The Naqshbandi Way – The Second Part

All the angels of the Heavens and the earth gaze down at the One doing sajda, and he is one who confides in His Lord. The angels do not lift up this sadja to Allah (Who is without fault and is Self-Exalting) , rather Allah takes it up to Himself without any intermediary. The Murid speaks to his Lord in the sadja, saying : Ya rabbi kamå ta’kulu’n-nåru’l-hataba häkadhå’l-hasadu’l-muta’silu fiyya ya’kulu jami’a a’mäli khallisni ya rabbi minhu wa khallisni aidan mina’lghadabi in-nafsäni wa min nafsi’t-tifli’l-madhmümah. Wa mina’l-akhlaqi’dh-dhamimah. Wav ya rabbi baddil kulla akhlaqi ilä akhläqin hamidah. Wa aralin hasanah.

Oh my Lord! Just as fire consumes firewood, in the same way the envy which is rooted in me consumes all my actions. Purify me, Oh my Lord from it and Purify me too from the anger of my Nafs. Rid me as well, Oh my Lord of the blameworthy Nafs of the child and from reprehensible manners. And Oh my Lord change all my manners to laudable manners and into good actions.)

He should ask Allah ( Who is powerful and sublime) for everything which is of importance to him in this world and the next, since supplication of this degree is accepted and it is not possible that it might be rejected.

And if the Murid should happen to leave this night vigil he will have lost a large portion of the tajalli since it is a part of the tajalli of the entire Waza’if. Should any part of the spiritual practices be deficient, then he shall be manifesting the quality which we already spoke about at the beginning of our discourse,  where the water goes outside without being used at all, when there is a small hole or some such thing in the pipes. But really this tajalli is not wasted, and if it is not given us in this world, and we do not see it as a result of our negligence, then it remains for us to receive in the next-world.