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The Great and Splendid Gnostic: Shaykh Imdad Allah al-Faruqi al-Thanawi

By 'Allama Sayyid 'Abd al-Hay ibn Fakhr al-Din al-Hasani
March 8, 2009

The Shaykh, the Great and Splendid Gnostic ('Arif), the Migrant to the blessed city of Makkah Imdad Allah ibn Muhammad Amin al-'Umari al-Thanawi was from amongst the saints, spiritual travellers (saliks) and gnostics. Tongues are united in praising and exalting him.
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He (Allah) then firmly established Himself over the Throne

By Hakim al-Ummah Mawlana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi
January 22, 2009

"He (Allah Most High) then firmly established (istawa) Himself over the Throne" (Qur'an 7:54) means He firmly established Himself over the Kingly Throne and began decreeing orders (ahkams) in the heavens and the earth. In the tafsir (exegesis) of "He then firmly established Himself over the Throne", it is safer to adopt silence in agreement with the methodology of the salaf (pious predecessors) and that is also my view although the muta'akhirin (scholars of the later generations) have opened the doors for...
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