5th Stage

SUBMISSION OF THE SOUL TO ALLAH

A person who attains continuous dhikr attains permanent happiness, eternal happiness. In continuous dhikr, when the mercy of Allah reach the heart uninterruptedly, there are no vices left in the soul, they have all been transformed into virtues. There is no hatred, no envy, no grudge, no enmity. Friendship replaces enmity and love replaces hatred. The soul surrenders to Allah.

In continuous dhikr, Allah opens the eye of the heart, the ear of the heart in the heart of the soul and shows you such marvelous beauties that His creation of all these things connects you to Him in a marvelous way. Allah turns the affection for Allah in your heart into love for Allah by what He shows you, by the knowledge He gives you about what He shows you, and by showing you the verses of that topic.

Al Imran-190: Most surely in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day there are absolutely Signs for Ulûl elbâb (those who are the owners of the innermost secret treasures of Allah because of their attaining to a continuous remembrance of Allah).

ÂLİ İMRÂN - 191 Those (ulûl elbab, those who are the owners of the innermost secret treasures of Allah) who repeat the Name of Allah standing and sitting and lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth. (And say) “Our Lord! You have not created (all) this in vain. Glory be to You! Protect us then from the torment of the Fire!