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My (poor) rendition of Daphne Odjig’s ‘levels of understanding’

Daphne Odjig was part of a group of artists who called themselves the indigenous group of seven, after the original group of seven, Canada’s most famous group of landscape painters. They were a collective of artists who campaigned for indigenous art to be considered both an active art form, not a historical relic, and art of the same level as that of caucasians, as well as being included in art galleries, not solely in anthropology museums.

My class had a chance to see some of the indigenous group of seven’s art in person this year, but I unfortunately missed the field trip due to health issues. Instead, I did a master copy of Odjig’s work and did some reading up on them. While their misión might not have succeeded, at least while they all were still alive, they made a massive difference in the art world. If anyone wants an interesting rabbit hole to go down, I’d definitely suggest doing some reading on them!

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The sixth duty of the student is that he gives great concern to the most importance science: the knowledge of the Hereafter. By that [the knowledge of the Hereafter], I mean the category of knowledge that deals with perfecting character and unveiling. The perfection of character leads to unveiling. And unveiling is gnosis of Allah سبحانه وتعالىٰ, which is a light that Allah سبحانه وتعالىٰ casts into a heart that has been purified by worship and struggle, having arrived at the level of the faith of Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه, about whom it has been narrated, “If the faith of the people of the earth were weight against the faith of Abu Bakr, the faith of Abu Bakr would outweigh it.” That was due to a secret stored within his heart, not that which can be measured and weighed. How strange is it that someone should hear these statements of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and then hear with the ear of contempt similar statements of the Sufis, believing that they are inventions of the Sufis. Be careful of holding such contempt, for it will cause the destruction of your capital. So, be eager for the knowledge of that secret, which is beyond the goods of the jurists and theologians. For you will only be guided to that secret through your eager search. And know that the noblest of sciences is the gnosis of Allah سبحانه وتعالىٰ, which is an ocean whose limits cannot be reached. The highest degrees that the human being can reach in that science are those of the Prophets and the Saints, followed by the degrees of those who follow them. -Imam al Ghazali (rahimahullah)

“The outer world is a reflection of the inner world. Other people’s perception of you is a reflection of them; your response to them is an awareness of you.”

― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

Everyone will give you a different answer according to their level of knowledge or consciousness.

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the final level of religion is ihsan.

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This is knowledge of Love and Ruh not minds...

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WISDOMLESS KNOWLEDGE IS USELESS KNOWLEDGE Shaitan never rests easy and enters from every door. He tries to weaken people’s faith from every door. The ignorant person, meaning the uneducated person, knows their limit a little more, and is afraid of saying anything. What we mean by ignorant people is people who have no idea of religion: when they are about to say something, they do not say it most of the time out of fear that they might get smited. They are afraid of Allah or Hadrat Prophet ﷺ , and shy away from the awliya. They say they might get smited and are afraid. That is to say, even they have fear inside but unfortunately people who study for their ego become ever more ignorant as they study. Because it says, “Ra’sul hikmati Makhafatallah.” “The fount of wisdom is the fear of Allah.” Fearing Allah is the greatest wisdom. So it is what needs to be learned most. Even the ignorant person has a slight faith inside and fears Allah. Some become complete unbelievers and do not fear. Or they become a ride for Shaitan. They become more pharaonic as they study and as their knowledge increases. They become like Shaitan. “Whomever Allah has given wisdom, He has been given great good.” “Wa man yu’tal hikmata faqad ootiya khayran kathira.” (Sura Baqara:269) It is not important at all to study and to become a scholar. It is of no benefit as long as you do not understand the wisdom if Allah has not given you wisdom. Knowledge without wisdom is knowledge that is no good. Now we see this portion called Salafi in the whole Islamic world. We certainly confuse the suras every time we stand for prayer. They have memorized the Koran. Speaking of hadith, they have tens of thousands of hadiths memorized, but what use is it when they do not know its wisdom. They do not know the wisdom behind it! Allah ﷻ says not to oppress. They oppress. He says not to kill man. They kill man. He says the property and blood of Muslims are forbidden for you. They say it is permissible. Those who do these are people who have memorized the Koran, who recite it nonstop like clockwork, and as we said they have thousands, tens of thousands of hadiths memorized. They are only servants of Shaitan when there is no wisdom. They do not show humility towards Allah ﷻ, and become servants to Shaitan and Shaitan’s soldiers. Because the religion of Islam is not as such. The religion of Islam is manners, wisdom, and humility. Whatever good things there may be, they are in the religion of Islam. Do we see such things in these people? We can never see. These things taught us, the things taught to the Muslim world come from our Holy Prophet ﷺ . Through his means, it comes from Hadrat Abu Bakr radiAllahu anhu and especially from Hadrat Ali radiAllahu anhu amongst the companions. The Naqshbandi tariqa comes from Hadrat Abu Bakr radiAllahu anhu and the other tariqas come from Hadrat Ali radiAllahu anhu . They provide Islam with light. There is no fear as long as they are there. However, they found the field empty after the Ottomans, in the last one hundred years, and all kinds of dissension came out. As we said, they are educated, knowledgeable, and come out with all kinds of fitna. They come out with all kinds of fitna, but I do not think they are foolish. [Is is that] they have no faith! Allah Azza wa Jalla tells in the Koran: “Qalatil A’rabu amanna, qul lam tu’minu.” “The Bedoins said, ‘We believe.’ Say, ‘You do not believe.’” (Sura Hujurat:14) He said, “You have no iman.” You have become Muslim. Those who proclaim the Kalima Shahadat are Muslim. Iman is something else, it is a totally different thing. Speaking of iman, there, iman means tasawwuf. You need to believe in everything: it means giving yourself wholly to Allah with belief. They do not have this at all. Because they do not have this, they are not happy with anything and do things according to their own ego. As we said yesterday, they like fashion. We have been following mazhabs for 1300- 1400 years. They are saying, “We are fed up. What is this, mazhab? We do not need a mazhab, and we can do as we like!” There, this is also a fashion. Meaning not liking the old and making up something new: reform and fashion. They have been trying hard for one hundred years, ever sine after the Ottomans. There, the latest situation we see has come out of it. Everywhere in the Islamic world is full of Shaitan’s soldiers. Shaitan has no mercy. Allah has mercy. Merciless people who are Shaitan’s soldiers have come out in the open. However, our people here, people who are a little educated did not take lesson. They are also saying there is no need for mazhabs. In fact, they are sniping words at the imams of mazhabs. They think the people of past are like themselves, sell-outs who sold themselves to Shaitan and became a ride for their ego. Those people were people who had fear of Allah ﷻ . Each of them had a shaykh, had a guide. They are people our Holy Prophet ﷺ gave good tidings of in the hadiths. Becaue prophecy means telling the future. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ has told of most things, and there are still things that will appear. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ told what will happen until the Day of Judgement. He also has special hadiths about Imam A’zam (Abu Hanifa).There is about Hadrat Imam Shafi’e too. There are separate good tidings about all four imams. As we said, when you get rid of mazhabs, now you can do whatever you want. These people think they will live forever. No, it is not so. You can be rich, you can be poor, or you can be a scholar. Whatever you are, there is a set period and you will be pulled for questioning in the end. You have gone astray yourself. You have no right to mislead others. Fear Allah. This advice should be enough for you because Allah will ask you. For every person that you mislead, sins will also be written for you. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says in his hadiths the more people you mislead, the more people you deviate from the way, that much sins you will have. We love Hadrat Imam Azam and we follow him. Who would we follow if not for him, a mindless person like you? Those who say this are either mindless, traitors, or hypocrites. One of these three. There, as we said, it has become fashion. You can find everything bad in fashion. The thing these people introduced among Muslims as fashion is not liking the old and searching for something new. Books written in the past cannot be compared with books written recently, because the people of old wrote without ego. Now, every line stinks of egocentricity, arrogance, pride, and selfishness. You cannot read these people’s books. Not even a page of their books can be read. But its harm is again on themselves. Allah protects His religion, and they will be contemptible both in the world and in the hereafter. Confusion is plenty, it is at the highest level, in the whole Islamic world. Wherever you go, you come across a Salafi, a Wahhabi, or these people of fashion who call for reform. They do not like other things. It is like this now. They know better. They will find the truth if they think a little. Therefore, our Holy Prophet ﷺ says: “Thinking for an hour is better than the worship of a hundred years.” At least, it brings you to the right path. Was there a Salafi with our ancestors, was there a Wahhabi during their time? They all built beautiful mosques, dargahs, maktabs, and madrasas. They left us this homeland, the world of Islam, like paradise. But those who came later ruined it. Therefore, when you think whether our ancestors were right or wrong: we would not be left Muslim till this time anyway. If not, if they were right, we need to go after them. Whatever they did, we also need to go in that way without changing it. It is not difficult either. It is not hard at all. Stay away from human shaitans like these. Let them keep barking. They will find their trouble and be gone Allah willing. This will also happen in the end, but fitna continues because it is End Times. May Allah keep us safe. May Allah send the owner. Wa Minallah at-Tawfeeq. Al-Fatiha.

-Mawlana Shaykh Muhammad Adil Ar Rabbani QaddassAllahu Sirrahu http://hakkani.org/hikmetsiz-ilim-hayirsiz-ilimdir-61