how she left it." "Clothes in the closet, her books on the shelves." "Her special pillow, still at the head of the bed." "I didn't know she had a special pillow." "It was her father's." "I'm sure it's teeming with fungus and microscopic bugs that feed on flakes of human skin, but she was fond of it." "I know you loved having Charlotte safe at home smiling on the other side of the room, but she's gone." "She's moved out." "Hm?" "I mean on." "She's moved on." "Maybe it's time for you to move on and get rid of that pillow." "As the Pie-Maker considered Chuck's worldly belongings  and how Vivian clinged to them  Olive was clinging to her own." "Uh, excuse me." "Mother Superior." "Hi."the sayings of Saints, it is clear that the practical way of gaining Divine gnosis and submission to Allah’s will is remembering Allah excessively and adopting the company of invokers. It is to emphasize that their company truly removes the evils of inciting innerself due to which inward becomes like a clean mirror and hence witnesses Divine theophanies of gnosis of Allah.

Forms of Invocation

While discussing the forms of invocation, Shaikh Abu Saeed says:

There are three categories of invocation:

In the first category, the invoker invokes habitually. That is, he invokes with tongue, but his inward remains unaware of the invocation.

In the second category, the invoker invokes with tongue while inward also remains present in the invocation. To clarify, the seeker of Allah, however, does not benefit even through this