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 The Seeker Notes and  Meaning Lights  of Chinese
Characters:

20. CHIAO �

 To teach, teaching, a school of thought,
religion or a method/philosophy. It consist of two characters, one  a man holding a stick �symbolise authority
and two-the action of a Master descending (pouring or transmitting) upon a
disciple/child/murid.  So we had heard
the familiar name for Islamic teaching as Qing Zhen Chiao in China or San Chiao-the Three Main Religions
eg. Buddhism, Confuciusm and Islam. Deen al-hanif, al-fitra and al-qayyim ( the
Pure , Natural and Original Way)

21. CHING 

�
Brightness, illumination or light. Consist of three characters , a cluster of
Sun, Moon and Stars. Tai yang , Yueh and Xing. This deep meaning was captured
nicely in several surah and ayats of Quran.

Allahu
nurus-samawati wal-ardhi

(Allah
is the  light of the Heaven and Earth) 

Kaukabun
durriyyun la syarqiyya wa la gharbiyya

(
a glittering star neither East or west) Nurun alan-nur !

(Light
upon Light and Allah whom He wills to His Light)

22. CHAI

 Fasting. One line of top cut off from food and
a heart character below,  a Shi-warning
or proclaimation . Cut, reduce, diminish, hence fasting. It also means
abstinence, to rule oneself,so that one fit to receive the inspirations of
Heaven and the heart become pure-shining.

23. HSIN

 � True words spoken , by extension the effect
produced upon other men. Truthfulness, confidence and trust. Character of a man
standing firm by his words.

Wa
Allahu yaqulu haqqa

Wa
yahdi sabil

(
And Allah spoke the truth

and
guide to the correct Path).

Ya
ayyuhal lazina manu 

taquLlaha
wa qulu sodidan

(Oh
you who have iman, fear Allah and speak truthfully� and He will give you
knowledge, discrimination, blot out your wrong actions and forgive you..)

24. HSIEN � 

 the 
supernatural beings of men, jinn or angels. Two combined characters of a
man standing beside a mountain. A man whose rose high above mortals. Exalted
spiritual station. People like to meditate on remote mountains to get
enlightenment, purify their spirits. Refer to first Prophetic Revelation that
occur in the Mountain Cave of Hira, more than a kilometer high at the outskirt
of Mecca. Iqra bismi Rabbika khalaq. Khalaqal
insana min alaq. Iqra wa Rabbukal-akram. Allama ma lam ya�lam.

(
Read-recite in the Name of your Lord who created you. Who created man from a
clot of blood/water. Read in the Name of a Generous Master. 

He
teach men what they have no knowledge before ).

 Nabi-
A Prophet, someone who convey the truthful news or message from the Divine
Presence. Transmit by word or speech or language. In surah ar-Rahman:

Ar-Rahman,
allamal-Quran

Khalaqal
insan, allamahul bayan.

(
The Mesrciful who taught you 

the
Revelation of Quran , who created man and taught you speech/language !)

24. Quranic Verse  Hundred 

 of Surah Ten: 

No self can
claim to have iman/faith except by the Will of Allah

( Ma ma kana
li-nafsin an tu�minu illa bi-idzni�Llah)

25. 
Verse  77 of Surah 22 :

Oh you who have
iman

Bow, prostrate
and worship

Your Lord and
do good actions

That you may
achieve success

(from Allah in
the Akhirah)

26. Breaking Norms 

 is the Path.
Its fruits are witnessing and illumination � The Hundred Steps

27. Oh Friend 

Tell me where
you had found this Path and what the Teacher gave you and how you had crossed
that Ocean and received this Noble Wird ?

Once upon a
time in the Pantai Valley where University Malaya was located
amidst the lake and green hills. A stranger found a colorful Journal of Darqawi
Institute dated 1978 in the Pekan Buku just below the Library building. Many
awe inspiring articles and pictures inside such as:

An Islamic
Cosmology& Psychology

Ihsan Poem by
Abdal Qadir as-Sufi

Making Bread � Saba Evans

Civilization
and After

Hajj Issa Bryce
in the desert

Ramadhan
Discourse by Shaykh Muhammad ibn alHabib

Fuqara praying
in Hyde Park

Abdal Samad
Clarke

Hajji Abdal
Aziz Redpath

Hajj Abdal Haqq
Bewley

As-Siddique- by
Harun Sugich

Ihsan �malay
translation by Shamsudin Idris

Oh my poor
judgement ! after I bought the magazine 
for around RM8.00 quite expensive that time, someone borrowed it and
never returned it. As Sidi Khairuddin related the  advice of a Sufi Shaykh : 

Only fool lend
their books out

And a greater
fool who returned it !

28. 
Maulana Jalaluddin

 Wote in his priceless Mathnawi extracted from
The Seeker Third Diary (SME) dated sometime around 1999 ;

Empty your
disbelief 

or covering up
of kufr

Ride the horse
of Fana

And let it
charge to Boraq

Keep moving
toward its Friend

No hands or
feet are required.

 30.    
Are You A Seeker

 Is the title 
of my poem printed in the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association (MACMA)
magazine  in 2001 or you are merely
another reader

then your
journey is on paper

until you meet
the Tiger

Pao Chi from
the Era

of Emperor Chiu
lung

Lao Tzu wander
to the West when

Nobody
practiced the Tao

Left a book
called Tao Te Ching

Just 6,000  characters so people after his age  will be thirsty again.

Mulay Darqawi
dispense it generously and al-Alawi gave it free

Until it
reached me.

31. 
Mencius and Confucius

All men within
the four seas 

are brothers.

A Sage is the
teacher of

A hundred
Generation.

The Most
Glorious Sage

Rasul is
the  Teacher of a Hundred Generations
(until the end of time)

Blessing and
peace be upon him as long the wind blows and the sun rise.

32. I Ching First Hexagram

When the Sage
is in a lowly position like a dragon that is concealed in the depths of water.
At this stage, one cannot act on one�s own will. One should improve the self in
obscurity while awaiting the proper time to act.

Khien : 

a.The dragon
appearing in the field.

 b. It will be
advantageous to meet with a great man ( Awliya/arifun)

 c. Later it is
the time to cross The great river

 d. Declaration
of Knowledge, Tawhid, Islam and the Tariqa.

 e. He comes and
seek me

 (it really happened when the Venerable  Master arrived in Malaysia in 1990. Secluded in a bungalow at  Bukit Tunku, Jalan Duta, he talked about
Chinese philosophy and Dr.Itsutzu of Japan. You are more privileged than him
despite having written an outstanding book on Taoism and Sufism where very few
cloud digest what is the message)

f. he shows the
mark of sincerity and being put forward to lead others.

g. I don�t
instruct the troublesomes.

h. Dispelling
of ignorance and use of punishment.

i. To remove
the shackles of intellect who claim to know too much and make complaints.

j. Admitting
the virtues of women-faqirat. Three of them flew to Europe and still there enjoying the adventures

Sayyidah
Alawiyya of Umar Bey, Sayyidah Fauziah of Habib Dahigen and Sayyidah Salamah of
Qasim. And we lost two ecstatic fuqara in Pakistan may be too much wild dhikr and extreme
weathers there.

k. He will
suffer the small injury of being spoken against, but in the end, there will be
good fortune. We had meet Sidi Shaykh together with Sidi Ridha Lua  one year earlier at the Ritz Hotel at Bukit
Bintang and also met Hajji Abdal Aziz Redpath and Amir Ahmad Angka of Riau.

 Hikam of Ibn Athaillah:

Idfin wujduka
fil-ardhi khumuli

Fa ma nabata mimma la yudfan

La yatimmu
natajahu

(Bury your
existence in the earth

of moister
obscurity

what coming out
without

planted
properly will not give fruits)

34. Book 12:1:1 of Analects

To subdue one�s
self and return to Li (Rule of Rite/Shariat/Sunna/Taqwa)

 is perfect virtue (for superior man).

If a man can
for one day

Subdue(annihilate
his nafs) himself and return to the wisdom of the Rite.All under Heaven will
ascribe virtue(praise) to him.

The disciple
Yenyuan said: I beg to ask the steps to become a superior man.  Master Kung replied:

Look not what
contrary to Li

Listen not what
contrary to Li

Speak not what
contrary to Li 

Make no
movements

what contrary
to Li

35. The sayings of Prophet s.a.w

 as related by sayyidina Ali about the Sunna to
be followed by the umma ecorded

 in As-Shifa of Qadi Iyad:

Marifa is my
Capital

Intellect is
foundation of the Deen

Love is my
Treasure

Yearning is my
riding beast

Remembrance of
Allah 

Is my companion
in intimacy

Firmness is my
hidden wealth

Sadness is my
dear friend

Knowledge is my
weapon

Patient is my
contenment

Zuhud is my
clothing

Yaqin is my
strength

Sincerity is my
blessing

Obedience is my
measure

Jihad is my
character and

The coolness of
my eye

Is in the
prayer.

 Fastaqim kama umirtu

The Words of Hikmah

Is the Lost Camel of the Mumin

(al-Kalimatul
Hikmatu dhallatul mu�minin)

so wherever he
finds it,

he has a better
right to claim it.

Recorded by
Imam Tarmidhi.

He who go forth
in search of knowledge

Is traveling in
the Way of Allah

Until he
returns to his home.

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	The Seeker Notes and Meaning Lights of Chinese Characters: 20. CHIAO � To teach, teaching, a school of thought, religion or a method/philosophy. It consist of two characters, one a man holding a stick �symbolise authority and two-the action of a Master descending (pouring or transmitting) upon a disciple/child/murid. So we had heard the familiar name for Islamic teaching as Qing Zhen Chiao in China or San Chiao-the Three Main Religions eg. Buddhism, Confuciusm and Islam. Deen al-hanif, al-fitra and al-qayyim ( the Pure , Natural and Original Way) 21. CHING � Brightness, illumination or light. Consist of three characters , a cluster of Sun, Moon and Stars. Tai yang , Yueh and Xing. This deep meaning was captured nicely in several surah and ayats of Quran. Allahu nurus-samawati wal-ardhi (Allah is the light of the Heaven and Earth) Kaukabun durriyyun la syarqiyya wa la gharbiyya ( a glittering star neither East or west) Nurun alan-nur ! (Light upon Light and Allah whom He wills to His Light) 22. CHAI Fasting. One line of top cut off from food and a heart character below, a Shi-warning or proclaimation . Cut, reduce, diminish, hence fasting. It also means abstinence, to rule oneself,so that one fit to receive the inspirations of Heaven and the heart become pure-shining. 23. HSIN � True words spoken , by extension the effect produced upon other men. Truthfulness, confidence and trust. Character of a man standing firm by his words. Wa Allahu yaqulu haqqa Wa yahdi sabil ( And Allah spoke the truth and guide to the correct Path). Ya ayyuhal lazina manu taquLlaha wa qulu sodidan (Oh you who have iman, fear Allah and speak truthfully� and He will give you knowledge, discrimination, blot out your wrong actions and forgive you..) 24. HSIEN � the supernatural beings of men, jinn or angels. Two combined characters of a man standing beside a mountain. A man whose rose high above mortals. Exalted spiritual station. People like to meditate on remote mountains to get enlightenment, purify their spirits. Refer to first Prophetic Revelation that occur in the Mountain Cave of Hira, more than a kilometer high at the outskirt of Mecca. Iqra bismi Rabbika khalaq. Khalaqal insana min alaq. Iqra wa Rabbukal-akram. Allama ma lam ya�lam. ( Read-recite in the Name of your Lord who created you. Who created man from a clot of blood/water. Read in the Name of a Generous Master. He teach men what they have no knowledge before ). Nabi- A Prophet, someone who convey the truthful news or message from the Divine Presence. Transmit by word or speech or language. In surah ar-Rahman: Ar-Rahman, allamal-Quran Khalaqal insan, allamahul bayan. ( The Mesrciful who taught you the Revelation of Quran , who created man and taught you speech/language !) 24. Quranic Verse Hundred of Surah Ten: No self can claim to have iman/faith except by the Will of Allah ( Ma ma kana li-nafsin an tu�minu illa bi-idzni�Llah) 25. Verse 77 of Surah 22 : Oh you who have iman Bow, prostrate and worship Your Lord and do good actions That you may achieve success (from Allah in the Akhirah) 26. Breaking Norms is the Path. Its fruits are witnessing and illumination � The Hundred Steps 27. Oh Friend Tell me where you had found this Path and what the Teacher gave you and how you had crossed that Ocean and received this Noble Wird ? Once upon a time in the Pantai Valley where University Malaya was located amidst the lake and green hills. A stranger found a colorful Journal of Darqawi Institute dated 1978 in the Pekan Buku just below the Library building. Many awe inspiring articles and pictures inside such as: An Islamic Cosmology& Psychology Ihsan Poem by Abdal Qadir as-Sufi Making Bread � Saba Evans Civilization and After Hajj Issa Bryce in the desert Ramadhan Discourse by Shaykh Muhammad ibn alHabib Fuqara praying in Hyde Park Abdal Samad Clarke Hajji Abdal Aziz Redpath Hajj Abdal Haqq Bewley As-Siddique- by Harun Sugich Ihsan �malay translation by Shamsudin Idris Oh my poor judgement ! after I bought the magazine for around RM8.00 quite expensive that time, someone borrowed it and never returned it. As Sidi Khairuddin related the advice of a Sufi Shaykh : Only fool lend their books out And a greater fool who returned it ! 28. Maulana Jalaluddin Wote in his priceless Mathnawi extracted from The Seeker Third Diary (SME) dated sometime around 1999 ; Empty your disbelief or covering up of kufr Ride the horse of Fana And let it charge to Boraq Keep moving toward its Friend No hands or feet are required. 30. Are You A Seeker Is the title of my poem printed in the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association (MACMA) magazine in 2001 or you are merely another reader then your journey is on paper until you meet the Tiger Pao Chi from the Era of Emperor Chiu lung Lao Tzu wander to the West when Nobody practiced the Tao Left a book called Tao Te Ching Just 6,000 characters so people after his age will be thirsty again. Mulay Darqawi dispense it generously and al-Alawi gave it free Until it reached me. 31. Mencius and Confucius All men within the four seas are brothers. A Sage is the teacher of A hundred Generation. The Most Glorious Sage Rasul is the Teacher of a Hundred Generations (until the end of time) Blessing and peace be upon him as long the wind blows and the sun rise. 32. I Ching First Hexagram When the Sage is in a lowly position like a dragon that is concealed in the depths of water. At this stage, one cannot act on one�s own will. One should improve the self in obscurity while awaiting the proper time to act. Khien : a.The dragon appearing in the field. b. It will be advantageous to meet with a great man ( Awliya/arifun) c. Later it is the time to cross The great river d. Declaration of Knowledge, Tawhid, Islam and the Tariqa. e. He comes and seek me (it really happened when the Venerable Master arrived in Malaysia in 1990. Secluded in a bungalow at Bukit Tunku, Jalan Duta, he talked about Chinese philosophy and Dr.Itsutzu of Japan. You are more privileged than him despite having written an outstanding book on Taoism and Sufism where very few cloud digest what is the message) f. he shows the mark of sincerity and being put forward to lead others. g. I don�t instruct the troublesomes. h. Dispelling of ignorance and use of punishment. i. To remove the shackles of intellect who claim to know too much and make complaints. j. Admitting the virtues of women-faqirat. Three of them flew to Europe and still there enjoying the adventures Sayyidah Alawiyya of Umar Bey, Sayyidah Fauziah of Habib Dahigen and Sayyidah Salamah of Qasim. And we lost two ecstatic fuqara in Pakistan may be too much wild dhikr and extreme weathers there. k. He will suffer the small injury of being spoken against, but in the end, there will be good fortune. We had meet Sidi Shaykh together with Sidi Ridha Lua one year earlier at the Ritz Hotel at Bukit Bintang and also met Hajji Abdal Aziz Redpath and Amir Ahmad Angka of Riau. Hikam of Ibn Athaillah: Idfin wujduka fil-ardhi khumuli Fa ma nabata mimma la yudfan La yatimmu natajahu (Bury your existence in the earth of moister obscurity what coming out without planted properly will not give fruits) 34. Book 12:1:1 of Analects To subdue one�s self and return to Li (Rule of Rite/Shariat/Sunna/Taqwa) is perfect virtue (for superior man). If a man can for one day Subdue(annihilate his nafs) himself and return to the wisdom of the Rite.All under Heaven will ascribe virtue(praise) to him. The disciple Yenyuan said: I beg to ask the steps to become a superior man. Master Kung replied: Look not what contrary to Li Listen not what contrary to Li Speak not what contrary to Li Make no movements what contrary to Li 35. The sayings of Prophet s.a.w as related by sayyidina Ali about the Sunna to be followed by the umma ecorded in As-Shifa of Qadi Iyad: Marifa is my Capital Intellect is foundation of the Deen Love is my Treasure Yearning is my riding beast Remembrance of Allah Is my companion in intimacy Firmness is my hidden wealth Sadness is my dear friend Knowledge is my weapon Patient is my contenment Zuhud is my clothing Yaqin is my strength Sincerity is my blessing Obedience is my measure Jihad is my character and The coolness of my eye Is in the prayer. Fastaqim kama umirtu The Words of Hikmah Is the Lost Camel of the Mumin (al-Kalimatul Hikmatu dhallatul mu�minin) so wherever he finds it, he has a better right to claim it. Recorded by Imam Tarmidhi. He who go forth in search of knowledge Is traveling in the Way of Allah Until he returns to his home.
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