Surat al-Hajj (22) verses 1-2 "Sukr: Intoxication"

 يٰأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّ زَلْزَلَةَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ شَيْءٌ عَظِيمٌ 
"O people! guard against your Lord; surely the Quake/Convulsion of the Hour is an awe-inspiring matter ."


From the commentary of Ruzbehan Baqli
Allah (swt) sends out a warning call to those who have forgotten the Covenant established in past eternity (Azal) [ Am I not your Lord ?] and to those who have forgotten the face-to-face encounter in future eternity (Abad). He states:" What will your position be, O you heedless ones, when, in the wilderness of Resurrection Day, the Majesty of my Grandeur (Adhamat) appears from the veils of the Unseen?. Guard off [in this life] against the torments of separation from Me [in the next life], in order that you may reach the Majesty of Reunion with Me. For the Universes and all that is created will be convulsed upon the appearance of the Lights of My Nobility ( Kibrya') and the Sovereingty (Sultan) of My ravishing Beauty (Baha')."


For the truth of Taqwa (God reverencing-consciousness) is to exit with the help of Allah from all that is less than Allah. Some have stated that Taqwa is "when nothing immerses you other than your Master",  and that is Freedom; whoever is seeking after the reward is not a Mutttaqui (one whose quality is Taqwa).


 وَتَرَى ٱلنَّاسَ سُكَارَىٰ وَمَا هُم بِسُكَارَىٰ
"And you will see people as intoxicated/drunken while they are not intoxicated/drunken"


Allah (swt) describes those who witness the attacks of His Grandeur and Nobility in various states of Confusion and loss due to Mad Lost Love (Hayaman), drunkenness (Sukr) and excitement (Hayajan). They are driven to Mad Nostalgic Love (walah) at the sight of the Grandeur and the Majesty of Awesome Beauty (Hayba) and are lost in the valleys of the Lights of Nobility and Sovereignty.


Some He made drunk as those who drink intoxicants, others like those drunk with love- and how vast the difference between those two types and those who are drunk on heedlessness and again  those drunk in Union. The enemies are drunk with the drunkenness of those Overpowered ( Qahryiat), and the friends are drunk from the sight of the ravishing marvels of the Acts. The Murid (Seekers) are drunk with the brightness of the Lights and the Lovers are drunk with the Unveiling of the Secrets, while the ones who are longing (Mushtaqun) are drunk on the gleaming appearance of the Attributes.

Imam Jaafar stated:" They became drunk on what they witnessed of the spread of Grandeur of Immense Power and the billowing folds of Nobility until the Prophets had no refuge but to say:" Nafsi, Nafsi ( I, myself) "


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Surat Al-Ahqaf 46:13. Like watching for the Crescent Moon

{ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُواْ رَبُّنَا ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ٱسْتَقَامُواْ فَلاَ خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ }

"for, behold, all who say, “Our Sustainer is God”, and thereafter stand firm - no fear need they have, and neither shall they grieve"


Ruzbehan Baqli states that the people of God (al Qawm, the sufis) See God with the heart, the intellect and the soul and Say : "Our Lord is God"! in the same way people who are looking out for the crescent moon see it, and applaud happily, laughing, and crying out: "We see it!" for when they see the Divine truth they recognize Him; they love Him and drink from the oceans of His Connectedness, Beauty and Magnificence deriving strength from the Lights of pre-time (azal) and post-time (abad) [where God alone is in Existence]. They become established (istiqamah) in what God wants from them and no longer suffer the fears of being veiled or the sadness of (self)-blame.  
Ibn Taher said: "They became established in seeing no other than Him, bestower of gifts, and did not thank anyone other than Him nor rely on other than Him in whatever state (hal) they might have found themselves in". 
Imam Jaafar al Sadeq stated: "They become established in God with the movements of their Hearts".


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Al Shaytan & al Dhikr, Surat al Aaraf 7:200-201

{ وَإِماَّ يَنزَغَنَّكَ مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ نَزْغٌ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ } * { إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَواْ إِذَا مَسَّهُمْ طَائِفٌ مِّنَ ٱلشَّيْطَانِ تَذَكَّرُواْ فَإِذَا هُم مُّبْصِرُونَ }

Rouzbehan Baqli (3Ara’es al Bayan)
Al Shaytan is the dog of the ancient Qahr (The Subjugation that arose in Azal (sempiternity)). Whenever it barks behind the courtyard of your heart, on the side of your Nafs, escape from Our Subjugation to Our Lutf (Subtility, gentleness) and from Us to Us. The Prophet said :”I take refuge from You in You”, and the courtyard became flooded with the light of the Divine Manifestations, the Shaytan running away on all sides.... The envious Shayateen (pl. of Shaytan) observe the Friends of Allah from far so that, whenever the Friends slack at Witnessing the Remembrance and the Remembered and become heedless, the Shayateen can throw at them the fires of dark whisperings from the vials of the flesh. If the Friends would become established in the Station of Witnessing the visions of the Malakut (Realm of Souls), then the Shayateen would not be able to come near them for “they are pursued by a flaming fire of piercing brightness”. [Surat al Saffat 37:10].
Al Junaid saw Iblis in his dream and asked him: “Are you all able to pass by the gatherings of the people of Dhikr ?”. Iblis answered: “As is the case when one of you passes by our company, is touched by it and falls in love with us, so it is the case that when one of us passes by the company of Dhikr, he becomes prostrate”.
Qushayri ( Tafseer Lata’ef al Isharaat)
“Each strict man has a failing and each knowledgeable one commits a mistake; each worshiper has a period of difficulty and each one who is walking purposefully will have a period of nonchalance. For every walker there is a stop and for every divine knower there is a period of veiling. *The Prophet (saaws) stated:” A hundred times a day, clouding will cover my heart and I have to ask forgiveness form Allah swt” ...recounting that he also is subject to what others are subject to. He also said:” Bad temper will affect even the best of my community....
Ibn Arabi
Those who normally guard themselves from associating anyone with Allah, whenever they are touched by Shaytan and start attributing acts to other than Allah, they remember the station of Unicity and the Witnessing all Acts as coming from Allah and regain Sight of the Acts of Allah; with that all else, Shaytan and all others disappear from their Sight

وفي مسند الإمام أحمد وصحيح مسلم وسنن أبي داود وغيرهم عن الأغر المزني رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال { إنه ليغان على قلبي وإني لأستغفر الله في كل يوم مائة مرة } هذا لفظ أبي داود ولفظ الإمام أحمد ومسلم { إنه ليغان على قلبي حتى أستغفر الله في اليوم مائة مرة } قال : وسمعته يقول { : توبوا إلى ربكم فوالله إني لأتوب إلى ربي - تبارك وتعالى - مائة مرة في اليوم }