迷途指归

迷途指归

In the name of Allah the Merciful All praise be to Allah, and blessings be upon His Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad and his descendants and disciples. Brethren, you have asked me to describe the purpose and mysteries of knowledge, the depths and foundations of sects, and to describe to you my own experience of being lost in the myriad of ideas and paths of various sects when I searched for the truth. You also asked me how I climbed from the abyss of tradition to the peak of enlightenment, and how I got the benefit from the teaching of the master, and then I despised the way of internal learning that only obtained the truth by following the elders, and how did I understand philosophy again. how I finally fell in love with the Sufi path; you want me to reveal to you the essence of the truth that I have come to realize after repeated study of the doctrines of the sects; and tell you what forced me to leave so many student, quit teaching in Baghdad; what brought me back to Nasapur after a long time. In view of your sincere thoughts, I will give you an answer as soon as possible. May the Lord help me and grant me success. I depend on him and ask him for protection. I said: You must know,—May Allah perfect your guidance, so that you can lead people to the right path more smoothly—the difference between human sects and creeds, the difference between schools, and the diversity of sects and Taoism, it is like a deep The sea, in which many drown, and few escapes, all profess to be the saved, "each sect rejoices in what he has served" (Qur'an: Romans 30:32), thinking that they are the most holy (may Allah bless him) the prophesied group of the enlightened. He (the Prophet Muhammad) is sincere and sincere. He once said: "My followers will be divided into seventy-three factions, of which there will be only one faction." ("Abu Dawud", "Tirmi") Zai", "Nasa'i", "Ibn Mazhe") and his prophecy will now be fulfilled. Since the beginning of my youth, when I was in full bloom, before I matured at the age of 20, until now (I am now over fifty), I have always struggled on this deep sea, riding the wind and waves, swimming in it like a warrior rather than a timid, cautious wader. I often sneak into every dark corner, clearing obstacles and overcoming difficulties one by one, to capture the beliefs of each faction, explore the secrets of each school, to distinguish the true from the false, the Sunnah and the heresy. I do not let go of the internal school (Batinyyeh), because I like to study its internal science, I do not let go of the straight solution school (zahiriyyah), I only want to understand the gist of its direct solutionism; I do not let go of the philosophers, trying to understand the philosophy I don’t let go of the theologian, I just want to work hard to find the purpose of catechism and speculation; I don’t let go of Sufi, I just want to find the true meaning of Sufi; I don’t let go of the practitioner, just to follow him the results of his practice; I don't spare the absurd unbelievers, I just want to examine them and expose the reasons for their audacity and deviance.