A MASHHĀD: A MOMENTOUS
OCCURRENCE IN THE DIVINE PRESENCE
By: Shaykh Ibrahim b.
Alhajj Abdullahi Niasse (ra), Sirr al-Akbar
"A
momentous occurrence happened
to the humble
servant writing this
in the year
1350 after the Ḥijrah of Muḥammad, upon
him be blessings
and peace. It
was this: I
came to abide for
a hundred thousand
years among the
Days of the
Lord. There I heard the purest,
pre-eternal speech in intimate conversation. I became bewildered and restless,
as both rapture and longing were joined in me.
Then
I plunged headlong
into the Divine
Presence, and I
witnessed there the reality of the reality of the reality of
the reality, in utter essentiality, exclusivity, and blinding effacement.
Nothing was left of sensory feelings.
I dwelled like this for two thousand years. Then something was with me.
Existence emerged from me like shadows or
smoke. And I sought after this
existence, and then I was with the Messenger of the
Divine Essence, the servant
of the Divine
Essence and Its
secret. And he
came close to
me and stayed suspended
until I disappeared
in him. He
became my essence.
Then I was overcome
with joy, for
I was the
beloved of the
Divine Essence, Its
secret, Its desire.
I was he who
held Its comprehensive
station, to whom
the perfection of
the Divine Essence was manifest.
I resided in my state of rapture for one million
years. In this manifestation
in the unseen,
I did not
find any servant
of the Divine Essence except
myself.
But
then there was
another manifestation, in
the unseen of the
unseen, and I saw
the Divine Majesty in the Divine Beauty.
In this presence of the unseen of
the unseen, I was called
and named, “O Aḥmad al-Tijānī!” I
knew for certain
that the Real had no
desire for anything,
after the secret,
except for me.
I
kept company with
this servant of the Divine Essence, and I helped him and aided him for
two million years. Then God made
me the father
of humanity, and
the spiritual support
for the entirety of
existent beings, the
Adam of souls
and spirits.
I carried the
trust (amānah), and I
was addressed with, “O Dāwūd, surely
we have made
you the vicegerent
(khalīfah) on the
earth” (Al-Qur'an 38:26). I
looked at the
earth, and saw
its state, the
worlds of sense
and of meaning, and
then the celestial
gathering. “We built
the heaven with
might, and it is We who
made the vast
expanse. And We
have laid out
the earth. Gracious
is He who
spread it out! And
all things We
have created in
pairs, that perhaps
you may reflect.
Therefore flee to Allah,
I am a
warner to you
from Him. Set up no
other gods besides
God. I am
a warner to you
from Him (Al-Qur'an 51:41-51).
So I came
back to my
sensory feeling & perception, and
it was as
if the time period
of its occurrence
was [no more
than the time
between] the even
and the odd (Shaf' wa'l
Witr).
Glory
be to God
the Majestic. He
selects whom He
will for what
He wills, and no
one outstrips His
wisdom. “And He is not
asked about what
He does, but
they are the ones asked.” (Al-Qur'an 21:23)
—Shaykh Ibrahim b. Alhajj Abdullahi Niasse (ra),
Sirr al-Akbar
[As published by Imam
Shaykh Tijani Cisse in his book "What
the Knowers of
Allah have said
about the Knowledge
of Allah", Interpreted from
the Arabic by Sidi Muhammad Abdullahi] (Fayda Books, 2014), p.95-97.
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| Imam Shaykh Tijani Cisse with Sidi Muhammad Abdullahi |
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