>>40583194Let's be honest, most people here wouldn't have interpreted the above's intended meanings correctly save a few, here is the explanation:
“He believed and he disbelieved”:
He affirmed the truth about god and the I AM while simultaneously concealing his knowledge from the ignorant.
“He deemed the dog better than man”:
The dog is a symbol for the spirit (Roah), and man is a symbol for the corporeal body, here it's obvious: the spirit is better than the body, because it is the one that sustains and governs it by the divine influx which it receives from a cloud called the Spirit of Life (Ruh Al-Hayat)/ Without the spirit, the body has no order or stability. It is called ruh/roah due to its subtlety, delicacy, and refinement of spirituality, and it is called nafs [soul] because it is the most precious (anfas) thing within the human being. He likened it to a dog due to its loyalty and protection of the body, which is its house.
“Sleep is better than prayer”:
If Alawiteanon didn't reveal the alawite understanding of the clouds, this passage would seem puzzling. Other than the fact it refers to night travel, the meaning of sleep here is that it refers to the stillness of the human lower faculties and the suspension of sensory perception, with one's sight veiled from all that the fatty eyes see, from the domain of sensory vision, he may become receptive to the perception of the I AM/The Greatest Essence, this is better than the ritual of prayer since it remains tied to formalism without true meaning.
The true salah is derived from Arabic word "ittisal" which means connection, whenever it is said to keep up the salah, it means keeping up the connection to the Godhead.
Makzun Al-sinjari, an alawite sinjari prince, said in a poem:
“In misguidance I witnessed guidance, and sleep is better than your prayers and your sleeplessness.”
Basically, fuck prayer, it doesn't work, just night travel.