Once the seeker of the path has successfully gone past the phase of self-exploration and knows their reality and spiritual status God has written in their fate - once they know their optimum and how far in the way of love they are allowed by God to travel - they have completed the first step in spirituality. 

Now it is time to switch the mode of exploration to God-exploration and claim what has been written by God in their book of fate. They now need the Gnosis of God. 

Gnosticism is the knowledge which deals in knowledge regarding God. It is the knowledge about the person of God. One does not read books about God or study God by looking at his facial features,

There are two types of knowledge in the higher realms. The first knowledge is to explore one’s self: self-study. This is the threshold of spirituality. A novice Sufi must explore and recognise his or her self and discover the secrets within. They must undo the different types of access codes to God that are buried within. As a result of self-exploration, a novice Sufi begins to know what types of spiritual journey they are capable of performing - what level of spirituality they may reach and what spiritual status should they be looking forward to obtaining. 

Allama Iqbal said, ‘Elevate the level of self-exploration to a degree where God himself asks you, “What are you here for? What are you looking for, what do you want?”’

The word khudi which has been mentioned by Allama Iqbal countless times means 'to know yourself', It is an internal expedition.

Knowing one’s self does not mean to know one's name, ancestral lineage or heritage. This is not the knowledge being referred to. ‘Explore yourself’ simply means that there is a fortune cookie, so to speak, inside the aspirant. It must be cracked open to know one's spiritual optimum, to find out what level of trust God has bestowed upon them, the maximum nearness to God he or she may obtain, what God has written in the seeker's fate and which level of faith will their spiritual journey culminate at. Will they be able to go beyond the rank of Witnessing the Divine Splendour? Do they have sainthood in their fate? Will they obtain Divine Union? 

His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi says, ‘Every human being, even the son of a disbeliever, is born with the secret of sainthood within him’.

Verily, the Moon and Sun show signs of your grandeur. Nevertheless, the evidence of your truthfulness is in your dwelling in my heart' - Sufi Master Younus AlGohar

Prophet Mohammad (saw) showed many miracles. For example, one day he was going somewhere and Abu Jahl approached him and he called out, ‘O’ Mohammad! If you can tell me what is concealed in my palm, I will believe you are a prophet.’ And Prophet Mohammad (saw) said, ‘Wouldn’t it be better if the thing in your palm tells you who I am?’ The pebbles Abu Jahl had in his palm began reciting the Motto of Faith. Prophet Mohammad (saw) made the pebbles recite the Motto of Faith yet Abu Jahl was deprived of faith. 

Prophet Mohammad (saw) split the moon into two despite that the infidels remained infidels. A human mind would think what was the point of showing such miracles? The devout believers would become connected to God by adopting the teachings, the fair-minded would look at the character and accept, and the disbelievers will be shown these miracles just so it can be said that no group was deprived of being shown the truth. The predestined loving souls do not need to be shown miracles to have faith. Why? Because the teachings the spiritual personality renders makes their hearts a symbol of God. 

The hearts of the devout believers are a miracle itself. 

The heart that was dormant for 30-40 years and then through the blissful sight of HDE Gohar Shahi it began to say 'Allah Hu' and now it doesn't stop. Look at this miracle! This is the miracle that can secure your hereafter. 

Splitting the moon into two was necessary [at the time] but it did not benefit anyone. Moses’s staff turned into a snake but nobody benefited from it. However, these signs of God are such that when you have the teachings of Imam Mehdi in your heart, they will make your heart a symbol like the Holy Black Stone. They will make your heart a divine sign like the Moon and Sun.

As per Quran 41:53, ‘We will show them our signs in the near future, in the horizons and within their beings until they are convinced that this is the truth.’ 

The revival of the heart and God's name written upon the heart, and the Imam Mehdi that the world is looking for, you can see Him in your heart. Is it not a miracle that you heard mention of HDE Gohar Shahi's face on the Moon and when you went to sleep the Moon came to you in your dream and His Divine Eminence comes out from the Moon and tells you that He is the Mehdi. These are the signs of God and those who reject them became disbelievers. 

When Prophet Mohammad (saw) split the moon in two, rather than believing it, people would say it is black magic. Prophet Mohammad (saw), at that time, said, ‘Magic does not affect the moon.’ And when HDE Gohar Shahi appeared, in His era, God again used the Moon as a sign but this time, it was better. When we tell people that the image of HDE Gohar Shahi is on the Moon, even if they see it, they will say, 'Yes, but it is black magic.’  When we tell them that the Prophet said that black magic is ineffective on the moon, they will remain quiet but won't believe it still. 

In various Prophetic Traditions, the Prophet (saw) said, ‘When you see the new moon, make a supplication'.

And some traditions state, 'O' Moon, protect my faith'.

What significance does the Moon have? Is the Moon a messenger or a prophet? Why must we make such supplications? The Moon is but a planet. We could ask Earth, Sun or Mars to protect our faith. But we are told to ask the Moon. How will the Moon protect our faith? Actually, it’

'Verily, the Moon and Sun show signs of your grandeur. Nevertheless, the evidence of your truthfulness is in your dwelling in my heart' - Sufi Master Younus AlGohar

Prophet Mohammad (saw) showed many miracles. For example, one day he was going somewhere and Abu Jahl approached him and he called out, ‘O’ Mohammad! If you can tell me what is concealed in my palm, I will believe you are a prophet.’ And Prophet Mohammad (saw) said, ‘Wouldn’t it be better if the thing in your palm tells you who I am?’ The pebbles Abu Jahl had in his palm began reciting the Motto of Faith. Prophet Mohammad (saw) made the pebbles recite the Motto of Faith yet Abu Jahl was deprived of faith. 

Prophet Mohammad (saw) split the moon into two despite that the infidels remained infidels. A human mind would think what was the point of showing such miracles? The devout believers would become connected to God by adopting the teachings, the fair-minded would look at the character and accept, and the disbelievers will be shown these miracles just so it can be said that no group was deprived of being shown the truth. The predestined loving souls do not need to be shown miracles to have faith. Why? Because the teachings the spiritual personality renders makes their hearts a symbol of God. 

The hearts of the devout believers are a miracle itself. 

The heart that was dormant for 30-40 years and then through the blissful sight of HDE Gohar Shahi it began to say 'Allah Hu' and now it doesn't stop. Look at this miracle! This is the miracle that can secure your hereafter. 

Splitting the moon into two was necessary [at the time] but it did not benefit anyone. Moses’s staff turned into a snake but nobody benefited from it. However, these signs of God are such that when you have the teachings of Imam Mehdi in your heart, they will make your heart a symbol like the Holy Black Stone. They will make your heart a divine sign like the Moon and Sun.

As per Quran 41:53, ‘We will show them our signs in the near future, in the horizons and within their beings until they are convinced that this is the truth.’ 

The revival of the heart and God's name written upon the heart, and the Imam Mehdi that the world is looking for, you can see Him in your heart. Is it not a miracle that you heard mention of HDE Gohar Shahi's face on the Moon and when you went to sleep the Moon came to you in your dream and His Divine Eminence comes out from the Moon and tells you that He is the Mehdi. These are the signs of God and those who reject them became disbelievers. 

When Prophet Mohammad (saw) split the moon in two, rather than believing it, people would say it is black magic. Prophet Mohammad (saw), at that time, said, ‘Magic does not affect the moon.’ And when HDE Gohar Shahi appeared, in His era, God again used the Moon as a sign but this time, it was better. When we tell people that the image of HDE Gohar Shahi is on the Moon, even if they see it, they will say, 'Yes, but it is black magic.’  When we tell them that the Prophet said that black magic is ineffective on the moon, they will remain quiet but won't believe it still.