I was writing on the topic of Charagh Din when I was overtaken by a light slumber and received the following revelation from the Lord of Honour and Glory:
Meaning that jabiz descended upon him, but he took it to be a revelation or a true dream.
The word jabiz means dry and tasteless bread that has no sweetness and is difficult to swallow. The term is also applied to a person who is niggardly or a target of reprobation, whose nature abounds in the elements of meanness, helplessness, and niggardliness. In this context, jabiz refers to a dream or revelation that is the result of one’s own imagination or of one’s own desire and which is not accompanied by any heavenly light or any spiritual truth— and it reeks of niggardly deficiency. Such imaginations are experienced by people who lack spirituality but are very desirous of receiving revelation. Because of their desire, Satan descends upon their thoughts. Since such revelations are not founded upon any spirituality, the term jabiz has been employed for them by Allah the Almighty. A person who overly indulges in such an experience is in danger of going mad. The remedy is repentance and seeking forgiveness and total abandonment of such thinking. May Allah safeguard everyone from this calamity.
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