Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi

“ The worship practiced by the souls is considered to be like physical worship (but superior in reward) . Further if these people worship physically then their worship becomes exalted in the spiritual realm. It these people whose bodies are in one place and souls are in another place. ”

“ Those who are physically pious but there spiritual aspect is dark (not illuminated) are the cause of the mischief in the religion and are the ambassadors of Satan. It is mentioned in Prophetic tradition, that one must be fearful of the ignorant priest (Scholar) whose tongue speaks the knowledge but whose heart is ignorant (dark- not illuminated.) ”

“ Those who practice Qalb meditation and practice physical worship.
This type of priest (religious Scholar) is known as the “Godly priest.” They are the inheritors of the pulpit and the religion of the Prophet. When a persons physical and spiritual aspect unite and become as one then that person is known as the Vicegerent of God. If such a person performs a Pilgrimage spiritually then it is as though that person has performed the Pilgrimage physically and he is rewarded accordingly. In fact he is rewarded much more than if he had done the Pilgrimage only physically. ”