Invocations of God #22 Weapons for the War

Now Ibn Al Qayyim mentions,

the the weapons for the inner war. So

I remember in the beginning, he talked about,

Caiaphan,

the devil,

and the natural self and how Caiaphan will

affect the ego and which way they will

be carried out whether through anger,

negligence,

or,

or the desires.

And then he goes on to show the

inner battle. How that takes place. You know,

there's Satan that comes to you and then

there's the angels that come to you and

then, you know, the the most important factor

is the one that is

is the one that has more authority or

more influence.

That's going to determine,

your even,

right, where you will finally

abide by or, you know, at that in

that in that degree.

Hence hence, taking importance, the environment, the people,

places, and things that we are affected by

that can affect our souls.

Now he mentions, Rahimullah Ta'ala, the weapons for

this inner war.

He says Rahimullah,

He says,

and he made an opposition to the passions,

that carry him to obey the devil,

and the

the the lower inclinations,

the lower level inclinations.

What did he make for them?

Light,

insight,

and intellect. Light,

insight, and intellect. These are the 3 weapons

that is also part of our fitra

that he has given us

to activate

when

Satan tries to whisper from the wiswas,

when he tries to influence us.

He says,

So these things

will,

keep him away from going and following

his,

intellect,

his whims.

He

says,

He

says

every

time

that he wants to follow his whims,

his his intellect,

his insight,

and the light, the light from Allah

will call to him. And this is interesting.

He mentions these 3. What I want to

add on here is the nur from Allah

Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala

is the Quran and the sunnah can be

understood as that. It can be understood

as the hidayah

that he has given you, this consciousness of

God. Right? You're conscious of him. You acknowledge

it. So you've embraced Islam.

As a young Muslim, you decided to stay

a Muslim,

as as a convert to Islam that was

previously from another religion, you decide

to embrace. You have that Noor.

Right? You accepted the Noor, the light.

That light is to keep you away from

the darkness,

to navigate through the darkness. So here,

it is as though

the insight

and intellect need to be guided by the

light. If I was to turn the light

off now, you would not be able to

see me, but you would hear a voice

and you would know what that voice is.

Right? The fitra is kind of that knowledge

of the voice.

You know that it's a good thing. It's

the angel that is calling you to do

good,

and you also know the devil that is

calling you to do evil.

So when you listen to that angel,

that noor starts to activate.

You it starts to activate because you know

that it's a good calling to you. You

answer the call from the angel.

You know the directions to go. That could

be the

Nur as well because you are following

that which is the Siratul Mustaqim, the straight

path.

And

your weapons throughout this journey through the darkness

going to this Noor

are your Insight

and

your intellect.

As the Noor is keeping it bright for

you to navigate,

But the insight and the intellect are the

weapons that will

keep those,

influences

while you're on this path. Keep them away.

He says,

When he wants to follow desires, these three

things, delight, the intellect, and

the insight. We'll call him saying,

beware.

For verily destruction and ruin is right in

front of you.

And you

are,

you are a a a portion of the

of the

of that guide. You will be subject to

that guide,

if you follow behind that guide. You will

be subject to criminals

and highway robbers if you follow behind that

guide.

You will be their prey.

You will be their prey. So that is

what your intellect is telling you and your

insight. Your intellect is basically,

that they call it the aqqal and the

aqqal is that which prohibits you from doing

that which is not befitting. But what do

you consider befitting? That is where the nur

makes very clear to you what is befitting

and what is not. There is an level

there is a level of the to

where you know that, okay, this is not

befitting for a human being or an adult,

so on and so forth. But the nur

is what maintains it, and the balsirah is

the insight.

If I really do this okay. I know

that it's not right, but your desires comes

into play.

If I really, really do this, is this

really going to be the best for me

in front of Allah

Right? You follow

that which is good for you because the

angel

is speaking to you. It's Allah speaking to

you. He's telling you not or revelation

but it's what we call

Ilham.

Some would say it is

the,

not revelation, but it's a form of insight

and inclination that he gives you at times

and for certain people.

But in general,

it is the conscious

that you know what is not right

and giving you the insight and intellect

with the noor that is within that noor,

the like,

that when you follow it, you will overcome

you will overcome

the

highway robbers and criminals from the Shayatin

that want to take you away from the

Surat al Mustaqim,

from certain people

being in certain places

and certain things, concepts

that will be shown through people, that may

be shown through places online and offline. So

those are the weapons for the inner war.

The nur,

the light, the intellect, and the insight. May

Allah

allow us to be those that constantly

watch over and use

use our intellect, our insight, and dinur rather

than letting

our

our desires

be implemented in a way that's not befitting

through usage of anger,

or through negligence.

or through negligence.