■ What is the status of Ghawth?
The Ghawth (spiritual helper) of his time, Sayyidi Shaykh Abdul Aziz Dabbagh (رضی اللہ عنہ), described the vastness of spiritual authority in a profound statement:
❝The 7 skies, the 7 earths, and even the Throne (Arsh) itself feel like a part of my own being. It is as if they are not separate from me, but rather an extension of my existence. Beyond the Throne, there exist seventy veils (hijabat), each of them concealing immense realities. Within every single one of these veils, there are 70,000 realm, each filled with creation beyond human comprehension.
The distance between one veil and the next is equal to a journey of 70,000 years. Imagine the unimaginable vastness of these layers, stretching beyond the limits of time and space as we know them. These veils are filled with countless angels, each engaged in worship, glorification, and divine service, their numbers beyond what the human mind can grasp.
Above these 70 veils, there exists an even more elevated and hidden realm known as ‘Aalam-e-Riqa رقاء’ (the Realm of Subtle Elevation). This is a domain so lofty and so concealed that even the thoughts and imaginations of creation cannot penetrate it unless permitted by Ghawth. If even a single thought cannot enter this realm without his permission, then what can be said about the movements and actions of its inhabitants? Their every motion, every action, is under the divine order channeled through the spiritual authority of Ghawth.❞
— Al-Ibriz Sharif, Page 509
Here Shaykh mention the authority of Ghawth in the spiritual hierarchy, where even the most hidden and elevated realities remain under his control by permission of Allah ﷻ. This is a deep mysteries of the unseen world and spiritual realm which is far beyond what we perceive with our limited senses.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 