Post by ottoman on Oct 8, 2007 18:43:37 GMT
It is written in Tafsir-i kabir, "When man's soul, leaving the body, gets rid of his worldly relations, he goes to the world of angels, to the sacred ranks. The forces peculiar to that world settle on him. He can do many things. For example, a person can dream of his master, and learn what he does not know by asking his master." Fakhr-ud-din-i Radi says in the eighteenth chapter of his book Almatalib-ul-aliyya, "If one goes to the grave of a Wali who has a mature soul, a pure nafs and strong effectiveness, and if he stays there for a while thinking of the Wali, his soul gets attached to the soil. Since the Wali's soul is attached to the soil too, one's soul will meet the Wali's soul. The two souls will be like two mirrors opposite each other. The marifats, the maturities in each of them will be reflected on the other. They both will gain many benefits." Hadrat Ala'uddin-i Attar "rahmatullahi ta'ala 'alaih' said, "He who visits the graves of shaikhs will get as much of an advantage as he understands them and gets attached to them. Many advantages are derived from their graves. But it is more useful to get attached to their souls, [that is, to practice rabita]. For, being far or near does not have any effect in this"