Bismi...
Hu, Hu, Hu!
Salaam,
Know that, based on the way they perform Dzikrullaah, the People of Tauhid (Ahlul Tauhid) are of four kinds:
The first group are those who say, "Laa ilaaha ill Allaahu". They are in the state of denying anything particular that may be attributed as coessential to the Absolute Truth-Being, Allaahu Subhaan Hu wa Ta'ala. He (SWT), as al-Haqq, has no otherness, no equivalent, no match. The first part of the shahada, "laa ilaaha" ("there is no god"), refers to the non-existence of a concept of a god (the Highest Being in the hierarchy of existences, that is inclusive of all essential attributes). The second part of the shahada, "ill Allaahu", enables the concept of a god, whenever necessary, to be attributed directly to none other than Allaahu (SWT), and to Allaahu (SWT) alone. In other words, it would be utterly futile and impossible to come up with a concept, or perceive the existence, of God if Allaahu did not exist in the first place. "Allaahu" is the Name of His Zaat (Essence/Being), the Name which pre-existed creation and is coessential to His 'Ilm (Knowledge) of the totality and uniqueness of His Own Existence. We remind ourselves again that the letter "Alif" (A) in the Name "Allaahu" hides the secrets of the Foundational Unity of existence. The two "Lams" (L's) refer to the hidden and manifest worlds with their respective grades. The breath-sound "Hu" represents His Boundless Presence that spans the entire existence with all its relative and absolute states, therefore rendering His non-presence absolutely impossible. "Hu" also signifies that "Hu is Hu" for Whom there is no without, He alone encompasses all existences. As such, this shahada has been named by our Beloved Master, Rasul Allaahu Muhammad salla Allaahu 'alaihi wa sallam, as al-Jawami al-Kalim (the Unifying Sentence). Allaahu Azza wa Jalla Himself has chosen the Name "Allaahu" in the Realm of Pure Will (al-'Alm al-Jabbarut) to be revealed to the hidden worlds (al-Malakut) and the manifest worlds (al-Mulk).
The second group are those who simply say, "Allaahu". For these people, it is no longer necessary to deny any concept of otherness that may be set equal or coessential to Allaahu Jalla wa Jalal since their realization of al-Haqq is ultimately on the experiential level and no longer on the descriptive level. Their realization is that saying "laa ilaaha" before saying "Allaahu" may only prove that the one testifying to al-Haqq has not yet realized a desired degree of nearness with the One testified to, both in the batheen (inward) and the zaheer (outward) sense. These people are known as the special (khawash) ones.
The third group are those who simply say, "Huwa", or sometimes, "Ana". They are the ones who have "departed" from their mental confinement, and hence from the existence of their own individual self, towards the Reality of al-Haqq, the Reality of realities (al-Haqiqah al-Haqaiq). They witness only al-Haqq, as the only Reality-Being necessary in existence, Whose Presence annihilates the tendency of their own individual self towards existential separation from Him. This way, physically they perform Dzikrullaah with their breathing (or their heart beat) and attribute it (their breathing or their heart beat) not to themselves but to Allaahu (SWT). They are known as the special of the special (khawash al-khawash).
Finally the fourth group consists of those who perform Dzikrullaah in total silence. They are in the state of total surrender. They are in the state of being in total awe of the Reality, the Truth, the Beauty, the Absoluteness, the Uniqueness, the Presence of Allaahu Azza wa Jalla, beyond any perceptible sense. They are the ones whose inner selves are deeply submerged in the Perfect, Silent Witnessing (Ihsan) of the Beloved (al-Mahbub), the Sultan of (their) hearts (as-Sulthanul Qulub), in all situations. Their spirits have vanished in their Witnessing Allaahu (SWT). They are the ones who are spiritually extinct in the Ocean of Annihilation (fanaa' fillaah). They are the ones whose selves are extinct beyond measure, although their actions remain in the manifest (zaheer) world which they physically inhabit. Their form of Dzikr is known as Dzikr Tauhid. It knows no boundary. Their silence embraces a boundless ocean of secrets. Their Tauhid is not descriptive, rather it is Pure Witnessing. The "melting" of their silence yields the rarest kind of Ma'rifatullaah. Such people are described, in the words of Shaykh Muhyi ad-Din Ibn al-'Arabi radhi Allaahu anhu wa qaddas Allaahu sirrah, as "the intoxicated lovers who hide a complete inward perfection, unaffected by the backdrop of outward worldly dissonance, who are content, in their silence, with the Reality of the Beloved alone, and with whom the Beloved is ultimately content." Such people are drunk with the elixir of their own silence which in reality hides the high tides of the Beloved's love for them. They are the people whose deep inward piety (taqwa) is often concealed not only from the eyes of men but ultimately from themselves, for to them the attachment to the perception of one's own piety might constitute a formidable barrier to genuine sincerity (ikhlas) in the way they love Allaahu (SWT), the Beloved. They are in inward communion with all rivers that branch forth from the Heart of the Divine Presence and they love the Beloved without a second thought. Such people can often be found among the Malamati Sufis.
Allaahu a'lam.
Ishq,
{Dani}
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