Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Q&A Can I Attain Spirituality from a Book
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Can spirituality be achieved without a shaken through many
mediums of books of pious predecessors, you can gain
spirituality just by reading the Quran. You can gain spirituality
just by reciting the Quran with meaning and understanding and
contemplation. That's how powerful it is. Quran is a bit bigger
shape. You can do it by doing your own vicar and so on. The problem
is, and I'm saying this from experience is that the absolute
majority of people can't do that anymore. We're so distracted.
We're just We can't sit and concentrate for five minutes.
So it's absolutely possible to do without a shake. But it's like
saying, Can I go and study something without without a
teacher? Yes, you can. You can work hard, you've got the
discipline, you're not going to you know, be wasting your time and
you're going to be really good at studying everything. Yes, you can.
But she turns but in that case, shaytaan is not even going to be
against you. But when you're trying to get closer to Allah
subhanaw taala without assistance. So not only have you got your
knifes to deal with, which you're trying to attack, but it's the
shaytaan as well who doesn't want you to get closer so that's why
the sheikh works 99% of the times much more. That's what I would
suggest