The Sources of Spring Water in the World

By Mohammad Amin Sheikho

What is the spirit? where is the center of its existence? and what is its function?
what is the soul? where is the center of its existence? and what is its function? what is the thought? where does it exist? and what is its function?
what is the mind? where is its center? and what is its function? what is its relation with? what is the thought? and what are the relations of the above-mentioned items to each other?.
Researches about the sources of spring water in the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Apr 24, 2012
• ISBN: 9781105696176

Mohammad Amin Sheikho

Mohammad Amin Sheikho (1890-1964 A.D / 1308-1384 A.H)Early YearsM. Amin Sheikho was born in al-Ward district in Sarouja Quarter, one of the historical districts of Damascus, in Syria which was called mini-Istanbul during the period of the Ottoman rule. He was raised in an Arab style house situated opposite the famous public al-Ward Bathhouse. This house stands there to the present day.M. Amin Sheikho was still young when his father, the merchant Ismael Sheikho, departed this world. Mohammad Saleem, the only and elder brother of Mohammad Amin, was assigned as a director of the Military School during the Ottoman rule.EducationAt the age of twelve the boy who was to become the great scholar was enrolled at al-Rashidiya School, he then went on to complete his studies in Amber, the Royal Ottoman Faculty in Damascus. He received many certificates of praise and commendation during the Ottoman rule and then under the reign of King Faisal in Syria. There are many copies of these certificates still preserved in trustworthy hands.AchievementsDuring the period of the Turkish rule, he was head of many police-stations in Damascus and its dependent counties. He was a shining example to all for his unfailing attention to duty, the vitality with which he approached every task, and the high level of achievement in many varied deeds which were of great benefit to mankind.During the French mandate he was appointed a director of the prisons of the citadel of Damascus.When the great Syrian uprising took place against the French forces, he helped the revolutionaries in every conceivable way until they placed the seal of the revolution in his trustworthy hands. Due to his subversive activities he fell foul of the French governor of Syria resulting in an order being issued for his execution; but the Almighty God saved him. During this period he was compliant in many attempts to overthrow French rule.He was the companion of Sheikh Amin Kuftaro for almost twenty years and following his death M. Amin Sheikho followed his footsteps and became the next in succession to guide and teach the disciples of the eminent sheikh.His assemblies were distinguished by the profound level of wisdom with which he imparted his teaching and guidance.He took great care to draw the attention of his followers to beware of the tales of the Israelites which defame the biography of the noble persons, the Envoys of God (pth), and of anything ascribed to them which conflicts their perfection and impeccability.In 1953, the famous coeval philosopher, Sir John Godolphin Bennett came from Britain to visit him. He remained in his company for three weeks that were filled with lengthy dialogues about the religion of Islam and its actuality.Sir John asked M. Amin Sheikho many questions about the exact definition of the ‘spirit’ and the difference between that and the ‘soul’, as well as asking for clarification about Godly Justice, a topic which he found difficult to comprehend. As a result of this visit, Sir John practised Islamic legislation and performed the prayers along with the followers of the scholar.This visit was referred to briefly in the autobiography of Sir John Bennett in his book Witness; but after his death, a book containing special personal recollections written by Sir John was published in 1975 under the title Journeys in Islamic Countries, wherein he spoke in detail about this meeting. In this book he gave a detailed account of the personality and character of M. Amin Sheikho, and of his lectures and disciples. He also mentioned the great benefits he had derived from his life-changing meeting with him.During his lectures M. Amin Mohammad Amin Sheikho pointed frequently to the belief in the return of Jesus Christ (pth), from the Islamic perspective. He also indicated the near advent of this significant world event as, according to his explanations, most of the conditions for this momentous Hour had been fulfilled.This was disclosed in his book: The Envoy of Peace Looms on the Horizon: the Return of Jesus Christ.In referring to his meeting with M. Amin Sheikho, Sir John made mention of this issue in his two books: Witness and Journeys in Islamic Countries.Professor Abdul-Kadir John, alias al-Dayrani, published the book Stories of M. Amin Sheikho wherein he writes in detail about many deeds performed by his teacher, Mohammad Amin Sheikho.One of His PupilsProfessor Abdul-Kadir John, alias al-Dayrani is the best known and most distinguished among the pupils of M. Amin Sheikho. He received a certificate of General Education (a Syrian certificate which included the study of nine different sciences). Prof. al-Dayrani collected and verified more than fifty books which were dictated by M. Amin Sheikho and written on his behalf. Therefore his name is always mentioned in association with the name of Mohammad Amin Sheikho.PublicationsM. Amin Sheikho dictated to his pupils many books about Islam in the Arabic language, some of which have been translated into English and French. The following are just some of these:1- Interpretation of the Great Qur’an (Lights of Descending & Realities of Meaning)2- Interpretation of Am’ma Section of the Qur’an3- Impeccability of Prophets4- Am’ma Encyclopedia (The Compassionate’s Gifts in Interpreting the Qur’an)5- Al-Amin Interpretation of the Great Qur’an (The Previous Nations)6- Visiting the Prophet (cpth) and the Effect of His Love in Elevating the Believing Spirit7- High Grades of Al-Taqwa (Seeing by Al’lah’s Light)—The Jewels of Rules in Explaining the Pillars of Islam8- The Sources of Spring Water in the World9- The Reality of Our Master Mohammad (cpth) Appearing in the Twentieth Century10- Proclaiming God’s Love (The Scientific and Qur’anic Motivations for Halal Slaughter)11- Islam... What is the Veil for? What is Divorce for? What is Polygamy for?12- The West has Liberated Man from Slavery—Did Islam not do the same?13- The Great Scientific Discovery—the Astonishing Reality of the Six Days and the Seven Heavens14- The Amazing Miracle of the Fundamental Verses of the Book in the Twenty-first Century15- Cupping: the Marvelous Medicine that Cures Heart Disease, Paralysis, Haemophilia, Migraine, Sterility and Cancer—A Prophetic Medical Science in its New Perspective16- The Reality of Tamerlane the Great Appears in the Twenty-first Century17- The Envoy of Peace Looms on the Horizon: The Return of Jesus Christ18- Secrets of the Seven Praising Verses19- Goodbye to the Doctor of al-Muqawqis (Cyrus, Patriarch of Alexandria)Radio and TV Programmes- Illuminative Speculations: al-Quds Radio Station broadcasting from Syria- Lights for Humankind: the Lebanese Radio Station al-Tawheed- Cupping, an Arabic Discovery Spreads All over the World and Cupping, a Prophetic Medical Science in Its New Scientific Perspective: Two documentary films which have been broadcast on many world satellite stations such as Iqraa TV, Sharjah, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and others- Proclaiming God’s Love (The Scientific and Qur’anic Motivations for Halal Slaughter): A documentary film that has been broadcast on Iqraa TV, and satellite stations in Al-Sharjah, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and others- The Descent of the Prophets: A computer programmeA Glimpse of his distinguished thoughts and viewsHe disclosed the true meaning of the letters (acronyms) that are reported at the beginning of the Fortresses of the Holy Qur’an, which was not understood by previous Muslim scholars and said that, “Al’lah knows best His Purpose behind them.”He disproved the stories which are ascribed wrongly to the noble Envoy Mohammad (cpth), such as the story of his being affected by the action of magic, the story of cutting his noble chest (cpth), and all that would put him (cpth) in the wrong.He elucidated that the noble Prophets are impeccable in all of their words, actions and deeds.- He was the first in the world to reveal the source of fresh spring and river water, which is the ice of the North and South Poles.- He gave an exact definition of the ‘human spirit’ and clarified the difference between that and the ‘soul’.- He differentiated between the ‘mind’ and ‘thought’.- He talked about al-Azal world, the very beginning of creation in the world of immaterial spirits, and demonstrated the Godly Justice in that world and the reason for the coming of mankind to this world.- He elucidated the wisdom in turning towards al-ka’ba when communicating with God (praying); he explained the reason for fasting and the meaning of the Night of al-Qadr (Evaluation) and how to attain it.- He interpreted from the noble Qur’an how to derive the proportion of Zakat (almsgiving), and determined it as 2.5%.- He revealed the wisdom folded in each ritual of the rites of pilgrimage.- He clarified the benefits of the medical Prophetic commandments about using an enema of amylum suspension, medicinal castor oil, and the application of leeches for medical purposes.- He called attention to certain eminent personalities who had been wronged by history. Specifically he spoke of Tamerlane the famous conqueror who is known to be a blood-thirsty warrior conqueror in the Middle East, while Asian peoples revere him and regard him as a holy man who had spread the religion of Islam in their countries. In this respect, a book was issued by M. Amin Sheikho under the title: The Reality of Tamerlane the Great.Mohammad Amin Sheikho and CuppingThe name of Mohammad Amin Sheikho is always referred to whenever ‘cupping’ is mentioned, for it is he who disclosed its correct rules. Following the death of M. Amin Sheikho his pupil, Prof. Abdul-Kadir al-Dayrani undertook scientific research about this operation with the participation of a large medical team composed of many professors and doctors specialised in various medical ailments. When the results of the analysis of the blood extracted by the cupping operation were declared and many patients were healed completely after being cupped, the procedure soon spread widely and had a wide following in many societies. The results were published in many magazines and journals, and as a result, many medical people began to apply the procedure according to the exact and correct conditions that had been laid down.Mohammad Amin Sheikho and the reason for Mentioning the Name of Al’lah over a CarcassHe emphasised the necessity of mentioning Al’lah’s Name aloud over animals as they are being slaughtered, for when they hear Al’lah’s Name their meat becomes pure and free of any microbes.Prof. al-Dayrani also subjected the ideas of his teacher, M. Amin Sheikho, in this field, to a scientific study. A great number of doctors and university professors carried out scientific research, the like of which had never been attempted before. They took many samples of the meat of cattle, some of which were slaughtered while mentioning Al’lah’s Name aloud over them, while others were slaughtered without the benefit of this blessing. A comparative analysis of the outcome was then carried out. The results of this study were also published in a book issued on behalf of M. Amin Sheikho, entitled, Proclaiming God’s Love (The Scientific and Qur’anic Motivations for Halal Slaughter.Mrs. Salma Estwani, the BBC correspondent in Syria at that time, announced the scientific results of this study and interviewed the doctors and researchers who carried it out.Also, after revealing these results, many signboards were posted in Damascus streets on which it was written, ‘How terrible! Is it true that we Syrians eat microbes through our food?’ And on the front of the citadel of Damascus, a large sign was displayed on which was printed: ‘The Great Syrian Humane Scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho.’

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The Sources of Spring Water in the World

The Sources of Spring Water in the World

A Dialogue Between the Humane Scholar

Mohammad Amin Sheikho

and the Twentieth Century Philosopher

John Godolphin Bennett

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Authored by

The Humane Scholar

Mohammad Amin Sheikho

God has made his secret sacred

(1890-1964)

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Checked and Introduced by Professor

A. K. John Alias Dayrani

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Published by

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Copyright © 2012 amin-sheikho.com

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Praise belongs to God

Praise belongs to God the Provider of the worlds; communication with Al’lah and safety are through Mohammad, the master of prophets. The messengers are sent by the Almighty as a mercy to the worlds and a shining lamp to the divinely inspired. They are sent to bring happiness to humanity and uplift us to a state of thinking, to mightiness and faith, to tolerance, affection, intimacy, brotherhood and self-denial, to a world of perfection and self-devotion, of lofty traits and noble characteristics.

Those who adopt his method and seek enlightenment from him will be pure of heart.

Chapter 1

Foreword

Excerpts from the Memoirs of Sir John Godolphin Bennett

As Recorded in His Book, Journeys in Islamic Countries, about the Great Humane Scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho

1-Sir John G. Bennett

"As I listen to Emin Bey’s(M. Emin Bey Chikhou (M. Amin. Sheikho): He used to be called ‘Emin Bey’ for ‘Bey’ is a Turkish word meaning ‘the pure’) explanations about inner work, I marvel; he is a real master. Not only has he achieved being for himself; but he can show others the way and give them the strength and courage to follow it."

The more I see of him and hear from others of his works, the more convinced I am that he is truly a saint and that his interpretations of the Qur’an are inspired by a Higher Consciousness.

"So, meeting him has been a lesson to me in many ways. I see

what whole-hearted devotion to work can be. I see nobility of

character and an immense power to attract and hold the love

and faith of others."

"Today we started by verifying certain things about work about

which I shall not write, beyond saying that I have no doubt that

Emin Bey has reached a certain level of inner work that I have rarely met before."

I wrote that his very goodness is the difficulty. If he were an ordinary man, however learned he might be, I should not even trouble to spend hours discussing theology, but Emin Bey is not an ordinary man. He is a saint and he has the supranormal powers of a saint. Therefore, one must accept him and try to understand.

He is an altogether extraordinary man in himself, and no one who has been as close to him as I have can possibly doubt the reality of the impulses of faith, hope and love within him.

John G. Bennett

Foreword by Dr. Mustafa Mahmoud

2-Dr. Mustafa Mahmoud

In the introduction to my book A Traveler in Al’lah’s World, I previously mentioned that religion has an essential reality which can be described as the ancient love that we bore with us into this world. I referred to the permanent longing that fills our hearts, a longing for the original home from which we came, and to the spiritual thirst that overwhelms our feelings with eagerness for the spring from which we stem. This craving is veiled and concealed from us by the misfortunes, concerns and desires of this worldly life.

When I wrote about this, I was depending on my own sense of it without having any definite proof, but having seen this great book and having read the simple and sublime scientific philosophic dialogue that went on between Sir John Bennett and the scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho, I knew for certain that what I had sensed in my own depths was a fact, proven by the amazing and wonderful logical proof offered by the scholar Sheikho. This human spirit has given birth to a great thing (Trust), which the heavens, the earth, and the mountains feared and refused to bear. This took place before our coming to the present life, which is like a school that was prepared by Al’lah for the teaching of success and great salvation.

Verily, that which the scholar reveals to Sir John Bennett in this dialogue is exactly what I have been looking for throughout my life, for I read the books of all the philosophers: the Greek, Roman, Muslim and the Western, finding that none could approach the truth in the scholar’s research, or could explain the difference between the spirit and the soul, between thought and the mind… until I was acquainted with the perfect reality in this book through which all the problems were made clear to me as they had been made clear to Sir John Bennett before me. Indeed, the savant Mohammad Amin Sheikho focuses on the spirit and is concerned with it because the Holy Qur’an stresses it and is concerned with it.

All Qur’anic verses address the spirit, instruct it, and guide it to the path of righteousness in order that it be able to prostrate itself and come near to Al’lah. Thus, the Holy Qur’an as a whole is an address to this human spirit.

Many people take an interest in everything: they concern themselves in building, clothing, eating and drinking. They leave no domain without having a great share of interest in it, all of which is related to the perishing body which will end up as dust. But as for the spirit, they know nothing of it. They take care of the peel and forget about the everlasting true marrow and are blind to it. They taste nothing of Godly love and are deprived of prostration before Al’lah, the Almighty, and being near to Him.

Without the Book of Al’lah, the Almighty, we lack reality, wisdom, and nobility. Most of our sight clings to passing and perishing things in order to partake in pleasures of the body.

In His verses, our Provider indicates that this body will one day separate from the spirit and end up in the earth from which it was created, and moreover, it will bear witness against this spirit on Doomsday, when it shall deny its deeds: At length, when they reach it (the fire), their hearing, their sight and their skins will bear witness against them as to all their deeds.

The Holy Qur’an,

Fortress41, Fussilat (Explained), verse 20

There were those who did not think that their hearing, sight, skin, hands, and legs would testify against them one day, but instead they believed that Al’lah, the Almighty, was far from them and did not know what occupied their spirits. It was such false belief which caused them to fall into corruption, and then to be destroyed.

How could they have had knowledge when they did not recognize themselves, and when their chief concern in the present life was this body and no more?

Therefore, you shall find the speech of the savant Sheikho – who is one of the reformers and admonishers – wondrous and strange if you do not recognize yourself… who are you? Where were you before you came to this world? For what did you come? And where are you going after death, when you leave your body?!

But the most magnificent thing is to find the scholar Sheikho draw our attention to the water we drink, and to the sources of those huge springs, such as the springs of the Nile River and the other big and small rivers on this earth.

I became even more amazed when I read the consecutive scientific evidence which demonstrated that the North and South Poles are the sources of these springs. What a great scientific discovery, in which the scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho preceded all geologists and astronomers, despite all their achievements in scientific progress at this time!

How near he was to Al’lah, the Almighty, so that he understood and witnessed those water passages through which water flows constantly, and in strict order, to reach our drinking cups and jugs, without which we cannot live.

In fact, that is what made me say in full truth, verily, the scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho is a man who received revelations from our Provider, and his science is truly derived directly from Al’lah.

God says: …be under Al’lah’s Light, and then it is Al’lah that teaches you…

The Holy Qur’an,

Fortress 2, Al-Baqara (The Cow), verse 282

This noble verse manifested in this man as a firm truth, for he turned heads with his explanation of difficult issues, especially those which are raised in the West about the precepts of Islam and its everyday