The Spiritual Energy Points(Lata’aef) In Islam: Part II

The Path of Almost 1,24000 Prophets:

Almost 1,24000 prophets of Allah, all the Companions of Prophet PBUH, all the  experts of hadith, the exegete of the Holy Quran, the saint and the pious people of the Ummah have been imparting the teachings of Islam. Every saint who converted ninety lac Hindus to Muslim gives the testimony that the sun has arisen. But all the blind hearted are saying, “ No there is no light”. They must get their hearts and sights cured. They should get treatment for their eyes. If they are unable to see Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti Ajmeri, Data Ganj Bakhsh Hajveri, Ghous ul Azam, Mujaddid Alf Thani and many other pious scholars around who spread the light of Islam everywhere, bear witness on this fact so the blind-sighted should get their eyes cured rather than objecting these saints. They should search for a good eye specialist, either amongst the Naqshbandi, Mujadadi, Chisti, Qadri, Sehrwardi, Shazli, Awaisi or any faithful man for the cleanliness of their inner eyes. This treatment of the eyes would let them know that the sun has arisen.

Baba Bully Shah says,

Yaar taiy tairaiy andar wasda

Tenu even paey pulekhay

Your beloved resides inside you. You must not be doubtful about his presence.

And Allama Iqbal says,

Jinhen main dhoondta tha aasmano mein, zameenon mein

Wo niklei tu mere zulm e khana dil kay makeenon mein

To whom I searched in the skies and on the earth, He is the resident of my heart.

The Treatment of Inner Blindness is Necessary:

The inner eyes don’t get consulted by themselves, we have to get them treated by some specialist as if there is physical irregularity in our apparent eyes, and we believe it would get treated by itself, it is not possible. We would need to consult a doctor.

Allama Iqbal also says,

Dil e beena bhi kar khuda sy talab  

Aankh ka noor, dil ka noor nahi

We must pray to Allah for the light of the heart because the light of the eye is not the light of the heart.

Iqbal knew, “the eyes of heart and head are different.” Heart’s eyes see those things which are above the heavens. That is why Allah says again and again to remember Him and clean the heart.

That’s why Prophet PBUH said,

“ Beware! There is a piece of flesh in the body. If it becomes pure (reformed), the whole body works accurately but if it gets spoiled the whole body gets spoiled and that is the heart.” 

(Al-Bukhari-52 )

Sultan Baho says,

Dil darya samandron dhungay tay kon dilan dian jaany hoo

Wichay berry, wajy jerhy wichay wanjh mohany hoo

The poet says, “Heart has its own world. The one who may understand the world of heart may get the recognition of Allah.”

The Difference Between Body and Heart’s Diseases:

 As human’s body is prone to many diseases, the same is the  case with the human soul. The human body may suffer from the diseases of throat, ears, eyes, stomach, head, bones, blood, heart, intestines, and many more. In the same way, the human heart and soul have many diseases like infidelity, idolatry, disunity, jealousy, pride, sexiness, greed, anger, slandering, backbiting and lying etc. The doctors of spirituality have the cure of these diseases. The way eye diseases hurt eyes, face diseases hurt face, ear diseases hurt ears, and stomach diseases disturb the stomach, blood diseases weaken you from inside, the same does the spiritual diseases with human heart and soul.

Anti-dote of the Diseases of the Soul:

A person with defected ears, throat or nose would consult an ENT specialist to be examined. A woman with feminine diseases would consult a gynecologist, a heart patient would consult a cardiologist, a person with disease of his eyes would consult an optometrist. Similarly, a person who gets his soul defected would consult a spiritual doctor saint. In the human body there are ten energy points known as Lata’aef Ashra which are volatile for spiritual diseases. If any out of ten gets sick, its urgent treatment is necessary.

As Quran says,

“In their hearts there is a disease and Allah has increased their disease”( Al-Baqarah)

 The experts of spirituality examine these points and try to find out whether he has an infection of egoism, polluted heart, malicious soul, some implicit, secret, concealment disease or the diseases of the physical world( fire, air, soil, water)?

 They examine these points, diagnose the diseases and purify these points from worldly desires and evil intentions. Thus, sainthood means to purify these ten points from the impurities of the world. These ten energy points help the devotee to get the recognition of Allah,  

 When a spiritual patient goes to the spiritual doctor, the spiritual doctor instantly diagnoses whether he has a disease of Aalam e Khalq( Physical world) or Aalam e Amr( Metaphysical world). If it is of Aalam e Khalq then which point is affected? What is its cure? And if it is Aalam e Amr then which disease is it? What is its reason and what is the remedy or the anti-dote? And how these energy points can again be made active and workable. For example, an eye specialist will check the eyes whether they have dust or cataract? What is its effect? Whether it’s white or black? Then the doctor will remove that disease, if it is a cataract disease then he will restore his eyes to its original condition.If the doctor feels that his eye cells have become weak, he will suggest some lenses. He might suggest the glasses along with some medicines. Or he will give some drops or tubes so that his eyes may come back to working condition.

  In the same way, a man with a spiritual disease would be examined by a spiritual doctor who would diagnose and treat that disease with consideration, wazaef, remembrance of Allah, and charities etc. He treats that disease and restores the original working position of the Lata’aef. And sometimes he suggests certain prescriptions, for example he suggests the reciting of Durood e Pak , Zikr of “Allah Hoo'' or the recitation of “Allah Huma ya Sami'', or suggests the offering of two nafal of Tauba. 

 Conclusion:

Hence, to conclude the above discussion, we can say that the internal diseases attack the ten energy points(Lata’aef) mentioned in the Holy Quran. Like the doctors of the body, doctors of the soul have the ability to examine, diagnose, and treat it. This method of spiritual treatment is not prescribed by the saints only but it has its roots in the Holy Quran and Hadith.