Inner Sight

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In Surah Yusuf, Allah Ta’ala says :

“Say (O Muhammad e) : This is my way; I invite unto Allah with Baseerat (discernment and insight), I and whosoever follows me….”
[Surah Yusuf 12 : 108]

This Baseerat (perception and sight of the heart) is of perfect and pure Tauheed. Having perceived Allah Ta’ala with the eyes of the heart, Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam)    and all those who follow him [i.e. the Sahabah and Mashaa`ik of the Ummat] invite others to the same way.

Mufti Muhammad Shafi (Rahmatullah ‘alaih), the author of Ma’ariful Qur`aan, in defining the Baseerat (inner-sight) of the Siddiqeen (those who attain unto the highest stages of piety), mentions that someone asked Hazrat Ali : “Have you seen Allah Ta’ala?”

Hazrat Ali replied : “I cannot worship something I have not seen.” He thereafter explained his reply : “Though people have not seen Allah Ta’ala with their eyes, but their hearts have seen Him through the realities of faith.”

To cite an example, whereby we may glimpse of such Imaan; it has also been mentioned that Hazrat Ali had disclosed regarding his inner-sight: “When I will behold Jannat (Heaven in Urdu) and Jahannum on the Day of Judgement, my conviction in its reality will not increase by even an atom.”

Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) had said :
“Beware of the Firasat (insight) of the Mu`min,      for verily, he sees with the Noor of Allah.”

To illustrate this perception and insight of the heart, I will relate a story of a Jew who, having been informed of this quality of ‘firasat’, to be found in a Mu`min, decided to test the veracity and truth of the statement of Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) . 

He donned the garb of a Muslim and approached Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi (Rahmatullah ‘alaih). After Salaam and some social niceties, he enquired : “What is this ‘firasat’ of a Mu`min?”

Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi (Rahmatullah ‘alaih) replied : “The firasat of a Mu`min is this: that you are a Jew and not a Muslim.” This manifestation of truth became a means of Hidayat (guidance) and the Jew embraced Islam.

Of course, the pre-condition to such ‘firasat’ is that the person has to be a true and perfect Mu`min (Believer); the ingredients of which are Taqwa and Righteous Deeds

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