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The Meeting of Sir John G. Bennett with Scholar MA Sheikho THE SOURCES OF SPRING WATER IN THE WORLD The Great Humane Eminent Scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho (His soul has been sanctified by Al’lah) 1890-1964 THE SOURCES OF SPRING WATER IN THE WORLD A Dialogue between the Great Humane Scholar MOHAMMAD AMIN SHEIKHO And the Twentieth Century Philosopher Sir JOHN GODOLPHIN BENNETT What is the Spirit? Where is the Centre of its Existence? And What is its Function? What is the Soul? What is Thought? What is the Mind? The Justice of God Checked and Introduced by the Researcher and Thinker Prof. A. K. John Alias Al-Dayrani RESEARCH COUNCIL OF THE HUMANE SCHOLAR MOHAMMAD AMIN SHEIKHO www.rchss.com THE SOURCES OF SPRING WATER IN THE WORLD A dialogue between the great scholar MOHAMMAD AMIN SHEIKHO and the twentieth century philosopher Sir JOHN G. BENNETT By the great humane eminent scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho (his soul has been sanctified by Al’lah) Checked and introduced by The researcher and thinker Prof. A. K. John Alias Al-Dayrani English language editing by Paul Baynes Publishing house All the books of the great humane eminent scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho are distributed by Nour Al-Basheer publishing house Our web sites www.rchss.com www.amin-sheikho.com NOUR AL-BASHEER PUBLISHING HOUSE www.sheikho-books.com CONTENTS FOREWORD 8 Excerpts from the Memoirs of Sir John Godolphin Bennett -------------------------------- 10 Foreword by Dr. Mostafa Mahmoud --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Foreword by Prof. Dr. Mohammad Kamal Abdul-Azeez --------------------------------------------- 16 Foreword by Prof. Abdul-Kadir John Alias Al-Dayrani ---------------------------------------------------- 19 WHAT ARE THE SPIRIT, THE SOUL, 1 THOUGHT AND THE MIND? 24 The Story of the Scholar M. A. Sheikho with Sir John G. Bennett ----------------- 26 John G. Bennett (1896-1974) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 The Meeting of Sir J. G. Bennett with Scholar M. A. Sheikho -------------------------------- 30 The Spirit --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 34 The Centre of the Spirit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 The Soul ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 45 The Mind & Thought --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 50 The Function of the Body ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 60 2 THE JUSTICE OF GOD 62 The Session Concludes: Sir J. G. Bennett's Biggest Question ------------------------------ 64 God Exists and there is No Injustice at All ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 67 Hardship Comes from the Mercy and Wisdom of God ----------------------------------------------- 69 If You are Good, God will Help You -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 88 TWENTIETH CENTURY MIRACLE 3 THE SOURCES OF SPRING WATER IN THE WORLD 92 The Arctic and the Antarctic --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 94 Polar Ice Drift ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 106 3000 Icebergs Wasting in the Unknown ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 109 Lakes and Springs come down from the High Mountains --------------------------------- 114 From Where does the River Thames in Britain Feed? -------------------------------------------------- 117 Icebergs Melt and Go down the Hot Passages --------------------------------------------------------------------- 119 The Discovery of Fresh Water Lakes under the South Pole -------------------------------- 124 Ocean Currents --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 126 The Polar Areas: Big Reservoirs for Drinking Water -------------------------------------------------------- 134 THE INTERNATIONAL DRYING OF 4 THE BIG RIVERS DURING THE MODERN AGE 138 The Worldwide Dryness of the Main Rivers in Recent Times --------------------------- 140 The Direct Reason for the Rivers’ Dryness ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 142 Rivers Originating from Rainwater ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 148 The Reservoirs that Supply the Rain-Rivers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 150 Wondrous Phenomenon and Awful Proof ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 151 The Underground Passages of Polar Water -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 154 5 A GLIMPSE AND A DEFINITION 158 A Glimpse of the Life of the Eminent Scholar M. A. Sheikho ---------------------------- 160 His Honourable Birth ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 160 The Sunrise of his Youth and A Glimpse of his Deeds ------------------------------------------------ 161 The Stage of Guidance and Invitation to Al’lah ------------------------------------------------------------------- 163 A Glimpse of his Invitation to Al’lah ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 164 Joining the Highest Comrade (his Death) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 168 A Glimpse of the Life of Prof. Abdul-Kadir John Alias Al-Dayrani ------------- 170 EXCERPTS FROM THE SCIENCES OF THE HUMANE 6 SCHOLAR M. A. SHEIKHO 174 Excerpts from the Sciences of the Scholar M. A. Sheikho-------------------------------------- 176 Issued to the Great Humane Eminent Scholar M. A. Sheikho ------------------------- 190 RAISE belongs to God, the Provider P 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 en lightenment from him will be pure of heart. Foreword FOREWARD 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 ■ “As I listen to Amin Bey’s1 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 twentieth century philosopher Sir John G. Bennett 1 M. A. Sheikho: he used to be called ‘Amin Bey’ for ‘Bey’ is a Turkish word meaning ‘the pure’. 10 Memoirs of Sir John G. Bennett ■ “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 Amin Sheikho 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 Amin 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 11 FOREWARD Foreword by Dr. Mostafa Mahmoud N THE introduction to my book A Traveler I 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 Dr. Mostafa Mahmoud for the spring from which we stem. This craving is veiled and concealed
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