Ta'wil of words 'Abwâb al-Jannah' (The eight gates of paradise)

  "Study carefully verse (55:33) in which is mentioned the journey of the spiritual heavens and earth. This journey, although it is extremely difficult, is not impossible. You can accomplish this journey through "sultan". "Sultan" means guide, proof, power, overpowering, authority or king, namely the Imam, in whom all useful meanings are encompassed. That is to say that, it is the luminous recognition of the Imam which encompasses everything."
 
[Source: Tawil 26: A Thousand Wisdoms, pp. 31-32] 

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(Our Present Imam is Living and His NOOR is Eternal)

How do angels help to achieve a magnificent spiritual death?

"This rare point should be well remembered that Jibra'ili cure is done with knowledge, Mika'ili cure by wisdom, Israfili cure by giryah-u zari (supplication) and Divine love, and Izra'ili cure by effacement (removal of sins) and annihilation (in the sense of merging the soul into the Light and then reviving it with a greater strength). The last one is the effective cure. For the perfect taqwa (piety) and complete purification lies only in a magnificent (spiritual) death happens to soul in this life. And this is a very great miracle, for in it is observed, not only the scene of death, but also a glimpse of the next life."
 
Source: Qur'anic Healing, p.143 

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(Our Present Imam is Living and His NOOR is Eternal)

On what occasions is the soul seized?

"The work of Hazrat Izra'il is extremely miraculous and full of wisdom. He seizes the soul on five occasions:

1. As a result of successful 'ibadat (bandagi) and dhikr of God in the heart of a mu'min, his soul is partially seized in the sense that some worn-out particles of soul are expelled and some fresh particles are brought in.
   
   
2. The same event takes place when a mu'min sheds tears, implores and prays in the court of the Lord of Honor due to a calamity, hardship or sickness.
   
   
3. It happens during the state of sleep. That is to say in this state, the exchange of soul, or seizing of soul, takes place repeatedly. Therefore, in order to attain (and retain) good soul (particles), it is necessary to wake up on time, lest these go away in this exchange (39:42).
   
   
4. When a (living) darwish-like mu'min, in his spiritual progress, enters the station of the resurrecting death, he experiences a complete spiritual death (3:143).
   
   
5. When the time of external and physical death comes, the soul is seized finally and completely."

Source: Qur'anic Healing, pp.77-78 

Haizinda — Qayampaya
(Our Present Imam is Living and His NOOR is Eternal)

What are the rewards of a spiritual death while we still alive?

"In the Godhead of God, where there are universals, there are also particulars. Thus if Hazrat Izra'il, may peace be upon him, by the command of God, can make a perfect person or a sufi or a mu'min revive in the true sense by (spiritually) martyring him in this very life, before the physical death (57:19), then such people while living in this physical life, attain the status of martyrdom in the sight of God and they attain reward and light, not only in the Hereafter, but also in this life. And this bliss is also partially attainable by other mu'mins, too. Thus the sacrifice of life, that is, the act of Hazrat Izra'il (39:42), is in stages as well as all at once."

 
Source: Qur'anic Healing, p.77 

Haizinda — Qayampaya
(Our Present Imam is Living and His NOOR is Eternal)

How did Hazrat Salman-i Farsi achieve a Spiritual Kingdom?

Let us study the tawil of 'Mulk' (Kingdom) and relate it to achievements of Hazrat Salman-i Farsi:

"Here it should be noted that the purpose of the glorious praise of Hazrat Ibrahim's progeny in verse (4:54) is that recognition of the holy prophet and his progeny. The verse reads: "Indeed, We have given to Ibrahim's children the Book and wisdom and We have given them a great kingdom." Try to annihilate yourselves in them like Salman-i Farsi, so that you be able to inherit the Book, the wisdom and a great kingdom, Ameen!"

 
Source: A Thousand Wisdoms, Tawil No. 848, p.444 

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(Our Present Imam is Living and His NOOR is Eternal)

What is nafs-i mutama'innah (satisfied soul)?

"If by Divine providence, this (Divine) help and guidance continues, then comes the third stage, which consists of the final stages of spiritual progress, in which the soul of a mu'min, who walks on the path of spirituality, becomes transformed into the satisfied soul (89:27). Such a soul has attained satisfaction according to the standard of God (3:126; 5:113; 8:10; 13:28; 2:260; 17:95), as God says: "O the satisfied soul! return to your Lord, well pleased (with Him), well-pleasing (Him), so enter My (chosen) servants, enter My paradise (87:27-30). This final and supreme bliss is attainable by the Friend of God, not only after death in the next world, but can be perfectly experienced in this world."

 
Source: Qur'anic Healing, pp. 75-76.

All the above ranks of the soul are presented in Fig. 1 shown below:

Fig. 1. The ascent of the soul and its spiritual and intellectual resurrection. 

 

Haizinda — Qayampaya
(Our Present Imam is Living and His NOOR is Eternal)

What do Mu'mins have to achieve in this life time?

"The gift of making kings is not confined to the time of Hazrat Musa (5:20), but the mu'mins of every Prophet (and Imam) can attain spiritual kingdom. However, in order to attain it, there are certain conditions, by fulfilling which, the mu'mins will attain ma'rifat in this life and the kingdom in the next world. For the mu'min cannot be a slave in Paradise, rather, by grace of God, he will be a king (2:247; 3:26; 76:20)"
 
Source: Healing Through Knowledge, pp. 149-150 

Haizinda — Qayampaya
(Our Present Imam is Living and His NOOR is Eternal)