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Awliya

Wilayah is not a title; it is a secret. And those who carry it walk the earth unknown, veiled even from their own selves.

Yet the scholars of Tasawwuf have spoken of maqamat-ranks among the Awliya..not to make the unseen visible, but to help the seekers understand the majesty of Divine selection. These ranks are not climbed. They are gifted. And every rank is guarded by sirr..a hiddenspiritual contract between the wali and his Rabb.

1.Al-Akhyaar (The Chosen Ones)

These are the righteous who are hidden among the people. Their number is said to be 300. They do not perform miracles, nor are they known. But when their hearts tremble, the sky answers. Their prayers hold communities together.

2.Al-Abdaal (The Substitutes)

They are 40 in number, stationed across the earth. When one of them dies, another takes his place. They are called Abdaal because Allah replaces one with another seamlessly. Shaykh al-Akbar Ibn Arabi and others mention that through them, lands

are nourished and calamities lifted.

3.An-Nujaba (The Nobles)

Numbering 70, these saints are marked by their samt (dignified silence), humility, and radiant character. They walk through creation as veiled light..dignified, upright, merciful. 4.An-Nuqaba (The Chiefs)

They are 12 or sometimes said to be 7, depending on the narration. They carry the knowledge of the secrets of hearts. They are given insight into the niyyah (intentions) of people. Imam Qushayri mentioned that they are like spiritual commanders..hearts turn to them for stability.

5.Al-Awtad (The Pillars)

Usually 4. Each one is stationed in one of the four cardinal directions of the earth. Through their spiritual presence, the earth is kept stable. One is in the East, one in the West, one in the North, and one in the South.

6.Al-Qutb (The Pole)

The spiritual axis of the age. Always one. He is hidden and rarely known...even by other Awliya. Some refer to him as Ghawth al-A'zam when he is given the added role of spiritual rescue (istighatha). The Qutb is the wali around whom the entire hierarchy revolves. He is the heart of the age.

Imam al-Qushayri said:

"The Awliya are the candles of the earth. When one is extinguished, Allah lights another, but the Qutb remains until his time ends, and the heavens tremble at his departure."

And Imam al-Ghazali, though he veiled his words, hinted at the presence of such souls in Ihya, calling them "those whom Allah veiled with His jealousy, for had they been known, the world would worship them."

Please Note: These ranks are mentioned symbolically. Their numbers may differ across texts, but the purpose is not to count..the purpose is to realize that Allah has hidden His friends among us. Not all Awliya fall into these known categories. There are those even highersuch as al-Aqtaab al-Arba'a (the Four Qutbs), or al-Imam or the Hidden Wali, who is known only to Allah.

[Allahu Wa Rasulu'luhu A'alam ]

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The colors green, red, black and white are important symbolically in Islam. They feature prominently in many flags of Muslim countries. The green symbolizes detachment from the world (zuhud). Enjoying worldly things is permitted but it should not be our focus or occupy our heart. Anything that causes us to forget Allah is dunya (worldly).

Red is the color of the forger’s tool. It is to tolerate the trials of the world with patience and purify our souls.

Black is the absence of worldly color and a symbol of detachment from the world.

White is the color of hunger. We are commanded to fast. Even Adam and Hawa were ordered to fast from a particular tree in paradise.

Summarized from a lecture by Shaykh Abdul Hakeem Murad

TIME IN THE ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW

Time is among the most subtle creations of Allah. We live within it, measure our lives by it, and watch everything around us rise, fall, flourish, or fade through it. Yet the Islamic tradition teaches that time itself is not an independent force, nor an eternal backdrop, but a created reality — a dimension of change woven by Allah into the fabric of creation.

When we look at the world, we intuitively sense that time flows differently for different things. A mountain stands unmoved for centuries, a tree grows and decays across seasons, and an insect may live its entire life in a day. What distinguishes these experiences is not that time itself changes, but that each created thing undergoes change at its own pace. Time, in its essence, is simply the measure of these successive changes.

Modern science measures time with extraordinary precision, such as through atomic decay, while earlier civilizations — including the earliest Muslims — measured time through the alternation of day and night, the cycles of the moon, and the changing of the seasons. Whether measured by the heartbeat or by the orbit of a planet, time remains a human attempt to track the unfolding of Allah’s decree within creation.

The Qur’ān itself draws our attention to the relativity of time. What appears slow or unmoving to us may be in constant motion in another realm. A single day in one realm may equal a thousand years in another. These revelations remind us that human perception is limited, and that what we experience as time is only our vantage point within a far broader creation.

This relativity does not diminish the reality of time; it reveals its true nature. Time is not an absolute entity that governs creation. It is only the rhythm of created things undergoing change — mountains shifting imperceptibly, stars evolving over eons, the human heart beating moment to moment. Each realm of creation has its own tempo, its own cadence, its own clock.

Above all of this stands Allah, exalted beyond measure. He is the Creator of time and not subject to it. Time is contingent, always tied to change, and therefore cannot apply to the One who is eternal, unchanging, and perfect. Allah existed before time and remains as He has always been — unaffected by the motion, stillness, or transformation of His creation.

For this reason, the Prophet ﷺ taught us not to curse time. People often blame time for misfortune, but the Prophet ﷺ reminded us that it is Allah who creates the events that unfold within time. Time has no will or power of its own; it is merely the stage upon which Allah’s decree manifests.

Reflecting on time in this way brings clarity and humility. We begin to see every moment of our lives as part of a divine unfolding. The rise and fall of civilizations, the slow shaping of continents, the flicker of an insect’s life — all occur within a tapestry Allah Himself has set into motion.

To understand time, then, is to understand our place in creation. It is to witness how all things change, while Allah alone remains unchanged. It is to see life as a journey through the signs of Allah, each moment a reminder of the One who transcends all moments.

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Okay, so in the gap in posting this response I hope time was spent in reviewing the video playlist shared earlier for Why Islam Is True. Sh Karamali does a great job breaking this down so I won't try to cover that part too much which is a solid overview of the Kalam Cosmological argument (based on Imam al-Ghazali's work Tahafut al-Falasifa). It sufficiently covers the existence of God by logically using first principles to define God as the necessary being and all other creation being contingent beings.

What I want to dive into is the second question you brought up which is the one about injustice or evil. You question could be rephrased as this:

How could a good and just God permit evil and suffering?

The logical breakdown of this is:

- God is omnipotent (all powerful, not limited).

- A perfectly good and just God would eliminate evil, so if such a God exists he would want to do so and would do so.

- But evil exists, meaning:

> God is not omnipotent

> God is not perfectly good

> or, God does not exist

This is often called the "atheist" argument but really all theists have to address this one way or another. Christian, Jew, or Muslim, we all must respond to this.

I'm just going to note this right now and get it out of the way, but all non-wahid understandings of God must place conditions on God by definition (ie. Trinity - Polytheism). Nearly all Christians end up turning God into a contingent being which opens them up to a metaphysical doom loop.

God is the necessary being who remains non-conditioned. Anything is possible with God. What does "anything" mean? Well, it is important to note that logical contradictions like a triangular cube are not things. They are as meaningless to speak of as it is to speak of God creating such, and have nothing to do with God's capacity or lack thereof. God is capable of unrestrictedly acting in any and all non-contradictory ways.

Good and bad are also not exclusively subjective terms. An example is that a rotten watermelon is objectively bad. It has failed at being food. Good and bad have to do with a things essence. Good or bad in humans must be contingent of volitional (free-will) acts (change/time are part of free-will). Thus good actions lead to transformation of the human soul from potentiality to actuality in the realization of human flourishing, in contrast to bad actions which hamper and frustrate this transformative movement/process. Badness or evil involves a failure to actualize latent and implicit potential essence of the nature of a thing.

- Goodness is related to presence or existence

- Badness is related to absence or non-existence

All things other than God are a mixture of potency and act. God is pure actuality without potentiality, God is absolute.

What follows is that divine omnipotence is not logically inconsistent with the existence of evil in the world as struggle and hardship constitute the efficient cause for the latent potencies

To eliminate all evil from the world, free-will would also have to be eliminated. The resulting human would be one devoid of moral responsibility. For such a creature there would be no meaningful notion of divine reward and punishment. However, with free-will the human's nature is not one that is inherently evil (like the Christian errors to assume). Humans mistakenly fall into evil when they fail to actualize their innate potential for good. Furthermore, God provided guides (the prophets and the books of scripture) in order that examples of true goodness might be clearly known and remembered.

Mercy and forgiveness can only be exercised toward another who has committed a wrong against you. Patience and forbearance can only be realized in the face of hardship and adversity. Courage and fortitude are only possible in the face of danger to life, or property, or status or the like. Compassion and empathy cannot be realized without those who have suffered misfortune. Sacrifice is not possible without the loss of that which one holds dear.

I'll cut straight to the conclusion. The fact that we recognize evil in the world is testament to our intellect remembering the goodness of God. This is why forgetfulness is not a sin, but heedlessness is. Yes, humans can shed blood and that is horrifying, but at the same time we are greater than so much more goodness than even angels can imagine as our state is loftier than theirs. And what a beautiful reminder is that of our existence and that this existence being contingent on our Creator, because in the absence of that remembrance is the gravitation toward nothingness. We are spiraling always toward either nearness in remembrance or loss in absence of the divine presence. So do not be afraid of evil because in Truth it has no power over you.

Alhamdulillahi Rabbil 'Alamin!

Shaykh Shadee Almasry also quite a bit on this. Between the Safina Society YouTube channel and the podcasts

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