{"id":356,"date":"2020-06-15T04:32:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T04:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cheraglibrary.org\/?page_id=356"},"modified":"2020-08-07T17:23:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T17:23:38","slug":"confraternity-of-the-message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cheraglibrary.org\/index.php\/confraternity-of-the-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Confraternity of the Message"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"356\" class=\"elementor elementor-356\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4747dd2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-section elementor-top-section\" data-id=\"4747dd2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55ec95b elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column\" data-id=\"55ec95b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap  elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f4a749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f4a749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Confraternity of the Message<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47afeea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47afeea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em>&#8220;The Sufi message is the answer to the cry of humanity today; for it is in agreement with science, and it stands in defence of all religions. Our movement renders service to God and humanity, without any intention of forming an exclusive community, but of uniting in this service people of all the different religions. This movement, in its infancy, is only beginning its work, but its culmination will be a world movement. It is the world message, and the religion which will be the religion of the whole of humanity; a religion which does not distract the mind of any person from his own faith, but makes it more firm, more enlightened, more sympathetic to his own religion. It is a religion which teaches tolerance towards the faith of another;a religion which opens the heart to words of wisdom, no matter what direction they come from. This is not only a church, but a school in which to learn a lesson, the lesson of tolerance; to learn to revere all teachers and to respect all scriptures; a lesson which teaches us that we need not give up our own religion, but that we should embrace all religions in order to make the sacredness of religion perfect.&#8221;<\/em> Hazrat Inayat Khan<\/span><\/p><h6><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Ori<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">ginal document of the Confraternity from the 20&#8217;s<\/span><\/b><\/h6><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">This Confraternity has been formed by the Seraj-un-Munir to provide a method by which sincere and devoted members of the Universal Worship\u00b4 (Church of All) may unite in a daily form of prayer for spreading the Message.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">It is divided into two parts called:<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">1. The Duty<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">2. The Task<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The first is obligatory upon all who join; the second is voluntary, the form of both is given below.<\/span><\/p><p><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Duty<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">To repeat at Sunrise, or upon waking, the\u00a0<b>prayer Saum<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; a devotion from the Gayan, &#8211;\u00a0<b><i>&#8220;May the Message of God spread far and wide&#8221;<\/i>\u00a0<\/b>(101 times*), and the\u00a0<b>prayer Pir<\/b>\u00a0from the Vadan and the\u00a0<b>prayer for the Universel\u00a0<\/b>[see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cheraglibrary.org\/morning.htm\">morning prayers<\/a>]<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">To repeat at midday the\u00a0<b>prayer Salat<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; a devotion from the Gayan, &#8211;\u00a0<b><i>&#8220;Pour upon us Thy Love and Thy Light&#8221;\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(101 times*) and the\u00a0<b>prayer Nabi\u00a0<\/b>from the Vadan and the\u00a0<b>prayer for the Universel\u00a0<\/b>[see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cheraglibrary.org\/mid_day.htm\">mid-day prayers<\/a>]<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">To repeat at sunset the\u00a0<b>prayer Khatum<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; a devotion from the Gayan &#8211;\u00a0<b><i>&#8220;Disclose to us Thy Divine Light&#8221;\u00a0<\/i><\/b>(101 times*) and the\u00a0<b>prayer Rasul<\/b>\u00a0from the Vadan and the\u00a0<b>prayer for the Universel\u00a0<\/b>[see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cheraglibrary.org\/evening.htm\">evening prayers<\/a>]<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">*the current version in the Sufi Order International is 11 times<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">A\u00a0sacred vow\u00a0to fulfill these devotions will be taken with the Seraj-un-munir, or the Seraj of the country, by the candidate for membership in the Confraternity of the Message.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">NOTE: When there is a church or a chapel of the Universal Worship these devotions may all be done at one hour as a form of collective Worship; in this case the Candle of the Message [also called the Spirit of Guidance candle] should be lighted from the Center Light [commonly called the God light or candle] and the words repeated aloud by each person at the same time. The ribbon and medal** of the Confraternity should be worn at a Collective Devotion, and also for the Hours.<\/span><\/p><p><b><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Task<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">The Task which may be undertaken voluntarily by Members of the Confraternity, is to learn by heart each day\u00a0<b>one<\/b>\u00a0sentence of the Gayan, until the entire book has been committed to memory. When the Member can inform his\/her Seraj that he\/she has done this, the sacred distinction of the name\u00a0<b>Gayani<\/b>\u00a0will be conferred upon him\/her by the Seraj-un-Munir.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">He or she may then proceed in the same manner with the Vadan, and if he\/she succeeds in learning this book also, the sacred distinction of the name\u00a0<b>Vadani\u00a0<\/b>will be conferred upon him\/her by the Seraj-un-Munir.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">NOTE: It is not necessary that the Books be learned in such a way that any part can be remembered at any time, although this should be the ideal before the one who undertakes this sacred task, but each verse must be learned thoroughly at the time when it is studied.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confraternity of the Message &#8220;The Sufi message is the answer to the cry of humanity today; for it is in agreement with science, and it stands in defence of all religions. 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