of our negligence and laziness. Shiite is not a
sect but a title of Islam. The meaning of word Shiite which comes from

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the same family of word where Tashi also exists. The literal meaning of
word Shia is to follow without gap. Shia means to follow but without
gap; if someone walks with a gap than the word is different. If there is
no gap, and you are walking absolutely connected than this is Tashi.
We are asked to do Tashi of Janaza (carrying of coffin), this means to
walk or follow the coffin. Some people walk ahead of the coffin but we
are asked to follow and walk behind the coffin. This also does not
mean walk hundred meters away with a mobile. This is not Tashi. We
attend funeral because of relationship. This is the rights of the dead
that you should bid him farewell. Attend the farewell of others so that
others can also attend your farewell. Tashi means to follow the coffin
without gap but we should not be ahead and not even behind with a
gap. At times there are sick people who cannot attend funeral and due
to which they cannot come to the funeral. Everyone has to die though
we should pray for life but prepare for death. We do the opposite we
prepare for life.
A friend was saying that when I went to Ziarat I was wearing a

Peshawari Shoe which has the tire rubber in the soul. I kept the shoe in
front and was saying the prayer. There was an Iranian who questioned
me, whether I am Muslim. I got annoyed that I am in mosque, doing
Salaat and you are asking me whether I am Muslim. He asked me
again, I said yes I am Muslim. He questioned me do you believe in
Allah, I said yes of course I believe, Do you believe in Qayamat(Day of
Judgement), I said yes. He said I don’t believe that you are certain of
Qayamat. I said why? The Iranian replied because when I look at your
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Qayamat. This preparation which you have done looks like we don’t
have to die. Look at the preparation of our lives, our homes, after
looking at it, does it look like we have to die. We should prepare for
death in such a way that moment death comes we should be ready.
Hence we should do Tashi of Janaza. But some old persons who are
weak cannot come to the funeral, but they sit at home and cry for their
grandson. They have utmost sorrow and to the extent that they faint.
They are fainting with grieve but due to age they can’t come to attend.
Even those who are abroad and cannot attend the funeral are
mourning on phone. Such persons are aggrieved but you cannot say
that they are also doing Tashi or part of Tashi of Janaza. There are
people who love the dead but cannot do Tashi.
From here we know that Tashaiyo (Shiite) means to follow their leader
without gap. If a gap comes than it is not Tashi and not Tashaiyo. So
now if someone for whatever reason loves his Imam, cries and mourns
for his Imam, he faints in grief of Imam that too sincerely but if he is
not following his Imam, that too without gap; than the Doyen of
Martyrs says he is our lover (mohib) but not our Shia.
A person came in the presence of Imam Hussain (a.s) and said O my

Master! I am your Shia (ANA MIN SHIATEQUM). The Doyen of Martyrs
(a.s) got angry and said ITTAQILLA, Have Fear of Allah. You have made
a big claim. Do you know who is our Shia? Than Imam listed the traits
of a Shia and said I can’t see these traits in you. But I can testify that
you are an admirer and lover of ours this is because you are happy in
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our loves pulls him out of his home and brings him in the field of
action.
Tashaiyyo is the title of Islam. This was the title which the Prophet
(s.a.w.s) gave to Islam. It was meant to inform us that Islam is not the
name of just mere thinking and mentality like Philosophy, Islam is not
the name of History. Islam is not the name of beliefs (Aqeeda) and
concepts. It is the name of action. In order to show Islam is not just
theory but practical religion its title has been kept as Shiite which
means to follow.
Madh’ab and turning towards Deene Hanifa (upright

religion)
Religion is not a sect and just because others made sects we also did
not remain behind and converted Shiite into a sect. The Quran says “ ‫َﻻ‬
‫( َﺗ َﻔﺭﱠ ﻗُﻭﺍ‬do not divide). If others have turned into sects than let them be
why should you also consider yourself as a sect? In Arabic Madh’ab
comes from dhahaba means to walk. Madh’ab refers to place of
walking. It is similar to Sulook which means to walk, whereas Maslaq
means the place of walking. Sair means to walk whereas Maseer
means the path of walking. Dhahaba meansu to walk and dhahab
means the place of walking. It means the place of movement, the
constitution and manifesto of movement. And Ahle Madh’ab is that
community which is in movement. Shiite and Religion is the name of
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sitting in one sacred place for 100 years, still you will not be considered
on Deene Hanifa (upright religion) because you are not in movement.
We have been told that before Islam Bani Hashim were on Deene
Hanifa (upright religion). The Quran had not yet descended; the
prophet is not born but his ancestors were on Deene Hanif (upright
religion). When others were bowing in front of idols they (Bani
Hashim) were bowing in front of Allah.
What is the meaning of Deene Hanifa (upright religion)? It means when

others were stagnant they (Bani Hashim) were in movement. What is
an Idol? It is made of stone and stone is still. Whenever a stone idol
comes in front of man his thinking also becomes still and stagnant.
When an idol comes in front of his worship the worship stops. When
an idol comes in front of Aqeeda (belief); the belief stops. When an idol
comes in front of man, man stops. Deene Hanif means that religion
whose direction has turned towards Allah. When man was standing;
for him to move he had to take a step and turn his feet and this is what
Hanif is. The prophet was ordered ‫ﺣﻧِﻳ ًﻔﺎ‬ ِ ‫ َﻓﺄ َ ِﻗ ْﻡ َﻭﺟْ َﻬ َﻙ ﻟِﻠ ﱢﺩ‬. O Prophet!
َ ‫ﻳﻥ‬
You and this Ummah should turn towards the religion in the state of
Hanif. And what is the religion
‫ﺎﺱ َﻋﻠَ ْﻳ َﻬﺎ‬ َ ‫ﻓ ِْﻁ َﺭ‬
ِ‫ﺕ ﱠ‬
It is the Fitrat on which Allah has created you. This is the firm upright
religion which majority does not understand. When Quran says in this
verse to turn your face ‫ﻙ‬ َ ‫ َﻓﺄ َ ِﻗ ْﻡ َﻭﺟْ َﻬ‬than this face is not our face of eyes
and nose. Like our button; we say my button is open, it is not my
button it is the button of my shirt. Your battery is low means your
mobile battery is low. This face is not the face of Me or I. This is the

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face of the body. If I turn my shirt towards Qibla and my body is

somewhere else and recite Salaat; will this be correct? Like if you wear
the shirt whereby the buttons are on the back and the back of the shirt
is on front, and then you start to pray Salaat with the back facing Qibla.
Someone asks you and you reply that my shirt buttons are pointing
towards Qibla. He will say Allah wants you to turn towards Qibla, not
your shirt.
So now if we turn this face, which has moustache, beard, nose, eyes
and if this chest we turn towards Qibla and Allah, than it is like turning
your dress towards Qiblah. Allah will say I did not ask you to do this, I
want YOU to turn towards Me. So first we should know Who am I,
what is this I and me. This I or me is Fitrat. The face of Fitrat needs to
be turned towards Allah.
Fitrat and Sunnat
Fitrat is the style of Creation that too a specific creation which was not
given to any other creation and only to man. There is another word
Sunnat which is there in traditions and in Quran. Sunnat means trend
and method. Sunnat of Allah means the method and law of Allah. The
law and method of Allah does not change. The law for creation, the
law for religion does not change. Sunnat and Seerat are different.
Sunnat is the method, trend and Seerat is the style. The law of creation
did not change when creating man, means the Sunnat did not change
but the style of creation changed. Let me explain with an example.
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minds; when the mind is prepared now you should remove the
example so that the actual meaning can go inside. Like when you drill a
hole; first drill goes inside and now when the hole is drilled the drill bit
has to come out.
Fitrat is the style of creation whereas Sunnat is the law of creation. A

potter does an artistic work. It is highly artistic work across the world
but in Indian subcontinent it is an abased job. A scholar everywhere is
respected but in Indian subcontinent culture he becomes an employee.
This is a gift of kings and emperors. We have taken religion from Raja
and Maharaja. In the courts of Kings there used to be 13 types of
servants and employees and one of them was Maulana. The
Maulana;s whom Allah had given Imamat (leadership) became
employees. They took fees to do Salaat and do other things. If they
turn into Imam then all their activities would be responsibility and not
profession. When Islamic revolution came it changed the scene. Those
who were made employees by people once again became scholars and
Agha. If revolution turns employees into masters and makes them
respected then it is conscience which is telling this; religion is telling
this that one who has done this favor you should return this favor on
him
When a potter is making vessels, there is a law. First he needs clay and
that too special type of clay to make utensils. He needs to first make
dough of this and then leave it for few days. Why? So it develops a
temperament to turn into vessels. There is a process for turning clay
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setting up the design he takes a wheel on which he keeps the clay.

Now he turns the wheel and while turning uses his artistic fingers to
give it a shape. He should have talented fingers not ordinary fingers by
virtue of which he gives a shape to clay. This is the principle of making
vessels. He is making a pot, a utensil, a bowl for someone. Now
someone comes and gives an order to give special type of vessels.
Someone asks him to create a decorative piece which he can keep in
his drawing room to appease his guests. Now for this, I have to come
to you because I have money but you have talent. A talented person is
not one who has money but one who has the talent to turn clay into
artistic piece. The principle of creation is same that he needs the same
clay, set it, put on the wheel, and use his fingers. Everything he is
doing to create a decorative piece would be the same as was for
creating a pot with the only difference that style with which he will
make this decorative piece will be different. If he does not change his
style than this will also become a pot, bowl or something else which
will not be worth keeping in drawing room.
Allah made this universe, and under a certain principle he kept on

making everything in this universe after which came the turn of
decorating this universe, the time for a masterpiece for this creation.
Now he wanted to make something which would make the universe
shine, which would be the pride of this universe. In order to make this
masterpiece the law of creation was same, but the style was different.
He gave a new style to creation. It gave a specific creation but what
type of creation? Let us understand this specialty of man in more
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Meaning of Matter in Philosophy

As said before that one part of universe is materialistic. There are two
types of materialism. One is physics whereby bodily things are known
as materialistic whereas there is another type of materialism in
philosophy. In philosophy matter means that all perfection required in
that thing might not be present but all the ability for perfection are
present inside it. As an example: A seed for wheat generates the
wheat crop. This is a universal principle that a plant comes out of seed.
A seed only has the ability to produce a specific plant. If you plant a
wheat seed it will not produce barley; an offspring of a horse will not
be a donkey. This is a principle because Allah created all these things
as made to perfection. An Angel is made as an Angel and even after
hundred, thousand or millions of years will remain as Angel. Izrael will
not become Jibrael and Jibrael will not become Mikaael. Certain
creations were not created as made to perfection but instead they
were given the ability and ground to achieve perfection was provided.
The creations whom Allah gave the ability of their journey towards
perfection starts with this ability of perfection. There is no perfection
inside them but this perfection will come inside them. Allah did not
keep the plant of wheat inside the seed but kept the ability of wheat
plant inside the seed and man was asked to keep this seed inside the
earth so that the plant can come out. You do some and we will do
some but even what we do the rewards will be given to you only.
َ‫ﺃَﻓَ َﺮﺃَ ْﻳﺘُ ْﻢ َﻣﺎ ﺗَﺤْ ُﺮﺛُﻮﻥ‬

Have you considered what you sow?
ِ ‫ﺃَﺃَ ْﻧﺘُ ْﻢ ﺗ َْﺰ َﺭ ُﻋﻮﻧَﻪُ ﺃَ ْﻡ ﻧَﺤْ ُﻦ ﺍﻟ ﱠﺰ‬
َ‫ﺍﺭ ُﻋﻮﻥ‬

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Is it you that cause it to grow, or are We the causers of growth?

َ‫ﻟَﻮْ ﻧَ َﺸﺎ ُء ﻟَ َﺠ َﻌ ْﻠﻨَﺎﻩُ ُﺣﻄَﺎ ًﻣﺎ ﻓَﻈَ ْﻠﺘُ ْﻢ ﺗَﻔَ ﱠﻜﻬُﻮﻥ‬
If We pleased, We should have certainly made it broken down into
pieces, then would you begin to lament:
Surah Waqia (63,64,65)
The Quran is questioning man to look at what he has planted. ‫ُﺙ‬ ُ ‫ﺣْ ﺮ‬
(hars) means to open the land, soften it, place the seed and cover the
earth. After doing this your job is over, you go and sleep. Now from
here the function of someone else starts. The growth starts now; the
seed needs to be opened, and now the roots should go down and
stems should come out and now we have to give some food for its
growth. Now when it grows to such an extent grains come on it and
then the grains need to be covered. Now see what you have done and
what we have done. You only placed the seed below the earth but
who got it out of the earth. You sowed one seed we turned it into
hundred. Allah gave this example for Infaq, to spend in the way of
Allah. There are two types of grain; one is that one which the farmer
keeps aside to sow it, whereas other seeds are grounded to flour. Allah
says now look at your accounts and Allah’s account. You think that
those grains which you took to the flour mill and made bread and
other foodstuff from it, you think that this came to use. And the other
which you have stored aside to sow, you thought that this was meant
for earth. The one which went into your stomach you think it was
useful whereas one that goes inside the earth again you think that it is
wasted whereas Allah says it is the opposite. Why? The one which you
sow inside the earth I will make hundred out of it. I will get seven
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wish I will double it. How? The seed which you sow I create from it
seven stems and from each stem grains, so from one seed I create
seven hundred grains and if I wish I make it even fourteen hundred. I
will look at your sincerity and if you are pure and sincere than not even
fourteen hundred; I will make it in abundance; your good deeds that
you cannot even count ‫ﻋﻠِﻴ ٌﻢ‬
َ ‫ﺍﺳ ٌﻊ‬ ‫ﱠ‬
ِ ‫ﷲُ َﻭ‬
ْ ‫ﷲِ َﻛ َﻤﺜَ ِﻞ َﺣﺒﱠ ٍﺔ ﺃَ ْﻧﺒَﺘ‬
‫َﺖ َﺳ ْﺒ َﻊ َﺳﻨَﺎﺑِ َﻞ ﻓِﻲ ُﻛﻞﱢ‬ ‫ﻴﻞ ﱠ‬ِ ِ‫َﻣﺜَ ُﻞ ﺍﻟﱠ ِﺬﻳﻦَ ﻳُ ْﻨﻔِﻘُﻮﻥَ ﺃَ ْﻣ َﻮﺍﻟَﻬُ ْﻢ ﻓِﻲ َﺳﺒ‬
‫ﺍﺳ ٌﻊ َﻋﻠِﻴ ٌﻢ‬
ِ ‫ﷲُ َﻭ‬ ‫ﻒ ﻟِ َﻤ ْﻦ ﻳَ َﺸﺎ ُء ۗ َﻭ ﱠ‬ ُ ‫ُﻀﺎ ِﻋ‬ ‫ُﺳ ْﻨﺒُﻠَ ٍﺔ ِﻣﺎﺋَﺔُ َﺣﺒﱠ ٍﺔ ۗ َﻭ ﱠ‬
َ ‫ﷲُ ﻳ‬
The parable of those who spend their property in the way of Allah is as
the parable of a grain growing seven ears (with) a hundred grains in
every ear; and Allah multiplies for whom He pleases; and Allah is
Ample-giving, Knowing. (Surah Baqarah-261)
Allah gave this example for whom; for those who do Infaq. So look at
Allah’s account; it is countless. Those who count and give Allah also
counts and returns whereas those who give without counting Allah
also gives countless.
Infaq is like water. There are two cases of water. Like in a Dam when
water falls on a Dam, there is a turbine, when water passes through
the spill way, it falls on the turbine produces electricity which
enlightens massive populations. It is only that water which passes
through the spill way produces electricity. The water that stays back
becomes stagnant. Like in a pond, the water stays there in stillness and
becomes stagnant. You will see that water in a stream does not rise
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inside it which causes diseases. But the water in motion has fish inside
it which gives you tasty and healthy meat. Today doctor says that when
you fall sick by eating junk food you should eat fish, because fish are
healthy, why? They are brought up in pure running water. Fish are not
produced in canals. Money is like water, if it comes from one side and
leaves the other, than it is like spill way where it passes and falls on the
turbine and produces electricity. This electricity will enlighten the
entire world do not think that it is wasted. The money which is getting
stored in bank account is turning into stagnant water and what will this
produce? We say this accumulated wealth is for our children but the
children who live on this accumulated wealth turn into transgression,
germs, frogs, insects and through this wealth they start destruction of
the society. Allah gives Barakat in Infaq. The similitude of Infaq is like
the seed which has the ability to turn into a plant. In Philosophy this
ability is known as matter.
World of Seen and Unseen inside man
Allah has created certain things in perfection and certain things are
made to achieve perfection. Allah has created this universe as two
sided. One side of universe Allah made as matter and other side was
made as non-materialistic. The entire materialistic side of universe is
known as “Alam-al-Mulq”; whereas the other side is known as “Alam-
al- Malqoot” is non-materialistic also known as the world of unseen. As
mentioned in Surah Baqra that pious ones (Muttaqqeen) are those
who believe in Ghaib (unseen).

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ِ ‫ﺍﻟﱠ ِﺬﻳﻦَ ﻳ ُْﺆ ِﻣﻨُﻮﻥَ ﺑِ ْﺎﻟ َﻐ ْﻴ‬

‫ﺐ‬
Those who believe in the unseen
The meaning of Ghaib (unseen) is the world of non-matter or

metaphysical world. The world of seen is Alam-e-Shahadat; the world
which you can witness with your senses. The world of seen is before
the wall and beyond the wall also; outside the body and inside the
stomach is also the world of seen. Anything that you can see, listen,
smell, taste and touch are all the world of seen. The world of unseen is
that one which man affirms by Aql (intelligence) and through the Qalb
(heart) man witnesses this world of unseen (Malqoot).
Allah says to believe in the world of unseen and to have faith on the
world of unseen you need to witness it. Someone asked Ameerul
Momineen (a.s) whether he has seen Allah. He replied; May Allah
curse you. You think of me like yourself. You think that Ali believes and
worships that Allah about whom I have only heard? No! I have seen
Allah. But believe me I have not seen Allah with these eyes but the
eyes of insight. Aba Abdillah (a.s) says that; O Allah when did you
disappear, when were you hidden so that I needed to find you. You
are visible, I am lost. Hence you need to enter that world of unseen
and witness that world so you can believe.
The world of seen is the world of matter. Allah made this entire world
(seen and unseen) with His existential source and just presented us to
us a glimpse as the world of matter. But still both these world of seen
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creation. Then Allah made man as one single existence within which
the world of seen and unseen both are present. Alam al Mulq and
Alam al Malqoot, seen and unseen both are present inside man. This is
the reason when Allah made the world of seen; the materialistic
ْ ‫ﷲُ ﺃَﺣْ َﺴ ُﻦ‬
universe he did not say َ‫ﺍﻟﺨَ ﺎﻟِﻘِﻴﻦ‬ ‫ﺎﺭﻙَ ﱠ‬
َ َ‫ ﻓَﺘَﺒ‬when he made the
world of Malqoot (unseen) he also did not commend himself with
ُ‫ﷲ‬‫ﺎﺭﻙَ ﱠ‬َ َ‫ ﻓَﺘَﺒ‬. But when the turn of man came; when he created man he
ْ ‫ﷲُ ﺃَﺣْ َﺴ ُﻦ‬
said َ‫ﺍﻟﺨَ ﺎﻟِﻘِﻴﻦ‬ ‫ﺎﺭﻙَ ﱠ‬
َ َ‫ ﻓَﺘَﺒ‬. What was this uniqueness in creation of
man?
The uniqueness in creation of Man

In Surah Mominoon first the signs of Mominoon (believers) are
identified by Allah.
َ‫ﻗَ ْﺪ ﺃَ ْﻓﻠَ َﺢ ْﺍﻟ ُﻤ ْﺆ ِﻣﻨُﻮﻥ‬

Successful indeed are the believers,
َ ‫ﺍﻟﱠ ِﺬﻳﻦَ ﻫُ ْﻢ ﻓِﻲ‬
ِ ‫ﺻ َﻼﺗِ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﺧ‬
َ‫َﺎﺷﻌُﻮﻥ‬
Who are humble in their prayers,
ِ ‫َﻭﺍﻟﱠ ِﺬﻳﻦَ ﻫُ ْﻢ ﻋ َِﻦ ﺍﻟﻠﱠ ْﻐ ِﻮ ُﻣﻌ‬
َ‫ْﺮﺿُﻮﻥ‬
And who keep aloof from what is vain,
َ‫َﻭﺍﻟﱠ ِﺬﻳﻦَ ﻫُ ْﻢ ﻟِﻠ ﱠﺰ َﻛﺎ ِﺓ ﻓَﺎ ِﻋﻠُﻮﻥ‬
And who are givers of poor-rate,
َ‫ُﻭﺟ ِﻬ ْﻢ َﺣﺎﻓِﻈُﻮﻥ‬
ِ ‫َﻭﺍﻟﱠ ِﺬﻳﻦَ ﻫُ ْﻢ ﻟِﻔُﺮ‬
And who guard their private parts,
َ‫ﺖ ﺃَ ْﻳ َﻤﺎﻧُﻬُ ْﻢ ﻓَﺈِﻧﱠﻬُ ْﻢ َﻏ ْﻴ ُﺮ َﻣﻠُﻮ ِﻣﻴﻦ‬
ْ ‫ﺍﺟ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﺃَﻭْ َﻣﺎ َﻣﻠَ َﻜ‬
ِ ‫ﺇِ ﱠﻻ َﻋﻠَ ٰﻰ ﺃَ ْﺯ َﻭ‬
Except before their mates or those whom their right hands possess, for
they surely are not blameable,

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َ‫ﻓَ َﻤ ِﻦ ﺍ ْﺑﺘَﻐ َٰﻰ َﻭ َﺭﺍ َء ٰ َﺫﻟِﻚَ ﻓَﺄُﻭ ٰﻟَﺌِﻚَ ﻫُ ُﻢ ْﺍﻟ َﻌﺎ ُﺩﻭﻥ‬
But whoever seeks to go beyond that, these are they that exceed the
limits;
َ‫َﻭﺍﻟﱠ ِﺬﻳﻦَ ﻫُ ْﻢ ِﻷَ َﻣﺎﻧَﺎﺗِ ِﻬ ْﻢ َﻭ َﻋ ْﻬ ِﺪ ِﻫ ْﻢ َﺭﺍ ُﻋﻮﻥ‬
And those who are keepers of their trusts and their covenant,
َ‫ﺻﻠَ َﻮﺍﺗِ ِﻬ ْﻢ ﻳ َُﺤﺎﻓِﻈُﻮﻥ‬
َ ‫َﻭﺍﻟﱠ ِﺬﻳﻦَ ﻫُ ْﻢ َﻋﻠَ ٰﻰ‬
And those who keep a guard on their prayers;
ٰ ُ
ِ ‫ﺃﻭﻟَﺌِﻚَ ﻫُ ُﻢ ْﺍﻟ َﻮ‬
َ‫ﺍﺭﺛُﻮﻥ‬
These are they who are the heirs,
َ ْ‫ﺍﻟﱠ ِﺬﻳﻦَ ﻳَ ِﺮﺛُﻮﻥَ ْﺍﻟﻔِﺮْ ﺩَﻭ‬
َ‫ﺱ ﻫُ ْﻢ ﻓِﻴﻬَﺎ ﺧَ ﺎﻟِ ُﺪﻭﻥ‬
Who shall inherit the Paradise; they shall abide therein.
They are the ones whom we will make our vicegerents and not just
inheritors of land but also of Firdaus Now see how Allah created this
vicegerent.
ِ ْ ‫َﻭﻟَﻘَ ْﺪ ﺧَ ﻠَ ْﻘﻨَﺎ‬
ٍ ‫ﺍﻹ ْﻧ َﺴﺎﻥَ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺳ َُﻼﻟَ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ْﻦ ِﻁ‬
‫ﻴﻦ‬
And certainly We created man of an extract of clay,
We created man from the extract of clay. Sulala means juice and we
cannot remove the juice of clay but Allah did that. When you drink any
fruit juice don’t drink immediately first ponder over it. The sweet juice
came from a sweet fruit which was hanging on a branch. And that
branch was bitter in taste. This branch was on a Stem, the stem in
roots and the roots in earth. So is the sand, earth so tasty? So all this
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from? It came from the earth and it was Allah that extracted the earth
and kept its juice inside this fruit. These trees and plants are the Juicer
machines of Allah which are extracting the earth of Allah. When you
eat a watermelon don’t eat immediately just look at it once. This big
water container has so much of water inside this water bag; who has
kept it and that too in a dessert on a very light weed. The land on
which it came was dry. How was water protected inside the melon?
These are the books of Allah which you should read. You eat
Pomegranate but just look at how the pearls are connected to each
other, look at the velvet which is between these layers of pearls.
These are the customs, nature of Allah and the artwork of Allah. All
this what you eat and which you overeat; you should at least look at
this artwork of Allah and then be grateful to Allah.
Allah says we created man with the extract of Clay. Allah is informing
us about the main stations of creation just like you only remember the
main stations in the train journey. Similarly Allah made man traverse
through thousands of stations but only main stations are mentioned in
this story of creation of man in Quran.
From the extract of Clay, we created a sperm how? This is not

mentioned in Quran. Allah created food for man from clay, this food
turned into blood and from blood it turned into sperm. Then we
placed this sperm into
‫ِﻳﻥ‬ ٍ ‫ُﺛ ﱠﻡ َﺟ َﻌ ْﻠ َﻧﺎﻩُ ُﻧ ْﻁ َﻔ ًﺔ ﻓِﻲ َﻗ َﺭ‬
ٍ ‫ﺍﺭ َﻣﻛ‬
We transferred this sperm into a resting place. Now in this resting
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happening inside. Allah says I did not leave this to the mother; I myself
made the child inside. If Allah would have left it to the mother she
would be only concerned about the big eyes, straight nose and white
skin of the child or she would say I want a boy. She does not ask a
righteous child; a human in traits and virtues. She does not realize that
if Allah wants she can make your daughter Kauthar (goodness in
abundance).
ْ ‫ﺛُ ﱠﻢ ﺧَ ﻠَ ْﻘﻨَﺎ ﺍﻟﻨﱡ‬

‫ﻄﻔَﺔَ َﻋﻠَﻘَﺔً ﻓَﺨَ ﻠَ ْﻘﻨَﺎ ْﺍﻟ َﻌﻠَﻘَﺔَ ُﻣﻀْ َﻐﺔً ﻓَﺨَ ﻠَ ْﻘﻨَﺎ ْﺍﻟ ُﻤﻀْ َﻐﺔَ ِﻋﻈَﺎ ًﻣﺎ ﻓَ َﻜ َﺴﻮْ ﻧَﺎ‬
‫ْﺍﻟ ِﻌﻈَﺎ َﻡ ﻟَﺤْ ًﻤﺎ‬
Then We made the seed a clot, then We made the clot a lump of flesh,
then We made (in) the lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones
with flesh, then We caused it to grow into another creation, so blessed
be Allah, the best of the creators.
Then we brought the child from Mateen into Alqa, then from Alqa to
Muzgha; then Muzgha into bones, then on the bones, we placed flesh,
then on flesh we put skin. Now when the entire materialistic creation
was accomplished than what did we do?
َ ‫ُﺛ ﱠﻡ ﺃَ ْﻧ َﺷﺄْ َﻧﺎﻩُ َﺧ ْﻠ ًﻘﺎ‬
‫ﺁﺧ َﺭ‬
then We caused it to grow into another creation,
We gave it one more creation which was the final creation. This was
the stage where the two seas met. This was the stage where the
materialistic creation and the non-materialistic creation were merged
together. This was the last creation after which Allah said
َ ‫ﷲ ُ ﺃَﺣْ َﺳﻥُ ْﺍﻟ َﺧﺎﻟِﻘ‬
‫ِﻳﻥ‬ ‫ﺎﺭ َﻙ ﱠ‬
َ ‫َﻓ َﺗ َﺑ‬

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Commendations and greetings to the creator of best; who made these

two worlds as one in a single creation. This is why man is called as a
comprehensive creation.
Imam Ali (a.s) says; O Man! Do you consider yourself as a small

particle? Allah has kept a great universe inside you but you lack your
own recognition.
Why Allah says I blew my soul in man?
ِ ‫ُﻭﺣﻲ ﻓَﻘَﻌُﻮﺍ ﻟَﻪُ َﺳ‬

َ‫ﺎﺟ ِﺪﻳﻦ‬ ُ ‫ﻓَﺈ ِ َﺫﺍ َﺳ ﱠﻮ ْﻳﺘُﻪُ َﻭﻧَﻔَ ْﺨ‬
ِ ‫ﺖ ﻓِﻴ ِﻪ ِﻣ ْﻦ ﺭ‬
So when I have made him complete and breathed into him of My spirit,
fall down making obeisance to him. (Surah Hijr-29)
The universe which you see outside is present inside you. You see stars
and moon that is also present inside you and you see Alam-al-
Malaqoot outside which is also present inside you. This is the stage of
soul (Rooh) which Allah breathed inside man. Soul of Allah does not
mean it is the soul of Allah. Why Allah associated this soul to his
essence? The scholars say that this extension is called as Izaafa e
Tashriqia which means a honor. When Allah wants to honor
something or someone Allah associates that thing with this essence.
Allah told Ibrahim to clean my house (Baitullah). Allah does not stay
inside the Kaaba but Allah says my house so that the Kaaba gets
honored and dignified. For someone Allah said, he is my Abdi that is
my servant because others are servants of my bounties (Nemat) but he
is exclusively mine. Many things Allah associated with his essence and

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said it is mine. This is because when the status of certain things is

exemplary than associating such a thing with someone else does not
deliver its rights hence Allah associates such a thing with his self.
There was nothing else in this entire universe with it the soul of man
can be associated to deliver its right of status.
ُ ‫َﻭ َﻧ َﻔ ْﺧ‬
‫ﺕ ﻓِﻳ ِﻪ ﻣِﻥْ ﺭُﻭﺣِﻲ‬
Allah says to Angels that when I breathe my spirit inside him you
should fall in obeisance. Here ‫ ﺭُﻭﺣِﻲ‬is said which implies this creation
has so much dignity, greatness and abilities that I associated this to my
essence and Allah asked the angels to bow in front of him. The point
which they did not know before they witnessed it, and then they went
into prostration.
Difference between Fitrat and Tabiyat
The soul of man is the source of Fitrat of Man. It was mentioned

earlier about the three constituents of human beings; Fitrat, Tabiyat
and Gariza. Now is the time to understand the difference between
Fitrat and Tabiyat. Fitrat is a special style of creation for man only,
which was not used for anything else. Allah made man as
comprehension of Body and Soul. The demands of soul are known as
Fitrat whereas the demand of body is Tabiyat. But since they meet the
needs of each other they are kept together. Body also has many
abilities for the assistance of soul. That soul which is in body is life
which was mentioned before which was only given a honored soul
status. Man is in the struggle between Body and Soul and this struggle

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is identified with various terms in the Quran as Taqwa (Piety), Fujoor

(transgression), Aflaha (prosperity), Dassaha (suppression)
We kept both body and soul and their demands; Fitrat and Tabiyat
inside man and now both will struggle and then let us see in the battle
of Fitrat and Tabiyat who succeeds. If man uses his Tabiyat to arouse
his Fitrat he is successful but if the Fitrat gets buried below Tabiyat
then he is annihilated. When Tabiyat dominates man falls below the
status of humanity. He goes so low that he goes below the level of
beasts ‫ﻝ‬‫ﺿ ﱡ‬ َ ‫ﺃُﻭ ٰﻟَﺋ‬
َ َ‫ِﻙ َﻛ ْﺎﻷَ ْﻧ َﻌ ِﺎﻡ َﺑ ْﻝ ُﻫ ْﻡ ﺃ‬
The encounter of Karbala was between Fitrat and Tabiyat, one side
were those dominated by Tabiyat and other side were those who
dominated their Tabiyat by Fitrat. This fight is present in every nation,
where Truth and falsehood fight. Every nation has a Hussain and Yazid.
Sometimes a Yazid comes in the form of Pharaoh, Namrood and
Shaddaad. And sometimes the soul of Hussain comes in the form of
Ibrahim, Moosa and Isa. Whenever Fitrat gets subjugated, the
development of Yazidiat starts inside him. Those who were reciting the
Kalema of Rasool come out to slay the grandson of Prophet in most
brutal manner and bring atrocities even on the sacred women and
children of the family of Prophet.
The basic principle in understanding the right religion

Allah says in Surah Bani Israel ‫ َﻭﻟَ َﻘ ْﺩ َﻛﺭﱠ ﻣْ َﻧﺎ َﺑﻧِﻲ ﺁ َﺩ َﻡ‬that we have granted
Karamat (noble elderliness) to man over all other creations. Man’s
duty is now to preserve this Karamat. There are two types of Karamat;

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one is that Karamat which every man gets by creation on birth and
second Karamat is that which man has to build and grow upon the first
one. The Scholars say Karamat and Sharafat (honor) is of two types;
one is that of Fitrat and second is one which the man himself acquires
to protect this nobility and honor of his Fitrat. The addressee of
religion is man and the source of his dignity, honor and privilege is his
Fitrat which is as special creation given to man and now man has to
protect this specialty because at times this gets lost.
This is the subject that needs deep pondering and understanding; and
we should understand and study things with the etiquette which Ali
(a.s) the master and gate of Knowledge has taught us. He says that
when the Prophet would convey one religious issue to me it would
open one thousand doors for me and from each of these doors
another thousand doors would open and from each of these doors I
would open thousand further doors of understanding myself. This is
the excellence of the teacher (Muallim) whose one concept taught by
him opens up one million cases of understanding. The Prophet says
that the knowledge which has been imparted by Allah to me is not in
bit and pieces; he says Allah has granted me knowledge in
comprehensive form. The way Allah has granted me knowledge that
within one wisdom, there are millions of wisdoms. And when the
Prophet teaches someone he does the same way; that one meaning
when he expresses to Ameerul Momineen (a.s) he would understand
and interpret one million. Hence the follower of Ali (a.s) should be
similar whereby one religious principle is expressed if not one million
but at least it solves ten problems of our life. This can only happen with

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a broad and open mind but a narrow mind is one that does not
understand anything.
The Prophet who was appointed for the Muslim Ummah was given the
miracle of Book. It is astonishing that the Ummah whose Prophet’s
miracle is a Book is distant from the Book and are contentonly with
listening. The book is the miracle of Prophet and it is very sacred.
Every person in a home should have a personal library. We should be
associated with books because we are not the destination places for
revelations (Wahy) hence books are the source of intellectuals. There
was a special way of acquiring knowledge for Infallibles and Allah made
special arrangements to provide knowledge to them. He made them
the manifestation of his knowledge.
An intellectual principle is that everything which is meant for man to

understand he should be made to understand. Though the source of
religion is from Allah but Religion is for man. Religion will not be
understood till the time man is not understood. If someone tries to
understand religion without understanding man than he would not be
able to understand ‫( ﺍﻟ ﱢﺩﻳﻥُ ْﺍﻟ َﻘ ﱢﻳ ُﻡ‬the rightly established religion) instead
he will carve and construct his own religion or will destroy the religion
of Allah. Thus the major portion of Quran is on Self recognition
whereby man is taught about himself which is the subject of this book.
Imamat (Leadership) – The demand of Fitrat

If you gather all the verses in the Holy Quran related to Practical laws
of Islam they all account to five hundred including the repetitive ones.

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There are various verses on Salaat and on Zakat there are maximum
verses; there are several verses related to Hajj, Fasting, Halal, Haram
and if you count their total comes to five hundred whereas the total
verses of Quran are more than six thousand. This means five hundred
verses are those which have produced Tauzeehul Masael (the journal
of practical laws issued by Marajae Taqleed). The thousands of verdicts
(Fatwa) in this one book from your Marja-e-Taqleed are Hujjat for you
and you should refer to it for religious practices. Since this book is
Hujjat you should practice on it and even if the verdict is not correct
than also Allah will forgive you because you have acted upon Hujjat.
But if you have not referred to your Marjae (means the practical laws)
and acted on your own then if your act was wrong Allah will not
forgive. Some say that we do not do Taqleed of Non-Infallible
personalities we only do Taqleed of Infallible; but when it comes to
Infallible they say we do not follow those who are like
human(Bashar)(the objection that they raised on Prophet that he is an ordinary
human being like us). They have kept an excuse for everyone.
The Infallibles have themselves said that we have appointed them and
it is true that at times the Infallible as a requirement for fulfillment of
needs make non-infallible as Hujjat. It is the same way as Ameerul
Momineen made Malike Ashtar Hujjat for the Egyptians. Malike Ashtar
was not an Infallible so if the Egyptians would have objected and said
that we will not follow anyone except an Infallible, then What would
Ali (a.s) say? He will say that it is me who has given him this authority,
and I have been given the authority of successorship by the Holy
Prophet, and the Prophet also did not came on his own, he was made
the Messenger by Allah (s). Thus he said, anyone who denies Malik has

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denied Ali, and one who denied Ali has denied the Prophet and one
who has denied the Prophet has denied Allah. Thus it makes no
difference whether in that era when Ali makes Malik as Hujjat for
Egyptians or in this era a Just Faqeeh is made the Hujjat on people. The
Infallibles say that those who deny our Just Faqeeh has denied US and
one who has denied us has denied Allah. Our religion has standard
and criteria. In Shiite everything has a standard. There is a standard for
deeds, belief, character, world, Qayamat and we will be weighed on
these standards. Imamat has been made as per standard.
The literal meaning of Imamat is standard. Imamat is an Arabic word.

As said before words do journey; they are born in a language and when
they enter into science or religion they start to represent divine
meanings. Let me express an example to make you understand the
meaning of Imamat. You would have seen the mason who makes a
wall for the house. As the mason is building the wall he needs to
ensure that that wall is straight and this should be ensured from the
first brick itself. If the first brick is not set correct then the entire wall
that erects up will not be straight and it will fall down very soon. The
tool which this mason uses to ensure the wall is straight is known as
level, guage or a course line (specifically one with string), and there are
various types of such tools available, like with mercury or even digital
these days. But in ancient times this tool was made of a string, which
was used to verify this. If a mason does not use this course line and is
arrogant to claim that I don’t need any tool because whenever I build
walls they are always straight he would be nullified. Sometimes the
walls are made tilted but then cement plasters are put to make it look
straight. Such walls cannot be trusted and you cannot build multiple

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floors on a deviated wall. This course line which is used to verify the
straightness of wall is termed as “Imam” by Arabs in the Arabic
language. This Arabic word was used for this purpose.
Allah (s.w.t) created man and as said earlier that man was not made to
perfection instead he was asked to become man (that is to develop
and nurture human traits). Now we will realize why we need Imam, it
is not for the purpose of wordly desires of today thatwe need Imam. It
was like Bani Israel who needed Moosa for provisioning of delicious
foods. Moosa would come to them with revelations (Wahy) and they
would say Moosa please stop these preaching we are getting bored.
Then what should Moosa do? They would say; O Moosa! We are tired
of eating this one type of food every day, close this book and take this
shopping basket; we don’t have onions, garlic and vegetables. We are
tired of eating meat now, we need vegetables. These are the demands
which they had put up to a Prophet of Allah. Moosa told them that you
are big fools who have left higher things and going after lower ones.
Allah has not sent Prophets and Imams for fulfillment of desires of
man. Allah has kept instincts and desires (Gariza), Tabiyat and Fitrat in
man, but Allah did not sendthe Imams for the desires and Tabiyat of
man, but they were sent for the nurturing and development of Fitrat of
man. Imams were not made for the purpose for which Bani Israel used
the Imam. They would always complain about issues related to desires;
sometimes they said we don’t have water than when water was given,
they argued that we are twelve tribes and we need twelve different
springs of water.

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Ameerul Momineen (a.s) also said to his army and followers in Kufa,
that I want to take you towards Allah and you desire to take me
towards the world. I want to achieve something else through you
whereas you want to make me the means of achieving something else.
Allah has sent the Imams on the demand for Fitrat.
Fitrat said to Allah that O Allah when you made my creation in this way
(whereby I have to make myself) than please send me guidance also.
‫ﺍﻫْ ِﺩ َﻧﺎ ﺍﻟﺻ َﱢﺭﺍ َﻁ ْﺍﻟﻣُﺳْ َﺗﻘِﻳ َﻡ‬
does not mean mere lip service. This is the
demand of Fitrat. O my Lord, when you have not sent me in made up
complete form and you want me to become human then please give
me the assets for becoming also. Allah sent the assets for becoming
also which was the divine book but now Fitrat further demanded that
you have sent me the asset for construction of my Fitrat but now I
َ ‫ِﻳﻥ ﺃَ ْﻧ َﻌ‬
need the guides also. ‫ﻣْﺕ‬ َ ‫ ﺻِ َﺭ‬which means send me the
َ ‫ﺍﻁ ﺍﻟﱠﺫ‬
models for creating the Fitrat also so that it should not happen that the
face of Fitrat of everyone turns out to be different. So now send me
those Ideal Fitrats whom we can look to make ourselves so that all the
models are same. Since now we have come to make ourselves, our
Fitrat, our existence, we have to make it the same way the Mason
constructs the wall. The Quran says
‫ﺍﻥ ﺧَ ْﻴ ٌﺮ‬
ٍ ‫ﷲِ َﻭ ِﺭﺿْ َﻮ‬ َ ‫ﺃَﻓَ َﻤ ْﻦ ﺃَﺳ‬
‫ﱠﺲ ﺑُ ْﻨﻴَﺎﻧَﻪُ َﻋﻠَ ٰﻰ ﺗَ ْﻘ َﻮ ٰﻯ ِﻣﻦَ ﱠ‬
The one who laid the foundation of his existence on Piety and
َ ‫ ﺃَﺳ‬means to lay
Pleasure of Allah his existence would be different. ‫ﱠﺲ‬
foundation. Thus one who laid the foundation on Piety would be

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prosperous whereas one who laid the foundation on transgression and

corruption will be destroyed.
‫ﺎﺭ َﺟ َﻬ ﱠﻧ َﻡ‬ َ ‫ﺎﺭ َﻓﺎ ْﻧ َﻬ‬

ِ ‫ﺎﺭ ِﺑ ِﻪ ﻓِﻲ َﻧ‬ َ ‫ﺃَ ْﻡ َﻣﻥْ ﺃَﺳ‬
ٍ ‫ﱠﺱ ُﺑ ْﻧ َﻳﺎ َﻧ ُﻪ َﻋﻠَ ٰﻰ َﺷ َﻔﺎ ﺟُ ﺭُﻑٍ َﻫ‬
or he who lays his foundation on the edge of a cracking hollowed bank,
so it broke down with him into the fire of hell; (Surah Tauba: 109)
Since Allah did not create man to perfection and man has to create
himself so now man has to start this construction work. The way the
mason constructs the wall; when he lays one layer of brick, he verifies
it using this tool whether the wall is coming up straight or not. Hence
in order to ensure the straightness of a wall made of bricks, sand or
stone we need a course line or any tool then it order to ensure the
straightness of the wall of existence of man we need a much bigger
and advanced tool. Thus Allah after handing over the task of creating
himself to man and then giving him the material to construct Allah also
appointed an Imam for them.
Imam is required by Fitrat because when you are constructing the

building of yourself than you need an Imam as well. An Imam is the
standard to measure whether you are going straight or not. Keep the
Imam and look at your construction; if it resembles a replica of Imam
than be grateful. If the mason while the constructing the wall, sits on it
and just verbally says; “tool, tool, tool” the wall cannot be assured
whether it is straight or not, he has to practically measure it. Hence
unless man practically measures and verifies his Fitrat using an Imam
he cannot be considered as a follower of Imam. Who are Imamia
(followers of Imam)? Imamia is the name of community whose

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existence is straight because the Imam which Allah made is with them.
Imamat has been kept for man and all those things included in Imamat
cannot be understood unless man is understood first. First man needs
to be recognized than only the rights of Imamat would get recognized.
If someone tries to understand Imamat without understanding man
then he won’t be able to understand. First let him understand what
man is then he will realize the needs for man and then he will
appreciate why Allah has sent Imams.
Thus in the Holy Quran practical laws (Ahkam) are discussed in five
hundred out of six thousand verses the Ahkam are discussed so what
has been expressed in the other verses. Whatever has been expressed
in these six thousand verses are those things which after studying
makes man realize the need for these remaining five hundred verses
dealing with practical laws of Islam. These six thousand verses gave
cognizance (Maarifat) to man; it expounds, explains, interprets and
teaches man to man. These verses inform man that Allah has made
you dignified and granted you Karamat.
The way the Quran has been organized is very beautiful. It is an established belief by
the Shia school of thought that the way the Quranic verses and chapters are arranged
today is absolutely non-distorted and it is exactly the same way the Holy Prophet
(s.a.w.s) has compiled it. One elderly Shia Scholar did an intellectual mistake on which
he repented later. He published a book on distortions in Quran but then he realized
his mistake and during his lifetime he rectified it and published an answer to that
previous book and mentioned that this earlier book was written out of mistake. The
answer which he wrote in another book did not become popular whereas the first
book on distortion became popular and this is the book which is used by others today
as a reference to slander Shiite; that Shias believe in distortion in Quran. The Quran
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the same sequence in which the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s) compiled. The Quran
descended in one sequence and was compiled in another sequence. The first verse
which descended is in the last chapter whereas the last verse which descended is in
the fifth chapter. This compilation was done by the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s). When a
verse would descend the Prophet will tell the companions in which Chapter (surah)
they should place it. The Chapters (Surah) were also made by Prophet.
On one side the Quran is expressing the Sharaf and Karamat of man
and then just see what is coming in the adjacent verse.
ِ ‫وﻟََﻘ ْﺪ َﻛﱠﺮﻣﻨَﺎ ﺑ ِﲏ آدم و َﲪ ْﻠﻨَﺎﻫﻢ ِﰲ اﻟْﺒـﱢﺮ واﻟْﺒﺤ ِﺮ ورزﻗْـﻨَﺎﻫﻢ ِﻣﻦ اﻟﻄﱠﻴﱢﺒ‬

‫ﺎت‬َ َ ْ ُ ََ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ ُ َ َ َ َ َ ْ َ
ِ ِ ِ
‫ﺎﻫ ْﻢ َﻋﻠَ ٰﻰ َﻛﺜ ٍﲑ ﳑ ْﱠﻦ َﺧﻠَ ْﻘﻨَﺎ ﺗَـ ْﻔﻀ ًﻴﻼ‬
ُ َ‫ﻀ ْﻠﻨ‬
‫َوﻓَ ﱠ‬
And surely We have honored the children of Adam, and We carry them in the
land and the sea, and We have given them of the good things, and We have
made them to excel by an appropriate excellence over most of those whom We
have created (Surah Isra – 70)
After this verse 71 starts,
ُ
ٍ ‫َﻳ ْﻭ َﻡ َﻧ ْﺩﻋُﻭ ُﻛ ﱠﻝ ﺃ َﻧ‬
‫ﺎﺱ ِﺑﺈِ َﻣﺎﻣ ِِﻬ ْﻡ‬
We will raise everyone on that day with their Imam. Who will be the
Imam? Imam will be that standard which man resembles. Those who
are deviated will be raised with their deviated Imams and those who
are upright will be raised with their upright Imams irrespective of what
slogans you had on their lips. The cowards will be raised with coward
Imams, the self-respected would be raised with their self-respected
Imams. The honored ones will be raised with their honored Imams.
The way the Ummah’s were, their Imams would be like them also.

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There are Imams of Hidayat (guidance) and as well as Imams of Naar

(Fire) who will take their followers to hell. We will raise everyone with
their Imam.
Hence first we need to understand man, the major portion of Quran

lies in explaining the “man” to man. Then only man will understand
Quran, Religion and the School of Imamat. Everything that has
happened in the world is in the same way.
The Man of West
If you look at Europe they also first understood man and whatever
they deduced about man they made their ideology, society and culture
based on their understanding of man. The culture of west is termed as
human culture and civilization but first look at what is the man of
West. The man of West does not possess any Fitrat, he only has
Tabiyat. Certain Western thinkers even deny Tabiyat in Man; they say
that Fitrat and Tabiyat both are myths and only thing present inside
the man are his instincts (Gariza). And not all instincts but they say
there is only one instinct which is the basis of humanity of man and
that is sexual desires. This interpretation is not from ordinary people
in the West but from famous Western thinkers. It is the same west
which we consider as our paradise and which is our ultimate desire.
Some people are successful in reaching this paradise and then they
write back to their friends that whatever paradise these Maulana’s
speak about rivers, houries etc. are all here in the West. This Paradise
of West is based on Human recognition and the Man of West has no

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Fitrat and even no Tabiyat; his basis is instincts and that too sexual
instinct.
A western thinker Darwin presented man as the developed species of

animals. He says that an animal of single cell came into existence and
then kept on developing to turn to monkey and from there he turned
into animal. This is the man of West which is the developed face of
animal hence what is the need for Fitrat? This is the not the man which
Quran is presenting. Since there is similarity in looks between man and
monkey they say that the tail of monkey fell down and it became man.
But what Quran is saying is the opposite; Quran is not telling monkey
or apes turned into man, it says man abased himself so low that it got
transformed into monkey.
First they found the man this way; one thinker expressed the history of
man as an animal developed into man with his tail falling, neck
straightening, and body becoming straight and with some physical
transformation monkey turned into man. Then another thinker came
and expressed how man’s self was created. Sigmund Freud is a famous
Western psychologist thinker and the students of psychology would
have come across his name. He is the intellectual of Western culture.
He said that man is the name of sexual desires and all his deeds are on
the basis of sex. All his relationships with others are only based on
sexual interests. This was a tyrannical, non- human and oppressive
vision given by Freud about man. He even said that the relationship of
children and infants with their parents is also on the basis of sex. He
says that an infant gets attracted towards his mother for breast
feeding is also out of sexual instincts. He further states in my childhood

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I would love my mother and envy my father, this was because of

opposite sex attraction which man has.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#Psychosexual_develop
ment)
First they recognized man in this manner, now they had to make a
system for man which was also on the same line. Whatever systems
like education, culture, economic and all social systems they devised
was on this basis of their recognition of man. These were and are not
human systems. Today we are so desperate for this Western Culture.
Iqbal went to this culture and came back and warned his nation to
beware about this Western culture. We say that they have developed a
lot.
One elderly intellectual expresses their development in his words, and

says that all of their developments are based on two functions which
are divided into two industries. Half of the industries are developing
products to arouse desires and other half are producing goods to fulfill
these aroused desires.
Now let us look at the man of Quran, look at the picture of man of
Quran. The man of Quran has been created from Fitrat; he has Tabiyat
and also instincts and desires inside him but the secret of his being
privileged and prominent amongst all other creations is his Fitrat. The
man of Quran is great, elderly, prominent, dignified, honored, and is
the representative of Allah on earth. Thus the system of life will be in
accordance with the presentation of man. Hence to change the system
first man has to be changed.

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Tabiyat
We mentioned three fundamental things about man to you which
most of the times are adulterated. Man has Fitrat, along with Fitrat
there is Tabiyat and Gariza. Allah crated the physical nature of man
and then gave him the non-physical creation as soul. The demands of
soul are known as Fitrat whereas the demands of body are known as
Tabiyat. This is the special creation which is not present in other
creations. This is ‫ﷲ‬ ِ‫ﺕ ﱠ‬َ ‫( ﻓ ِْﻁ َﺭ‬the innate disposition made by Allah).
Fitrat is the special creation which is specific to man and the specialty
is whereby soul and body together created an existence. The body is
also part of the man but the reality of man is his soul. This is the reason
body remains here but man proceeds forward. Man does not die; his
body dies and is buried respectively. It is like the dress. Since the body
belongs to man it also gets the honor to be buried respectfully. It is not
that the body of man dies at death only, even during his life time man
dies several times and again brought back to life. This is the law of
body that cells break, die and new cells come up. In few years man’s
body changes but a time comes when body is relieved sometimes
accidentally or when the time is over. As per Haafiz; soul was leaving
and I said don’t go; the soul replied what I can do this house is getting
ruined and destroyed. The soul is saying that I have taken work which I
had to take from body and now I have to go. Death is time when soul
departs from body and gets into the world of grave, whereas the body
goes inside the grave which is a pit in ground. Grave in arabic is known
as Lahd. Qabr is the state of world not the pit. The world of grave is
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accountability done with the body in this pit. It is just like the dress
which is hanging inside the cupboard where there are no Munki Nakir.
The dress cannot be questioned as to how many times you became
dirty, how many times you were washed and ironed. If you ask the
body why you are black than what is my fault in this. All the question
and answers will be in the world of grave which will be with the soul.
Soul is not created to die; it gets transferred. Death is the name of this
transfer. The soul which was connected to this physical world is now
disconnected from here and transferred into the other world. The soul
will be questioned and the body remains in this world. Till the time the
soul remains in this world it needs the body because of its nature of
creation, so that the soul can achieve the purpose of creation. Till the
time soul is with this body the body will also have its demand.
The demands for the body are named as Tabiyat whereas the demands
of soul are named as Fitrat. Man has three dimensions inside himself.
One dimension is of growth, second dimension is of movement
whereby he eats, drinks and reproduces and third dimension is that of
Fitrat. The physical dimension is known as Tabiyat. Why is it called
Tabiyat?
The literal meaning of word “Tabiyat”
The Quran is in Arabic and to understand the Quran we need to take

help from Arabic language. The Quran has used this word of Tabiyat
very often. In the beginning of Surah Baqarah the word Tabb is used.
Allah says to Prophet that; O Prophet! do not get exhausted with some
people. The Prophet (s.a.w.s) was highly desirous for guidance of

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misguided ones; he would keep on trying to guide them to the extent

that he would get highly exhausted. This is where Quran says:
َ ‫َﺳ َﻭﺍ ٌء َﻋﻠَﻳ ِْﻬ ْﻡ ﺃَﺃَ ْﻧ َﺫﺭْ َﺗ ُﻬ ْﻡ ﺃَ ْﻡ ﻟَ ْﻡ ُﺗ ْﻧﺫِﺭْ ُﻫ ْﻡ َﻻ ﻳ ُْﺅ ِﻣ ُﻧ‬

‫ﻭﻥ‬
ٌ‫ﺎﺭ ِﻫ ْﻡ ﻏِ َﺷ َﺎﻭﺓ‬ َ ‫ﻭﺑ ِﻬ ْﻡ َﻭ َﻋﻠَ ٰﻰ َﺳﻣْ ﻌ ِِﻬ ْﻡ ۖ َﻭ َﻋﻠَ ٰﻰ ﺃَﺑ‬
ِ ‫ْﺻ‬ ِ ُ ‫ﷲ ُ َﻋﻠَ ٰﻰ ﻗُﻠ‬ ‫َﺧ َﺗ َﻡ ﱠ‬
Allah has set a seal upon their hearts. Khatama means to lock the heart
and now no words will enter inside their hearts, irrespective of
whether you teach them or not. They will not bring faith; their hearts
are locked.
The same meaning which has been expressed with the word Khatama
over here has been explained with the word Tab in other places. Allah
has made their heart Tab. Arabs say that after writing a letter they
stamp it and close the letter. This final stamp or sealing of letter is
known as Tab. Tab means a seal has been placed. A seal is a symbol of
completion. In the ancient times the seal would be in finger rings.
These days sustenance, fortune, fate is kept in rings but at that time seal was in rings.
The rings have also developed and gradually Rizq and fortune has also come into rings.
Some people say that from the time I have worn this ring my situation has improved.
Some say from the time I put on this stone I have started to remain unhealthy. Your
unhealthiness is not due to the ring, it is due to cholesterol; it is due to what you have
put inside your stomach and not the ring which you have put in your finger. In fact the
stone is complaining that on whose hands have I gotten onto? He is asking Rizq from
me; If Allah would have given me these qualities than Allah would have given me sense
as well but Allah has given sense (Sha’oor) to him and he is asking things from me,
what kind of senseless person is he? At times other creations get astonished at man,
even animals gets astonished at man.

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Maulana Room writes that one day a man was riding a donkey and after walking for
some time the donkey remembered Allah. The donkey stopped and started to do
Munajaat with Allah; that O Allah! I am satisfied with my creation that you have made
me donkey, I have no complaints against you that you made me donkey. But O Allah!
This one who is sitting on my back what is the difference between him and me? I am
fine that I am a donkey but what is the difference between him and me so that he is
sitting on me. If man gets abased than even animals are astonished on him as to who is
he?
The stone gets astonished as to what kind of senseless man is he?. Prophet Ibrahim
saw those idol worshippers who were carving the idols themselves. They would first
gather stones and wood, than they would get workers who would carve idols of it
which would take months and years to complete. After completion of these idols they
would sit in front of these idols folding their hand and seek his desires. The Idols were
mocking at their foolishness that they have made us by their own hands and seeking
their desires from us. Is it possible that you make something by your own hand and
then seek desires from it? Like you prepare bread by your own hand; then keep it in
front of you, prostrate in front of bread asking it to give you sustenance. The bread will
question that you have created me yourself and asking me to give you Rizq? Prophet
Ibrahim also questioned them that what foolishness are you doing; the things which
you have created by your own hands are dependent on you; hence if you desire to
seek something than ask it from one who created you and not from those things which
you have created.
The world has developed a lot and people say which is true as well that Japan is the
Imam (Leader) in technology. It is true Japan has given the world various technological
innovations. But what do they do? After getting exhausted while sitting on the
computer and developing Nano technology the Japanese visits the temple and do
prostration in front of stone. It would have been better if he would have prostrated in
front of the computer; at least it was a complex thing. When human being gets abased
he goes to the extreme of lowliness. The calf of Saamri was made by Saamri in front of
them using their means and with their help. After he made the calf he told them this is
God and you should worship it. This was the lowliness of man that they all made the
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The Arabs when they would write a letter would seal it by putting a stamp on it and
this stamp was generally carved on their stone ring. There are various philosophies of
wearing ring. In religion it is Mustahab to wear ring; the reason why it is recommended
could be various like it is a sign of Momin. During the time of Bani Umayyah and Bani
Abbas it was very difficult to recognize believers hence this ring was an identity. Even
today the believers recognize each other with rings. It was the same in that era. Or
another reason it is a decoration for man just like jewellery is decoration for woman. In
order to protect man from gold this would have been made Mustahab since gold is
prohibited for man. Anything made of gold like ring, locket, band or watch are all
haram (prohibited) for man. There are certain things which are good but had gone
under the name of someone else, like gold has been associated with women. Our
teacher would say that these chips are very tasty but unfortunately it has gone under
the name of children. Thus philosophy of wearing ring is either for decoration or for
identification but no way there is Rizq in these stones. They have no connection with
any star, Allah has not made stars for man; there are angels for Rizq. Allah has not
given the reigns of man in the hands of stars instead he has given it in the hands of
Imams.
In the ancient times seals were made in rings and under the letter they
would seal. The Seal in Arabic is known as Khatm; since by placing the
Khatm at the end of the letter it was an indication of completion of
letter; the ring was also termed as Khatam. Khatam means the ring
with seal. Tab means when you write the content of letter as an
indication of completion of content you sign today but in those days a
seal was placed. The placement of seal indicated that the content has
ended here and there is nothing written beyond this. This is known as
Tab which means declaration of completion.
“Tabiyat” of all creation

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All the living beings which Allah created and amongst which there is
the body of man. Allah kept all the essentials in the body of living
beings and same for man also all the physical needs were kept inside
man and then the announcement for completion was done. After
announcement the name of this creation become Tab-e-Bashar which
implies this is physically a perfect human being, his physical creation
has been completed and there will not be any enhancement beyond
this. Hence whatever was kept inside man’s physical existence which
completed him, this physical existence and reality of man is known as
Tabiyat. This is called Tabiyat because all the requirements were
fulfilled and completed.
This Tabiyat is common in every creation which means every creation

is physically created in complete form. But the attributes and
specialities are different. Like the attribute of smoke is that it goes
upwards. The attribute of smoke is that whenever it is created it goes
upwards, but if you throw a pebble it will fall downwards. Similarly if
you throw water on ground it will travel towards slope. From where
does water knows that it has to go down; how does smoke know that
it has to go upwards? The answer is that in the Tabiyat of Water which
means when it was getting created this attribute was kept in water,
that whenever it falls, it has go towards slope. Everything has a
different attribute and thus a different temperament. Allah has kept in
every Tabiyat as to what it has to do. Thus the Quran also says that we
have created everything and placed them in their orbits. Sun was
created and placed in its orbit, Moon was placed in its orbit and now
they have to remain in their orbit. They only have Tabiyat and Tabiyat
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taught as to which direction it has to go. Smoke is not taught which

direction it has to go. The sand is not made to understand what it has
do; rain is not taught how to fall. Anything which is materialistic only
need not be told where it has to go, because these attributes were
placed inside it at the time of their creation and after placing these
traits inside it the creation was completed and its Khatm was done and
due to this Khatm its Tab came into existence. Now, Allah has created
it with complete Tabiyat.
Every physical thing has a Tabiyat present inside it. Tree is physical it
has a Tabiyat, Animals have body hence they also have Tabiyat, Water
has body hence it is Tabiyat. All the physical things have a body which
implies their specialties are placed inside them and their creation is
completed. Similarly man also has a Tabiyat. And we ask also how is
your Tabiyat which means how are the needs and specialities of your
body.
Tabiyat is common between Man and Animals

Fitrat is different and Tabiyat is different. There is a clash and
encounter between Fitrat and Tabiyat. The things that are placed in
the body of man is Tabiyat and this Tabiyat wants to dominate and
subjugate Fitrat, and use it for its own purpose. On the other hand
Fitrat wants to subjugate Tabiyat. In this internal battle whoever wins
in this internal battle his outward behavior will reflect the same. One
whose Fitrat succeeds his external behavior will also be as per his
Fitrat, but one whose Fitrat gets defeated and suppressed than this
external behavior will be in accordance with this Tabiyat.

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Tabiyat is similar between man and animals; there is not much

difference between the Tabiyat of Man and Animals. This is the reason
in Medical Science for doctors to get acquainted with the physical
system of man they are made to do experiments on animals. Someone
should ask them that you have to treat man but what is the reason
that you are experimenting on animals. They start with frog, than rat,
than cat and the final experiment made on the dead body of man.
Those things which they have studied in animals before and now they
are looking inside man there is not much difference. This is because
the Tabiyat of both are same, hence they are doing the right thing else
they would start to cut man from the first day. Even the medicines
which they make first they test is on rats, monkeys and other animals.
First they give a Hepatitis vaccination to animal, then give a Hepatitis
virus shot to the animal to see if the vaccination worked or not. If it
works than they conclude that it will work on man as well.
They even write that this scientist has found a cure for a cancer and
experimented this medicine on a cancer mice and its cancer got cured.
Whenever a medicine becomes successful in animal it works on man
also successfully. Why is it like this? This is because this section of man
and animal is common. This is the physical side of man whose creation,
demands and sickness are also same as animal. This part of creation
does not gives prestige and privilege to man. The thing which gives
privilege to man is his Fitrat. Religion has come to give growth to man’s
Fitrat and this is the reason that Allah did not experiment religion on
animals. Allah sent the religion exclusively to man through his
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The Clash of Fitrat and Tabiyat and its consequence

In this clash of Tabiyat and Fitrat if Fitrat gets defeated (it does not die)
and gets subjugated than animalistic traits dominate. Then he lives,
drinks, eats, speaks, sits, stands and does everything like animals. Like
animals are born together as brothers and sisters but after sometime
they forget this relationship but Fitrat till the time of death does not
forgets his brother and sister. The parents of animals forget their
children when they grow but Fitrat does not forget. Fitrat remembers
parents till old age and even after their death.
Fitrat remembers all the lessons but the condition is that it should not
get defeated and the dust of Tabiyat does not overcome it. Fitrat
remembers everything as to who is Allah, who is prophet and who are
his progeny. But when Fitrat gets buried under Tabiyat it turns man
into a beast. And a beast has no regards for mother, sister , religion,
Prophet and even the progeny of Prophet. This is why it is said that
the encounter in Kabala was a battle between Tabiyat and Fitrat. On
one side were people made on the Fitrat of Allah who had the sense
for everything whereas on the other hand were the animals. If man’s
Tabiyat turns wild it turns wilder than animals. The tyranny and
oppression which was done is beyond expression. Since we have
become hard hearted we have to listen to the calamities a lot to cry
else the name of Hussain is enough for crying.
Man – The Unknown

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Man who is the nucleus of all creation has done such vicious acts that
the beasts have felt ashamed whereas on the other hand he has done
such great acts that even the Angels have become passionate. Man
needs to be discovered than only man will be able to understand
religion.
Allah (s.w.t) in his sacred words where he has given the manifesto for
guidance of man which is the Quran has a big portion on
understanding man, recognizing and developing man. The first chapter
of teaching Quran is to recognize man so that he can understand and
find the way to his lord. But this man is complex in creation. Every part
of his creation is complex and it deserves specific recognition.
One very useful book for human recognition is written by a French

Scholar Alexis Carrel by the name “Man, the Unknown”. He is a
Doctor, Physician and he is only connected with the body of man. In his
analysis of human body he comes to a conclusion that the reality of
man is still unknown to man. The analysis and study of man’s body did
not start today but it has been under study since the time of creation.
Man has researched a lot on the human body and every day it is
increasing. Man’s organs, his creation, his structure, the system of
body is revealing something new everyday. This scholar has spent his
life in studying human body. He has the reference of all previous
scholar’s books, after practically studying the man in laboratory he
wrote the book “Man, the unknown” which means that man till date is
not know to man himself. This can be testified only when Man can
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Man is not discovered yet for man, not even on the physical side of it.
Take any organ of man and you will see a world of astonishment inside
it. If you take the eye of man and just look at that way Allah has
created this; it is an astonishing world. If we do not understand
anything else about man and just understand the function of this one
organ of man which is eye; Allah is the witness that you will never raise
your head out of prostration. The same eye with which we commit
sins, we do disobedience, which we use it without any care and whose
rights we do not deliver. This is the Tabiyat of man which is common
between Man and other creation. The gem which gave privilege to
man was his soul and Fitrat is the specialty and faculty of soul. Fitrat is
a special style of creation. The specialty and faculty of soul is named as
Fitrat whereas specialties and faculties of body are named as Tabiyat.
Our purpose of life is to fulfill the demands of Fitrat whereas we have
not even understood the Tabiyat of man. We need to nurture our
Fitrat but first we need to recognize it.
Gariza (natural instincts)
There is a third thing also which Allah has kept inside man apart from
Tabiyat and Fitrat. This is Gariza. Though this is closely associated with
Tabiyat but it is separate. Its existence and functions are separate.
Gariza is only for those living things which are in movement (animals
and human beings). Tabiyat is for everything which has a physical
existence. Water, Fire, Stones, Rocks, air, oxygen, hydrogen and
everything that has a materialistic existence has Tabiyat. All the traits
and specialities for this creation was placed inside, completed and
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close and placing a seal. Allah made the existence of everything,

placed it qualities inside it, closed it and then when he applied the seal
on it; it was given the name of Tabiyat. Whatever was required by
water it was placed inside it and it became its Tabiyat. Whatever was
required by air was completely given to it and not even a single
molecule was left for it to acquire. Its Tabiyat was complete. If you do
an independent terminological meaning of Tabiyat than it could be
referred to as complete physical existence of all bodily things. Every
body’s specialty is different from other. The way two persons are not
similar , similarly in the universe no two things are not exactly similar.
Because if they are same, than they cannot be two. For multiplicity you
need difference, there has to be some difference than only multiplicity
is possible. Every creation’s Tabiyat is made such.
Certain creations are such that apart from body they also possess life,
they grow like the plants and there are some who reproduce also and
reproduce the same species as they are. These are termed as Animals
or beasts. In these Animals Allah has kept a third thing also which we
will express with an example.
We are all familiar with Computer. In a Computer there are two major
parts; one is Hardware and second is Software. Hardware are the
physical components which are connected together to construct this
machine. Software is the programs which are used to run this machine.
In Software there are also two types of programs; one are those
programs and software which you can install on the hardware like the
Operating System and other applications. Like you can install Windows
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applications subjective to your use. There is another program which is

present by default in the computer moment you buy it from the shop.
This is known as BIOS (basic input/output) system, this built-in
software determines what a computer can do without accessing
programs from a disk. On Personal Computers, the BIOS contains all
the code required to control the keyboard, display screen, disk drives,
serial communications, and a number of miscellaneous functions.The
BIOS is present in the ROM of the CPU. This is something which you
cannot replace or change. This is installed by the manufacturer at the
time of hardware development itself. It is the same thing which
mobiles also have, that it comes with an Operating System which you
cannot change. Like there are Windows Mobile, Symbian Mobile,
Android Mobile, Apple iOS. These OS platforms cannot be changed and
on these OS you install your other programs known as Apps in Mobile
technology. If this OS is not present in the Mobile it will not even turn
on. In a talented form the processor OS is placed inside the ROM of
the Mobile. This BIOS in computer and OS in a Mobile Phone runs
every hardware in these devices.
Whatever man has created has not been done without a model.
Though we say that two things have been done in science; one is
discovery and second is invention. Though in reality man has not
invented anything because it is not the work of man to invent
anything. The role of man is to only discover; man cannot invent
anything and he only has the ability to discover. Man has discovered
everything like laws, principles, formulae, reality and this is a great
achievement by man that he has discovered to the extent of small
particles and realities and secrets inside them. The role of intelligence

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is to discover the secrets in small particles across the universe. Man

has not created anything without a model. In this example which I gave
for Computer and Mobile, this has also been an inspiration which man
has taken from animals.
The instincts in animals are present with birth and it is required for
survival of animals. The animals need awareness of things for its
survival, but this awareness is not acquired but kept by birth in them. If
you analyze the world of animals, there is astonishing knowledge and it
is an amazing world. If you just ponder over this aspect of how Allah
has kept awareness at the time of birth in animals. How when they are
born they find their way towards their place of nurturing.When an
animal is born it is the first day of the new born, just ponder over it.
Like when you eat fruits and vegetable don’t just eat immediately first
read it also; just look at the power of Allah in it. Allah has kept two
things in fruits; one the things for stomach and other things for Aql as
well. When something comes in front of an animal it will immediately
eat it, but for a man he should ponder and eat. Like from where
havesuch things come into the mind of man to develop a chip which he
can place inside the computer to make everything active?
This BIOS and program man has taken from animals. When an animal is
born just see how the new born behaves. If you have seen the goat,
cow and sheep giving birth. When the animal is born all his limbs are
strangled and the first task it has to do is to straighten its limb. When it
straighten its limbs, than the mother of the goat also knows that the
child has taken birth. At this time the mother of goat is in extreme pain
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as well. When the goat delivers its child it is in extreme severe pain
which is not yet settled down, so rather than paying attention towards
its stomach or starts to graze she turns towards the new born and
starts to lick their body. Why is she licking? Not because their bodies
are sweet and tasty. This goat knows that I have to do this because the
child’s limbs were strangled for few months in her womb and now the
limbs should get the energy to free itself so that the new born can
stand on their own feet. The new born also tries to straighten its limbs
and the other help is given by their mother in this task. This licking is
the massage which the goat gives to her child so that blood circulation
enhances and the limbs get straightened. The goat knows that this is
my task which I have to do and immediately starts to give massage to
the child. In less than thirty minutes the child starts to stand and after
falling few times the child stands on its feet. Then the first thing which
the child does is to look for food. While he was in the womb he was
not doing this because there he was getting the food automatically
through a connected pipe. But now he knows that old system of free
food is over and now he has to himself struggle and find food. In order
to search for food he gets up and searches for food. There are many
things present; grass is there, other animals are there but he does not
go there, he only goes to his mother. He looks at the entire body of the
mother and he knows in which part of the body the arrangement of
food is for me and in few minutes of efforts he finds his food.
The question is that this child of a beast which is just born was not
taught by anyone, he has not seen any model before, he was not given
any tuition class and immediately when he is born, he knows that he
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he also knows the address of the food also. He is born today, he has
not seen anything and he has not done any Taqleed.
Take another example of turtles; the longest living animals who live for
hundreds of years. It lives in sea and for the purpose of reproduction
the female turtle comes to the shore by travelling thousand miles.
They go a distance from the sea on shore and dig holes where they lay
their eggs. She knows which part of the shore is sandy and finds the
sandy shore as if there is a compass fitted inside it. With utmost efforts
she digs holes in the sand and then lays hundreds of eggs in these
holes. After laying eggs she makes arrangement for its protection. She
puts sand on top of it and you might be aware that for an egg to be
hatched it needs a specific temperature. Within a short time she has to
lay eggs and put that much sand on the eggs which maintains a specific
temperature. After doing all this she returns back to the sea. Than
after several months the eggs hatch and the baby turtles come out.
There are hundreds and thousands born in a day and they come out
from almost one feet sand. These baby turtles come out and they need
to go somewhere. On one side is the earth and other side is the sea.
But they all thousands in numbers go towards the sea only. There is
not a single instance where a single turtle has gone in the other
direction. When returning to the sea the first day new born turtle who
is without mother knows his enemies as well. He knows which marines
inside the sea are dangerous to him and has to stay away. They know
to what depth they have to go gradually and he knows what he has to
do. It is an amazing world as to from where all this awareness has
come inside this animal. And this is going on since millions of years.
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Dinosaurs. Those massive sized beasts who were present at some time
and whose remains are being discovered today and whose huge bodies
got melted and today the fuel which we are extracting is the fat from
these beasts buried under earth. So who has told their mothers first to
do such long journeys and come to the shore and then who has shown
the baby turtles the way to the sea. The turtle is living the same life
and follows the same pattern since millions of years and it will remain
the same even for further millions of years.
Similarly the world of honey bee is also astonishing. The way she
constructs the honeycomb is a masterpiece of engineering and there is
no difference in the way she made it thousand years of before and
now. If you look at the world of ants; they live in groups make houses
in groups. Those who have analyzed the world of animals, they say that
their lives carry similar traits as that of human beings.
It is worth mentioning here that all the animals which Allah has created
are physical representation of human traits. If various human traits are
each given a physical picture of form it becomes some animal. Every
animal is a physical statue of some human trait. We cannot draw the
picture of traits like if you want to draw the picture of envy than even
the best of the artist cannot draw the picture. This is because envy is
not picture. A painter can only make pictures of physical things but
Allah has made the picture and even created a physical example for
that. Like if you want to ask someone to draw the picture of robbing
and not of robber. But Allah made the painting and a moving form of
thief as well. Similarly miserliness and niggardliness cannot be painted.
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degrees; some do not spend in the way of Allah whereas some miser
do not even spend for their own self. If you make the physical form of
miserliness than that is an Ant. An Ant gathers food throughout its life
but does not eats, just hoards. If the ant eats all what it collects it will
grow bigger than an elephant. The Ant gathers food for nine months
and then for three months it spends in protecting what it has gathered.
See the hidden sense it has; it gathers the wheat seed and knows that
the wheat seed when placed under earth it will spilt in a particular
season. This seed which is stored in the home of ant which is also
under earth will split and grow and it will destroy its home also. This
labor ant gathers the seed and hands it to the store keeper ant. This
store keeper ant splits the wheat seed into two because the split seed
cannot grow. Now who has told this ant that the seed grows inside
earth and who has informed them on how to protect it? You would
have seen another amazing view of ants when they cut the pieces of
leaves of tree. Now we don’t have time to ponder over ants since we
do not even have time to even ponder over ourselves. We have to
ponder over these things, which are books of lesson.
If you want to give robbery as physical form than its physical form is a
mouse. A person came to Imam Sadiq (a.s) and asked him interpret his
dream where he has seen a mouse on his bed. Imam (a.s) replied that
your wife is a thief. The pictures which we see in our dreams are the
pictures of something else, whose realities are different and the
picture seen is different.
This is because when Allah was creating his Tabiyat Allah has kept a
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then sealed his creation, completed his Tabiyat and sent him to this
world. Now when he comes into this world, the chip becomes active
and gives him messages about what you have to do now and what
next. All these qualities which Allah has kept in his Tabiyat are the
name of Gariza. Gariza means specific awareness and guidance which
is kept by birth in the existence. A special state that has been kept in a
living animal is Gariza. This is specific to a living animal. In a stone,
tree, mountain they have Tabiyat but not Gariza. This is because tree,
stone don’t have to do any movement, they don’t need to change their
position they need to only grow. But for animals there is a specific
existence which is given to them by virtue of which he has to move. He
has to perform certain acts, he has been given legs. His existence
needs guidance and this has been kept inside him.
Why this is this called Gariza? Gariza comes from root word Garz. First
we need to understand the meaning of Garz which means to plant
something. Like planting a seed is known as Harz. But for some plants
you do not sow seed but you plant a small sapling. Arabs call this as
Garz which means to plant something. Anything that gets planted
inside the ground has a specialty that after getting planted inside it
spreads its roots inside. The roots are spread because the plant knows
that more than people planting there are people who will come to
uproot it. The plant knows that i have to strengthen myself in the
ground so that it cannot be uprooted. When something gets planted
inside and spreads it roots inside to the extent that it cannot be pulled
out easily this is known as Gariza. Gariza means something grounded
in such a way that it cannot be pulled out and if it is pulled out the
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planted so deep inside the existence of man and animals to an extent

that it does not come out; like a Mountain. Gariza means those
specialities, those orientations, inclinations which are kept inside man
and animals by birth and that too planted so deep that even if you try
to remove it won’t come out. And if you try to remove it than
humanity or animality will also come out with it. These feelings and
orientations are separately kept by Allah. Allah first created the
physical body of man, than completed his Tabiyat and after completing
it fed it with Gariza separately which are the needs of man; but not the
human needs instead the animalistic needs of man. Allah completed
the body of man, this was the human stage of creation after that was
the time to complete the animalistic side of man for which Allah placed
Gariza in him. Gariza means natural instincts placed present in both
man and animals by birth. The human psychology experts say that
there are around fourteen natural instincts inside man.
Now when the animal side of man was also completed, the time came
for breathing the soul inside. Now I have to make him man. At this
time Allah placed Fitrat inside him. So what is man? He is a union of
Fitrat, Tabiyat and Gariza. Tabiyat and Gariza were completed by Allah
but Fitrat needs Tabiyat and Gariza for nurturing itself. Fitrat enhances
itself and grows.
One who is not having Fitrat and possesses only Tabiyat and Gariza is
an animal. The one who is not having Gariza as well are non-living
beings. Man has several Gariza (natural instincts) inside him. Hunger,
thirst are all planted inside man and this chip has been placed inside
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also an instinct. O Man! You are Fitrat, Tabiyat and Gariza and we have
given you the control and authority, your humanity is not because of
your Tabiyat and Gariza, your humanity is on the basis of your Fitrat. I
have sent you on this earth to become, become what? Not to nurture
your Tabiyat, not to feed Gariza inside yourself, these programs are all
fed by me; for you I have kept a complete empty field which you have
to make yourself. I have made the frame and you have to put
everything inside it yourself. And that is your Fitrat. And whatever you
put inside it you will become that.
This is the encounter which many loose. When man cannot identify
who he is, he loses the path of humanity. He either nurtures his
Tabiyat, or takes care of his Gariza only and when he gets some time
he becomes attentive towards his Fitrat. Some people are only up to
the extent of Tabiyat which means only growth. They just want to
spread and, grow like a tree. As per the interpretation of Ayatullah
Jawwadi Amouli such persons are like tree that have grown and
spread. And some are such who have instincts (Gariza) and only Gariza
inside. The way animals move on instincts there are some people also
who only move on their instincts. This the reason that animals are
signs for human beings as they only possess instincts and not
intelligence. A life which an animal was living one million years before
and today its life is exactly the same; it has not developed at all. But if
you look at the life of human beings, its life hundred years before and
now has changed significantly. Man has been given Aql (intelligence)
which is one of the faculties of Fitrat but at times this Aql comes under
the dominance of Gariza (instincts). The Fitrat gets dominated by

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Gariza. The role of man is to nurture his Fitrat by making us of Tabiyat

and Fitrat.
In Karbala, perfect Fitrat, perfect Tabiyat and perfect Gariza all come.
On one side there were people whose movement were limited to
Tabiyat and Gariza, whereas on the other side was the man who has
captured and seized Tabiyat and Gariza, and has reached the status of
Fitrat. These are two armies. It is something very simple. Why did
Kufi’s did not come? We try to find social and political reasons. Why
people are not present in Majalis (religious gatherings) today. We are
trying to find reasons related to security and safety (in Pakistan).
Certain fields which are left empty are not because of social and
political reasons, but these are because of human reasons. Fitrat
cannot remain out of that field in which it has to be present and
similarly Gariza will also not remain out of the field in which it has to
be present. Both will come in their respective fields. Why did Kufi not
come to Karbala? He had the wish and desire, but to come to Karbala
only Tabiyat and Gariza were not enough, it needed Fitrat also. And
the Kufi was unsuccessful in this field. One who makes his Fitrat
victorious comes to this field.
A question which is generally asked is why Allah (s) kept these three
things (Tabiyat, Fitrat, Gariza) inside man? Why only Fitrat was not
kept which would have not put us in all these difficult challenges? The
answer is that if only Fitrat would be present than we would not be
humans we would be Angels. And Allah created human beings even
though Angels were present because Angels were not able to fulfill
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point is that the birth place of Fitrat is Tabiyat; Fitrat has to be born
along with Tabiyat. Tabiyat is the field and Fitrat is the fruit. Gariza is
the means and Fitrat is that power which utilizes the means. Fitrat has
to grow and nurture and for this growth it needs Tabiyat and Gariza.
Amongst these instincts there is hunger and thirst; now since Fitrat
needs Tabiyat for growth and the sense which Tabiyat has lies in
Gariza.
Philosophy of Pleasure
Allah (s.w.t) has kept the means of survival of man inside his self with a
strange wisdom. If we ponder over human being than he himself is an
astonishing creation. Man has been made responsible for the survival
of his self and of human race. Allah has made a strange arrangement
for man to deliver these responsibilities. For survival of his self the
arrangement of food is made by Allah. Man should eat food because it
is a requirement of the body. Allah has kept pleasure inside food
because it is not necessary that everyone would possess proper self-
recognition whereby he understands the philosophy of food. If eating
food would have been made obligatory like Salaat and no pleasure
would have been there in food; than only Maulana would be eating
food and rest of us would not even come near food. Allah (s) kept
pleasure in food which is the basic necessity for survival of man and to
derive pleasure from food Allah (s) kept Gariza inside man. The
existential need for physical survival of man is food whereas the
demand of Gariza is pleasure. Man eats food for pleasure and pleasure
is the individualistic system of survival kept inside man. It is possible
and is happening that man’s Fitrat gets subjugated and he is not

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matured but still with element of pleasure present inside Gariza he

would still continue to eat just for the sake of getting pleasure. A
mature person does not eat for pleasure he eats as a necessity of
survival but an immature person eats for the sake of pleasure.
Another necessity of man is survival of human race which is done

through reproduction. If pleasure was not kept in reproduction
through sexual relationship then no one would marry. If this was just
an obligation to marry and no pleasure was kept inside this than only
few Maulana would have married. Now even if pleasure present in this
act some still do not get married but just derive pleasure from
somewhere else. The pleasure of marriage is the guarantee for the
survival of human race. The Philosophy of sex is not pleasure but
instead it is an assurance of reproduction of human race. Allah (s)
along with these pleasures has also given Aql (intelligence) which is the
faculty of soul and also guidance to keep these pleasures within limits
so that both the purposes are preserved; the existential humanity is
also preserved and reproduction of human race also happens. Today
we are only left with pleasure and have forgotten the philosophy; we
derive pleasure from various sources but the arrangement which was
done for preservation of human race is not fulfilled by us. A person
reaches 35 years of age but marriage is not done; the girl becomes old
and not married just because the guy does not have a proper job,
education is not complete, there is no proper house to live and all such
materialistic reasons.
The same boy when he feels hungry for food why does the mother not
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you food. When he asks for water do not give him and just say first
take degree , get a good job and house than I will give you water. It is
good and you should take degree, acquire education that is your need
but do not make food dependent on degrees. If you do not take food
than your survival is in danger and without food you will not be
capable to acquire degrees as well. When the time for food comes do
not present arguments of education to food; you just eat pure and
halal food and this is what you do as well; but why then for marriage
you are given such arguments. The moment the boy or girl gets
adolescencent the parents should realize the need for their marriage. If
you give arguments that no first let him study, get educated, take
house, car etc. than he will become disobedient to you and Allah (s)
both. If you do not give him food he will steal it from somewhere else.
He will definitely eat because it is the demand of his Tabiyat and
Gariza is instigating him to eat. Those who claim that my son is 35 yrs
of age but does not even take the name of marriage are correct,
because he is eating Pizza somewhere else. They should not think that
their son is very pure and not demanding for this halal food instead he
is eating Pizza from somewhere else. The one who is not taking the
name of marriage is because of your negligence but he is fulfilling his
pleasure from somewhere else. It could be that he is deriving pleasure
by eyes, in thoughts or through movies, magazines, internet and there
are various such means available today for deriving pleasure. As I said
early the western culture has half of the industries to arouse lust and
other half to fulfill those desires. This corruption which is spread all
over and hundreds of TV channels that have reached our bedroom and
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utilise this food? A small infant who is asking for milk; if not given he
cries, yells making life miserable.
One person was telling that our child of two years is so chaste that
moment some indecent scene comes on TV our two years child turns
his face away. We asked him that your child drink milk but does not
like chocolate. But when his age of chocolate comes than let him turn
face. He is turning his face from TV for your sake, but let that age
come. May Allah (s) protect all your children but if we remain negligent
than this will not happen. The tradition from Holy Prophet (s) which
says
“Every child is born as Muslim; their parents turn them into Jew or
Christian”
The word Jew and Christian are just quoted as example. It is the
parents who make the child everything; they make them loafers,
indecent, disobedient and everything. The tradition which says
“Paradise lies under the feet of mother” does not mean you should
just kiss the feet of mother. It is correct that it refers to obedience of
parents which is obligatory even in this digital era irrespective of even
if mother is simple or ignorant and child is educated. You should
respect her because she is the manifestation of Allah’s lordship. But
this tradition has another meaning as well; which is a proverb. Like if
someone has a need for which he is in pursuit of and other person has
that with him, he says that is in my fist. In Arabic similar proverb is
used, when something is completely under someone’s control; he says
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This is why Allah has given such elevated status to mother because her
responsibilities are also great. Give education to children but not for
the sake of getting a job, but for the sake of sanctity of education. It is
the duty of parents to provide food for their children and it should not
happen that the child goes somewhere else for food. Today some
parents say that my child does not eat anything; they do not know
what garbage he is eating outside. Some mothers are such that with
pride she says that my son does not even take the name of marriage.
How will he take the name of marriage when his stomach is full? They
keep their daughters unmarried waiting for some prince to come. You
should marry your children on religious standards. It is painful that
religious families marry their children to non-religious families, and
than disputes happen. This is because the mindsets of the boy and girl
are different, their thinking is different so this results into disputes and
eventually divorces. The parents of theirs like each other but they do
not look at the character of the spouse for their child. Allah (s.w.t) says
that the provision is kept in marriage provided they are done on
religious standards. The keys of provisioning are kept in such things
and we get astonished to hear this because we first want to acquire
everything from the world and then get married. A person came to
Imam Sadiq (a.s) and said; I am starving and I have nothing to eat.
Imam (a.s) replied to him that you should get married. He became
surprised and upset that when I have nothing to eat myself, and you
are making mockery of me to get someone else. Imams do not do
mockery at times of guidance. Imam (a.s) was showing him the place of
treasure of Rizq but not with anyone you see. Assess properly on
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Thus Allah (s) has kept pleasure in these Gariza. Pleasure is kept inside
food for physical survival and pleasure in sex and marriage for your
racial survival. But when Gariza dominates the Fitrat than purpose is
forgotten and only thing that remains as Pleasure. Look at the purpose
and philosophy of food which Imam Ali (a.s) says in Dua-e-Kumail
‫ﺍﺭﺣِﻲ‬ َ ‫َﻗ ﱢﻭ َﻋﻠَﻰ ﺧ ِْﺩ َﻣ ِﺗ‬

ِ ‫ﻙ َﺟ َﻭ‬
O Allah! Strengthen my limbs for your service
He says I want to gain strength so that I can provide services to your

religion and so that I can worship you. The Philosophy of marriage as
stated by Prophet Ibrahim that O Allah! Give me a blessed and pure
progeny and grant Imamat (leadership) in that progeny so that they
can serve your religion.
Difference between Hidayat-e-Takwini and Gariza
A question that comes up is about the difference between pursued

guidance or guidance by creation (Hidayat-e-Takwini) and Gariza. They
are both not same for human beings. For animals Gariza is Hidayat-e-
Takwini. One of the argument that Prophet Moosa presented in his
encounter with Pharaoh was he replied Pharaoh when asked about his
Lord in Surah Taha.
‫َﺭ ﱡﺑ َﻧﺎ ﺍﻟﱠﺫِﻱ ﺃَﻋْ َﻁ ٰﻰ ُﻛ ﱠﻝ َﺷﻲْ ٍء َﺧ ْﻠ َﻘ ُﻪ ُﺛ ﱠﻡ َﻫﺩ َٰﻯ‬

My Lord is the one who gave creation to everything and also guided
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If we look at the animals and only consider the animalistic side of man
than Gariza is Takwini guidance. Like the ant, bee, turtles all have
Takwini guidance. Similarly in man his orientations of hunger, thirst are
all Takwini guidance and within Fitrat also there are certain
orientations like awareness etc. are Takwini guidance. The difference
between Takwini guidance in man and animals is that within animals
this guidance is limited to their Tabiyat and Gariza whereas in man the
Fitrat also has some element of Takwini guidance. Within man there is
difference between Gariza and guidance. Gariza are instincts and not
Takwini guidance.
Fitrat when it gets subjugated under the rubbles of Tabiyat and Gariza
than it cannot listen to guidance. It is like when there is an earthquake
and people get buried under rubbles; the more the people are buried
down, the less they listen to the sounds from outside. This is the same
thing that happens with the Fitrat whereby Fitrat gets subjugated to
this extent that a time comes when Allah (s) says that we have placed a
seal on your hearts which means now you cannot hear any voice of
guidance; this implies you have buried your Fitrat to this extent. Like
we have made a pledge with Allah (s) that by taking his trust do this
journey on our own. On the day of judgment when Allah (s) will ask us
do you remember your pledge? We will not remember this, because
the pledge was taken by the Fitrat which got buried. This is the reason
Allah (s.w.t) said to the Prophet that do not fatigue yourself in guiding
some people because they are ones who have put so much rubbles of
Tabiyat and Gariza on their Fitrat that they will not listen to any
guidance. Hence there is no need to guide them. This is the lower side
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The deviation happens due to both Tabiyat and Gariza. The same
Gariza which is the means of nurturing the Fitrat when it crosses the
limits and gets out of control it subjugates the Fitrat. We have to
remember that Tabiyat is the field in which Gariza is planted. Like
desires and anger are both Gariza and if they remain under control of
Fitrat they nurture it but if they get over Fitrat than they destroy man.
People ask this question about the limits of perfection of Fitrat. There
are no limits of perfection of Fitrat where we can say that Fitrat has
reached its ultimate destination and there is no need to go forward.
This is the reason human being is greater than Angels because when
the Angel reaches a stage he says I cannot go beyond this; if I go even
an inch forward I will burn myself. The end of Angel is the beginning of
human. There is no limit for human being.
When man becomes contented soul ‫ُﻁ َﻣ ِﺋ ﱠﻧ ُﺔ‬ ْ ‫ ﺍﻟ ﱠﻧ ْﻔﺱُ ْﺍﻟﻣ‬then the call of Allah
comes ‫ﺟﻌِﻲ ﺇِﻟَ ٰﻰ َﺭﺑﱢﻙِ َﺭﺍﺿِ َﻳﺔ َﻣﺭْ ﺿِ ﻳ ًﱠﺔ‬ ِ ْ‫ ﺍﺭ‬now you return; your lord is
pleased with you. We think Allah is like a child who gets pleased with a
chocolate. You give rotten bread, old clothes in the way of Allah does
not please Allah. Allah gets pleased by looking at the gem which Allah
has given you. If you have taken care of this gem of Fitrat than Allah is
pleased with you, but if you have ignored it than Allah is not pleased
with you. Allah questions you Where is ِ‫ﷲ‬ ‫ ?ﻓ ِْﻁﺭَ ﺕَ ﱠ‬the Fitrat of Allah. You
have come with this spread out Tabiyat to me. Allah gets pleased
when Fitrat is victorious. But when Fitrat gets defeated man can
become worst than a beast. Shimr was worst then a beast. The Quran
says, ‫ﻝ‬
‫ﺿ ﱡ‬ َ ‫ﺃُﻭ ٰﻟَ ِﺋ‬. They are worst then animals. What kind
َ َ‫ﻙ َﻛ ْﺎﻷَ ْﻧ َﻌ ِﺎﻡ َﺑ ْﻝ ُﻫ ْﻡ ﺃ‬
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the way of other animals. It will drink and then give way to others. But
when man becomes abased he stops water on those who are means
for Allah’s mercy to give water (reference to the event of Ashura).
Fitrat of man and woman
Fitrat, Tabiyat and Gariza are three things kept inside human beings by
Allah. One is specific to human beings; other is common between man
and animals and one is common between man, animals and all other
creations. There are three dimensions of man’s creation. He has body
like other creations and since this body has its need; it needs Gariza
and above these two dimensions for man to be privileged over all
other creations it needed one more gem which is Fitrat.
Soul is the reality of human being and all its demands,specialities, and
orientations is termed as Fitrat. But the soul will only reach its
perfection when Tabiyat and Gariza remain at its service and become
useful to soul. Tabiyat is like a field and Gariza is the means in the
hand of Fitrat which it has to use to achieve its purpose of creation.
Tabiyat and Gariza are made and inserted inside man; it does not need
to be made up. Man has to accept whatever body he has been given
and Gariza also does not need to be created or acquired by man; it is
all present by birth in human beings, both in man and woman.
Fitrat is the reality of human being whose reality is soul because the
demand of soul is Fitrat. The laws of Tabiyat do not apply to the soul;
the Gariza has its own laws and Fitrat has its own laws. Men and
women are separated on the basis of Tabiyat and not on the basis of
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a woman. The soul of human being is not male or female; the soul of
human is human only. Fitrat is only one and under that Fitrat man was
created and the same Fitrat was given to woman. This is the reason it
was said before that Imamia School is very beautiful. If someone
studies this school than all other schools of the world submit in front of
it. Today people are beating drums about position of woman, rights of
a woman and feminism. They are the ones who only consider woman
as a tool for satisfaction of lust. This is because their man is only
Tabiyat; they consider Tabiyat as the reality of man and woman. In
front of them, feminism is more important than humanity and more
important than humanity is humanism.
Till the time the reality of human is not expounded we cannot talk
about human rights. First we should be aware about whom are we
talking about? Woman rights can only be discussed when we first know
what is woman? If we ask religion what is man and woman and ask
Quran. Quran says that the reality of man and woman is Fitrat and
there is no difference between the Fitrat of two. But along with the
Fitrat the associated Tabiyat and Gariza have difference. Man and
woman have different body forms but that is not their humanity. Their
humanity is not dependent on the physique it is on the Fitrat and that
is the same in both. But when the turn comes to some responsibilities
and duties there are differences seen, there are differences seen in
practical laws of Fiqh and this has been made as the basis of argument
that Islam differentiates woman.
Responsibilities and duties are assigned by looking at the complete

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soul but soul cannot do anything in this world without the body. Till
the time the soul is present in this world everything soul needs will be
done through body. Pain, happiness, pleasures, distress reach the soul
through the body only. The soul takes and gives everything through
body. Soul has to speak and listen but it needs the tongue and ears of
body. Allah has made the soul like this only in creation. Till the time the
soul is with the body the difference is there between man and woman,
and this was also required for the continuity of race. It was necessary
to create two temperaments in human beings, one as male and other
as female, so that this human race can continue. Humanity was not
divided but for progressing humanity two forms were made in human
beings. Both have same religion, reality, Tauheed, Imam but when it
comes to responsibilities some were specifically imposed on man and
some on woman. But you cannot assess the reality of someone by the
responsibilities. Like if a woman cannot become the ruler of Imam of
an Islamic state (Hakim); she cannot be the Prophet or Messenger and
it is seen all men were Imams, Prophet and Islamic rulers. Judiciary,
Marjaiat were given to man only. It does not mean that woman is
inferior in humanity and Fitrat. If legal responsibilities are divided it
does not mean the virtues are also divided.
For example there are many talented and professional people present
on every land. And in the same nation there are many responsibilities
that are divided among men. In a country some persons are given
responsibility to run the state. It does not mean that there is no one
else present in the country that can better run the state than these
people. It is possible that there are many more virtuous people than
these but no responsibilities are given to them. The criteria for virtues

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are different and that of responsibilities are different. It is possible that

virtues are present in many but responsibilities would be given to few.
Allah divided the responsibilities, and those duties that required

hardships were given to man, and those which were delicate were
given to woman. When Allah created the Tabiyat of human beings, he
created man with hard Tabiyat and woman with delicate Tabiyat. The
one who was made delicate the responsibilities were also allotted in
accordance with the delicate nature. And one who was made hard and
tough the responsibilities were also in accordance with that. It is
against Allah’s justice that he gives tough responsibilities to one who is
made delicate and vice versa. If you look at the laws of Tabiyat and
apart from human beings if you specifically look at other creatures you
can visualize the changes in Tabiyat.
In the world of Tabiyat there are two types of animals living, one those
who are very tough and big and others are delicate. Like Horse has a
specific Tabiyat and in accordance with its Tabiyat it has been given
duties also. You have to ride and race on a horse, fight battles with
horses even though donkey can carry more burden than a horse but it
cannot fight a battle. This is because certain specialities were kept
inside a horse due to which it became qualified for battlefield. Like a
camel is made for desserts. The way the physique is made similar
responsibilities were made. The world of these animals is amazing if
you ponder over their Tabiyat and temperament. Similarly in plants
also everything was made in a specific Tabiyat and atmosphere was
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If certain responsibilities were not given to woman it does not mean

that they have deficiency in their creation. Woman did not become
Prophet, Imam. What is the reason? Prophethood and Imamat is a
position and not a virtue. It is a position which Allah gave to some
privileged and honored people. But when Allah gives a position he
does not gives just like this, there are certain criteria’s to be met.
Position and virtues are separate things. Positions are given to one
who possesses virtues. Virtues mean perfection and position is the
responsibility given to the one who reaches this perfection. Imamat is
not a virtue of perfection instead it is the responsibility received after
reaching perfection. Prophethood is not perfection but a responsibility
received after acquiring perfection. The divine law is that I will give
position and authority to one who has reached perfection.
Some people have got this misunderstanding and out of sentiments

they talk deviated things. Like to prove the power of Allah they talk
such things by which they end up denying many things. Like they say
that the work which Allah took from Prophets it is there in Allah’s
power that he could have taken it from someone else as well, and
some have even gone to this extent, God forbid to say that what work
Allah took from Prophets it is there in Allah’s power to take the same
work from mosquitoes and flies. This is because Allah is ‫ﻝ‬ َ ‫ﺇِﻥﱠ ﱠ‬
‫ﷲ َﻋﻠَ ٰﻰ ُﻛ ﱢ‬
‫َﺷﻲْ ٍء َﻗﺩِﻳ ٌﺭ‬
Mulla Sadra says that some people possess one eye. Allah has given
two eyes so that you can see the complete picture; if you look from
one eye you will only see half the scene. Some people look at religion
and Tauheed also with one eye. When they see with one eye they can

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see the power of Allah but not the Wisdom of Allah. They said that the
power of Allah proves that Allah can take any work from anything. This
shows that they have not understood Tauheed, Prophethood and
Imamat. It is true that Allah has power over everything; if you pay just
pay attention to this phrase itself. To take the work of Prophets from
flies and mosquitoes is not power over things. These are not things;
they cannot bear the power of Allah, they do not fall under the circle
of thing which possesses the ability to take power from Allah to
become guides of humanity. What are things which do not fall in the
boundaries of things? Things which are impossible to happen are not
considered as things. Like a question, does Allah have power to create
his own partner? What will they say? If he can create, than that beats
Tauheed and if he cannot do then he does not remain powerful
(Qadir). So how do we resolve this? What is the answer to this?
The answer is that this question itself is wrong. The partner of Allah
cannot be created, but do not ask if Allah can create that or not. Ask if
the partner of Allah is eligible to be created? It is impossible to create
partners of Allah and any non-existent essence. One that is impossible
cannot accept the power of Allah. To accept the power of Allah
something should fall within possibilities. Similarly the essence of
Allah takes the work of guidance of human beings from none other
than the Prophet or Imam. It is impossible that Allah takes the work of
guiding humanity from someone who is not capable. Let me express
with example.
You have the best teachers and professors of schooling systems with
you and there is a six months old infant. You take this infant to this

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professor and tell him that you have made so many people graduate,
PHD now you teach my child also. He will refuse to give education to a
six months old infant because it is not possible. You will not blame this
professor that we have heard a lot about you that you have educated
big personalities so what has happened to your talent now. He will
reply that my talent still remains valid; but to give education only
talent of teacher is not enough but also the capability in the student is
required. Your child is not capable of taking education and this does
not affect my talent.
If you bring a big expert carpenter and give him a banana tree. It has
very soft stems with skins and water inside it. Now you ask him to
make furniture from the banana tree wood. He will reply that I cannot
do this. You should not doubt the expertise of the carpenter and ask
him what happened to your expertise. He will say my expertise and
talent remains at its place but to manifest my talent I need that type of
wood as well which can bear the power of my expertise.
The most powerful Allah is saying that if I would have descended this
Quran on a mountain it would have shattered. The mountain was not
capable to bear the weight of guidance. To bear the burden of the
position of Prophethood it needs perfection. Allah does not give the
position of Prophethood and Imamat to someone till the time he does
acquire perfect virtues. The name of perfection is Wilayat and name of
position is Nabuwat, Imamat. The one who has perfect virtue has
acquired Wilayat. Once someone becomes Awliya Allah and reaches
the status of Wilayat than it is up to Allah to grant him Imamat or not.
For position and authority perfection is required but all those who are

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perfect might not necessarily get position. In our country there are
many educated persons and some have positions also but there are
many who were not given or have not taken any position. Perfect
virtue is education and not position. If you see the principle in a
college, his being principle is not virtue; his education is a virtue. There
might be another professor in the same college who possesses the
same virtues but he is not given the position of principle.
Allah (s) has not kept woman below man in perfect virtues. In the
domain of perfect virtues all possibilities that are available for man are
available for woman as well. If you have doubt ask Quran that the
same virtues which man acquired were acquired by woman as well.
But the position and authority was only given to man for a specific
reason. In the Quran Allah says I have selected Maryam and given her
superiority over all women of universe. It is not that she was just given
this title of superiority but these virtues were manifested by Maryam.
One virtue of Maryam was that Angel would descend on Maryam. For
the Angel to descend you don’t need a landing station instead a pure
heart is required. In Jamea Kabeer we recite the Peace upon you who
were frequently visited by Angels (‫ﻑ ْٱﻟ َﻣﻼَ ِﺋ َﻛ ِﺔ‬
َ َ‫) َﻭﻣ ُْﺧ َﺗﻠ‬. Angels do not
descend on mountains it descends on pure heart which gets purified
by acquisition of perfect traits. Revelations (Wahy) are not descended
on mountains they descend on the pure heart of the Prophet (s.a.w.t).
Now if you come and ask the eleven personalities who have reached
the status of Wilayat they say that in the status of Wilayat there is
none comparable to our mother Lady Fatema Zahra (s.a). She (s.a) did
not get any position of Imamat or Prophethood but was on the status

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of Wilayat and possessed all perfect virtues. This is because when you
come on these positions there is a cross gender communication. Thus
Allah (s.w.t) lifted all those responsibilities from women where
position and authority was required and also lifted all those
responsibilities where position and authority was a necessity. All those
responsibilities where woman would have to meet men, go amongst
Na Mahram were lifted from woman because the duty of woman is
very delicate. She was given specifically delicate task. The nurturing
and upbringing of Fitrat of man (from childhood) was handed over to
woman and tough, hard work was given to man.
Prophethood is not virtue; it is Wilayat that is a virtue. By reaching the

status of Wilayat the position of Prophethood is granted. And the duty
of Prophethood is to receive revelations from Allah and pass it over to
human beings for guidance. This is the reason Allah did not make any
women as Prophet because amongst the misguided ones men are
much more than woman. Pharaoh, Nimrod, Shadad, majority of
atrocious Bani Umayyad is men. Hence Allah has given this position to
man but in virtues the same status has been given to women also. Lady
Fatema (s.a) is Ismat-e-Kubra and her daughter Lady Zainab (s.a) is
Ismat-e-Sugra whereby she was not granted any Infallibility by Allah
but reached the status of Infallibility by her own acquisition. An
Infallible Imam (a.s) is saying that O my Aunt! You are a scholar who
had no teacher (Aalima Gair e Muallima).
Just because certain positions of governance, judiciary and Marjaiat

are not meant for women we say that Fitrat of man and woman are
different? Now the Sermon of Imam Ali (a.s) where he talked about

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deficiencies of woman would be disturbing to the readers. He (a.s) says

women are deficient in Faith (Emaan), Aql (intelligence) and
inheritance (irs). This sermon was in context of a situation which was
the battle of Jamal. Some people became victim of misunderstandings
and took benefits from a personality. This referral that woman is
deficient is for this specific case, because there is a woman present
inside Ali’s (a.s) home as well so how can he generalize this. He (a.s)
was not referring to the Fitrat of woman; that is same in both and the
direction of Fitrat in both man and woman is same but in Tabiyat there
is a difference in orientations and inclinations.
The Fitrat is common between man and woman and its orientation and
face is towards Allah.
‫ﺎﺱ َﻋﻠَ ْﻳ َﻬﺎ‬ َ ‫ﻓ ِْﻁ َﺭ‬
ِ‫ﺕ ﱠ‬
This is why it is said that all new borns are born on Fitrat as pointing
towards Allah, as worshippers of Allah but their parents take them
away from this Fitrat and turn them towards some other religion.
Is Islam not outdated in 1400 years?
This is another confusion which is there amongst some people that

how come a 1400 years old religion be a manifesto for human beings.
This is the world of technology and science, just compare the man of
1400 years before and now and you can see a big difference. So how
come you are presenting this 1400 years old religion as a solution to
the problems of today’s man. If religion is the solution then it has to be
religion of this era and not thousand years old religion.

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Today man has changed and this cannot be denied. Some elders do not
accept it and they try to impose the same old practices on the children.
They want the grandchildren to wear the same dress which they would
wear in their childhood. These arguments are there in the homes and
children say that the era has changed. It is true that the demands have
changed but which demands? The demands of Tabiyat (body) have
changed and not that of Fitrat. The demands of Tabiyat keep on
changing but Fitrat never changes. Thus when Allah sent the religion it
was made in two parts; one part was that where no change can come.
The Halal (Allowed) of Mohammed will remain Halal till Qayamat and
one which the Prophet has declared Haram (Forbidden) will remain
Haram till Qayamat. When the era has changed religion has to change
because man is changing. But religion is not changing and will not
change also till the day of Qayamat. This is because the religion which
Allah has established for man is for the guidance of Fitrat of man. The
way Allah has made an unchangeable religion is, because the
addressee of the religion is Fitrat that will never change and hence
Allah said; ‫ َﻻ َﺗ ْﺑﺩِﻳ َﻝ ﻟ َِﺧ ْﻠ ِﻕ ﱠ‬,
ِ‫ﷲ‬ there is no change in the creation of
Allah. Fitrat never changes and it is same forever. For Tabiyat the
major laws are not changing only secondary aspects change. The way
the changes come in Tabiyat the Shariah has also changed. We have
seen that many Shariah’s have come and new Shariah have come, so
now with Islam why Shariah is not changing even though the Tabiyat is
changing?
This is because religion is complete and very beautiful. Now Shariah

will not change but to cater for the changes in the Tabiyat of man the

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system of Ijtehad (research) has been kept inside religion. Ijtehad does
not mean “to talk old things in new era”, it does not mean to speak
from your tongue the same thing which before has been said. Ijtehad
means that every generation that is born is born with its own new
specific demands of Tabiyat but Fitrat will remain the same. These
secondary changes that are coming in the Tabiyat in every generation
need a Mujtahid for every generation. This Mujtahid has to understand
the demand of the generation and tune up the generation in
accordance with the primary aspects of religion while tuning the
secondary aspects.
Religion is for the guidance of every generation but to make the

religion practical the door of Ijtehad was opened. Ijtehad is a subject
that needs to be expounded. We always have complaint that in India
and Pakistan we don’t see the birth of Mujtahid as compared to Iran,
Iraq, Lebanon and Afghanistan. It is like you are asking Whale fish is
seen in sea but why not in our pond. The whale fish is born in oceans
and not in ponds. The day this nation develops oceanic culture,
thoughts, objectives which are as vast as the sea that day whales
would be seen in this ocean. If our thoughts and needs are so small
than why do we need Mujtahid’s? Why do we need Ulama (scholars)?
For reciting marriage, funeral, for leading prayers, for doing divorce,
for these we don’t need Mujtahid. Mujtahid is required by those
communities who want to do something globally, those who want to
eradicate satanic systems and replace it with divine systems.
In order for continuance and compatibility of religion when Prophets

and Imams are not present (due to negligence of Ummah) some

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arrangement has to be there. That arrangement is Ijtehad. The

difference between Shia’s and Sunni is that Shia believes that when the
Prophet (s.a.w.s) left the world he made the arrangements for the
leadership of the Ummah. So for 250 years the inheritance of
leadership was there but after the 12th Hujjat was taken away by Allah
in occultation (due to negligence of Ummah) so did He (a.t.f.s) just left
in occultation without making any arrangement for the Ummah. It is
not possible that He (a.t.f.s) handed over the Ummah on their state or
in the hands of Bani Umayyad, Bani Abbas or other tyrants. The
Prophet was not given the rights to leave the Ummah on their own
after he leaves, and nor is the Infallible Imam (a.s) given the rights to
do the same. It is necessary for them to make arrangement for the
Ummah.
In one debate with a shepherd who denied Imamat; Imam (a.s) gave
this argument to him. You are a shepherd and you take your sheep for
grazing. He said, yes; Imam asked how many sheep you take; he said
around hundred. Imam (a.s) asked him if for some emergency you
have to leave the grazing field and return home do you leave the sheep
on their own or hand them over to someone to look after them. Imam
asked why? He said there are wolves in dessert and they will attack the
sheep. Imam replied to him that; Is the worth of your sheep more than
the worth of Muslim Ummah; that you cannot hand over the sheep to
wolves but you can hand over the Ummah to tyrants and wolves.
The system of Ijtehad is for this purpose only that the religion of Fitrat
moves in accordance with the Fitrat and changes are there in
accordance to the changes in Tabiyat. This feeling should not come

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that religion has become old and we need new religion. The Fitrat of
first person created and last person to be born on earth remains the
same. The Fitrat remains the same for all the sons of Adam. Religion
remains the same but Shariah changes. Shariah in Arabic refers to river
bank from where water is drawn.
It is said in traditions that religion is like river and on this river various
banks are made for various generations but the water that is flowing in
the river is the same. All Prophets had the same teachings for the Fitrat
and hence it is necessary for every Prophet to testify the Prophet
before him and give glad tiding about the Prophet coming after him.
This is because it is the same sequence. When the Prophet is testifying
his predecessor and informing about the one coming after him, he is
delivering the rights of his Prophethood. Similarly when an Infallible
Imam (s.a) goes into occultation by declaring the arrangement after
him is delivering the rights of this Imamat. If an Imam does not do this
than Allah says; that O Prophet! If you do not declare this then you
have not done anything.
Those communities who have leaders present cannot get into the
hands of tyrants and no one can do anything to that community. The
leaders, defenders and guide of Fitrat protect the religion.
Tabiyat keeps on changing but Fitrat does not change, though it

becomes weak or powerful. It keeps on going up and down. At times it
becomes so weak that it comes under the control of Tabiyat and if it
becomes strong it dominates the Tabiyat.

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In Surah Shams, Allah took eleven pledges of 11 things from the world
of Tabiyat. After taking 11 pledges Allah says that I pledge by the soul
and its nurturing, I have kept two things in this self; Taqwa and Fujoor.
We have put Fitrat and Gariza both inside him. And the prosperous is
one who nurtures and shines his Fitrat and one who has buried his
Fitrat under the Tabiyat has failed.
When Tabiyat starts to dominate, and Gariza starts to rule; when the
Gariza of self-love, wealth, greed, lusts get aroused than the enemy of
self and enemy of humanity takes benefit from this. The enemy shows
fire to this spark of aroused Gariza and man turns into the assassinator
of Hussain (a.s).
There are two major Gariza inside a man; one is that of desires
(Ishtaha) and other is repulsion (Gazab). If these two Gariza are
nurtured and come under control of Fitrat then they become sacred.
The role of Ishtaha is to attract whereas that of Gazab is to repel. If
they become out of control than this Gariza of desires turns into lusts
and the Gariza of repulsion turns into malice. If these Gariza get
nurtured and come into the lap of Fitrat they turn into a beautiful face
within man. One becomes Tawalla (love of friends of Allah) and other
becomes Tabarra (disassociation with enemies of Allah). When the
same Tawalla and Tabarra enter the practical field one becomes Amr
Bil Maroof and other becomes Nahi Anal Munkar.
But when these come under the control of Tabiyat; and Gariza
dominates than just for the greed of governance of the city of Ray, it
turns Umar e Saad into the killer of the most purified soul of Hussain

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(a.s). Gariza turns a person into Shimr but when the Fitrat is purified a
person like Hurr becomes Martyr of Karbala.

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‫‪FITRAT‬‬

‫ﲔ َر ُﺳ ًﻮﻻ ﱢﻣْﻨـ ُﻬ ْﻢ ﻳَـْﺘـﻠُﻮا َﻋﻠَْﻴ ِﻬ ْﻢ‬ ‫ِ‬

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Ustad Syed Jawad Naqvi

Syed Arif Rizvi

Published by: Matab Publications, Qom-Iran

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Author: Ustad Syed Jawad Naqvi

Translation by: Bethat Islamic Research Center

Publisher: MATAB Publications, Qom – Iran

Online Orders: www.matabpublications.org

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“Fitrat” is the fundmental subject of self recognition and again this

Syed Arif Rizvi

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The basis of subject 7

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Meaning of matter in Philosophy 71

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The basis of subject

The Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution; Ayatullah Syed Ali

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We translate Fitrat as nature and from here we come to know that we

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Tabiyat means nature and Tabiyat is an Arabic word. Tabiyat and

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Allah after 11 pledges in Surah Shams Allah says:

َ ُ‫َﻓﺄ َ ْﻟ َﻬ َﻣ َﻬﺎ ﻓُﺟ‬

‫َﻗ ْﺩ ﺃَ ْﻓﻠَ َﺢ َﻣﻥْ َﺯ ﱠﻛﺎ َﻫﺎ‬

‫ﱢﻙ ْﺍﻟ َﻛ ِﺭ ِﻳﻡ‬ َ

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But O Allah! How? Can we go back? The answer is “No”So can we do

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It is there in tradition that two types of persons are not placed in

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We pray to Allah to give us the strength to open this chapter of Fitrat

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Fitrat and Khilqat

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Direction of man towards Fitrat

The direction of man’s journey (metaphysical) is preset by his Fitrat

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Why man is misguided?

It is an astonishing fact that despite the number of means which Allah

Whether it is Quran, Prophets, Imams, Saints of Allah (Awliya Allah)

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Purpose of Religion and Guidance

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‫ﺃَ ْﻟ َﻬﺎ ُﻛ ُﻡ ﺍﻟ ﱠﺗ َﻛ ُﺎﺛ ُﺭ‬

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ِ ‫ُﻭﻥ ﻋِ ْﻠ َﻡ ْﺍﻟ َﻳﻘ‬

‫ﻟَ َﺗ َﺭﻭُ ﻥﱠ ْﺍﻟ َﺟ ِﺣﻳ َﻡ‬

Two types of people were getting impressed by Prophets. One were

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who were impressed by only miracles would come to Prophets through

Everyone knows the virtues of Infallible Imams. For a wrestler physique

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