Dream:
Dear Shuyukh Salaamualaikum
I fell asleep between zuhr and asr. At the beginning of my dream, I heard a voice say, “You will wake 5 times today”.
I woke up and found myself in my bed, however I had not actually woken up but still remained within the dream, The dream had an unusually intense quality, and I actually felt as if I had woken up, this happened several times in the same dream each time, I felt I had woken up just to realize that I was still actually sleeping.
Finally, stuggling to wake up, I called upon Mawlana Shaikh’s assistance, who appeared as a young, vigorous, and powerful man with dark full beard to his chest (not elderly like we see him today), after his appearance we recited surat ul-Ikhlas several times and then I did wake up, I hope.
Jazakumullah.
Madad Ya Mawlana Shaikh Nazim (QS).
Interpretation:
wa `alaykum salam,
Seeing Mawlana Shaykh as a young man is a reflection of your spiritual state and power and hearing “you will wake 5 times today” means before passing this life, insha-Allah the saints of this order will open for you all five levels of the heart: Qalb, Sirr, Sirr as-Sirr, Khafa and Akhfa. Upon arriving at each succeding level, you realize that comparatively, you were asleep before.
Surat al-Ikhlas contains the secret of Allah’s Unity, meaning insha-Allah you will be assisted to reach Maqam at-Tawheed, the Station of Witnessing Divine Unity.
And Allah knows best,
Taher Siddiqui
