The Religion of God: Chapter of Muraqibah (Transcendental Meditation)
Most people try to establish meditation without awakening and spiritually strengthening their souls. Either the Satan traps them or they fail to establish the meditation at all. Meditation is suitable for the advanced-level seekers only, who have purified their hearts and mortified their Lower Self (Nafs). Trying to establish Muraqibah is an act of folly for the beginners of the path, regardless of the nature of worship used therewith. Gathering the strength of the souls with God’s Light, and arriving at their concerned station is Muraqibah. Sainthood is one-fortieth part of Prophet-hood.
All dreams, all Muraqibah, all Ilhaam, and Wahee (Revelation through Gabriel) of a Prophet are correct. Therefore, it does not need verification. However, only forty out of a hundred dreams, Muraqibah and Ilhaam (Revelation direct from God) of the Saints are correct, and the rest are wrong. Hence, it needs esoteric knowledge for its verification. ‘Identification of God is not possible without the required knowledge’.
The lowest level of Muraqibah is established only after the awakening of the subtlety of Qalb. It is not possible without the opening of the heart. One shock brings the person back into consciousness. Istikharah (seeking divine help) also relates to the subtlety of the heart (Qalb). The next stage of Muraqibah is with the subtlety of the human soul. It takes three shocks to return to consciousness. The third Muraqibah is established together with the subtleties of the human soul and Ana. The human soul travels up to the Realm of Jabrut along with the subtlety of Ana, just as Gabriel travelled along with Mohammad up to the Realm of Jabrut. Whilst in Muraqibah, such people are so deeply lost in that state that they remain unaware of their surroundings even if they are buried in graves. ‘Companions of the Cave’ were in similar Muraqibah, because of which they remained in a sleeping state for over a period of 300 years. Whenever Abdul Qadir Jilani, a Saint from Baghdad, would occupy with such a Muraqibah in the jungle, the thieves from the jungle would bury him in a grave considering him dead. The Muraqibah would always break just before the burial.
