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It is for this reason that human beings have the ability to bring
into harmony and correlation the different hierarchies of being
and designate a grid which networks these into a chronogram
which acts as a key (miftaah) or link between the Divine Realities
and nature. Quoting from Shaykh al-Qunawi, Shaykh Dan Tafa,
may Allah be merciful to him said in his al-Bahth `An ‘t-Tafaadul
Bayna Jinsiyya ‘l-Malak wa’l-Bashar:
“The Perfect Human is familiar with the Divine Essence, the
Divine Names, the Divine Attributes, and Divine Actions. He is
familiar with all the hierarchies of the worlds and the beings that
reside in them; with the conditions of the worlds and what is
associated with them; and he is familiar with every location and
loci from all locations and with the demands of each world, both
generally and in detail. These are the details of the grades of
humanity, for he is the summation of all created things.”
Imam al-Qanuuji said that the study and utilization of this science
was forbidden due to the fact that it was not transmitted from the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, can be used for
pure magic and can attribute power and effective influence to
other than Allah ta`ala; leading to polytheism. However, many
scholars consider the science of ‘awfaaq’ as one of the natural
sciences such as astronomy, medicine, and the like that enable
humanity to manipulate, control and influence his environment.
“Heaven creates Divine things; and the holy sage takes them as
models. Heaven and earth change and transform; and the holy
sage imitates them. In the heavens hang images that reveal good
fortune and misfortune; and the holy sage reproduces these. The
Yellow River brought forth a diagram and the Luo River brought
forth an inscription; and the holy men took these as models.”
This diagram became known as the jiǔ gōng tú (九宮圖- nine halls
diagram) and was the foundation for the five element phases (wu
xing -五⾏) and eight trigrams (ba gua -⼋卦) which were the basis
of geomancy, Chinese medicine, cosmogony, the art of war; and
Chinese internal martial arts. According to Ts`ai Yuang Ting, the
odd numbers in the luò shū represented Yang and the even
numbers represented Yin as depicted in this early rendition of the
square (see fig. 3):
This symbol was later replaced with the ‘Yin-Yang’ symbol which
represented heaven/earth and all the paired opposites in
existence. When combined, these symbols were a depiction of the
perfect man as a summation of all things in heaven and earth. It is
clear that the science of paranormal squares was in wide usage in
ancient China, Egypt as well as the ancient Banu Isra`il as
indicated by the following diagram using the Hebrew letters, since
the language lacked a numeric system (see fig 4):
The author of the al-Muhkam, Shaykh Ibn Sida said: “It was
related on the authority of Abu 'Amr Uthman ibn Sa'id ad-Daani
on the authority of Ibn Abaas who said: ‘Everything has an
interpretation (tafsir). Whoever knows it, knows it. Whoever is
ignorant of it is ignorant of it.’ He then interpreted the statement:
'abjad' as meaning: ‘Adam refused (aba) obedience and became
impassioned (wajada) with the eating of the tree'. And 'hawwaza'
meant: ‘He slipped (zalla) and fell (hawaa) from the heavens to the
earth.’ And 'huttiya' meant: ‘His errors degraded (hatat) him.’
And 'kalamana' meant: ‘He ate ('akala) from the tree and he was
then favored (manna) with the blessings of repentance.’ And
'sa'afasa', meant: ‘He rebelled and he was taken out of blessings
into hardships.’ And 'qarashat', meant: ‘He acknowledged
('aqarra) his sins and was saved from punishment’.”
From this, we note that the Arabic language has, at its most
fundamental level, a connection with man's primal beginnings.
Hence, a cosmology is built in the arrangement of its letters, which
not only facilitate communication, but also delineate man's origin,
stations and states, grades and cycles both generally and in detail.
It is therefore not surprising that, the sciences of `ilm ‘l-huruuf
and `ilm’l-jafr emerged.
Precisely because the 28 letters are divided into four groups based
upon the four natural elements of fire (naar), air (hawaa), water
(maa’), and earth (turaab); and the four natural temperaments
(tabee`at arba`a): hot (haraara) , dry (yabuusa) wet (ratuuba);
and cold (baruuda); the sciences of ‘awfaaq’ and ‘huruuf’ naturally
accompany the sciences of physical and metaphysical medicine.
One of the key fundamental axioms of applied Islamic medicine in
physiognomic or physic ailments is the principle:
“By means of this science one can attain all desires and can be
connected by it to every need. The one who adheres to this science
will see the manifestation of results, experience lucid unveiling
and have disclosure of the secrets of the unseen. As for the
advantage of this science in worldly matters, it provides
acceptance, respect, honor, baraka in one’s wealth, it is resorting
to the Word of Allah, a following of the command of Allah…It
constitutes an immense secret among the sciences which cannot
be denied either by the shari`a or reason.”
Among his works on the sciences of ‘awfaaq’ and ‘huruuf’ were his:
ad-Duur’l-Mandhuum wa’l-Khulaasat ‘s-Sirr’l-Maktuum fee `Ilm
‘t-Talaasim wa’n-Nujuum; the Buhjat ‘l-Aafaaq wa `Idaah ‘l-Lubs
wa’l-Ighlaaq Fee `Ilm’l-Huruuf wa’l-Awfaaq; the ad-Durar wa’l-
Yawaaqeet Fee `Ilm ‘l-Huruuf wa’l-Asma’; and the as-Sirr ‘l-
Maktuum Fee Makhaatabat’n-Nujuum.
It was from these scholars that Shaykh Dan Tafa, may Allah be
merciful to him received these sciences and learned to apply them
in medicine, building construction, city planning, military strategy
and in the artistic guilds.
Of course the salafist, due to their ignorance will discount all this
as hogwash and declare these sciences as magic and disbelief. This
denunciation from their part emerges from compounded
ignorance. The wise say: “Those who are ignorant of a thing
eventually become its enemy.”
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