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