1. The Subtlety of Qalb
The Prophet-hood and the knowledge concerning Qalb was granted to Adam Safi Allah
The fleshy heart is known as ‘Dil’ in Urdu, and ‘Fawwad’ in Arabic. The spiritual faculty clung to the physical heart is known as Qalb. The Prophet-hood and knowledge pertaining to the faculty of Qalb was granted to Adam. According to a Prophetic Tradition, ‘The heart is different from the faculty of Qalb.’ This phenomenal world is known as Nasut (the Terrestrial Realm). Besides this, there are other realms also such as Malakut (the Realm of Angels), Ankabut (the Realm of God’s Throne), Jabrut (the Realm of Souls, ‘Station of Gabriel’), Lahut (the Realm of Nothingness), Wahdat (the Realm of Divine Unity) and Ahdiyat (the Realm of Divine Oneness).
These realms and the creatures thereof pre-existed the explosion of the spheroid of fire in the Terrestrial Realm of Nasut. The angels and the souls were created simultaneously, however, the archangels and the subtleties of the breast (Lata’if) already existed in these realms. Subsequently, creatures inhabited many planets in the Realm of Nasut. Some of the planets have been annihilated, and the rest await their end. The archangels and the subtleties of the breast were created seventy thousand years prior to the Command, ‘Be’ of the souls. Qalb was kept within the Place of Love, and through Qalb man is supposed to be connected with God. Similitude of Qalb is like that of the telephone operator between man and God. Man receives the divine reason and revelation through Qalb. Footnote: a Dalil (the divine argument/reason) is always accompanied by Ilhaam (inspiration). Ilhaam is not authentic if it is not accompanied by a Dalil.
The worship of all the subtleties of the breast (Lata’if) reaches the empyrean of God (Arsh-e-Bala) through Qalb. However, Qalb does not have access beyond the Realm of Malakut. Its destination is Khuld. Its mode of worship, and its method of saying the rosary both lie within the human anatomy. Those that earned paradise but were unaware of this inner worship would regret it in the paradise, because God says, ‘Do they perceive that God would equal them with the pious ones?’ Because those with the enlightened Qalb would continue to remember in the paradise. Footnote: Khuld is the lowest grade of the paradise.
Worship of the body ends after demise. The unenlightened subtleties of the breast including the Qalb would either stay weak or decay in the graves. The enlightened and powerful ones would enter the place of Il’liyeen. Subsequent to the Day of Judgement, new bodies will be given to all; these subtleties along with the human soul will be placed in the bodies of Immortal Saints (who saw God in the phenomenal world). Those who managed to revive their subtleties and remembered God in this world, would remember God in the hereafter also; consequently, their level and ranks would be constantly promoted. Those whose hearts were blind here, they would remain blind in the hereafter also. This phenomenal world is the place of practice for deeds and actions. So, they would become stagnant in terms of performance of good deeds. The Christians, the Jews and the Hindus also are aware of the subtleties. The Hindu term for the subtleties is ‘Shaktiyaan-Indaryaan’, and the Muslim term for them is ‘Lata’if’.
Qalb is located on the left of the heart two inches away, and its colour is yellow. Consequent to its revival, man begins to observe and feel yellowish light in the eyes. Some spiritual mentors also heal people with colours. Most people regard the counselling of their heart to be truthful.
The Qalb of a common man is senseless (Snobar). Its counselling may be influenced by its naivety, the Whisperer (Khannas) or the Self (Nafs), therefore, it may err in judgement. Reliance on a Qalb-e-Snobar (Senseless Heart) is folly. When the heart is revived with God’s remembrance, it begins to differentiate between good and bad, and gains sensibility. This is known as Qalb-e-Saleem (the Secured Heart). Due to the abundance of God’s remembrance, it is turned and directed towards God. This is known as Qalb-e-Muneeb (the Heart Turned to God). It is able to prevent the man from the committance of vice, however, it still lacks the power of correct decision. It turns to Qalb-e-Shaheed (the Witnessing Heart) when God’s Light begins to fall upon it. A Prophetic Tradition relates, ‘Divine Merciful Sight descends upon broken hearts and broken graves.’ At this moment, undoubtedly, submit to whatever comes from the heart, as theophanies turn Nafs also into Mutma’inna (the Divinely Content Self). God is then closer to him than his jugular vein. At this stage, God then declares, ‘I become his tongue, with which he speaks, and I become his hands with which he holds.’
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