3. Wazifa
3. 聲修法

Besides meditation, each Talib is given special instructions suited to his need while journeying the path toward Unity. One such form of instruction is the Wazifa, or repetition of sacred phrases for various purposes.

除了冥想之外，每一位求道者（Talib）在走向合一的道路上，也會依自己的需要得到特別的指示。其中一種指示形式就是聲修法（Wazifa），也就是為了不同目的而反覆誦念神聖語句。

If it be asked what is the purpose, it may be answered that, as the purpose of all rain is to return to the ocean, so the purpose of every soul is to return to God. Some drops unite in little streams, to flow down the river which ultimately loses itself in the ocean. So the practice of each Wazifa may be for some particular purpose, yet all these purposes unite just as the streams unite, and finally come to their destination.

如果問它的目的是什麼，可以這樣回答：正如所有雨水的目的都是回歸海洋，每一個靈魂的目的也是回歸神。有些水滴匯聚成小溪，流入河流，而河流最終消融於海洋之中。因此，每一個聲修法的修持也許各有特定目的，但所有這些目的終究會如溪流匯合一般彼此匯聚，最後抵達它們的歸宿。

Wazifa is both positive and negative, to build up faculties which are necessary and to remove undesirable qualities. So Sufis use Wazifas in purification, but the Sufi always recognizes God as the perfection of love, harmony, and beauty, as the perfection of all qualities, and as the perfection of perfections. If strength is needed, strength comes from God; if love is required, God is love; if one must perform justice, God is Judge and Forgiver.

聲修法兼具正面與負面的作用：建立所需要的能力，也去除不想要的特質。因此，蘇菲祕士會運用聲修法來淨化；但蘇菲祕士始終認識神是愛、和諧與美的圓滿，是一切屬性的圓滿，也是圓滿中的圓滿。若需要力量，力量來自神；若需要愛，神就是愛；若必須施行公義，神就是審判者，也是寬恕者。

Wazifas may be repeated audibly or silently in the performance of any act or duty in life. By this means the devotee draws from God the help he needs, attuning himself to the qualities of God at that moment. So besides the regular practice of Wazifa, a specified number of times as assigned to the Talib by his teacher, so one may meditate upon the Wazifa at all times and use it even when it is no longer part of one’s spiritual exercises.

在履行生命中的任何行動或責任時，都可以出聲或默默地反覆誦念聲修法。透過這種方式，奉獻者從神那裡汲取自己所需要的幫助，使自己在那一刻與神的屬性相調。因此，除了依老師指定給求道者的次數，規律地修持聲修法之外，我們也可以隨時對聲修法進行冥想，即使它已經不再是自己靈性練習的一部分，仍然可以運用它。

Sufism is not a code of rules. The purpose of Sufism is to bring souls to God-realization. Allah is beyond all attributes and qualities, being all essence. Understanding this, every breath can become a meditation wherein one puts full dependence upon Allah, and there will be no moment which will not be a meditation, no moment of separateness from God.

蘇菲並不是一套規則的法典。蘇菲的目的，是帶領靈魂走向神之證悟。阿拉超越一切屬性與特質，祂即是一切本質。理解了這一點，每一次呼吸都可以成為冥想，在其中完全依靠阿拉；如此，便沒有任何一刻不是冥想，也沒有任何一刻與神分離。

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