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The Resonating Soul

MUHAMMAD AWAIS TAHIR

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 In the name of Allah the beneficent, the Merciful

The Resonating Soul

What happens when you are moving the knob of the radio? You are tuning it to a particular station. When the
frequency of the internal circuitry matches frequency of the station you wish to listen to, it starts to resonate. This
resonance enables you to clearly hear the station you wish to. What happened to Najashi RA when Jabir RA was
reciting the Holy Quran to him? The inscription on his soul started resonating with the words of the Holy Quran and
he started weeping. The effect the Holy Quran had on his heart made it crystal clear to him that it’ has the same
source as Taurah and Injeel.

All of us are born on true nature (fitrah). The moral laws within us, the divine verdicts inscribed on our soul
are enough for our guidance but this world takes us away from our real essence. We start forgetting our purpose of
life. At that time the Az Zikr (Holy Quran) reminds us why we were sent to this world. The non-believers, if they
posses fitrat e saleema (sound nature), their souls experiences a shiver as they go through the Holy Quran. Many
non-believers enter into the fold of Islam on simply hearing the Holy Quran. Many get convinced on the truth of
Islam when they listen to the recitation of the Holy Quran even when they don’t understand it. This divine melody
has the power to penetrate into the soul and shake it, and its meanings have the muscle to influence sound minds.

The battle between our soul and animalistic body continues. The soul continually forces us to associate
ourselves with Allah, as the soul has direct connection with Allah. The animalistic body focuses on its material wants
only. A successful person is one whose soul wins, and the looser is one who listens to the animalistic needs alone.
We are made to go through various exercises which make us understand our true self. We are not human beings on
a spiritual journey; we are spiritual beings on a human journey. A soul which is more influencing than the body, with
which it is merged, can experience the marvels of Holy Quran more. For the believers, when the Ayaat of Quran are
recited to them their Imaan increases. The soul (ruh) starts resonating with the words of the Holy Quran, which in
turn moves the spiritual heart (qalb) and that brings a shiver in the human body through the physical heart (fuaad).

They say music is the food for the soul. The musical instruments which come from the materials of the earth
are able to move the human body alone. No wonder you see the people dancing on listening to the music. Even the
one who’s not paying any real attention to it starts to tap his feet. This feeling of resonance is something that gives
you an illusion of sukun. The dancing body, the resonating body feels that it is experiencing the sukun, whereas the
musical instruments only move the outer body. The inner body still awaits its food. You keep on feeding the body,
and forget the soul. The soul does complain in the beginning. The anxiety you experience after listening to the music,
when you are new to it, is because of the protest of the soul. Later on you get immune to it. You put so much dirt on
your spiritual heart (qalb) that it forgets to resonate or protest. The real food of the soul is divine music. Those who
don’t even know the reality of the soul how can they devise a melody that will shake it. We are given a very less
knowledge concerning the soul. Only the creator of the soul, Allah, can give us the melody that will move it.

‫نغمہ وہی ہے نغمہ جس کو روح سنے اور روح سناۓ‬

The true song is the one which is sung by the Ruh and heard by the Ruh

The sukun experienced by the dancing soul is inimitable. Each and every Ayah of the Holy Quran is truly a
sign. Its unique genre, its literary perfection, its brave challenges and its accuracy are truly perfect miracles, but
perhaps the greatest miracle of all is its ability to bypass the material world and reach the soul and tell it directly ‘ I
am nothing else except the word of God’. When you want Allah to talk to you, open up the Holy Quran and read it.
Beautify it with your voice, and make it the hub of your thoughts. If at once you don’t feel the resonating soul, don’t
worry, the Holy Quran is doing its job. It has the remedy to all problems. It is removing the dirt which is already
there. When the dirt is removed, you will experience the soul resonating.
 You have solved many mysteries of knowledge, and you are still unable to reach the soul. You are still unable
to feel your connection with Allah. If you want to experience the sweetness of faith, if you want to have super-
natural proofs for the truth of Islam, open up the Quran and Recite! Recite the divine words. Feel that this ruh
(Quran) has been sent by Allah through the ruh (Angel Jibreel) and is descending directly on your ruh (soul). A time
will come when with each word of the Holy Quran your Spiritual heart (qalb) will resonate and your soul will dance
with the divine music and your human-self will get purified and it will experience the unimaginable sukun.

The Resonating Soul for dummies:

1- Learn Tajweed : Learn this much tajweed atleast that enables you to say the Arabic letters from the correct
articulation points and you are able to avoid Lahn e Jali ( clear cut errors) that change the meaning of the
Holy Quran if recited incorrectly.
2- Beautify the Quran with your voice: Learn to recite Quran in a beautiful manner. Listen to the famous Quraa
of the world. The more beautifully you recite, the deeper you can penetrate into the soul.
3- Learn Arabic : Learn this much Arabic so that you are enable to get the general theme of what the Ayah is
saying without the need of any translation.
4- Learn Tafakur: Learn how to contemplate on the Ayaat of the Holy Quran
5- Learn Tadabur: Learn how to meditate on the Ayaat of the Holy Quran
6- Be Patient: The Divine Book will itself make you capable of experience the resonance.
7- Be Regular: If you are reading, understanding, contemplating on the Holy Quran regularly, in sha Allah, soon
you’ll experience the sweetness of resonance.
8- Action: When your soul starts to resonate. It will definitely force you into action. Listen to it.

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