Spiritual Realities of TaSeen: Leaving Shadows and Entering into Yaqeen (Certainty)

August 18, 2026 August 18, 2026

From the Realities of Mawlana (Q) as taught by Shaykh Nurjan Mirahmadi

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ ٱلْرَّجِيمِ
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

A’uzu Billahi Minash Shaitanir Rajeem
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem

I seek refuge in Allah (AJ) from the accursed Satan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

Alhamdulillahi Rabbil ‘aalameen, was salaatu was salaamu ‘alaa Ashrafil Mursaleen, Sayyidina wa Mawlana Muhammadul Mustafa ﷺ. Madad ya Sayyidi ya Rasulul Kareem, Ya Habibul ‘Azeem, unzur halana wa ishfa’lana, ‘abidona bi madadikum wa nazarekum.

Atiullah wa atiur Rasul wa Ulil amre minkum. Always a reminder for myself, ana abdukal ‘ajeez, wa dayeef, wa miskin, wa zhalim, wa jahl, and but for the grace of Allah (AJ) that we’re still in existence.

أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنكُم… ﴿٥٩﴾‏ …

4:59 – “…Atiullaha wa atiur Rasula wa Ulil amre minkum…” (Surat an-Nisa)

“…Obey Allah, obey the Messenger, and those in authority among you…” (The Women, 4:59)

Rabi’ul Awwal and Realities of ‘Ta’ and ‘Seen’

Alhamdulillah fi shahrul Mubarak, shahrul Rabi’ul Awwal – the holy month of Miladun Nabi ﷺ (celebration of the birthday of Prophet ﷺ). The month Allah (AJ) gives us an immense rewards for opportunity to make that light within our heart to be born. Trade in our temporary light for that which is eternal. Allah (AJ) gives to us the realities of that fire was Surat An Naml – the 27th surah: “TaSeen.”

(١) طس ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْقُرْآنِ وَكِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ

27:1 – “Taa-Seeen; tilka Aayaatul Qur-aani wa Kitaabim Mubeen.” (Surat al-Naml)

“Taa-Seen, These are verses of the Qur’an, and a Clear Book.” (The Ant, 27:1)

It means that when we meditate on the realities, ‘Ya Rabbi dress me from ta and seen.’

- That dress me from the reality of ta and Tahirul Hadi – the most purified guide. The most purified reality in which Allah (AJ) will use to represent Himself to guide all of creation back to its reality.
- That the seen is the loaded ship of realities.

‘Seen’ and Three Realities of Yaqeen (Certainty)

We say nurul anwar wa sirratul asrar (light of every secret and secret of every light) that for every light has a secret and every secret will find itself in that light. That seen comprised of,

1. Ilm ul Yaqeen (Knowledge of Certainty),
2. ‘Ayn ul Yaqeen (Vision of Certainty)
3. Haqq ul Yaqeen (Certainty of Truth).

That the knowledges of certainty – not outside accounting knowledges, math knowledges or just law knowledges, engineering knowledges. But the knowledges of certainty in which achieved through certainty not philosophies. Certainty – because the knowledge in which they espouse and teach is from their witnessing. That’s the formula. That these knowledges that have been taught to them and through the process of their training, taking bits and pieces of the talks and decoding the encryption and the connections.

1: Ilm ul Yaqeen – Eating from the Purified Knowledges

So it means their source of reality is Ilm ul Yaqeen. When Prophet ﷺ wants to dress them from this seen, from their secret, he grants them to eat of the purified knowledges – Ilm ul Yaqeen. We don’t eat from this, we don’t eat from that. We don’t eat from copper, dirt, mud, many mixture of impurity. But they eat from a golden chalice. They eat only from the gold of Divine Presence from the heart of Prophet ﷺ.

Ilm ul Yaqeen Cannot be Mixed

They don’t mix the knowledge and they don’t take bits and pieces from different places. Otherwise their knowledge is not yaqeen, it is impurified. So, we described before if you take a little bit of gold and a little bit of copper, it becomes something completely different. It becomes like a stew of just mixing everything together and this knowledge of Ilm ul Yaqeen mixes with nothing. It has to be untampered with, the same way that it brought from the heart of Prophet ﷺ.

The Knowledge Verifies Itself

That’s why when you hear these knowledges and then you read them from ancient sources or from the na’at sharif (prophetic praising), it verifies itself. Oh this is what was taught. This is why this kalamul Awliya (words of the saints) that they’re reciting and singing these na’ats also mentions. Because the Ilm ul Yaqeen is not to be tampered with. As a result of their shaykh feeding them this Ilm ul Yaqeen then they were taught on ‘Ayn ul Yaqeen.

2: ‘Ayn ul Yaqeen and Opening the Heart

The one whom only takes knowledge but doesn’t open the heart and the vision of the heart, can never reach this reality. Because the knowledge is just something that is entertaining and a philosophy for them. When does it become real? When the student is in a continuous state of making a spiritual connection. Meditating with their reality and learning how to connect with the spiritual presence of the shaykh. Only at that time because they say all these technologies are now coming to validate all this reality.

Connecting with the Soul and Light of the Shaykh

If they don’t connect with the soul and the light of the shaykh, they can never decode the encryption. They only see the crypto coins on the computer but they’re really never placed within your wallet and your heart. So, the one whom reads philosophies, reads knowledges but is not a custodian of the knowledge. It means like what we described before from what was Plato’s description of the shadow talkers. The people of a fake cave in which all that transpires and tafsirs (interpretations) and discussions are about only the shadows of what they see upon the wall. Never the reality.

Leaving the World of Shadows

The reality is the one whom been trained to see. What? He was taken out of that hole, brought up and then now witness this reality. So what the shaykh spoke, the students saw. What happens now when you saw, that’s what is called certainty – yaqeen. Otherwise, somebody come to you say, ‘How you know this is yaqeen?’

What Differentiates Philosophy from Yaqeen?

Because what differentiates philosophy and yaqeen and certainty is they say, ‘I saw it.’ Naqshbandi Shaykhs they’re not allowed to read from somebody’s book, it is not something they achieved. If you read enough, you give the impression to the audience as if this is your reality. Not allowed! Then you want to talk about it as if you understood it, not allowed. The adab (manners) of Naqshbandiya tul ‘Aliya (The Most Distinguished Naqshbandi Order) is when the shaykh is given an ijazah (permission). He speaks of that which he is only witnessed. If he has not witnessed it, he has no permission to speak of it because it is not a certainty for him.

Tafakkur (Contemplation) and Witnessing the Knowledges

So, Ilm ul Yaqeen is the downloading of these knowledges. In which years in the presence of their shaykhs they were taught on how to open their heart. To contemplate and meditate and what we call tafakkur. In the process of their meditation and contemplation, their heart had been opened. As a result of an open heart, they witnessed the knowledges. When the light is described, they see that light. When they describe the reality of Prophet ﷺ, they see that reality. They see how it is transpiring and how all the knowledge is flowing. As a result their Ilm ul Yaqeen became yaqeen, their knowledges became certain for them.

3: Haqq ul Yaqeen – The Truth of Certainty

‘Ayn ul Yaqeen means that they open their heart and that became a certainty for them that they witness it. Allah (AJ) opens for them, Prophet ﷺ opens for them and the shaykh open for them. They are continuously outside of the shadow world. They witness its reality. As a result of these two becoming real, they have built for themselves Haqq ul Yaqeen – this is their truth of certainty.

Accepting the Truth of Your Shaykh

As a result of that, when they speak, they speak from their truth. This is not something then to debate, this is not something to argue about. This is their truth. If you accept them then you accept their truth. If you don’t accept them then people go their own way. There is nothing to prove to anyone. That’s the whole purpose. When we accepted our shaykh, we accepted his truth. As a result, the heart opened to that reality and Allah (AJ) began downpouring. Then the student will begin to develop his truth.

Allah’s (AJ) Infinite Capacities of Knowledge

No truths are exactly the same. Allah (AJ) can expand in any direction these knowledges in infinite capacity. What someone may understand as a doctor is their truth, maybe infinitely more expansive than what the engineer or lawyer. Based on their background, based on musician, based on sound, based on anything that is within their wujud (existence). They expand it accordingly. For Allah (AJ) infinite capacities of knowledge.

TaSeen – A Portal from the Holy Heart of Prophet ﷺ

That TaSeen and the reality of that guidance and these knowledges means this is the heart of Prophet ﷺ being described. This fire is Allah’s (AJ) Divinely Speech. Because few ayahs (verses) down in this Surat An-Naml this fire will speak to Sayyidina Musa (as). Say, ‘Ya Musa (as), Ana Allah (AJ) – I am Allah (AJ).’

(٣٠) لَمَّا أَتَاهَا نُودِيَ مِن شَاطِئِ الْوَادِ الْأَيْمَنِ فِي الْبُقْعَةِ الْمُبَارَكَةِ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ أَن يَا مُوسَىٰ إِنِّي أَنَا اللَّـهُ رَبُّ الْعَالَمِينَ

28:30 – “Falammaaa ataahaa noodiya min shaati’il waadil aimani fil buq’atil muubaarakati minash shajarati ai yaa Moosaaa inneee Anal laahu Rabbul ‘aalameen.” (Surat Al-Qasas)

“But when he came to it (fire), he was called from the right side of the valley in a blessed spot – from the tree, “O Moses, indeed I am Allah, Lord of the worlds.” (The Stories, 28:30)

Not the fire because Allah (AJ) has no shekl (form) but the Divinely Speech that emitting from that Mi’raj (ascension) and that reality. We said before, for us to understand this is a portal from the heart of Prophet ﷺ. That opened upon the earth and what he was capable of witnessing of TaSeen and this fire was to his capacity.

The Immense Blessing of Hudurun Nabi ﷺ (The Spiritual Presence of Prophetﷺ)

As a result, the fire spoke to him from Divinely Presence. All whom are in this precincts and around this precincts of this fire… Now we understand by these knowledges anyone in the presence and around the reality of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ is immensely blessed, immensely blessed. The hudurun Nabi ﷺ because this heart is the light of Prophet ﷺ. That when you draw near to this hudur and to this presence, Allah’s (AJ) Divinely speech will dress the souls, will dress the souls.

Sayyidina Musa (as) Goes to Bring Back the Fire

Nabi Musa (as) told his people, ‘I’m going to go get khabar (news).’ It means ‘I’m going to get knowledges and realities from this presence, this portal that has opened. I’m going to bring back this fire.’

(١٠) إِذْ رَأَىٰ نَارًا فَقَالَ لِأَهْلِهِ امْكُثُوا إِنِّي آنَسْتُ نَارًا لَّعَلِّي آتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِقَبَسٍ أَوْ أَجِدُ عَلَى النَّارِ هُدًى

20:10 – “Iz ra aa naaran faqaala li ahlihim kusooo inneee aanastu naaral la’alleee aateekum minhaa biqabasin aw ajidu ‘alan naari hudaa” (Surat Taha)

‘When he saw a fire and said to his family, “Stay here; indeed, I have perceived a fire; perhaps I can bring you a torch or find at the fire some guidance.”’ (Taha, 20:10)

Hadrah (Presence) Represents This Divine Fire

So means any whom enter into that presence of hadrat an Nabi ﷺ, these are why some of the tariqahs (spiritual paths) express this in different ways. Qadiri, Rifai, they do a standing hadrah that represents this fire. Because the center of their circles are always the presence of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ and hadrat an Nabi ﷺ. That’s why hadrah means presence. When they’re imitating that presence of the heart, they’re taken from the reality that Sayyidina Musa (as) was teaching. That you’re going to take a warmth, a knowledge and khabar, guidance. All light and guidance is coming from that Divinely Presence of the heart of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ.

Manzil ul Qur’an – The House of Holy Qur’an

“Hudan” and guidance, why? (Holy Qur’an, 20:10). Because Allah (AJ) is the speech of that heart in which we say Manzil ul Qur’an (where the holy Qur’an emanates). The house of Holy Qur’an because what’s happening when you’re going into the hadrah? Allah (AJ) is the one speaking to those souls. They take from that light a shihab like a fire that begins to enter into their soul and enter into the reality. All whom enter into the hadrah never leave the same because the light is dressing the servants.

Khatm, Hadrah and Sama’ (Whirling) Teach the Same Reality

So as soon as they enter into the khatm, the hadrahs the sama’ all of these shaykhs were teaching the same. When the Mevlevis were making their sama’ was a description of the heart – again, the fire. In which they whirled around the fire and the Divinely Speech of Allah (AJ) within the soul of Sayyidina Muhammad ﷺ. Their soul inside that ocean and that reality of the soul of Prophet ﷺ. The hadrah standing asking to take from that presence and from the center, the nucleus of their existence. The Khatm e Khwajagan (Zikr of the masters of the Naqshbandi Way), the same. Their association is symbolic of the circle and that Prophet ﷺ is the nucleus of their existence. From the largest to the smallest because their atom is that exact reality.

The Power Within the Nucleus of Every Atom

The power within the nucleus of every atom is hadrat an Nabi ﷺ and it is their power source. For their smallest particle and atoms all the way to the powers of the universe and all created creation and anything that we can understand and don’t understand from that reality. That Nabi Musa (as) was describing that, ‘I’m going to go to that for its knowledge and its witnessings and I’m going to bring back from that, that fire.’ (Holy Qur’an, 20:10). So it means this is the immense blessings and immense realities that Allah (AJ) dresses upon those whom entering into hadrat an Nabi ﷺ.

Mawlidun Nabi ﷺ (Celebration of The Birthday of Prophet ﷺ) and Access to The Reality of TaSeen

“TaSeen,” Allah (AJ) is swearing by that reality. “Tilka ayatul Qur’an” that the sign of Qur’an is the TaSeen. That Prophet’s ﷺ soul is Kitab al Mubeen (the clear book).

(١) طس ۚ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْقُرْآنِ وَكِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ

27:1 – “Taa-Seeen; tilka Aayaatul Qur-aani wa Kitaabim Mubeen.” (Surat al-Naml)

“Taa-Seen, These are verses of the Qur’an, and a Clear Book.” (The Ant, 27:1)

So it means these are the immense realities of this month and in that month is Mawlidun Nabwi ﷺ. So it means that to gain access to that reality is the celebration of the Milad ﷺ. By celebrating the Mawlud, by celebrating, propagating, telling people to come into this fire. All whom enter it and are around it are blessed and they will never go the same as they came.

The Immense Importance of Mawlidun Nabi ﷺ

If the Prophets (as) of Bani Israel understood that then imagine what Ummat e Muhammad ﷺ (nation of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ) will receive from hadrat an Nabi ﷺ! This is the immense importance of Mawlidun Nabi ﷺ. The immense importance of celebrating, witnessing living by that reality. That Allah (AJ) dress our hearts from the light and fires of TaSeen ﷺ and that to perfect our reality and open that immense illumination, inshaAllah.

Subhana rabbika rabbal ‘izzati ‘amma yasifoon, wa salaamun ‘alal mursaleen, walhamdulillahi rabbil ‘aalameen. Bi hurmati Muhammad al-Mustafa ﷺ wa bi siri Surat al-Fatiha.

Special thanks to our transcribers for their help with transcribing this suhbah.

Original Date of Suhbah: September 21, 2023

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