The first step in Suluk - Glaring into the heart of a Chishti
Glaring into the heart of a Chishti » The first step in Suluk
Hadhrat Mohammad Maseehullah Khan - Allah have mercy on him -, while defining the first step of suluk, stated:Consider yourself to be the most inferior, so much so, that if you observe with your own eyes another indulging in the worst of vices then too you shall not despise him/her, nor shall you consider yourself nobler than him/her. On the contrary one should fear and bear in mind that it is very possible that the perpetrator of the vice may resort to sincere tawbah (repentance) and become a person of high piety while the one who had despised the sinner become ensnared (Allah forbid !) in the meshes of the nafs (self) and Shaytan and be diverted from Ibadat (worship) and obedience. One has no certainty regarding one’s end. One, therefore, has no basis for regarding another with contempt. Continue reading
