The Basics
To what machine is the Qalb compared to in its role between man and God?
Answer: A telephone operator.
Explanation: Think of the Qalb like a phone. It helps people "talk" to God and hear His messages, acting like a bridge between Earth and Heaven.
What is the "Realm of Nothingness" called?
Answer: Lahut.
Simple Explanation: Imagine a place so quiet and empty it’s called 'The Place of Nothingness'. That is Lahut.
What is the Khannas (Whisperer)
The Khannas is the evil wisperer. It resembles an elephant. It sits in between the Nafs and the Qalb (the heart). It assists the Nafs to misguide the man. Nafs is accompanied by the Khannas.
What stage is the lower self (nafs) at when the heart becomes the Witnessing Heart (Qalb e Shaheed)?
Answer: It becomes Mutma'inna (the Divinely Content Self).
Simple Explanation: At this stage, God is fully content with a person and no longer concerns Himself with their actions. Having reached this state, one cannot commit wrongdoing, whether deliberately or inadvertently.
Why will some people in paradise feel regret?
Answer: Because they were unaware of inner worship and those with enlightened Qalbs will continue to remember God and be promoted.
Simple Explanation: Some people get into Heaven but feel sad because they didn't learn the "heart-prayer." The people who did learn it get to keep growing closer to God and getting "promoted" to higher levels of happiness!
What is the Urdu name for the physical heart?
Dil
What is the name of our Terrestrial Realm (this world)?
Answer: Nasut.
Simple Explanation: There are multiple realms, the realm in which our universe resides in is Nasut.
Where exactly is the Qalb located?
Answer: Two inches away to the left of the physical heart.
Simple Explanation: If you find your heart, move over just a tiny bit (two inches) to the left—that’s where the Qalb sits!
What is the "senseless" heart of a common man called?
Answer: Qalb-e-Snobar.
Simple Explanation: If a heart hasn't woken up yet, it's called "Snobar." It's like a phone that is turned off.
What happens to "unenlightened" Qalbs in the grave?
Answer: They stay weak or decay.
Simple Explanation: If a person didn't awaken their spiritual heart while they were alive, it stays weak or decays when they pass away.
What is the physical heart called in Arabic?
Answer: Fawwad.
Explanation: It is the Arabic term for the physical heart.
How many years before the souls were the archangels and "Lata'if" created?
Answer: Seventy thousand (70,000) years.
What color is associated with the Qalb?
Answer: Yellow.
Simple Explanation: When this part of you wakes up, it glows with a bright yellow light, like a tiny sun inside you.
What is the original name of the "Secured Heart" which can tell good from bad?
Answer: Qalb-e-Saleem.
Simple Explanation: When the heart wakes up and learns right from wrong, it becomes "Saleem," which means it’s safe and sound.
Where do "enlightened and powerful" subtleties go after death?
Answer: Il'liyeen.
Simple Explanation: If your heart was bright and strong, one gets to go to a very special place, a place called Il'liyeen.
Who was first granted the knowledge of Qalb?
Adam Safi Allah
Which realm is known as the "Realm of Souls" or "Station of Gabriel"?
Answer: Jabrut.
Simple Explanation: This is the realm where souls live and where the Angel Gabriel is stationed; it is called Jabrut.
What must always accompany "Ilhaam" (inspiration) for it to be authentic?
Answer: A Dalil (divine argument/reason).
Simple Explanation: If you get a special idea from God, it needs a "receipt" or a reason to prove it’s real. Without the reason, it might not be true!
What is the name of the heart that is "turned and directed towards God"?
Answer: Qalb-e-Muneeb.
Simple Explanation: When the heart is directed towards God alone, it’s called "Qalb-e-Muneeb."
Why does the Religion of God describe this phenomenal world (Nasut) as a 'place of practise'?
Answer: This world is descibed as a place of pratise because deeds and actions performed here determine one's state in the hereafter.
Explantion:The Religion of God emphasizes that those who are 'blind' or 'unaware' here will remain so later because practice ends with this life.
What is the "spiritual faculty" clung to the physical heart called?
Answer: Qalb
Explanation: Imagine your heart has a "soul-version" attached to it, like a battery inside a toy. That soul-part is called the Qalb.
What are the two highest realms mentioned at the end of the list?
Answer: Wahdat (Divine Unity) and Ahdiyat (Divine Oneness).
Simple Explanation: These are the "top floors" with realms where everything is perfectly one with God.
What is the Hindu term for the "Lata'if" (subtleties)?
Answer: Shaktiyaan-Indaryaan.
Simple Explanation: Even people in other religions know about these "soul-parts." Hindus call them "Shaktiyaan-Indaryaan."
What stage does the heart become when the divine theophanies fall upon it?
Answer: Qalb-e-Shaheed (the Witnessing Heart).
Simple Explanation: When divine theophanies fall upon the heart, it becomes the witnessing heart.
If a person’s heart is "blind" in this world, what will it be in the hereafter?
Answer: It will remain blind.
Simple Explanation: This world is like a practice field. If you don't learn to "see" with your heart now, you won't be able to see later either.