" The common folk cannot know of it, and even the special people of
this age are ignorant of this secret because it is a hidden
mystery.Only the perfect saint concentrator on His personal name Allah
can see the resplendent written Name. The bright letter of the written
Name of Allah the most High is the electric wire to which the bulb of
the esoteric ethereal(spiritual) personality is attached. In Sufistic
technology, it is termed the etheric personality of the place of
commemoration where the esoteric movement, sound, heat, energy and
light of commemoration comes and disseminates. The bright inscription
of the Name Allah is the root and the external occupation of
commemaration and its essentials are the species."



" The written Name Allah is the esoteric kernal and butter and the
external occupation in commemoration is, so to say, the milk. External
commemoration is like taking food or medicine by mouth and
commemoration on the written picture of the Name Allah is the injection
of the essence of that medicine or food. Therefore, if instead of
verbal commemoration and external occupation the commemorator adopts
its pitch and writes the Name Allah in special places of the body
through concentration and meditation he has, so to say, adopted the
kernal. That is to say he has acquired the butter and is free from the
worries of acquiring milk, making it into curd and churning it.
Because, when His personal Name Allah gets written down in any part of
the body through concentration and meditation, and is established there
through constant practice, that place and limb become alive, lighted
and extended through the light of His personal Name Allah. The esoteric
sense of that limb is revived. A bright aperture and esoteric path from
the invisible world is opened in that limb for the commemorator."




" He talks to the invisible Spiritual world through that tongue, and
whatever he utters with the tongue is accomplished sooner or later, by
the command of Allah the most High. If the Name Allah is written on the
palm of the hand he begins to shake hands with the angels, spirits of
the Prophets and saints, and the people of Genesis; Ghauth, Qutbs,
Autad and Abdal. With that bright hand he begins to control and work in
the invisible universe of the Esoteric world, and so on and so forth.
With every limb that is enlightened with the inscription of His
personal Name Allah, he begins to work esotericlly with that bright
limb. Finally when the entire body of the concentrator is painted
through concentration of "He sees, hears, talks and works through Me".
When such a traveller attends towards the invisible world in trance,
his external senses get closed up, and his internal senses open and
with that bright esoteric personality he gets drowned in the invisible
world."
Irfan Faqir Nur Muhammad

as Salaam Alaikum,


This is a good post sufibrotha. Although this may be the form of meditation in reflection that is tool of training in many ways, the way of meditation and reflection in this tariqa is rather not centered around the concentration of one of Allah's names.

Rather is this Ahmad Muhammadi Tijani tariqa, our concentration during our awrad and other azkar are centered around the focal point of all of Allah's names, the mirror of his names, and the most perfect manifestation of his names. And this is the concentration on the essence and light of Sayidina Rasool Allah (may peace and prayers be upon him).

The reflection and concentration during the awrad is the key that differienciates the levels of azkar of the masses. While a person will definitely receive the rewards from doing the azkar on the tongue. The one who does it with the presence of mind of the meanings, and while concentration and connecting onces heart with the nur of the Beloved Prophet. This will make the effects of the awrad more powerful and effective.

For this tariqa and with others the object is not with the shaykh. But this tariqa teaches that with the INSTRUCTION of the shaykh the object of goal is not the shaykh but the Prophet himself. Everyone has the power and potential to be able to connect with his essence at all times.

As it is known, the Nur of the Prophet is unescapable. His essence is in every place, for every place has its origin from his essence. Therefore anywhere a person goes. If they only think, concentrate, and reflect with love and sincerity with the nur of the Prophet. And imagine his physical presence along with yours then you actually connect with his Dhat and Ruh DIRECTLY. ANd with this style of zikr, one connects himself with the Prophet. The effects of the azkar are more meaningful. And one establishes a DIRECT connection with the Prophet. And this is the secret of the Prophet's words to Sidina Shaykh Tijani

"your fuqara are my fuqara, your disciples are my disciples, your students are my students"

Thats why as in all tariqas, but especially in this tijani path. The Prophet is the direct Shaykh of this tariqa, and Sidina Shaykh Tijani is his muqadam or authorizer. Although Sidina Shaykh and many many of his muqaddams have the degree, knowledge, capability, to be called the Shaykh. The goal of every muslim is to be guided by the DIRECT instruction spiritually and for some physically, with the companionship of Sidina Muhammad (may prayers and peace be upon him)

One does this continuasly until the Prophet's image and person is always with the person. while eating, sleeping, working, studying. While the person on the outside seems to be with the Dunia, Verily his inner being is with the Prophet. This is the method of training, concentration, and reflection, and the means of arriving in this blessed path.