Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Q&A Can I Attain Spirituality from a Book

			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