Young Muslims of Australia Forum

crystalclear · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:46 pm Post subject: Principles of Naqshbandiyyah

Principles of Naqshbandiyyah

1.Hush Dar Dam – awareness while breathing. The teachings of breath control. “The eternal basis of this tariqah is the breath”. One must not exhale in forgetfulness or inhale in forgetfulness.

2.Nazar Dar Qadam – watching one’s steps. Let the salik (murid) ever be watchful during his journey, whatever the type of country through which he is passing that he does not let his gaze be distracted fm the goal of his journey.Whatever the type of country through which he is passing that he does not let his gaze be distracted from the goal of his journey.

3.Safar Dar Watan – journey in one’s homeland. This is an interior journey, the movement from blameworthy to praiseworthy qualities. Others refer to it as the vision or revelation of the hidden side of the shahada.

4.Khalwat Dar Anjuman – solitude in a crowd. The journey of the salik, though outwardly it is in the world, inwardly it is with Allah.

5.Yad Kard. Remembrance or making mention. Both oral and mental. Be always repeating the Dhikr imparted to you so that you may attain Jamullah (the beatific vision). The aim in dhikr is that the heart be always aware of Al-Haqq. (The Truth, a Beautiful Name of Allah) for its practice banishes inattention

6.Baz, Gasht Restraint. The person saying the Dzikr, when engaging in the heart-repetition of the blessed phrase (Shahada) should intersperse it with such phrases as “ilahi anta maqsudi wa ridaka matlubi’ O Allah, you are my Goal and Your satisfaction is my aim. This is to help to keep one’s thoughts from straying.

7.Nigah Dasht. Watchfulness over wandering, passing thoughts when making dhikr repeating the blessed phrase.

8.Yad Dasht Recollection. Concentration upon Divine Presence in a condition of Dhawq, foretaste, intuitive anticipation or perceptiveness, not using external aids.

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