10.1 Introduction To This Station

The concept of Hearing, is one of the more controversial issues in the area of Irfan. Some people ignorantly think of music and dancing from a jurisprudential perspective. Urafa make the wording of their books quite ambiguous because they feel as though not everyone should be able to understand the terminology of their wordings and what they mean.

The music that the Urafa are talking about is a spiritual music, The lowest level of hearing covers. They say when you really open your ears and hear, the whole universe is based on this music. There is a universal harmony. If the meaning of music is a harmonious melody. If you go to the beach or the forest and open your ears you can hear a lot of things. Like stepping outside your house in the morning. You can even apply it – if music is a harmonious melody then we are born with the beating of your mother’s heart. This is the very first sound that we have heard.

Urafa believe that sinful people have misused the term ‘wine’ it is not the same meaning as liquor. On the same token the word ‘hearing’ is different to music as Urafa and others look at the word. Before we are created, there was a melody put in our brain, and that makes a melody like ‘music’ so far as it is harmonious, we enjoy it. We naturally react to it.

To ignore a harmonious sound is going against our nature. Before the fall of Adam (‘a), they took an oath from all of us from Allah (SWT), this is why we enjoy the harmonious melody that we hear in this world. There is a melody in the Quran and it is not poetry – it is harmonious, it is the wording of nature and words of Allah (SWT).

In this session Urafa, say you need to develop such a stage that you become the recipient of heavenly voices. You keep listening until you do not need to attend any lectures. The lessons that you will receive should come from the sources themselves. Why is it that we do not hear the reply of the Prophet (S) when we give him our salam in our salah? What is the problem that our inner senses are not activated?

The reference for this is in the Quran: If Allah (SWT) Knows a benefit in that persons he will make him hear those voices. Why?

10.2 Three Approaches To Hearing

There are three (3) approaches that allow us to be or not to be the recipient of this hearing:

10.2.1 Putting Your Fingers In Your Ears To Stop Hearing

People when they come across this religious and heavenly sounds – their attitude is that they immediately put their fingers in their ears. This is the expression that the Quran is using.

“They block the gates of receiving these voices – the result is that they become deaf, dumb, and blind not physically but because they used it that much in the wrong way it is as though they don’t have it.” (2:18 or 2:171)

For example – a husband that hides money away from his family, he has and has not the money

10.2.2 They Listen But Mock At It:

Yes they listen, but they listen just to mock at it.

“We have heard. If we wish we can speak the like of this. Lo! this is naught but fables of the men of old.” (8:31)

Please refer to the commentary of Anam: 25 and 26, for "the tales of the ancients"; and al Baqarah 23 and 24-the challenge of the Quran to the infidels (who said: "We have heard this before, and we could say words like these which are the tales of the ancients") to "produce a chapter like it, and you will never do it."

The only problem they have is that they haven’t had a taste of this. If you start hearing and ill tell you how, then you can reach a stage whereby you sleep and you intend to wake up for
:50am 11 to 5am you here the voice of the angel so clearly that you open your eyes. This is ‘hearing’ – there are some voices that if I am deaf it doesn’t mean I cant listen to them.

Story of an Ulama:

You can elevate yourself that you hear the tasbeeh of the trees

You become like Prophet Ibrahim (S) so that you can hear it again. Once you hear the heavenly voice, then you are happy to give your life for this. If you know whether you heard the 2 rakaat in your life then see whether you hear the reply of Prophet (S).

10.2.3 They Come And They Listen With Divergent Intentions:

They come and they listen but their intention for listening is not to improve themselves.

Some people come to the majlis to get the reward for it, or for the food or other things.

Reference in Surah Mohammad:

“Among them are some who give ear unto thee (Muhammad) till, when they go forth from thy presence they say unto those who have been given knowledge: What was that he said just now? Those are they whose hearts Allah hath sealed, and they follow their own lusts.” (47:16)

You need to take notes in studying and learning, because the brain is not a tape recorder.

ø best approach to activate the inner senses, Quran [Pickthal 8:2] They only are the (true) believers whose hearts feel fear when Allah is mentioned, and when His revelations are recited unto them they increase their faith, and who trust in their Lord;

You make some promises to yourself to be a better person. Once you reach this stage, then Allah (SWT) (he is so Merciful) he pulls you to himself. You just need to make a serious intention. If Allah (SWT) Knows that there is any good to you he will make you hear it.

To the highest stage of this then you can hear things from Allah (SWT).

There are some turning points in your life that Allah (SWT) will make you come across a situation..

Refer to the story of Fazel ibn Ayaz in the station of Waking Up.

There is a difference between being stuburn and stupidty stuburn. Allah (SWT) knew that Fazel will turn good even though he was supposedly sinful.

One Ayah turned his life, imagine what the whole Quran.

Become one of the best students of Imam Al-Sadiq (‘a), and wrote numerous books of Nasbah Al-Sharia’ compiled from the lessons on Irfan from Imam Al-Sadiq (‘a).

Take advantage of the message given to us from Allah (SWT).

10.3 Speaker Is Also Important

The speaker is also important that we hear from.

The speaker plays an important role in this

1st rule is that the speaker does what he preaches otherwise it is not going to be effective

Imam Khomeini (ra) was given the power of the influence of the people.

After the Revolution the whole world was freaking out – this old man comes, and gives a lecture 20 mins so calm and relaxed not very motivating. Broadcast to whole country and all of a sudden the whole situation of the country is changed. There is a propaganda that tomorrow is going to be an election and the Islamic Revolution is going down. He fixed it up immediately. It is the spiritual magic of his wording.

Imam Ali (‘a)

Someone with the name of Hamman comes to him, asks him about the attitude of the pious. Before Imam Ali (‘a) finished he died out of the words of Imam Ali (‘a).

Remember that in this concept he start by attending the majalis, put yourself in the magnetic field, these are our spiritual food, we need to recharge ourselves. Then we begin to hear the voices ourselves. It may start from a dream and then you hear it yourself.

If Allah (SWT) Knows that you really need it He will give it to you (Quran).

Then you understand what Urafa mean when they say:

Ibn Farid, When I step outside I hear the singing of the birds, the dancing of the trees, any voice I hear is the voice of Allah (SWT). This is the parable like the baby of the bosom of the mother the mother is trying to put the baby to bed with tranquillizing voices.

Moses (‘a) Heard voices from a tree

Dependant upon the stage that we have reached – have you reached the highest stage that we are created for?

Tabatabai said:

Put this in your agenda – that you try your best to reach a higher level, that you see and hear what others do not.