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AIN-UL-ARIFEEN (THE EYE OF MYSTICS) English Translation with Persian Text

Author Sultan Bahoo

Translated Mrs. Ambreen Moghees Sarwari Qadri

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CONTENT Page No. Preface

Short Biography of Sultan Bahoo

Terminology

Ain-ul-Arifeen English Translation

Original Persian Text

PREFACE Ain-ul-Arifeen (The Eye of Mystics) is the rarest book of Sultan Bahoo, the renowned Saint all over the world. This short book contains the crux of all his teachings and is like an abridged form of his books. He has declared the book as a touchstone for the researchers and a guide towards Allah for those who cannot find a spiritual guide. It is a great blessing of my spiritual guide Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen Sultan Mohammad Najib-ur-Rehman, the spiritual heir of Sultan Bahoo and contemporary leader of his order, to grant me the opportunity of translating Sultan Bahoo‟s books in English. His intention behind this magnificent work is to spread the Saint‟s teachings in the entire world for all times to come. So that every true seeker of Allah may be guided towards Him, no matter where he is in the world. Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen provided three scripts of Ain-ul-Arifeen to me for its English translation and to Ahsan Ali Sarwari Qadri for Urdu translation. First is the Persian manuscript of Ain-ul-Arifeen that was found in 1977 in a collection of manuscripts of few books of Sultan Bahoo from the library of Sayyid Sultan Shah, Jacobabad Sindh, Pakistan. The name of writer is not mentioned on it although the year of writing is mentioned as 1209 AH. Other books whose manuscripts are present in this collection are; Sultan-ul-Waham, Talmeez-ur-Rehman, Majalisa-tul-Nabi, Mohabbat-ul-Asrar, Fazal-ul-Laqa, Ain-ul-Faqr, Deedar Bakhsh (Khurd), Deedar Bakhsh (Kalan) and Mohkim-ul-Fuqara. Second is the manuscript of Ain-ul-Arifeen written by Doctor Mohammad Sadiq from District Mansehra, Pakistan. The date of writing is mentioned as Friday, 23rd January 1987 AD (22

8 Jumada al-Awwal 1407 AH). Although he has not mentioned that from which manuscript he copied it but it seems to be copied from the aforementioned manuscript found from the library of Sayyid Sultan Shah, as both the scripts are almost the same. Both have a number of mistakes as well as missing words and sentences. Moreover many verses and Hadiths are unnecessarily repeated again and again. Third is the published script of Ain-ul-Arifeen along with Urdu translation by Doctor K.B. Naseem in 1998. He has mentioned in the preface that he has translated the manuscript by Doctor Mohammad Sadiq from District Mansehra and that he could not find any other script of Ain-ul-Arifeen for comparison and corrections. He has also discussed that the script was full of errors hence he had to make corrections. However it greatly needed to be further corrected. Ahsan Ali Sarwari Qadri corrected the script to a large extent while composing it. Afterwards I also made necessary amendments during translation according to my ability. Moreover the repeated content was removed. It is essential to mention that we made all the corrections after mutual consultation and consent. I would like to thank Ahsan Ali for his cooperation in all matters. Sultan-ul-Faqr publications is presenting first ever proper Persian script of Ain-ul-Arifeen along with its Urdu and English translation. May Allah accept our efforts and make this book a source of guidance for the seekers of Allah. Ameen

Lahore

Ambreen Moghees Sarwari Qadri

August, 2021

M.A. Mass Communication University of The Punjab

SHORT BIOGRAPHY OF SULTAN BAHOO Sultan-ul-Arifeen Sultan Bahoo was born on Thursday, 1st of Jumada ath-thani in 1039 AH (17 January, 1630 AD) at dawn, in the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in Shorkot, District Jhang, Pakistan (then India). He belonged to the Awan tribe of the progeny of Ali ibn Abi Talib. Awans are Ali‟s children from wives other than Fatima bint Mohammad. Sultan Bahoo‟s father Bazayd Mohammad was a soldier by profession and a titleholder in Shah Jahan‟s army. His mother, Bibi Rasti was a Saint. She was spiritually informed of Sultan Bahoo‟s grandeur and spiritual status before his birth and according to his status of annihilation in Hoo1, his name Bahoo (one with Hoo ) was revealed to her. Sultan Bahoo says:

‫اہند‬ ‫اہند‬

‫ابھو‬ ُؒ ‫ُھو‬

‫اب‬

‫امدر‬

‫ابھو‬ ُؒ

‫انل‬

‫دایمئ‬

‫ابھو‬ ُؒ

‫زاہکن‬

Explanation: Bahoo‟s mother named him Bahoo because Bahoo has always remained with Hoo . Sultan Bahoo was a Saint by birth. He remained engrossed in heavenly experiences and doubtless revelations from his early age. Sultan Bahoo gained his early mystic education from his mother. A non-Muslim would immediately recite shahada and accept Islam if his eyes fell upon the luminous face of Sultan Bahoo, such was the intensity of Divine theophanies radiating from him. Sultan Bahoo states in his books, “I searched for a spiritual guide for thirty years but in vain”. It was because he already held such 1

The Divine Essence

10 elevated levels of Faqr where access of anyone is extremely arduous. Sultan Bahoo relates one of his revelations in his books that one day, engrossed in Allah‟s vision, he was wandering in the suburbs of Shorkot when Ali ibn Abi Talib came and took him to the Mohammadan Assembly where the People of Cloak, the Rashidun Caliphs and Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani were also present. There, Sultan Bahoo took oath of allegiance at the sacred hand of Prophet Mohammad who entrusted him to Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani for further spiritual guidance. That is why Sultan Bahoo always refers Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani as his spiritual guide in his books. He says, “When al-Ghawth al-Azam Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani blessed me spiritually, I surpassed all the spiritual levels from eternal beginning till the eternal end.” Afterwards, following the orders of Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani, Sultan Bahoo took oath of allegiance at the hand of Shaikh Abdul Rehman Jilani Dehlvi who entrusted the Divine Trust of Faqr to Sultan Bahoo in just a single meeting. The splendour of Sultan Bahoo is beyond anyone‟s speculation. He is blessed with the extremities of Faqr and stationed at the status of Sultan-ul-Faqr V. He says, “Since the eternal benevolence has graced me with grandeur, Prophet Mohammad sall’Allahu alayhi wa’alihi wasallam has ordered me to guide everyone, Muslim or non-Muslim, fortunate or unfortunate, dead or alive and he has titled me Mustafa Sani and Mujtaba Aakhir Zamani with his pearl divulging tongue.” (Risala Roohi Sharif) The spiritual order of Sultan Bahoo is Sarwari Qadri order. Qadri order reaches up till Prophet Mohammad through Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani. There are two offshoots of Qadri order; Zahidi Qadri and Sarwari Qadri. Sultan Bahoo declares only Sarwari Qadri order the proper and real Qadri order. He says:  Qadri order has two offshoots; Sarwari Qadri and Zahidi Qadri. Sarwari Qadri spiritual guide has perfect command over contemplation of Ism-e-Allah Zaat. When he blesses the

11 seeker with the spiritual education and Divine guidance through Ism-e-Allah Zaat, he grants him the status equal to his own on the very first day. The seeker becomes indifferent and independent of all needs, his attention remains focused only on the Truth. Hence gold and soil become equal for him. On the contrary, the follower of Zahidi Qadri order has to devote at least twelve years to very hard mystic struggles, so much so that his stomach remains empty. After twelve years he becomes eligible to be present before Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani and attains the status of a majdhub devotee while the status of a Sarwari Qadri is that of a beloved devotee. (Kaleedul-Tauheed Kalan)

He describes the status of Sarwari Qadri spiritual guide and devotees in these words:  What is the initial level of Sarwari Qadri? It is that the perfect Qadri spiritual guide drowns the true seeker of Allah in Divine light of gnosis and grants him presence of Mohammadan Assembly just by his glance, the contemplation of Ism-eAllah Zaat, the invocation of shahada or by his spiritual attention. This is the first day lesson of Qadri followers. The guide who neither knows this lesson nor takes his disciples to the holy assembly is not the perfect Qadri spiritual guide. His state of ecstasy is just his vain thought. The true Qadri disciples are eternally drowned in the Divine light of gnosis and union with Allah. (Kaleed-ul-Tauheed Kalan) Sultan Bahoo himself holds this status. He says:

‫ز ادتبا ات ااہتن کی دل ربل‬

‫رہ ہک اطبلِ قح وبد نم احرضل‬

‫ات راسمن رو ِز ا ّوك ابدخا‬

!‫اطبل ایب! اطبل ایب! اطبل ایب‬

Explanation: For every true seeker of Allah I render my guidance. I can take him from the initial stage of the spiritual journey to the final and supreme level in just a moment. Come to

12 me! Come to me! Come to me O seeker of Allah! I can take you to Allah on the very first day. Sultan Bahoo could not avail the opportunity to receive formal academic education because he was ever absorbed in the deep ocean of Divine Unity, even then he has authored 140 books. All of his books are in Persian except the collection of his poetry which is in the form of Punjabi quatrains. Sultan Bahoo‟s books are masterpiece of Divine knowledge. He proclaims that if anyone could not find a spiritual guide, his books will prove to be a medium for him to reach the perfect Sarwari Qadri spiritual guide who will take him to Allah. Sultan Bahoo‟s writing style is very simple and easy to understand even for a less educated person. However, at some places where he mentions the Divine secrets, his diction becomes complicated. Nevertheless, his writings are so persuasive and influential that they envelop the reader completely. If his books are read respectfully after ablution, an ocean of spiritual beneficence pours down to the reader. If the reader continues reading them with complete faith and true intention, he will be guided towards the perfect Sarwari Qadri spiritual guide who is the real spiritual successor of Sultan Bahoo in the contemporary age. Urdu translations of Sultan Bahoo‟s following books are available in the market: (1) Abyat-e-Bahoo (Punjabi poetry) (2) Dewan-e-Bahoo (Persian poetry) (3) Ain-ul-Faqr (4) Majalisa-tul-Nabi (5) Kaleed-ulTauheed (Kalan) (6) Kaleed-ul-Tauheed (Khurd) (7) Shams-ulArifeen (8) Ameer-ul-Kaunain (9)Taigh-e-Barhana (10) Risala Roohi Sharif (11) Ganj-ul-Asrar (12) Mehak-ul-Faqr (Khurd) (13) Mehak-ul-Faqr (Kalan) (14) Asrar-e-Qadri (15) Aurang Shahi (16) Jamay-ul-Asrar (17) Aqal-e-Baydar (18) Fazal-ul-Liqa (Khurd) (19) Fazal-ul-Liqa (Kalan) (20) Miftah-ul-Arifeen (21) Nur-ul-Huda (Khurd) (22) Nur-ul-Huda (Kalan) (23) Taufeeq-ul-

13 Hidayat (24) Qurb-e-Deedar (25) Ain-ul-Arifeen (26) Kaleed-eJannat (27) Mohkim-ul-Fuqara (28) Sultan-ul-Waham (29) Deedar Bakhsh (Kalan) (30) Deedar Bakhsh (Khurd) (31) Kashful-Asrar (32) Mohabbat-ul-Asrar (33) Tarfa-tul-Ain (this book is also known as Hujjat-ul-Asrar) (34) Saif-ur-Rehman (35) Talmeezur-Rehman (36) Ganj-e-Deen (Its manuscript was found from Tibba Peeran, District Jhang in May 1988 and was translated by Dr. Sultan Altaf Ali, a descendant of Sultan Bahoo, in September 2020). Among these, following books have been published in English by Sultan-ul-Faqr Publications: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

Risala Roohi Sharif (along with exegesis, published in 2015) Kashf-ul-Asrar (2015) Ganj-ul-Asrar (2015) Shams-ul-Arifeen (2016) Sultan-ul-Waham (2016) Ain-ul-Faqr (2016) Ameer-ul-Kaunian (2017) Mohkim-ul-Fuqara (2017) Kaleed-ul-Tauheed (Kalan) (2017) Qurb-e-Deedar (2018) Nur-ul-Huda (Kalan) (2019) Nur-ul-Huda (Khurd) (2021) Ganj-e-Deen (2021) Talmeez-ur-Rehman (2021)

Sultan Bahoo has not used the conventional terms of Sufism or Mysticism for his teachings, rather he calls them „Faqr‟. Faqr is the spiritual way which leads to the Divine knowledge and vision of Allah. In all his books, he lays emphasis on acquiring Faqr under the guidance of a Sarwari Qadri spiritual guide. He declares the invocation and contemplation of Ism-e-Allah Zaat the key to ultimate sanctity and purgation of soul after which the soul is blessed with the vision of Allah and presence in the

14 Mohammadan Assembly which are the most elevated spiritual stations. Sultan Bahoo says in his books that despite all his efforts he could not find a truly capable seeker of Allah to whom he could entrust the Divine Trust of Faqr for the future guidance of seekers. Hence, on the 1st of Jumada ath-thani in 1102 AH (1st March, 1691 AD) he passed away without transferring the Trust to anyone. Afterwards Sultan Bahoo entrusted it spiritually to Sayyid Mohammad Abdullah Shah Madni Jilani. The shrine of Sultan Bahoo is in Jhang, Pakistan. His death anniversary is held on the first Thursday of Jumada ath-thani.2 After Sultan Bahoo, the Sarwari Qadri order is continued as:      

Sultan-ul-Tarikeen Sultan Sayyid Mohammad Abdullah Shah Madni Jilani Sultan-ul-Sabireen Sultan Pir Mohammad Abdul Ghafoor Shah Hashmi Qureshi Shahbaz-e-Arifaan Sultan Pir Sayyid Mohammad Bahadur Ali Shah Kazmi al-Mashhadi Sultan-ul-Auliya Sultan Mohammad Abdul Aziz Sultan-ul-Faqr VI Sultan Mohammad Asghar Ali Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen Sultan Mohammad Najib-ur-Rehman

To read complete biography and teachings of Sultan Bahoo please study the books SHAMS-UL-FUQARA and MUJTABA AKHIR ZAMANI written by Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen Sultan Mohammad Najib-ur-Rehman, or their English versions titled as SUFISM-THE SOUL OF ISLAM and THE SPIRITUAL GUIDES OF SARWARI QADRI ORDER respectively. His complete biography is also compiled by Sultan Mohammad Najib-urRehman by the title SULTAN BAHOO in Urdu as well as English.

TERMINOLOGY ALIF Alif (‫ )ا‬is the first letter of Arabic alphabets that gives the sound

ّّٰ َ

of „A‟ and represents the name Allah ‫ اللہ‬which also starts with Alif. ANNIHILATION Annihilation is translated from Arabic word Fana (‫)فنا‬. Annihilation and immortality are two stages that form a compound in spirituality, annihilation alone is incomplete. Annihilation has various stages and continues according to the spiritual capacity until nothing but Divine Essence adorns the man within. The three levels are annihilation in the spiritual guide, the Holy Prophet and Allah. APPREHENSIONS It is used for the mystical term khatarat (‫ )رطخات‬which are the thoughts that become an obstacle in the spiritual way. BELIEVER The Arabic word Mumin (‫ )مومن‬is translated as the believer or faithful. A believer can be distinguished from a Muslim as a Muslim accepts Islam verbally or just because he is born in a Muslim family. He follows Islam only outwardly but the believer reaches the essence of Islam following the spiritual path and worships Allah while beholding Him with perfect faith. Following verse explains the difference:

ُ َ‫اب ّٰا َم ّ َنا ؕ ُق ۡل لّ َ ۡم تُ ۡؤم ُن ۡوا َو لّٰک ۡن ُقوۡلُوۡۤۡا اَ ۡس َل ۡم َنا َو ل َ ّمَا یَ ۡد ُخل الۡایۡم‬ ُ ‫َقال َ ِت الۡاَ ۡع َر‬ ‫ان‬ ِ ِ ِ ِ



ُ ُُ )9>:49( ‫ف ِ ۡی قلوۡ ِبک ۡم‬ Meaning: The bedouins say, “We have believed.” Say, “You have not (yet) believed. Rather say, „We have accepted Islam.‟ And the belief has not yet gone into your inwards.” (49:14) CONCENTRATION It refers to the mystic term Tafakkar (‫ )رکفت‬and means pondering over spiritual matters. Allah stresses upon the believers in Quran to ponder over the things in the universe. In Faqr concentration is compulsory along with invocation to have gnosis of Allah. CONTEMPLATION Mystically, contemplation refers to spiritual practice of Tasawur (‫ )وصتر‬which is to contemplate the name of Allah

ّّٰ َ ‫اللہ‬

in a

particular manner after taking oath of allegiance at the hand of perfect spiritual guide. When the seeker elevates spiritually, his contemplation also elevates and becomes stronger. DAWAT Dawat (‫ )دعوة‬is a spiritual act to communicate with the souls of shrines to seek their help and beneficence. Its knowledge is called ilm-e-dawat. DAY OF DIVINE COVENANT In pre-existence Allah created the souls of mankind from Divine light of Prophet Mohammad. Then He asked the souls:

ُ َ )<:4<1( ‫ال َ ْس ُت ِبرَ ِّبک ْم‬

Meaning: Am I not your Lord? (7:172)



ُ َ )<:4<1( ‫قالوْا بَلّٰی‬



Meaning: They said, “Yes!” (7:172) The promise made that day (though time was not created then) is translated as Divine covenant and it is called the day of Divine covenant. DIVINE COMMAND ‘BE! AND IT BECOMES’ „Be! And it becomes‟ is the command of Allah and is mentioned several times in the Quran. Transliteration is Kun Fayakun ( ‫کن‬

‫)فیکون‬. The word or command spoken by Allah when He decides upon a thing is Kun ( ‫ )کن‬which means „Be!‟ and „it becomes‟ immediately which is for the Quranic phrase Fayakun (‫)فیکون‬. DIVINE FAVOUR For the Quranic term toufeeq (‫ )توفیق‬meaning the help and strength provided by Almighty Allah to the seeker to perform any task, to cross any spiritual station or pass a trial. DIVINE LIGHT Arabic Nur (‫)نور‬, refers to the non-creation Divine power which enables the seeker to have vision of Allah. The Unknowable and Transcendent Divine Essence first of all manifested Himself in the form of Nur and that was the Nur of Mohammad which is the foundation of creation and is concealed in everything of the cosmos. Whoever reaches the Nur in his inner being by following the spiritual path, comes in light from darkness and finds the Reality.

18 DIVINE LOVE OR LOVE FOR ALLAH The Persian mystic term Ishq (‫ )عشق‬is translated as the Divine love or love of Allah. It is not the love of Allah amongst other loves such as love of family, wealth, world, hereafter etc. rather it is specific to that intense love for Allah which dominates and removes the love for all other things except Him. Only the Divine love is true love. DIVINE UNION For the Arabic term visal (‫)وصال‬, becoming one with Allah after annihilating in Him. DIVINE VISION Beholding Allah with the inward eyes on spiritually reaching the realm of Divinity. It is from the Quranic word Liqa (‫ )لقا‬and in Persian it is Deedar-e-Elahi (‫)ددیا ِرایہٰل‬. ESOTERIC SELF For the Arabic term Batin (‫)باطن‬. The Mystics have revealed that the spiritual or esoteric being of humans has seven layers or parts; 1) The innerself (nafs ‫)نفس‬ 2) The inward (qalb ‫)قلب‬ 3) The soul (ruh ‫)روج‬ 4) The secret (sir’r ‫) ِس ّر‬ 5) The hidden (khafi ‫)خفی‬

19 ّٰ 6) The concealed (akhfa ‫)اخفی‬ 7) The core (Ana ‫ )انا‬which is the Divine Essence. The spiritual journey of human starts from nafs and accomplishes when he reaches Ana i.e. finds the Divine Essence within himself. The esoteric self also includes all the spiritual realms of Sufi cosmology. FAKIR Fakir (‫ )ریقف‬comes from the Arabic word Faqr (‫)فقر‬. He is the one who travels the path of Faqr. FAQR Faqr (‫ )فقر‬is the path that leads the seeker of Allah to Divine closeness and vision. Prophet Mohammad was blessed with it on the night of Miraj and it is his Sunna. He said:

ّ َۡۡ ۡ َ ۡ َ َۡ ‫الفق ُر فخ ِر ۡی َوالفق ُر ِمنِ ْی‬



Meaning: Faqr is my pride and Faqr is from me. GHARIB According to the teachings of Sultan Bahoo Gharib )‫ (رغبی‬is such a Fakir who has negated everything except Allah and there is

nothing inside him other than Hoo (‫)ھو‬. GNOSIS The Arabic word marifa (‫ )معرفۃ‬is translated as gnosis of Allah. It is the vastest term of mysticism that gives a new meaning at every spiritual level. Basically it refers to the knowledge and recognition of Allah which keeps on increasing as the lover of

20 Allah progresses towards His closeness, hence reveals new dimensions at every stage. It includes vision of Allah, knowledge of His Essence and attributes, acquiring the attributes, annihilating in Him and finally becoming one with the Essence having His ultimate gnosis. Since Allah is Infinite, His marifa is also endless.

ّّٰ َ

The invocation and contemplation of Allah‟s personal name ‫اللہ‬ are the foundation of marifa. It can be gained from the inner sources like the intuitive and inspired knowledge as well as outer sources like the spiritually effective Sufi teachings and the words of the perfect spiritual guide. HOO

ُ (‫)ھو‬ ُ

Hoo (‫ )ھو‬is the Essence of Allah. It is used many times in the Quran for Allah:

Meaning: He (Hoo

َ ّ ّ ّٰ َّ ):>:11( َ‫ُھوَ الل ُہ ال ِذ ْی لَٓا ِالّٰ َہ ِالا ُھو‬



‫ ) ُھو‬is Allah, besides Whom there is no God.

(59:22)

IMMORTAL WITH ALLAH

ّّٰ

Baqa Billah )‫)بقا باللہ‬: At this station the seeker even crosses the station of „annihilation in Allah‟. He gains immortality with Allah on being attributed with His attributes. At this level he is

ّّٰ

called „the Mystic immortal with Allah (Arif Billah ‫‟)عارف باللہ‬ and is appointed on the throne of Divine guidance and persuasion as the perfect spiritual guide.

21 INNERSELF Innerself refers to the Arabic word nafs (‫)نفس‬. The nafs has four layers or levels. Each layer annihilates into the next upon its purgation and the nafs elevates to next level. The first layer incites man to commit sin and is called an-nafs al-ammarah

ّ ‫ )نفس‬i.e. the inciting innerself. On purification, it elevates to (‫اماره‬ ِ

next layer which blames and repents on committing sin. It is called an-nafs al-lawwamah (‫نفس لوامہ‬ ِ ) i.e. the repenting innerself. The third layer inspires before committing sin and is called an-nafs al-mulhimma (‫نفس ملہمہ‬ ِ ) i.e. the inspiring innerself. Whereas, fourth layer is pure of sins and is at peace, it is called an-nafs almutma’innah ( ‫نفس مطمئنہ‬ ِ ) i.e. the peaceful innerself. INSPIRATION Ilham (‫)ااہلل‬: It descends upon the inward from the spiritual world and can be either Divine or satanic. The type of inspiration depends upon the state of inward because if it is cleansed by the invocation and contemplation of the Divine names (Ism-e-Allah Zaat and Ism-e-Mohammad) then inspiration is pure. If inward is strayed from the right path and engulfed in sensual desires then it is from misleading sources. INSCRIBING ALLAH’S NAME ON BODY

ِ ‫ )قشم‬is The mystic exercise mashq murqoom-e-wajudia (‫رموقل ووجدہی‬ translated as the practice of inscribing Allah‟s name on the body. It

ّّٰ َ

is the mystic exercise in which Allah‟s name (‫ )اللہ‬is inscribed on the body with index finger in a particular manner. The powerful theophanies of Allah‟s name purify the soul of the inscriber.

22 However this practice is effective when performed after pledging allegiance to the perfect spiritual guide. INVOCATION Invocation is translated from Arabic/Quranic term dhikr (‫)ذسر‬ which means to remember Allah through repeated recitation of His name. In Sarwari Qadri order, invocation is done with breaths instead of tongue. ISM-E-ALLAH ZAAT

ّّٰ َ

Ism-e-Allah Zaat (‫ )اللہ‬is translated literally as „the personal name of Allah‟. It represents the Essence and all the Divine attributes and is His most powerful name. Its invocation and contemplation is given by the perfect spiritual guide of Sarwari Qadri order after a disciple pledges allegiance. It is the quickest way of closeness to Allah because of its miraculous powers. ISM-E-AZAM Ism-e-Azam (‫اسم اعظم‬ ِ ) literally means the greatest name of Allah amongst His ninety nine beautiful names. It is the name which contains all His powers and whose recitation solves all the problems. Mystics confirm that Ism-e-Azam refers to Ism-e-Allah

ّّٰ َ

Zaat ‫ اللہ‬because no other name of Allah is more powerful than

ّّٰ َ

the Divine name ‫اللہ‬. ISM-E-MOHAMMAD It means the name „Mohammad‟ ( ) of the Holy Prophet which is comprehensive of all his attributive names. In Sarwari Qadri order its contemplation is given for the spiritual elevation of the seekers.

23 JAMIAT Jamiat (‫ )تیعمج‬is a mystic term having multiple meanings. It may refer to spiritual powers, stability, peace, accumulation or satisfaction. It is the highest spiritual level whereby all the preceding levels accumulate in the being of the seeker. MAN OF DIVINE ESSENCE (SAHIB-E-MUSAMMA) He is the Fakir who is annihilated in Allah and has become immortal with Him. He is the bearer of the Trust, the representative of Allah and holds the status of the Universal Divine Man. He is the perfect spiritual guide possessing the light of guidance. His disciples are blessed with his contemplation through Ism-e-Allah Zaat. MAJDHUB The Persian term Majdhub (‫ )ذجموب‬is used for the one who cannot tolerate the effects of theophanies and loses his senses. Hence due to the lost and absorbed state, he cannot follow sharia properly neither can progress on the spiritual journey. The disciples of the perfect and accomplished spiritual guide of Sarwari Qadri order never become majdhub. MEDITATION Meditation stands for the Arabic word muraqaba (‫)مراقبہ‬. Muraqaba comes from raqibun which means the watchful, careful observer, vigilant, wakeful. Ar-Raqib is one of the beautiful names of Allah which means the One Who is Ever Watchful. Literally muraqaba means to watch over, to take care of or to keep an eye. Mystically it is to prevent the inward from everything other than Allah by focusing entire attention upon Ism-e-Allah Zaat.

24 MIRAJ Arabic word Miraj (‫ )معراث‬means ascension to Allah. The Holy Prophet is blessed with the ultimate Miraj where he beheld Allah directly without any veil and enjoyed absolute union. Through his mediation, the true seekers of Allah are also blessed with Miraj according to their respective levels. MOHAMMADAN ASSEMBLY One of the most elevated stages of Faqr is presence in the Mohammadan Assembly which is beyond words. In fact it is the truth of certainty and is gained by the invocation and contemplation of Ism-e-Allah Zaat provided it is granted by the perfect and accomplished spiritual guide. In his writings Sultan Bahoo condemns those who do not believe in eternal existence of Prophet Mohammad. MYSTIC Mystic, for the Arabic word Arif (‫)عارف‬, is the one who beholds, knows and remains with Allah and has attained presence in the Mohammadan Assembly. OATH OF ALLEGIANCE Oath of allegiance refers to mystic term al-bayah (‫)بیعت‬. When a person takes al-bayah to the spiritual guide, he becomes disciple and hands over himself to his spiritual guide in exchange of spiritual guidance. This, in fact, is a pact between Allah and His slave through the medium of spiritual guide. It eternally bonds the spiritual guide with the disciple.

25 OBSESSION In Arabic khurtum )‫ )زرطوم‬which literally means the intoxicating wine of grapes but in Faqr it is a thought or belief against sharia, mysticism or Faqr which occupies the mind in such a way that terminates all the moral and spiritual values. Sharia and Faqr have their respective principles which take the seeker to destination. If anything against these principles dominates a person it is called „obsession‟. ONENESS OF ALLAH Refers to the basic pillar of Islam Tauheed (‫)توحید‬. Believing in it is the prerequisite to enter Islam. The shahada „There is no God but Allah‟ is not only the verbal proclamation of Oneness of Allah but a believer‟s whole life revolves around it. Its profundity is only perceived by the Mystics, that is why the Holy Prophet said:

ُ َ ْ َ ْ َ ّّٰ َ َ َ ّّٰ َ ّ ‫ قائِلوْ َن لَٓا ِال ّٰ َہ ِالا الل ُہ ُم َح ّم ٌد ّر ُسوْ ُل الل ِہ ک ِثی ًرا ّو ُمخ ِل ُصوْ َن ق ِل ْیلًا‬

Meaning: There are many who recite shahada “There is no God but Allah, Mohammad is the Messenger of Allah” verbally but only a few say it sincerely. For the Mystics Oneness means that only Allah exists and none else. They are annihilated in Oneness to become one with Him and see Oneness of Allah everywhere. PRESENCE „Divine presence‟ is translation of mystic term Huzoori (‫)حضوری‬. It is the presence of soul and inward of the seeker before Allah specifically during prayers and generally all the time. Divine presence is gained by the invocation and contemplation of Ism-eAllah Zaat.

26 REFLECTION Refers to the mystic term fikr (‫)رکف‬. It is the power of thought and cognition which is one of the means to obtain the gnosis of Allah. SHARIA Sharia (‫ )شریعۃ‬is the set of Islamic laws derived from the religious precepts of Islam particularly the Quran and Hadith. SPIRITUAL ATTENTION Refers to the mystic term tawajjuh (‫ )توجہ‬i.e. the powerful attention of spiritual guide towards his disciples, through which he cleanses their inwards, solves their inner problems, teaches them wisdom and elevates them spiritually by making them experience different spiritual states. SPIRITUAL GUIDE Spiritual guide is English term for the Arabic word Murshid (‫)مرشد‬. Murshid is Quranic term and is also one of the attributive names of Allah. Murshid is not only the spiritual guide of the seekers of Allah but also their spiritual doctor who treats their inner diseases and trains them inwardly as well as outwardly as a spiritual instructor. No one has ever reached Allah without the guidance of a perfect Murshid. SUFI COSMOLOGY The Sufis have described six realms of Divine descent or soul‟s ascension to Allah. In descending order they are as follows;

27 a)

REALM OF INCOMPARABLE AND UNKNOWABLE

Arabic alam al-HaHooiyat (‫عالم ھاھویت‬ ِ ): It is the first realm in Sufi cosmology where the Divine Essence is in transcendent form. Simply to understand, here the Essence is called Hoo. It is also called alam al-Ahadiyah (‫عالم احدیت‬ ِ ), the realm of Transcendent Unity. b)

REALM OF FIRST MANIFESTATION

Arabic alam al-YaHoot (‫عالم یاھوة‬ ِ ): It is the second realm in Sufi cosmology. Here the Mohammadan light manifested for the very first time from the transcendent Divine light. It is also called alam al-Wahdah (‫عالم وحدۃ‬ ِ ), the realm of Divine Solitude. c)

REALM OF DIVINITY

Arabic alam al-LaHoot (‫عالم لاھوة‬ ِ ): It is the third realm. Here the Mohammadan light manifested in the form of Divine soul (ar-ruh al-qudsi ‫ )رو ِج قدسی‬which is the essence and origin of all human souls. When soul ascends to this realm, it is blessed with the Divine vision which is impossible in lower realms. It is also called alam al-Wahidiyah ( ‫عالم‬ ِ

‫)واحدیت‬, the realm of Divine Uniqueness. These three realms are collectively called the universe of Command (alam al-Amr ‫عالم امر‬ ِ ). d) REALM OF POWER

Arabic alam al-jabarut (‫عالم جبروة‬ ِ ): It is the fourth one. It is the realm of manifestation of all human souls from the Divine soul. Here the soul is without any form. It is also called alam al-arwah (‫عالم ارواج‬ ِ ), the realm of souls.

28 e)

ANGELIC REALM

In Arabic it is alam al-malakut (‫عالم ملکوة‬ ِ ). Here souls manifest in intangible symbolic forms. Dreams are related to this world. It is also called alam al-mithal (‫عالم مثال‬ ِ ), the realm of metaphorical forms. f)

THE PHYSICAL WORLD/ REALM OF BODIES

Alam an-nasut (‫عالم ناسوة‬ ِ ) or alam al-ajsam (‫عالم اجسام‬ ِ ): It refers to the material universe which is the last in Sufi cosmology. UNVEILING Kashf (‫)کشف‬: It literally means unveiling of hidden secrets. It is the Divine light which a seeker of Allah is blessed with on the path of Faqr. Veils are lifted through excessive invocation and contemplation of Ism-e-Allah Zaat and inscribing it on the body. Due to this, seeker‟s physical sight converts into the spiritual one hence he can see those things and incidents which others cannot.

AIN-UL-ARIFEEN ENGLISH TRANSLATION

ّ ّٰ ۡ ّ ‫الرَ ۡح ّٰمن‬ ّ ‫الل ِہ‬ ‫الرَ ِح ۡی ِم‬ ‫ِبس ِم‬ ِ In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Beneficent.

َّ َّ ‫الدا َریْ ِن ِالا ُھ ْو‬ ‫ل َ ْی َس فِی‬



Meaning: Nothing exists in both the worlds but Hoo. Infinite blessings and salutations upon the leader of all leaders Prophet Mohammad, his sacred Family and Companions. This book is written in compliance to the Holy Quran and Hadith. The writer is Sarwari Qadri Fakir Bahoo son of Bazayd who belongs to the Awan tribe and is the resident of Shorkot. It is written in the reign of Emperor Mohiyyuddin Aurangzeb. He is true follower of the Holy Prophet and firmly acts upon sharia with knowledge of certainty. May this king of Islam be blessed with power till eternity by the grace of Allah and His Prophet. I have titled this book Ain-ul-Arifeen and also declared it as a touchstone for the researchers.

‫لَہ ُھو‬

ّّٰ ‫ل ِلہ‬

ّّٰ َ ‫اللہ‬

These four Divine names (Allah, Lillah, LaHoo, Hoo) are like the key for the lock of both the worlds. Instead of becoming an emulator one must become a possesser of this key who could open every lock of part and whole. No one knows the mystery of these Divine names except the man of Divine Essence and only he can disclose it. The medium of Divine name

ّّٰ َ ‫ اللہ‬Allah

30 elevates the immortal Mystic to the station of non-creation and he achieves union with Allah. Only Allah! Everything other than Allah is lust. The medium of Divine name

ّّٰ ‫ل ِلہ‬

Lillah takes the

immortal Mystic to the realm of Divinity where he is united with Allah. By the medium of Divine name

‫لَہ‬

LaHoo the immortal

Mystic reaches the station of no station. By the medium of Divine name

‫ ُھو‬Hoo

he achieves the station of Transcendent

Unity and becomes one with Allah. These four Divine names are Ism-e-Allah Zaat which is like a mirror. The immortal Mystic spiritual guide is the one who immerses the seeker in Oneness and blesses him with every kind of observation through the mirror of Ism-e-Allah Zaat. He gains presence in the Mohammadan Assembly where he is honoured with company of all the Prophets, Sufis and Saints. He also observes all the levels and stations of the world and hereafter through this mirror and verifies them physically and spiritually. When he contemplates

ّّٰ َ

the medium of Divine name ‫ اللہ‬Allah in his brain, all the Divine secrets are disclosed upon him. Then he never gets oblivious of the observation of Oneness because the efficacy of Divine name

ّّٰ َ ‫ اللہ‬Allah does not let one sleep. When he engraves the Divine ّّٰ name ‫ ل ِلہ‬Lillah on his inward by contemplation, he becomes enlightened Fakir and a man of insight, eventually he is annihilated in Allah. When he contemplates the Divine name

‫لَہ‬

LaHoo with his physical eyes, all the veils are lifted from his eyes. Afterwards when he contemplates the Divine name

‫ ُھو‬Hoo

with his inner eyes, he observes that everything in his existence

31 which is other than Allah, burns to naught. The eternally ecstatic man is he who has become one with Allah. True man is the one who is engrossed in the invocation of Ism-e-Allah Zaat. Those oblivious of it are like Satan and devils. Allah says:

ُ ََ ُ ‫ اَلْان ْ َس‬ ‫ان ِس ّ ِر ْی َو انا ِس ّره‬ ِ Meaning: Man is My secret and I am his secret.

ۡۤ َ َ َ َ (17:70)‫ َو لَق ۡد س ّر ۡمنا بَنِ ۡی ّٰا َد َم‬

Meaning: And We have indeed honoured the children of Adam. (17:70)

Whoever is oblivious of Allah, is counted among the pagans. Allah says in a Qudsi Hadith:

َ ََ َ َ َ َ ََ َ َ َ ‫ِاذا ذس ۡر تنِ ۡی شش ۡرتنِ ۡی َو ِاذا ن ِس ۡی َتنِ ۡی کف ۡرتنِ ۡی‬



Meaning: When you invoke Me, you are in fact grateful to Me and when you forget Me, you commit infidelity. The knowledge of exegesis contains every knowledge. It encompasses total knowledge and jurisprudence. The most effective knowledge is the knowledge of ultimate dawat and invocation. Other kinds of effective knowledge are; (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h)

Knowledge which makes you conscious about your end Knowledge regarding Divine closeness, presence and union Knowledge of unveiling of graves knowledge of miracles Knowledge of world, angels, jinns and devils Knowledge of all the stations and spheres Knowledge of sainthood that is the ultimate bestowal Knowledge of Saints of Faqr and the Sultan-ul-Faqr

All these kinds of knowledge can be learnt through Ism-e-Allah Zaat. Dear! Know it verily that Ism-e-Allah Zaat will be with

32 you forever. Whoever becomes aware of the reality of Ism-eAllah Zaat, is blessed with a new (level of) soul every moment. He finds the Divine secrets by engraving it on the inward. You must obliterate everything from your inward that is other than Allah. For the truly religious people renouncing the world is the foundation of every devotion while love of the world is a curse for the people of inward.

‫ہس الطشق داد داین را روسك‬ ‫رہ ہک داین درل داد اُو ان وبقك‬ Explanation: The Holy Prophet divorced the world thrice. If someone tried to give him the worldly wealth, he refused.

‫اجک‬

‫ہفیج‬

‫اب‬

‫اپک‬

‫ہللا‬

‫امس‬

‫الہ داین یک وبد ودحت دخا‬ Explanation: Ism-e-Allah Zaat is pure, how can it be related to the carrion world! In the same way how can the worldly people attain to Oneness of Allah.

‫دنی و داین رہ دو اب دك راہ تسین‬ ‫اعرام را بلط زع و اجہ تسین‬ Explanation: The religion and worldliness cannot be retained in the inward simultaneously. Thus the Mystics never desire worldly respect and power. Allah says:

ّّٰ ۡ َۡ (33:4) ‫ َما َج َع َل الل ُہ ل ِرَ ُج ٍل ِّم ۡن قل َبی ِن ف ِ ۡی َجوۡفِہ‬

Meaning: Allah has not made for any man two hearts inside his breast. (33:4)

33 Hadith:

ْ ْ ْ ُّ َ ‫لدن َیا َمل ُعوْ ٌن َو َما فِ ْی َہا َمل ُعوْ ٍن‬ ‫ ا‬

Meaning: World is accursed and whatsoever belongs to it is also accursed. Both the worlds are in the core of inward while the inward is in the core of Ism-e-Allah Zaat. Following Hadith describes it:

ّ َ ُ ّّٰ

َ ْ

َُْ

ُ ُ ْ َّ

َ ‫ ِان القلوْ َب بَین ا ْص ُب َعین ِم ْن ا َصابع الل ِہ یق ِل ُب َہا ک‬ )2140‫یف یَشا ُ?(رتذمی۔‬ ِِ Meaning: Verily the inwards are between the two Fingers among the Fingers of Allah, He keeps turning them as He likes. (Tirmidhi 2140)

The inward upon which Ism-e-Allah Zaat is inscribed never gets affected by satanic whispers, obsessions, evil suggestions, apprehensions or sensual desires. As, such an immortal Mystic perpetually remains in the company of Allah. The next step is to annihilate in Prophet Mohammad by the contemplation of Ism-eMohammad. The seeker who is blessed with the efficacy of Isme-Mohammad, utters every word with Mohammadan light. Then is the stage of annihilation in Faqr through the medium of contemplation of Faqr. By its contemplation the Fakir is associated with souls of Sultan-ul-Faqr and becomes humble and Gharib. By the medium of contemplation of Alif the inward of a Fakir is annihilated in Alif. By the contemplation of spiritual guide loyalty with him is enhanced and the seeker gains whichever inward benefit he wishes. Subsequently he attains the Divine secret. Know that when Ism-e-Allah Zaat is engraved on the inward by contemplation, the satanic whisperer and obsessions become naught by its effects and the inward gets rid of all the filth and satanic veils. The inner eyes become powerful by the eternal light and the dark spot of heart is also brightened hence both the worlds come under the sight. The innerself perpetually remains

34 embarrassed, worried and perplexed. In fact it is at war with the spiritual guide and wishes that the seeker may lose his faith upon him and get separated because the spiritual guide slaughters the innerself like a butcher. At this point the seeker should trust upon his spiritual guide and must remain persevered otherwise neither he is the seeker of Divine vision nor the man of contemplation.

‫ابھ! ذرک قح ابز امدن از وہا‬ ‫ای ُ ؒ و‬ ‫دل دبل رعماج ابدش اب دخا‬ Explanation: O Bahoo! The invocation of Allah prevents one from following the desires of innerself and this grants him ascension towards Allah every moment.

‫رازہم‬

‫ای‬

‫ہن‬

‫رگ رتا ابور‬ ّّٰ َ ‫ل ِ ْی َمع اللہ ونشبی وبنی نخس‬

Explanation: If you do not believe it O brigand then recall the words of the Holy Prophet:

ْ ّّٰ َ ُ َ َُ ٌ َ ‫ ل ِ ْی َمع الل ِہ َوق ٌت ل َا یَ َس ُعنِ ْی فِ ْی ِہ َملک ّمق ّ َر ٌب َو لَا ن ِب ٌّی ّم ْر َس ٌل‬

Meaning: At times I have such closeness with Allah when neither any Prophet nor any archangel is between us. Every seeker who seeks Allah must firstly seek the perfect spiritual guide. Who is the perfect spiritual guide? One who shows the spectacle of all the stations of eighteen thousand worlds and their creations without putting the seeker in any kind of struggle, endeavour or pain and blesses him with presence in the Mohammadan Assembly without any invocation or reflection. In the Mohammadan Assembly, he physically and spiritually meets all the Prophets, Saints and Sufis present on the earth and the heavens, whether alive or dead. Hadith:

ُ َ َّ َ ‫ ک ّ ُل بَا ِط ٍن ُمخال ٌِف ل ِظا ِھرِ ف ُہوَ بَا ِط ٌل‬ Meaning: The esoteric self that is opposite to the exoteric self is false. The medium to annihilate in Allah is contemplation of Ism-eAllah Zaat and engraving it on the inward along with shahada:

َ َ ّّٰ ّّٰ َ ّ ‫ لَٓا ِالّٰ َہ ِالا الل ُہ ُم َح ّم ٌد ّر ُسوْ ُل الل ِہ‬

Meaning: There is no God but Allah, Mohammad is the Messenger of Allah. The contemplation lights such a fire in the existence that burns it entirely so much so the seeker cannot sleep. For such a seeker eating is an endeavour and sleeping is observation. Invocation is continued in him voluntarily and he remains in the state of spiritual frenzy, intoxication and absorption. However he is vigilant during frenzy and awake during sleep. Contemplation is the medium to annihilation in Allah. The inward becomes absolutely content by the contemplation of Ism-e-Allah Zaat and the seeker is absolved of all pains. He is full of gratitude for Allah, trusts Him and silently remains engrossed in beholding His countenance. The medium of contemplation of annihilation in Hoo keeps the seeker restless day and night. He achieves the love and consent of Allah in just a step. His inward contemplates Hoo and becomes Hoo. The Fakir who is man of Divine presence neither stays in dreams nor in illusions, he is eternally united with Allah and a man of concentration and beauty. Hadith:

ْ َ َ َّ َ َ ْ ّ ٌ ْ َ َ َّ ُ َّ َ َ ‫اد ِۃ الثقلی ِن‬ ‫ تفشر الساع ِۃ خیر ِمن ِعب‬

Meaning: Concentration of a moment is better than the worship of both the worlds. In this moment, number of years pass by instantly. The Holy Prophet said:

َّ َ َ َّ َ َ َ ‫ تفش ُر ْوا ف ِ ْی نِ ْعمَائِہٖ َو لَا تفش ُر ْوا ف ِ ْی ذاتِہ‬ Meaning: Reflect upon the signs of Allah not the Essence. No other blessing is better than reaching the Divine Essence through the invocation of Ism-e-Allah Zaat. If a person is disturbed by apprehensions during salat, invocation or reflection then surely he still has worldly desires and is not truly a seeker of Allah. Perfect spiritual guide is the one who takes the seeker to the Essence saving him from all apprehensions. The inward is like a home, apprehensions are like dog and Essence is the angel mentioned in the following Hadith:

َُ ْ ُ َْْ ‫ ل َا یَ ْدخ ُل ا لمَ ٰٓل ِئکۃ ف ِ ْی بَ ْی ِت فِ ْی ِہ ا لکل ِب‬

Meaning: Angels do not enter the house where a dog is kept. Invocation must be accompanied with reflection. The Holy Prophet said:

َ ْ َ ْ َّ َ ٌ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ ُ َّ َ ِ‫ لذۃ الا فکارِ خیر ِّم ْن لذ ِۃ الاذ کار‬

Meaning: Reflection gives more pleasure than invocation.

ْ ََْ ُ َ ْ ‫ ِذس ٌر ِبلَا فِش ٍر ک َصوْة الکل ِب‬

Meaning: To invoke (verbally) without reflection is like the barking of a dog. Some people hold their breath or heart during invocation. This is the way of infidels and only imperfect ones invoke by this method. One must not adopt this method. The spiritual guide who himself is still involved in struggles and pains is certainly unaware of the Divine treasures. However the spiritual endeavours are different. One who can fly in air is powerful near people but deprived near Allah. Similarly those whom people consider rich are indigent near Allah.

‫اب دوتس جنک رقف تشہب اتس و وباتسم‬ ‫یب دوتس اخک رب رس اجہ و وترگنی‬ Explanation: If one is blessed with the company of Beloved then even indigence is like a heavenly garden. While without the Beloved, the worldly riches and powers are worthless.

‫ات دوتس در انکر ابندش اکبل دك‬ ‫نع‬ ‫از چیہ متی زمہ ایندب ہک یم وخری‬ Explanation: Unless you adopt the company of Beloved by making Him the only desire of your heart, you cannot truly enjoy any blessing.

‫از دك ربوم منک مغ داین و آرخت‬ ‫ای اخہن اجی رتخ وبد ای ایخك دوتس‬ Explanation: I have discarded all the worries of the world and hereafter from my heart because a heart can either contain the love for Beloved or things other than Him. The ranks of the perfect spiritual guide and his true seekers cannot be confiscated by any sin nor can Satan, innerself or anyone else force them to commit sin. As the incident related in chapter al-Kahf of the Holy Quran, the act considered as sin by Prophet Moses was a virtue according to Khidr. One must not have misassumption about the Fakirs otherwise he may be deprived of faith. Hadith:

ۡ َ َْ ۡ ‫ ظ ّ ُن المُ ۡؤ ِم ِنی َن خی ًرا‬ Meaning: The assumption of a believer is always good. The alphabet that carries to the beloved is neither written in the books nor can be found from here or there as it is His word. Like

the Quranic alphabets

ّٓ ٓ ‫ الـم‬Alif

Laam Meem this word is also

inscribed on the Divine Tablet. The perfect spiritual guide who is man of sight gives the intoxicating beverage of Divine vision to the seekers. The seekers thank him and on achieving union with Allah they recite;

ّّٰ (9:129) ‫ َح ْس ِبیَ الل ُہ‬

Meaning: Enough for me is Allah. (9:129)

ّّٰ ّٰ َ (33:39) ‫ َوکفی ِبالل ِہ‬

Meaning: And Allah is sufficient. (33:39) You must know that miracles and unveiling of inwards are related with the physical world and their seeker remains stuck in the world. In the path of Faqr this is just the initial level and for the travellers towards Divine union staying here is just a waste of time as they seek only Allah. The Holy Prophet taught shahada to Ali ibn Abi Talib as:

ّّٰ َ ّ َ ّٰ َ ْ َ َ َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ ْ َ ُ‫اللہ‬ ‫ اغ ِمض عینیک و اسمع فِی قل ِبک یا ع ِلی لٓا ِالہ ِالا‬

Meaning: O Ali! Close your eyes and listen to your inward

ّ ّٰ َ ّ

َ ّٰ‫„ لٓا ِال‬There is no God but Allah.‟ invoking ‫ہ ِالا الل ُہ‬

ّ ّٰ َ ّ ‫ لَٓا ِالّٰ َہ ِالا الل ُہ‬is a promise made on the day of Divine covenant that there is no God but Allah. Hence keeping hopes in others, imploring to anyone else or fearing from others is infidelity and

ّ ّٰ َ ّ ‫ لَٓا ِالّٰ َہ ِالا الل ُہ‬is different from َّ ّ ّٰ َ ّ َ ّٰ َ becoming the embodiment of ‫ہ ِالا الل ُہ‬ ‫لٓا ِال‬. If the majesty of ‫لَٓا ِالّٰ َہ ِالا‬ ّ ّٰ ‫ الل ُہ‬affects the earth, it would be burnt to ashes. polytheism. Saying and hearing

39 Hadith:

ُ َ َ ۡ َّ ٌ َ ۡ ۡ ُ ۡ ۡ َّ ٌ َ ۡ ۡ ُ ‫ین َو ک ّ ُل‬ ‫ ک ّ ُل ال َعال َ ِمی َن ا ۡموَاة ِالا ال َعا ِم ِلی َن َو ک ّ ُل ال َعا ِم ِلی َن ا ۡموَاة ِالا الخائِ ِف‬ َۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ َّ ٌ َ َ ‫ین ا ۡموَاة ِالاالمُخ ِل ِصی َن‬ ‫الخائِ ِف‬

Meaning: All the scholars are (esoterically) dead except those who practise their knowledge, all the practitioners are dead except those who fear Allah and all those who fear Allah are dead except those who are sincere to Him.

ّ ّٰ َ ّ ‫ لَٓا ِالّٰ َہ ِالا الل ُہ‬must be said with truthfulness. If the rulers or pagans

say it by tongue but do not verify it by heart then it would not benefit them at all. Allah is the Knower of the hidden and for Him the inward state is important. Firstly it should be checked whether a person is human only exoterically and an animal esoterically. Hadith:

ْ َ َ َ َ ‫ َم ْن ا َح ّب قوْ ًما ف ُہوَ ِمنہ‬ Meaning: One belongs to the nation whom one likes. Only the one who has love of Allah in his inward can be considered man. May people understand! Allah says:

ۡ ّ َ ‫ال اَ َو ل َ ۡم تُ ۡؤ ِم ۡن ؕ َق‬ َ ‫ال ِا ۡب ّٰرھ ُم َر ّب اَرِن ۡی کَ ۡی َف تُ ۡحی الۡمَوۡتّٰی ؕ َق‬ َ ‫ َو ِا ۡذ َق‬ ‫ال بَلّٰی َو لّٰ ِک ۡن ل َِیطمَ ِئ ّ َن‬ ِ ِ ِ َّ ّ ً َ ۡ َ ۡ ُ َ َ َ ۡ ۡ َ ُ ۡ ۡ ‫الطیۡر َف ُد ۡر ُھ ّ َن ِال َ ۡی َک ثُ ّ َم‬ ‫اج َع ۡل َعلّٰی ک ِ ّل َج َب ٍل ِّمن ُہ ّ َن‬ ‫قل ِبی ؕ ق‬ ِ ‫ال فخذ ارب َعۃ ِم َن‬ َ ّّٰ َ َ َ ۡ َ ً ۡ َ َ َ ۡ ۡ َ َ ّ ُ ُ ۡ َ ّ ُ ً ۡ ُ (2: 260)‫اعل ۡم ا ّن الل َہ ع ِزیۡ ٌز َح ِک ۡی ٌم‬ ‫جز?ا ثم ادعہن یا ِتینک سعیا ؕ و‬

Meaning: And (also recall the event) when Abraham said, “My Lord, show me how you bring the dead to life”. Allah said, “Do you not have faith?” He submitted, “Why not! (I do believe), but

40 (I wish) my heart is blessed with gratifying calm”. Allah ordained, “Well, take four birds and tame them to feel attached to you; then (slaughter them and) place a piece of each of them on each hill, then call them. They will come to you at high speed. And know that surely Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.” (2:260) Know that Faqr is like gold and silver while the knowledge of scholars is like the touchstone of goldsmith. The scholar who acts upon his knowledge with body and soul, becomes righteous. Who are the righteous scholars? Those who have beautiful attributes and morals of the Holy Prophet and are dominant over their innerself and worldly matters. They reject the Satan, covetousness and stinginess. The veritable knowledge is that which grants the gnosis of Allah and takes to Him. You know that in the Quran Allah has not given any worth to the world. He says:

َّ ۡ َ ّّٰ َ َ ُ َ ٌ َ ُ َ َۡ َ ََۡ )1;:==-=>( ﴾﴿ ‫ال ّو لَا بَنوۡ َن ﴿ۙ﴾ ِالا َم ۡن اتی الل َہ ِبقل ٍب َس ِل ۡی ٍم‬ ‫ یوم لا ینفع م‬

Meaning: The day when neither wealth nor sons will profit. But he alone (will be the gainer) who appears before Allah with an inward protected (from) and pure (of all evils). (26:88-89)

ّٰ ۡ َ َ َ ۡ ۡ َ َّ َ )5:54 ( ‫ ا ِذل ٍۃ َعلی المُ ۡؤ ِم ِنی َن اع ِّز ٍۃ َعلی الک ِف ِریۡ َن‬

Meaning: They will be kind towards the believers but strict towards the disbelievers. (5:54) The Holy Prophet said:

ّٰ ُ ْ ُّ َ ‫لدن َیا َمز َر َعۃالْاز َِر ِۃ‬ ‫ ا‬

Meaning: Worldly life is preparation for hereafter. The Holy Prophet never had any worldly asset, his life was full of good deeds and was just for the preparation of hereafter. The preparation for hereafter is done in this world with the physical body. The inward that contains love for the world and its people

41 but is deprived of Allah‟s love, hellfire is produced in such an inward. Its sign is greed. Hadith:

َّ َْ ْ ُّ ُّ ُ َ ْ َ ّ ‫الدیْ ِن لَا یَ َس َعا ِن ف ِ ْی قل ٍب َوا ِح ٍد کا لمَآ ِ? َوالنارِ ف ِ ْی ِانآ ٍ? َوا ِح ٍد‬ ِ ‫ حب الدن َیا َو‬

Meaning: The love of world and religion cannot sustain in one inward just like fire and water cannot be contained in one utensil. There are two kinds of Faqr; one that grants union of Allah while other turns the traveller away from Him. The travellers who turn away remain needy while the true Faqr makes one independent of all needs as is the Hadith: ‫لحل‬ )‫(نیعاملعلوزنیا م‬

ّّٰ َ َ ّ ُ َ ْ ُ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ‫اث ِالا ِالی اللہ‬ ‫ الفقر لایحت‬

Meaning: Faqr needs nothing except Allah.

(Ayn al-Ilm wa Zain al-

Hilm)

However everyone needs Faqr. Hadith:

‫لحل‬ ّ ُ ْ ْ َ ْ ّّٰ ُ ْ ُ َ )‫ب (نیعاملعلوزنیا م‬ ِ ‫ نعوذ ِبالل ِہ ِمن فق ِر الم ِک‬

Meaning: I seek refuge in Allah from Faqr that brings disgrace. (Ayn al-ilm wa Zain al-Hilm)

Faqr means:

َ (5:54)‫ یُ ِح ّ ُب ُہ ْم َو یُ ِح ّ ُبوْنہ‬ Meaning: He (Allah) loves them and they love Him. (5:54) The station of its followers is:

ْ َ ْ ُ َ َ ْ ُ ْ َ ُ ّّٰ َ َ (98:8)ُ‫اعنہ‬ ‫ ر ِضی اللہ عنہم ورضو‬

Meaning: Allah is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him. (98:8) Hadith:

َ ُّ ُ َ ُ ‫الدن ْ َی‬ ٌ‫ام َخ ّ َن ٌث َو َطال ُِب ال ْ ُع ْق ّٰبی ُم ٔوَن ّ َ ٌث َو َطال ُِب الْمَوْل ّٰی ُم َذسّر‬ ‫طا ل ِب‬



42 Meaning: The seeker of world is an intersex, the seeker of hereafter is a female and the seeker of Allah is a male. Allah says:

ّٰ َ ۡ َ َ (53:17)﴾﴿‫ َما زاغ ال َب َد ُر َو َما طغی‬

Meaning: His eyes neither inclined aside nor overstepped the limit. (53:17) If the endeavours of a spiritual traveller neither grant him Divine observations nor elevate him on this way day by day blessing him with presence in the assembly of Prophets, Saints and Sufis then they cannot be called endeavours, rather are like brigand that are wasting his precious life. Hadith:

ُُ ُ ُ َّ َ َ ?ِ ‫لسکوْة َر َر ٌام َعلّٰی قلوْ ِب الْا ْول َِیآ‬ ‫ ا‬

Meaning: Stagnation is forbidden on the inwards of Saints. The knowledge based on verbosity is just a headache and its possessor is not a man. Whereas Faqr, Divine love and invocation of Allah are the sword to kill the innerself and this war is fought by men. The Holy Prophet said about this war:

َْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ّٰ َ َ ْ َ ِ‫ ر َجعنا ِم ْن ِجہا ِد الا ْصغرِ ِالی ِجہا ِد الاکبر‬

Meaning: We return towards the greater jihad from the minor one.

‫آم را ہک اضق ز لیخ اشعق ونتش‬ ‫آزاد دجسم اتس ارغ از تشنک‬ Explanation: One whom the destiny has included among the Divine lovers needs neither mosque nor the temple.

‫دویاہنٴ قشع را ہچ رجہام ہچ واصك‬ ‫از وخشی وگہش را ہچ دوزخ ہچ تشہب‬

43 Explanation: For the crazy lover separation and union are the same. He is engrossed in Allah within himself and has nothing to do with heaven or hell. One word of permission is far better than thousand words. Hadith:

َْ ‫ المُرِیْ ُد لَا یُرِیْ ُد‬ Meaning: True disciple has no desires. A disciple should be like Bayazid Bastami or Rabia of Basra. Hadith:

ّّٰ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ‫ ِاذا ت ّم الفق ُر ف ُہوَ اللہ‬

Meaning: When Faqr is accomplished that is Allah. One who achieves this destination, his ranks are unparalleled. Allah says:

ّّٰ َ ُ ‫الل ُہ ال ۡ َغن ّیُ َو اَن ۡ ُت ُم ال ۡ ُف َق َر‬ )9<:8=( ?@ ‫ و‬ ِ

Meaning: And Allah is Independent and you (all) are Fakirs. (47:38)

Rather he is empowered with the level of:

َ َ ُ ّّٰ َ )2:20( ‫ ِا ّن الل َہ َعلّٰی ک ِ ّل ش ٍٔی ق ِدیْ ٌر‬

Meaning: Surely Allah is All-Powerful to do everything. (2:20) Fakir is master of the worlds, his inward is pure of all apprehensions. The Holy Prophet said:

ْ َ ْ ُ َّ َ ‫ ل َا َص ّٰلوۃ ِالا ِب ُحضوْرِ القل ِب‬

Meaning: No salat without the presence of inward.

‫در ووجد سفن دیلپ اجہم اپک ہچ وسد‬ ‫در دك ہمہ رشک دجسہ رب اخک ہچ وسد‬

44 Explanation: If pure clothes are worn on the body with impure innerself then what‟s the use! One whose inward is replete with polytheism, his prostration to Allah would not benefit him at all. Do not keep the company of heretics and depraved. The Holy Prophet said:

َ َ َ ّ ُ ّ َ َ َ ٌ َ ٌٔ َ ّ ّٰ ُ ْ َ ‫ان َطا ِھر ل َایَد ُخ ُل ف ْی ال ّ َن َج‬ ‫اس ِۃ‬ ٍ ٍ ‫ِاسم الل ِہ شی طا ِھر لا یست ِقر ِالا ِبمک‬ ِ



Meaning: The name of Allah is pure hence only sustains in a pure being and never enters any impure place. It is mandatory upon the seeker of Allah to first of all find a spiritual guide. What are the signs of a perfect spiritual guide? He has the power of Divine command „Be‟ and „It becomes‟ (Kun Fayakun). If the seeker follows an imperfect spiritual guide then he wastes his time. The perfect spiritual guide is true reflection of Prophet Mohammad while the imperfect spiritual guide is like Satan and a brigand who ruins the life of seekers.

‫رگ وخبایہ ودحشت اب رہ اقمل‬ ‫دتس تعیب ریگ از ریقف وش الغل‬ Explanation: If you wish to attain every level of oneness with Allah then pledge allegiance to the Fakir and be his slave.

‫دش الغشم رہ ہک او را راہِ اُو‬ ‫ز رعش ابال تشگ زنمك اجہِ او‬ Explanation: Whoever becomes slave of Fakir and follows his path, his destination and rank lies beyond the Throne.

‫ وش ریقف‬،‫ وش ریقف‬،‫وش ریقف‬ ‫اعزجام دتس ریگ‬

‫دتس ریگ‬

45 Explanation: Become a Fakir! Become a Fakir! Become a Fakir and help the needy.

‫ابھو دب رب دوزخ ابندش چیہ زیچ‬ ُؒ ‫اب ریقف یف اہلل ونشب ای اجم زعزی‬ Explanation: O Bahoo! Nothing is worse than the hell. So listen my dear! In order to save yourself, join the Fakir who is annihilated in Allah.

‫وخبش امش زادہ وخبش حیبست انث‬ ‫اعمل الض وخبش اطمہعل و اضق‬ Explanation: O ascetic! You are happily occupied in your devotions and glorification while the scholars are busy in studying and giving verdicts. Lover of Allah is happy on having the consent of Allah and a Fakir is happy on annihilation of his innerself. The Holy Prophet said:

َ َ ‫ َع ِف ْیک ت َعالّٰی‬

Meaning: May Allah forgive you. If you wish to step on the path of Faqr then you must recite and follow:

ّّٰ َ ٓ َ ):4::5( ‫ ف ِف ّ ُر ْوا ِالی الل ِہ‬

Meaning: So run towards Allah. (51:50) Allah says:

ُ َ ُ ۡ ُ ّّٰ َ ۡ ُ َ َ (3:92)‫ ل َ ۡن تنالوا البِ ّر َحتی تن ِفقوۡا ِم ّما ت ِح ّ ُبوۡ َن‬

Meaning: You can never attain to piety unless you spend (for the cause of Allah) out of that which you like the most and Allah surely knows well whatever you give away. (3:92)

46 You must know and understand it verily that Allah has promised:

ُ ۡ ّّٰ َ َ ّ ۡ َ ۡ َ ّ َ ۡ َ َ )44:;( ‫ض ِالا َعلی الل ِہ رِزق َہا‬ ِ ‫ و ما ِمن د@ب ٍۃ فِی الار‬

Meaning: And there is no moving creation (living being) on the earth but (that) its sustenance is (a bountiful obligation) upon Allah. (11:6) Hadith:

ُ ّ ُ ‫ َم ْن ل َہُ الْمَوْلّٰی َفلَ ُہ الْک‬ ‫ل‬

Meaning: One who finds Allah, finds everything. Only Allah! Everything other than Allah is lust. Fakir is an ocean of Divine Oneness. Those who dive into the ocean of Faqr either catch the pearls of Divine treasure or die due to its stormy waves. One must become a Mystic. Who is a Mystic? None of the Mystics ever ran over water like a straw, neither flew in air like the flies. All the realities of pre-existence, eternity and the world are revealed upon the Mystic, nothing remains hidden from him. There are different categories of Mystics; Mystic of sharia, Mystic of mysticism, Mystic of the reality, Mystic of gnosis and the Mystic of Faqr who is annihilated in Allah and immortal with Him. Hadiths:

ُ َّ َ ْ َ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ‫ل ل َِسانہ‬ ‫ من عرف ربہ فقد ک‬ Meaning: He who recognizes his Lord becomes silent.

ُ َ َ ْ َ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ‫ال ل َِسانہ‬ ‫ من عرف ربہ فقد ط‬ Meaning: He who recognizes his Lord, talks more. Some are the Mystics of soul while some are Mystics of the innerself. Hadith:

َ َ ََ َْ َ ‫ َم ْن ع َر َف نف َسہ فق ْد ع َر َف َر ّبہ‬ Meaning: Whoever recognized his innerself undoubtedly recognized his Lord. There are some Mystics of Satan also. Allah says:

َّ ُ َّ َ َ ّ َ ۡۤ ۡ ُ ٌ (36:60)‫ ّٰی َبنِ ۡی ّٰا َد َم ا ۡن لا ت ۡع ُب ُدوا الش ۡی ّٰط َن ۚ ِانہ لَک ۡم َع ُد ّو ّم ِبی ٌن‬

Meaning: O children of Adam! Do not worship Satan; no doubt he is your open enemy. (36:60) Some are Mystics of the inward while others are Mystics of the exoteric self or the Mystics of transitory world. The Holy Prophet said:

َ َ ُ ْ ْ ُّ ُّ ُ َ َ َ ّ ُ ُ ْ َ َ ْ ُّ ُ ْ َ ‫ ُس ک ِ ّل خ ِط ْیئ ٍۃ‬A‫الدن َیا َر‬ ‫س ک ِل ِعباد ٍۃ و حب‬A‫ ترك الدنیا ر‬

Meaning: Renunciation of world is the basis of all devotions and love of the world is the root cause of all evils. Some are the Fakirs annihilated in Allah who are the Mystics of Divine secret. Allah says about them:

ُ ََ ُ ‫ اَلْان ْ َس‬ ‫ان ِس ّ ِر ْی َو انا ِس ّره‬ ِ Meaning: Man is My secret and I am his secret. You must know that the Fakir is a man of Divine Essence, man of Ism-e-Allah Zaat and the man of mazes. He is aware of the path to Allah far more than the scholars, hafiz of Quran and the people of Sufism. It is a sin to look towards the seeker of world. The objective of a majdhub devotee is different from the objective of the beloved devotee while objective of a veiled devotee is different. A majdhub can never travel the path of Faqr and a traveller of Faqr can never turn majdhub. Faqr is not attained by power or high levels rather it is attained by the kind attention and compassion of Allah. The scholars have words and deeds while the Fakir possesses the breath and the step. His

48 breath takes him to Oneness of Allah and his steps follow the sharia of Prophet Mohammad. Fakir is like the jeweller, sharia is like the touchstone and Faqr is like the gold and silver. In the assembly of the Fakir everyone is blessed according to his spiritual state. Which is the veritable knowledge of sharia? The knowledge that acquaints with the truth and ends the falsehood. Truly following the sharia rids one from the evil of Satan and innerself and leads towards the good deeds. What does one attain by adopting the path of mysticism? He separates from the world and the worldly people as Allah has not given any worth to the world in the Holy Quran. If a so-called Dervish, Fakir or spiritual guide inclines towards the pleasures of innerself, world and Satan forsaking the Mohammadan religion, he must not be trusted as how can the one who is himself spiritually sleeping awake the others! He is a miser, greedy and a restless fake fakir who is dependent on others. The Holy Prophet said:

ّّٰ ُ َ ْ َْ ‫ ن ُعوْذ ِبالل ِہ ِم ْن فق ِر المُ ِک ِّب‬

Meaning: I seek refuge in Allah from Faqr that brings disgrace. Veritable Faqr is independent and indifferent to both the worlds. Hadith:

ّّٰ َ َ ّ ُ َ ْ ُ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ‫اث ِالا ِالی اللہ‬ ‫ الفقر لایحت‬

Meaning: Faqr needs nothing except Allah. What is Sufism? Sufism is based on the special commands of Allah. Who is a Sufi? He is the one who receives all these commands directly from Allah through inspiration and remains with Allah. What is mysticism and who is a man of mysticism? Mysticism is entirely related with the esoteric self and the man of mysticism is the one who submits his inward. Endeavours are his food and his sleeping means Divine observations.

‫ابھو وخباب وخردم رما دامئ واصك‬ ُؒ ‫انی نینچ ضیف رقفش الزواك‬ Explanation: O Bahoo! I have been blessed with such everlasting beneficence of Faqr that I perpetually enjoy Divine union whether I am eating or sleeping. Listen O ascetic, the labourer of paradise! The stomach of Fakirs is like a stove, their food is Divine light and their sleep is Divine presence. The men of Allah take sustenance of this world but do the work of other world. Allah says:

ُ ّٰ ۡ َ ّّٰ ۡ ُ ۡ َ َ )9>:48( ‫ ِا ّن اس َر َمک ۡم ِعن َد الل ِہ اتقک ۡم‬

Meaning: Surely the most honourable amongst you in the sight of Allah is he who fears Allah the most. (49:13) Single sight of a Fakir that lays the foundation of Faqr in the existence of a seeker is far better than the devotions of years. Gaining outward knowledge is just a headache while the job of true men is to behead their innerself with the sword of invocation. Through knowledge one comes to know about destiny but by killing the innerself one wins the eternal battle. The Holy Prophet declared this battle as superior to the physical battle:

َْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ّٰ َ َ ْ َ ِ‫ ر َجعنا ِم ْن ِجہا ِد الا ْصغرِ ِالی ِجہا ِد الاکبر‬

Meaning: We return towards the greater jihad from the minor one. The speech of jurists is different from that of the winning soldiers. The Fakir is a man of accountability of the innerself for himself as well as for the seekers of Allah. What is the difference between Faqr and knowledge? Knowledge is like a lamp for the religion while Faqr is the sun. How can a

50 lamp dare to show its light before the sun! Only that scholar elevates to the level of Fakir who practises upon his knowledge. No one knows the exact reality of the world, innerself, Satan and Faqr except Allah, Prophet Mohammad and the one whom Allah chooses for His bestowal and beneficence due to his extreme involvement in Allah. Hellfire is nearer to the jugular vein of three kinds of people; firstly those who have knowledge still they commit sin and their sin is proved, secondly those who oppress the orphans and do not fear Allah, thirdly the ignorant who do not pay attention towards knowledge and remain busy in gluttony, wearing expensive dresses and making their name. There are four destinations of Faqr and each has a brigand. First is the destination of sharia and the enemy here is Satan, second is the destination of mysticism where the enemy is one‟s innerself, third is the station of reality and the enemy here is fear of hell while fourth is the destination of gnosis where the enemy is lust of paradise. Allah says:

ّٰ َ ۡ َ َ ):8:4<( ﴾﴿ ‫ َما زاغ ال َب َد ُر َو َما طغی‬

Meaning: His eye neither inclined aside nor overstepped the limit. (53:17) Alas! People advise others but themselves remain away from Allah. Allah says:

ُ َ ََ ۡ َ ۡ َ َّ َ ۡ ُ ُ ۡ َ َ ۡ ُ َ َۡ ُ ُ َۡ ﴾﴿‫اس ِبالبِ ّرِ َو تن َسوۡ َن انف َسک ۡم َو ان ُت ۡم ت ۡتلوۡ َن ال ِک ّٰت َب ؕ افلَا ت ۡع ِقلوۡ َن‬ ‫ اتامرون الن‬ )2: 44(

Meaning: Do you command others for piety and forget yourselves, whilst you (also) recite the Book (of Allah)? So do you not think? (2:44)

‫ابھو راہ وچم اشہ اتس رہ وسہشار‬ ُؒ ‫سفن رمبک را ربد رب رہ دایر‬ Explanation: O Bahoo! When one has to travel towards the King, every rider should make the innerself his ride and reach every station by controlling it. Relinquishing one‟s attributes takes to the Essence. Allah says:

ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ ۡ )80:19(‫ یُخ ِر ُث ال َح ّیَ ِم َن المَ ِّی ِت َو یُخ ِر ُث المَ ِّی َت ِم َن ال َح ِّی‬ Meaning: He is the One Who brings forth the living from the dead and brings forth the dead from the living. (30:19)

ُ َّ َ َْْ َْْ ْ َّ ْ َّ ‫ الش ْیخ یُ ْح ِی َویُ ِم ْی ُت یُ ْح ِی القل َب َویُ ِم ْی ُت النف َسؕؕ یُ ْح ِی النف َس َویُ ِم ْی ُت القل َب‬

Meaning: The spiritual guide is the giver of life and death. He can give life to the inward (of seeker) and death to his innerself or may enliven the innerself and give death to the inward (by seizing it). He is authorized both ways. Hence the perfect spiritual guide is the man of authority and the medium towards contemplation. He is the immortal Mystic immersed in the ocean of observations. When one gains authority upon virtues, he is accomplished. Obligations were fixed upon Noah exactly during the storm. Bahoo says, “I have annihilated in Allah and drowned in Oneness by submitting to the destiny fixed by Him.”

َ َ َ ْ َ ّّٰ َ ّ َ ّ َ ْ َ ُ ‫ اش َہ ُد ا ْن لٓا ِالّٰ َہ ِالا الل ُہ َو اش َہ ُد ا ّن ُم َح ّم ًدا َع ْب ُده َو َر ُسوْلہ‬

Meaning: I bear witness that there is no God but Allah and I bear witness that Mohammad is the Divine slave and Messenger of Allah. Allah will present five sacred entities as an example upon five groups of people on the Last Day; Prophet Joseph upon the slaves,

52 Prophet Job upon the sick, Prophet Solomon upon the rich, Prophet Jesus upon Dervishes and Prophet Mohammad upon Fakirs and scholars.

‫دل را اگنہ دار ہک اعمل دمیست‬ ‫ل‬ ‫دل شیپ داان ہب از اع میست‬ Explanation: You must guard you breath as existence of the world is due to it. Rather the sages consider the breath superior to the entire world. Fakir Bahoo answers:

‫دمال‬

‫ابندش‬

‫ایحیت‬

‫را‬

‫دل‬

‫رقف تشگ یف اہلل دبل را ہچ انل‬ Explanation: Breath does not have eternal life. Faqr is annihilated in Allah hence is eternal, breath has no worth as compared to it. When the breath which was earlier continued being stranger to Allah, becomes one with Faqr, it converts to Divine light. At this level the invocation and reflection extremely enhance the passion of the seeker for Allah. The destination of immersion in the state of annihilation in Allah and the levels of Divine closeness, union, presence and further higher levels are also achieved through the Divine invocation. Superior Fakir is the one who does not seek anything but immersion in the Truth. Strange are these worldly people who declare themselves as the loud and secret invokers. They are liars and their claim is false. The sign of true invocation is that it keeps the invoker restless. If special invocation of Allah is performed with sincerity, it perpetually keeps the invoker immersed in the ocean of Oneness and blesses with eternal presence of the Mohammadan Assembly. This is the real invocation. If a person does two lakh two thousand kinds of recitals in a month so much so his heart, flesh, skin rather each

53 and every cell starts invoking Allah‟s name loudly but the invoker does not gain Divine presence then his invocation is useless and worthless. If he becomes unconscious of himself while invocation and people consider him crazy and ecstatic, if he keeps sobbing and shivering and all his body parts remain warm due to the effects of invocation then these are the signs of imperfect seekers who remain stuck at initial levels of mysticism and could not accomplish in Faqr.

‫بکش وخشی رت اکر وت شپ رتشیپ‬ ‫راہ ونہز ااسنم اعرف ابہلل ای اگٴو رخ‬ Explanation: Your destination is far ahead, to attain it you must kill yourself i.e. desires of your innerself. O animal like human! There are still many way stations to cover before you become a true human and a Mystic. Listen O pure Dervish! One must be a true Dervish not the one who seeks wealth and sells himself and the religion Islam. This is sheer paganism.

‫ابھو ز رہشگ زندکی ایمب ایر‬ ُؒ ‫ارگ ربای از وخد و از وچم رچا‬ Explanation: O Bahoo! I found the Beloved nearer than the jugular vein. One achieves this station when he liberates himself from his own self as well as questions and objections. Allah says:

َْ َ ْ ):5:4;( ‫ َو ن ْح ُن اق َر ُب ِا ل َ ْی ِہ ِم ْن َح ْب ِل الوَرِیْ ِد‬

Meaning: And We are nearer to him than his jugular vein. (50:16) You must be steadfast on shahada that there is no God but Allah, conceal yourself in it and should recite it with tongue as well as by inward as commanded:

ّ ٌ ْ َْْ َ ‫ان َو ت ْص ِدیْ ٌق ِبالقل ِب‬ ِ ‫ ِاق َرار ِبال ِل َس‬ Meaning: Affirm by tongue and confirm by inward. In the pre-existence we made the covenant with Allah (to consider none as God other than Him). Reverting from it is infidelity and polytheism. Allah has made mandatory upon us:

ۡ َ َ ََ َۡ َ َّ َّ َ َ )93: 10-11( ﴾﴿ ‫السآئِ َل فلَا تن َہ ۡر ﴿﴾ َو ا ّما ِب ِن ۡعمَ ِۃ َر ِّبک ف َح ِّدت‬ ‫ و ام ا‬

Meaning: Do not reproach anyone who asks (for help). And proclaim (well) the bounties of your Lord. (93:10-11) The Fakir offers all kinds of devotions for Allah, he does all kinds of struggles he knows to reach Allah and performs recitals hence attains to higher levels of piety very soon. However you must understand that the one who is unaware of the esoteric self, his all struggles prove to be false. He is just doing the deeds of common people and has no knowledge of the deeds of chosen ones. The Holy Prophet said:

ُ ُ ُُ َُْ ُ َ ُْ ُ ُ ْ ّّٰ َ ‫ ِا ّن الل َہ لَا یَنظ ُر ِال ّٰی ُصوَرِک َم َول َا یَنظ ُر ِالّٰی ا ْعمَال ِک ْم َولّٰ ِک ْن ّینظ ُر ف ِ ْی قلوْ ِبک ْم َونِ ّ َیا ِتک ْم‬

Meaning: Verily! Allah neither observes your physical appearance nor the deeds rather He observes your inward and intentions. The point of attention of Allah is the inward not the tongue. Unless the overpowering invocation that is done with inhale and exhale, continues in the existence neither all the organs of the body become obedient nor the innerself is subdued. Then the invoker reaches the stage of:

َْ ُ ):::1>(﴾﴿‫ ک ّ َل یَوْ ٍم ُھوَ ف ِ ْی شا ٍن‬ Meaning: Every moment, His glory manifests anew. (55:29)

َ َ َ ُ ُ ):::1;(﴾﴿‫ان‬ ٍ ‫ ک ّل َم ۡن َعل ۡیہا ف‬

Meaning: Whoever is on the earth will perish. (55:26)

55 These levels which are the medium towards union with Allah, does not unveil unless; 

  

    

The tongue, innerself, inward and soul of the invoker become one and the same; each of them takes the form of a human, shakes hand with him and fulfills all the promises The sound of invocation delights his innerself and gives jamiat to the soul The invoker sacrifices both the worlds on the gibbet of his inward out of intoxication and frenzy Reaches the station of qab qausain3 which is the secret of the Holy Prophet and the station of Singularity and ultimacy of honour of love Views the spectacle of eighteen thousand realms Meets the souls of all Prophets, Saints, Sufis and spiritual guides Tastes the syrup of Oneness with truth of certainty The promise of Allah is fulfilled and the flaws of invoker‟s innerself are revealed upon him He annihilates in Allah, becomes immortal with Him and approaches the station about which Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani said;

ّٰ َ ّّٰ

َ َْ ََ ْ ََ

ْ َ ََ

َ ‫ َو َم ْن ا َر َاد ال ِع َب‬ )‫ادۃ ب ْعد ال ُح ُصوْ ِل الوَ ُصوْ ِل فقد کف َر َو اش َرك ِبالل ِہ ت َعالی (ارلاسۃلاوغلہیث‬

Meaning: One who intended to worship after attaining union with Allah, committed infidelity and polytheism. (Ar-Risala tul-Ghausia) Moreover, he cannot achieve the everlasting Faqr unless he relinquishes each and every sin by heart. Allah says about the people having evil inward;

ۡ ۡ َ ّّٰ َ َ ّ ۡ ُ ُ ۡ َ )7:40(‫اط‬ ِ ‫ َو لا یَدخلوۡ َن ال َجنۃ َحتی یَ ِلج ال َجمَ ُل ف ِ ۡی َس ِ ّم ال ِخ َی‬

Distance of two bow length between Allah and the Holy Prophet as mentioned in sura al-Najm verse 9.

56 Meaning: Nor they will be able to enter Paradise until the camel passes through the eye of a needle (i.e. their entrance into Paradise will be impossible the same way). (7:40) O believer! Allah the most Beneficent has established His Throne in the inward. It is the inward where His vision and union are achieved. His seeker perpetually witnesses Him in his inward and experiences various spiritual states. Sleeping of such a seeker is not like common sleep and his rectified inward never sleeps. The Fakirs are true sages and possess sharp sight. Their wrath is the sample of Allah‟s wrath and their majesty contains Divine beauty that manifests from their body. They can view the spectacle of pre-existence in a single glance. Although neither do they nor their disciples have enough food yet they are more powerful than the people as they never fall weak before the evil innerself. They know and recognize each and everything in both the worlds and nothing is concealed from them. This is the special Mohammadan way that was bestowed upon him on the night of Miraj and is pure of deceitful unveiling and miracles. Allah says:

َ َ ُ َ َ ّٰ َ ّ َ َ ّ )7:182(﴾﴿‫ َو ال ِذیۡ َن کذبُوۡا ِبا ّٰی ِتنا َسن ۡس َت ۡدرِ ُج ُہ ۡم ِّم ۡن َح ۡیث ل َا ی ۡعلمُوۡ َن‬

Meaning: But those who deny Our revelations, We shall soon lead them gradually towards catastrophe in such an imperceptible manner that they will not even notice it. (7:182) I have titled this book Ain-ul-Arifeen and declare it a touchstone for the researchers.

‫دش ابنی فینصت ّرس از اہٰل‬ ‫ابداشہ‬

‫ادلشنی‬

‫یحم‬

‫زامم‬

‫در‬

Explanation: This book is one of the secrets of Allah and is written in the time of Emperor Mohiyyuddin.

‫او‬

‫انل‬

‫اعدك‬

‫زبی‬

‫اورگن‬

‫از رطہقی اخص وبنی ربدہ وگ‬ Explanation: He is commonly known by the name Aurangzeb while his title is Adil which means the just one. He follows the special Mohammadan way.

‫دخا‬ ‫ربکای‬

‫از‬

‫رتبدس‬

‫اعدب‬

‫ودحت‬

‫ارسار‬

‫و‬

‫زادہ‬ ‫رحمل‬

Explanation: He is an ascetic and worshipper of Allah and fears Him. He is also the confidant of secrets of Divine Oneness.

‫راربہ‬

‫رطتقی‬

‫مہ‬

‫در رشتعی‬

‫از تقیقح رعمتف اصبح رظن‬ Explanation: He is a guide on the path of sharia as well as mysticism and is also a man of sight regarding gnosis and reality.

‫لظ اہلل ز احك رب مہ اخص و اعل‬ ‫ات ایقتم ابد او اقمئ اقمل‬ Explanation: He is like a shadow of God for his common and special subject. May Allah bless him forever. Allah says:

ُۡ َ ُ ّّٰ ُ ۡ َ ّ ‫الل َہ َو اَ ِط ۡی ُعوا‬ ( 4:59) ‫الرَ ُسوۡ َل َو اولِی الۡا ۡمرِ ِمنک ۡم‬ ‫ ا ِطیعوا‬ Meaning: Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those who hold command amongst you. (4:59) You must know that Ism-e-Allah Zaat is the medium through which the path to Allah is traversed. It is not related with any other invocation, reflection or devotion except the contemplation of Ism-e-Allah Zaat that grants authority and Divine presence to

58 the seeker and annihilates him in Allah hence he becomes immortal with Him and gains eternal life in both the worlds.

‫اقمئ‬ ‫دامئ‬

‫وت‬

‫شیپ‬

‫درگیی‬

‫ مول‬

ّ‫یح‬

‫رگاتفر‬

‫وت‬

Explanation: The Eternal and the Sustained is perpetually with you but you are always involved with others. Allah says:

ُ ّٰ ۡ َ ّّٰ ۡ ُ ۡ َ َ )9>:48( ‫ ِا ّن اس َر َمک ۡم ِعن َد الل ِہ اتقک ۡم‬

Meaning: Surely the most honourable amongst you in the sight of Allah is he who fears Allah the most. (49:13) The perfect spiritual guide who is the immortal Mystic is blessed with eternal Divine presence. It is not at all difficult for him to ennoble the seekers of Allah with presence in the Mohammadan Assembly. Whoever doubts the power of Ism-e-Allah Zaat, path of Faqr that leads to annihilation in Allah, eternal life of the Holy Prophet and presence in his assembly, undoubtedly turns infidel and reprobate and is counted as an apostate. I seek refuge in Allah from this. Allah sent the Holy Prophet in this world for guidance towards righteousness. Satan can never declare himself a righteous guide as he never guides anyone towards recitation of Quran, invocation of Allah, salat or other devotions that are the foundation of religion Islam. The Holy Prophet said:

َ َّ َّ َّ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ْ‫الش ْی ّٰط َن لَا یَ َتمَ ّث ُل بی‬ ‫ الحق ِان‬A‫ن ِ ْی فقد ر‬A‫ من ر‬ ِ

Meaning: Whoever beheld me in fact beheld the Reality, Satan cannot take my form. He meant to say that whoever beheld him should be sure that he beheld him not anyone else. He also said:

َْ ْ

ََ

َ ْ

)<=;<‫ن ِ ْی ف ْی المَنا ِم فق ْد َر ّٰای فیْ ال َیقظ ِۃ (دنسمادمح۔‬A‫ َم ْن َر‬ Meaning: Whoever beheld me during sleep, it is as if he beheld me while awake. (Musnad Ahmad 7867) The writer of this book Bahoo who is annihilated in Hoo says that it is written in compliance to the verses of Quran and Hadith. The true men of knowledge are blessed with this path. The seekers of Allah consider knowledge superior to everything because knowledge is the foundation and asset of gnosis of Allah rather it is the crux. It does not refer to the knowledge of common people which they do not even practise. Firstly one should gain every kind of knowledge then step onto the path of Faqr and burn oneself in Allah‟s love. As, knowledge guards against the Satan and innerself and is a guide on the path to Allah. Ascetic without knowledge gets depraved and becomes a devil. Beware and be wise! There are some groups who superficially adorn themselves with devotions and claim to be special people of Sunna and men of Divine favour but inwardly they are irreligious. The Holy Prophet said:

ْ َ ََْ َ ۡ ُ ْ َ َ ‫لال ِب ْد َع ِۃ‬ ‫ لا تج ِلسوا مع اھ‬ Meaning: Do not keep the company of heretics.

َّ ُ َ ْ ْ ُ ْ َ ‫ اھ‬ ِ‫لال ِبد َع ِۃ کِلاب النار‬

Meaning: Heretics are the dogs of hell. They are absolute liars. Outwardly they pretend to be Fakir and Dervish but esoterically they are brigands and evil. You must realize that their seclusion is full of disruptions. Whether they are master or a servant, all are trapped in deceit. In fact they are evil and satanic men indulged in pleasures of innerself. Their closet of seclusion is itself a veil for them, their devotions are pretentious and inward is rotten.

60 A disciple should seek Allah from his spiritual guide. The seeker should test the spiritual guide whether he is acquainted with every kind of knowledge and knows every way of mysticism esoterically as well as exoterically. Moreover the seeker should be magnanimous, wise and a true wisher of presence in the Mohammadan Assembly otherwise it is not at all difficult to turn crazy thousands of ignorant with a single glance. My dear! The worst of all the devils and the most dangerous enemy is your innerself that is present in your existence. If you could see how ugly and filthy it is, you would stab your stomach yourself. Innerself is the inner thief while Satan is the outward thief. If you imprison the inner thief, the outward thief would automatically separate from it. You should behead or hang it till death and for this you must know how to find this hidden thief. The innerself is present in your entire existence just like the cream, butter, curd and ghee all are present in milk. Spiritual guide is like the woman who puts a little curd in the milk that converts the milk into curd. The curd is churned to produce butter. When that butter is heated on fire, impurities are removed and pure ghee is obtained. Similarly the spiritual guide shows the seeker his innerself, inward, soul and secret (inner part) separately by the grace of Allah. These four are related with four levels of innerself. The inciting innerself is extremely chaotic and turbulent and the seeker has to fight against it. The Holy Prophet said:

َْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ ّٰ َ َ ْ َ ِ‫ ر َجعنا ِم ْن ِجہا ِد الا ْصغرِ ِالی ِجہا ِد الاکبر‬

Meaning: We return towards the greater jihad (against innerself) from the minor one. No one but only the spiritual guide can kill the innerself which is an infidel and the antichrist while the spiritual guide is like the Christ. He kills the innerself and enlivens the inward. The innerself cannot be burnt without the medium of (invocation and

61 contemplation of) Ism-e-Allah Zaat and it cannot be recognized without gaining the gnosis of „only Allah.‟ It can never be imprisoned but only when one separates from people and prevents himself from their evil. The innerself never becomes true Muslim without the invocation of Ism-e-Allah Zaat and it does not become obedient unless one adopts silence and company of perfect spiritual guide. Company of the perfect spiritual guide even for a moment is far better than seventy years of devotion. The innerself becomes infidel while committing sin, acts like an animal at the time of lust, a crazy dog while hungry and Pharaoh when sated. There are four levels of innerself; inciting innerself, repenting innerself, inspiring innerself and the satisfied innerself. You can recognize these four by their signs and can kill them with four levels of invocation of Ism-e-Allah Zaat (Allah, Lillah, LaHoo and Hoo). Keep in mind that the invocation with breaths, reflection, Divine closeness and Divine presence correspond with four levels of innerself respectively. They are pointed out in the verse:

َّ ّ ً َ ۡ َ ۡ ُ َ ُ ۡ ‫الطیۡر َف ُد ۡر ُھ ّ َن ِال َ ۡی َک ثُ ّ َم‬ (2:60)‫اج َع ۡل َعلّٰی ک ِ ّل َج َب ٍل‬ ِ ‫ فخذ ارب َعۃ ِم َن‬

Meaning: Take four birds and tame them to feel attached to you; then (slaughter them and) place a piece of each of them on each hill. (2:260) Shams of Tabriz uttered:

‫اہچر وبدل ہس ُشدل اونکم دومی‬ ‫دشل‬

‫اتکی‬

‫بگمتش‬

‫دویئ‬

‫ز‬

‫و‬

Explanation: Previously I was four, then became three and afterwards two. When came out of duality, I became one with Allah. The writer answers:

‫ادتبایئ کی و آبرخ زین کی‬ ‫و ز دویئ ذگبتش رتہب از کلم‬ Explanation: The beginning is one and finality is also to become one. Surpassing from duality is better than being an angel. The innerself of the Mystics merges with their inward, inward merges with the soul and the soul merges with the secret. Hence the Mystic elevates to the level of Mystic immortal with Allah and becomes a man of Divine secrets. There is nothing that the Mystic is not aware of or is concealed from him. Mystic immortal with Allah is the one who takes the seekers of Allah to Him granting His unveiled vision without indulging in any kind of struggle or asceticism. As, burning for a moment in the theophanies of Divine light is harder than hundreds of forty-day seclusions and laborious struggles. The Mystic immortal with Allah blessed with light of Divine presence is the one who acquaints the seekers of Allah with their own existence and shows them their innerself, inward, soul and the secret each separately. Hadiths:

َ َ ََ َْ َ ‫ َم ْن ع َر َف نف َسہ فق ْد ع َر َف َر ّبہ‬

Meaning: Whoever recognized his innerself undoubtedly recognized his Lord.

ُ َّ َ ْ َ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ْ َ ‫ل ل َِسانہ‬ ‫ من عرف ربہ فقد ک‬ Meaning: He who recognizes his Lord becomes silent.

َْ َ َ ْ َ َ ََ ََْ ?ِ ‫ َم ْن ع َر َف نف َسہ ِبا لفنا ِ? فق ْد ع َر َف َر ّبہ ِبا ل َبقا‬

Meaning: One who recognized his innerself by annihilating it, recognized his Lord by gaining immortality with Him. It is disrespectful to call those blessed with Divine presence by their name unless unavoidable. The Mystic immortal with Allah

63 is absolved of the need of invocation, reflection or gaining knowledge as he has reached the station of Lordship after recognizing the Lord and is immersed in the light of Allah attaining to Oneness. The esoteric matters need some exoteric platform to manifest. The exoteric path is entirely based on verbal exhortation while the esoteric way is to silently immerse in Divinity. The esoteric way is that of Mystics immortal with Allah who are courageous and intoxicated with the wine of Divine passion. There are different kinds of Mystics; Mystic of knowledge, Mystic delightfully occupied with invocation and reflection, Mystic of recitals, Mystic having spiritual flight of all spheres, Mystic blessed with Divine closeness and union and the immortal Mystic who is silently annihilated in Allah and has reached Lordship. His silence refers to his slavehood while his speech is his adornment and is blessed with eternal ranks. Hadith:

ْ َْ َ ْ َ ْ ّّٰ ُ ِ‫ ال ِعل ُم ِح َجاب الل ِہ الاکبر‬

Meaning: Knowledge is the thickest veil (that keeps away) from Allah. If you wish to have Divine presence then what you need to do is to invoke and reflect upon the essence of your life. A Qudsi Hadith says:

َّ َ َ َّ َ َ َ ‫ تفش ُر ْوا ف ِ ْی نِ ْعمَآئِہٖ َو لَا تفش ُر ْوا ف ِ ْی ذاتِہ‬

Meaning: Reflect upon His blessings not upon the Essence. Immersion in the light of Allah and Divine presence are His greatest blessings. One should reflect upon them not upon His Form or Essence as Allah says:

ۡ ۡ ُ َّ َ ُ َ ٌ ۡ َ ۡ َ َ ۡ َ )91:4 4 ( ‫الس ِم ۡیع ال َب ِصی ُر‬ ‫ لیس ک ِمث ِلہ شی? ۚ و ھو‬

Meaning: There is nothing like Him and He alone is AllHearing, All-Seeing. (42:11)

‫وجاب‬

‫انی‬

‫ونشب‬

‫ذگبار‬

‫یتجح‬

‫ذرک رکف و ملع اعرف را اجحب‬ Explanation: Leave the objections and listen to my answer; invocation, reflection and knowledge are veils for a Mystic. Knowledge is like an ocean, its each word is like a wave and the practitioner scholar is like a boat while the immortal Mystic spiritual guide is like the boatman who takes the people of boat to the shore safely. The judge of truth asks the scholars to present two witnesses; one is their knowledge and the other is that they practise upon it. The state of scholar who does not practise upon his knowledge is described in the verse:

َ َ ۡ َ َ )62: 5 (‫ کمَث ِل ال ِحمَارِ یَ ۡح ِم ُل ا ۡسف ًارا‬

Meaning: Their example is like that of a donkey loaded with heavy books on its back. (42:11) Fiqh and Faqr both have four alphabets. When fiqh and Faqr both merge together in a person then he is called the Sufi with ultimate Divine Oneness. Hadith:

ّّٰ َ َ ّ ُ َ ْ ُ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ ‫اث ِالا ِالی اللہ‬ ‫ الفقر لایحت‬

Meaning: Faqr needs nothing except Allah. If Faqr is adopted without gaining knowledge then it is the compulsive Faqr instead of the chosen Faqr and makes one needy. The Holy Prophet said about it:

ّّٰ ُ َ ْ َْ ‫ ن ُعوۡذ ِبالل ِہ ِم ْن فق ِر المُ ِک ِّب‬

Meaning: I seek refuge in Allah from Faqr that brings disgrace.

‫رہب زم رفزدن رہب در وساك‬ ‫ابز دارد قح اعتٰیل از واصك‬

65 Explanation: You keep begging for your family at every door. This prevents you from travelling towards the union of Allah.

‫روایسہ‬

‫و‬

‫لجخ‬

‫رشدنمہ‬

‫ونشب‬

‫رہ اطمبل بلط نک وت از اہلل‬ Explanation: Listen O embarrassed and disgraced one! You must ask everything you need only from Allah. Hadith:

َۡ َُْ ُ ّّٰ َ ‫ ِا ّن الل َہ یُ ِح ّب الفق َر@ ِ? الغنِ ِّی‬

Meaning: Allah loves the generous Fakirs. There are three types of Fakirs. One are so-called fakirs who beg from door to door. Second are the Fakirs who are like rulers by the command of Allah, if they ask for anything it is only for the sake of union with Allah not out of vain thought. Third are like the labourers, if they recite dawat for anyone they take money as its wages. The judge of truth asks the seeker of Allah to present two witnesses; first is the eternal invocation which cannot be acquired without the perfect spiritual guide. The Holy Prophet said:

ْ ّ ََُْ ‫الذس ِر‬ ِ ‫ اکثروا‬

Meaning: Invoke Allah frequently. It refers to the overpowering invocation. Allah says:

ً ُۡ َ ُ ََ َُ ُ )<:::( ‫ ا ۡد ُعوۡا َر ّبک ۡم تذ ّر ًعا ّو خف َیۃ‬

Meaning: Invoke your Lord most submissively and quietly. (7:55) The Holy Prophet has called the overpowering invocation as the secret invocation. It is neither done with tongue nor with inward, soul or secret as Allah is non-creation and has decreed to remember Him through non-creation. What is non-creation? It is

66 the medium of Ism-e-Allah Zaat. The eternal invocation grants everlasting union with Allah while the eternal reflection leads to annihilation of the innerself. How the innerself is annihilated? By immersing in meditation and concentration upon Ism-e-Allah Zaat. During the meditation, seeker can reach wherever he wishes and converse with whomever he wants. After coming out of the state of meditation he remembers everything and whatever he has seen esoterically manifests exoterically. It makes his existence purified. The observation during meditation is also of two kinds. One is the observation of spheres that does not annihilate the innerself. It is annihilated only by the observation of Essence. Whatever the seeker observes and understands during this, he cannot exemplify it with anything. Allah says:

َ َ َ ََ ُْ )4=:19( ‫ َواذس ْر ّر ّبک ِاذا ن ِس ْی َت‬

Meaning: And invoke your Lord when you forget (everything and even yourself). (18:24) The Holy Prophet said:

ْ ّّٰ َ ُ َ َُ ٌ َ ‫ ل ِ ْی َمع الل ِہ َوق ٌت ل َا یَ َس ُعنِ ْی فِ ْی ِہ َملک ّمق ّ َر ٌب َو لَا ن ِب ٌّی ّم ْر َس ٌل‬

Meaning: At times I have such closeness with Allah when neither any Prophet nor any archangel is between us. Many people hold their heart during invocation and call it eternal invocation. They shake their heart up and down with invocation and claim that this is holding the heart. They say wrong! This is a useless practice rather unlawful as holding the breath is a ritual of infidels and just a wastage. Such people are totally unaware of the real invocation of Allah and are like the animals. One must repent thousand times from following their practice and should not believe this group as their way leads nowhere. They are imperfect and far from Allah. The true man of inward invocation has four signs; firstly he observes Mohammadan Assembly every night, secondly he completely trusts that there is no God but

67 Allah, thirdly he follows the path of Faqr that leads to annihilation in Allah and fourthly he renounces the carrion world as well as company of worldly people. If one does not possess these four attributes, it shows that the inward invocation is not revealed upon him. No matter how loudly his physical heart invokes the name of Allah and shakes while invocation. He should know that his heart is in fact imploring and remembering Allah for the sake of money. Such a heart seeks the world and is sealed for gnosis of Allah. Heart is a piece of flesh just like the tongue, its invocation is fruitless.

‫د‬

‫شقن‬

‫ابوصتر‬

‫د‬

‫سفن‬

‫درل داین را دشک اب دك دنسپ‬ Explanation: Hold the innerself from making desires and engrave the impression of Ism-e-Allah Zaat on the inward by contemplation. It will kill the desire of worldly wealth present in your heart.

‫رہ رکا دارد دوتس داین میس زر‬ ‫ربخ‬

‫یب‬

‫یبن‬

‫از‬

‫و‬

‫دخا‬

‫از‬

Explanation: Whoever loves worldly wealth, remains away and unaware of Allah and the Prophet. Hadith:

ّٰ ُ ْ ُّ َ ‫لدن َیا َم ْز َر َعۃالْاز َِر ِۃ‬ ‫ ا‬

Meaning: Worldly life is preparation for hereafter. Here the worldly life does not refer to the life spent in earning worldly wealth as it is the asset of Satan. Hence the Holy Prophet spent in the way of Allah whatever he got in the night before next morning and spent whatever he got in the morning before the night. It is the religion that prepares for hereafter in the worldly life. The spiritually blind do not understand it.

ُ ُۡ

‫تن ِفقوۡا‬

ّّٰ ‫َحتی‬

َ ۡ ‫البِ ّر‬

ُ ََ ‫تنالوا‬

‫ل َ ۡن‬

‫رہ ہچ داری رصف نک در راہ وھ‬ Explanation: Allah says, “You can never attain to piety unless you spend (in the cause of Allah) out of that which you like the most.” (3:92) Thus you must spent in the way of Hoo whatever you possess. One must sacrifice for Allah that one loves the most like Prophet Abraham sacrificed his son Ishmael. The Holy Prophet sacrificed all his possessions as well as life for the cause of Allah. One who does not renounce the world and relinquish the hereafter, can never reach the station of Faqr. The hereafter is forbidden for the seekers of the world, world is forbidden for the seekers of hereafter whereas the world and the hereafter both are forbidden for the seekers of Allah. Hadith:

َّ َ َ ٌ َّ َ ْ ْ َ ٌ َّ َ ُ َ ْ ُّ ُ َ ْ ‫امخنث َوطال ُِب ال ُعق ّٰبی ُم ٔونث َوطال ُِب المَوْل ّٰی ُمذس ٌر‬ ‫ طا ل ِب الدنی‬

Meaning: The seeker of world is an intersex, the seeker of hereafter is a female and the seeker of Allah is a male. If someone claims that he has been blessed with both the world and the religion then he is wrong and a liar as the Holy Prophet said:

َّ َْ َ ْ َ َ ّ ‫ ُح ّ ُب ال ّ ُدن ْ َیا َو‬ ‫ان ف ِ ْی قل ٍب َوا ِح ٍد کا لمَآ ِ? َوالنارِ ف ِ ْی ِانآ ٍ? َوا ِح ٍد‬ ِ ِ ‫الدیْ ِن لا یَ َس َع‬

Meaning: The love of world and religion cannot sustain in one inward just like fire and water cannot be contained in one utensil. If someone says that he has collected worldly wealth for the sake of spending upon the Muslim widows, orphans and deserving people not out of stinginess or covetousness of his innerself then it is just a satanic excuse and ruse. Every morning Satan beats

69 the drum of covetousness. The first sin committed in the world was due to covetousness.

‫یب عمط اطبل وبد روز و بش‬ ‫رب‬ ّ

ِ‫ددیار‬

‫بلط‬

‫اطبل‬

Explanation: The true seeker of Allah only desires the vision of Allah day and night. He is absolutely pure of covetousness. Covetousness keeps one away from the union of Allah as indulgence in it does not let him do invocation and reflection neither grants closeness and union of Allah. He remains deprived of the spiritual states of contraction, expansion, intoxication, sobriety, ecstasy and is never blessed with waham and the eye of Mystics which enables one to have vision of Allah with one‟s eyes. Most of the cursed guides neither themselves seek Allah nor their disciples are seekers of Allah. Such guides make name by telling the hidden and their disciples check their good and bad like spies. They seek name and fame that is why they do not turn towards Allah. Perfect spiritual guide needs only one true seeker of Allah as a witness to prove himself. The guide who needs two seekers as witness is surely depraved. Such a guide is not compatible for the true seeker who is a lover of Allah and is eligible to be trusted as a witness. He is the one who has passed through trails successfully otherwise the satanic seekers are the enemies of spiritual guide. Allah says:

َّ ُ َّ َ َ ّ َ ۡۤ ۡ ُ ٌ (36:60) ‫ ّٰی َبنِ ۡی ّٰا َد َم ا ۡن لا ت ۡع ُب ُدوا الش ۡی ّٰط َن ۚ ِانہ لَک ۡم َع ُد ّو ّم ِبی ٌن‬

Meaning: O children of Adam! Do not worship Satan; no doubt he is your open enemy. (36:60) Satan is an enemy of faith while the imperfect seeker is the enemy of life. True seekers who could sacrifice their life for the spiritual guide are rarely found. Every day Allah wishes that someone seeks Him truly. My dear! The person who cares for his

70 life so much, how can he sate from the world! Hence he remains a traveller (throughout his life for earning livelihood) That‟s the reason illegitimate and legitimate are equal for him. Hadith:

ُ َ َ ٌ ٌ َ‫ام َہا عق‬ ‫اب‬ ِ ُ ‫ َحلال َہا ِح َساب َو ر َر‬ Meaning: There is accountability on legitimate earning and punishment on illegitimate.

ْ ُّ َ ْ ُّ َ َ َ ‫ِلدن َیا‬ ‫ ترك الدنیا ل‬

Meaning: They renounce the world for the world. That is to say some so-called fakirs pretend to renounce the world just to make more money. Only the immodest people seek the world who surely possess one of the three attributes; either they are jealous or hypocrites or greedy. Allah says:

َ َ ّّٰۤ َ ُ َ َ ۡ َ ۡ ۡ َ َ َ ۡ َ َ ۡ ُ ّ ُ َ ۡ ُ َ َّ َ َ ۡۤ ُ ُ ۡۤ ‫اب ک ِ ّل ش ۡی ٍ? ؕ َحتی ِاذا ف ِر ُحوۡا ِبمَا ا ۡوتوۡا‬ ‫ فلما نسوا ما ذسِروا ِبہ فتحنا علی ِہم ابو‬ ُ َ َ ً ۡ ّٰ ۡ َ َ (6:44) ‫اخذن ُہ ۡم بَغ َتۃ ف ِاذا ُھ ۡم ّم ۡب ِل ُسوۡ َن‬

Meaning: But when they forgot that reminder which was urged upon them, We opened up for them the gates (to abundance) of everything until when they luxuriated with all that was provided for them, We seized them all of a sudden (with torment) and they were struck with despair. (6:44) The Holy Prophet said:

ْ ُ ْ ْ ُ ْ ُّ َ ‫لدن َیا لَک ْم َوال ُعق ّٰبی لَک ْم َوالمَوْلّٰی ل ِ ْی‬ ‫ ا‬

Meaning: The world and hereafter are for you, for me there is only Allah. You must know that listening music and songs, worshipping the apparent beauty, drinking wine and leaving the salat ruins one‟s inward. Some people keep sobbing and run around with torn clothes or dance crazily to show off their ecstatic state. This is

71 utterly against the Mohammadan Faqr and these people are wretched devils who cannot accomplish anything in Faqr and remain imperfect. This so-called mysticism is not the way of Saints of Allah and such people are perplexed and deceitful lairs stuck in their ego. Allah says in a Qudsi Hadith:

َ َ ََ َْ ُ َ ‫ئی لَا ی ْعرِف ُہ ْم غیرِ ْی‬ ٖ ِ ‫ ِا ّن ا ْول َِیآ ِ ٖئی ت ْح َت ق َبا‬

Meaning: Some of My friends remain concealed in My robe, nobody knows them except Me.

‫امس ہللا وپیش رب نت وخد ابق‬ ‫ات وشد قح احےلص ودحت دخا‬ Explanation: Conceal your being under the robe of Ism-e-Allah Zaat so that you attain to the truth and Oneness of Allah.

‫امس ہللا در مسج اتس مسج در امس‬ ‫و ز سفن اطیشم ارغ تشگ تسین مغ‬ Explanation: When Ism-e-Allah Zaat will adorn your being and they will merge together then you will get rid of your innerself and Satan and will not have any worries. Allah says:

َ ُ ۡ َ ّّٰ َ َ ۡ َ َ ّ ۡۤ َ َ )45:;1( ﴾﴿ ‫آ? الل ِہ لَا خوۡ ٌف َعل ۡی ِہ ۡم َو لَا ُھ ۡم یَح َزنوۡ َن‬ ‫ الا ِان اول ِی‬

Meaning: Beware! Verily, the Saints of Allah will not have any fear nor will they grieve. (10:62) There is another group who conquer the supernatural beings by reciting dawat and show miracles so that people are inclined towards them. Some are the conceited shrine caretakers who claim before their disciples to be the successor of a Saint by wearing his turban. In fact they are the wretched ones who are greedy for worldly wealth, name, fame and honour. They are the

72 oblivious heretics busy in building their monasteries forgetting the true devotion of Allah. They are vain about their ancestors and use their name to earn money and fame. They are also egoistic and deceitful liars. The path of Faqr is neither related with being a Sayyid, a Quraishi or a follower of Suhrawardi, Chishti or Naqshbandi order nor with being famous. It is related with the gnosis of Allah and He blesses it to whom He wishes. The Holy Prophet said:

ْ ْ َ َُ َ ْ َ َّ ُ ُ ّّٰ ‫ت َر ُسوْ ُل الل ِہ ِا ۡعمَلوۡا ِا ۡعمَلوۡا‬ ِ ‫ یَا فا ِطمَۃلا تح َزن ِی َعل ّٰی ِا نک ِبن‬

Meaning: O Fatima! Do not be fearless even if you are a daughter of Prophet of Allah. Do good deeds! Do good deeds! My arguments are based on Quran while the arguments of ignorant are satanic. Allah says:

َ ۡ َ )80:34( ﴾﴿‫ یَوۡ َم ی ِف ّ ُر المَرۡ ُ? ِم ۡن ا ِخ ۡی ِہ‬ Meaning: On that Day man will flee from his brother. (80:34)

ۡ ُّ ۡ َ ۡ ۡ ‫ ل ِک ُ ّل‬ )80:37( ﴾﴿‫امرِ ًیٴ ِّمن ُہ ۡم یَوۡ َم ِئ ٍذ شا ٌن یغ ِن ۡی ِہ‬ ِ

Meaning: On that Day every person will be in such a (dismal) state that will make him unconcerned (with everyone else). (80:37) There are some fortunate people who can have spiritual flight and observation of all the spheres of earth and skies from the Throne till the nether regions. They are blessed with the levels of Ghawth and Qutb and can even read the Guarded Tablet. However their rank in spirituality is just that of astrologers. They are also stuck in deceitful stations and are egoistic liars. For the Saints, Fakirs and Dervishes real miracle is to acquaint one with Ism-e-Allah Zaat, drown in Divine Oneness and bless with presence in the Mohammadan Assembly. For them perseverance is better than miracles and high ranks. One must follow the Holy Prophet with words as well as actions. He said:

ْ َ ْ َ ٌ َّ ُ ّّٰ َ ‫ َم ْن ع َر َف الل َہ ل َ ْم یَک ْن لَذۃ َمع الخل ِق‬ Meaning: One who recognizes Allah finds no pleasure in the company of people.

َّ َ َْ َْ ْ ْ ْ ‫ الطال ُِب ِعن َد المُ ْر ِش ِد کالمَ ِّی ِت بَی َن یَ َد ِی الغا ِس ِل‬

Meaning: The seeker should be in the hands of spiritual guide just like the corpse is in the hands of corpse washer.

ُ ّ َ ْ َ َ َ َ َ َ ّٰ ْ َ َ ُ َ ْ َ َ ّٰ َ َْ َْ َ ‫اع ِت ال ْان ِب َیآ ِ?الش َہ َدا ِ? َوال ْا ْول َِیا ِ?الکا ِم ِل َو الخا ِد ِم‬ ‫ ثلث یشفعوْن یوْ ِم ال ِقیم ِۃ کشف‬

Meaning: On the doomsday three groups will be blessed with the intercession of the Prophets; the martyrs, the perfect Saints and (their) servants.

َُْ َ َْ ?ِ @‫ َس ِّی ُد القوْ ِم خا ِد ُم الفق َر‬ Meaning: The ruler of nation is the servant of Fakirs. The path of exhortation is different from the path of knowledge and sagacity while the path of immortal Mystic who is the beloved of Allah is entirely different.

‫رہ ہک ابدش دنسپ اخقل اپک‬ ‫ور ہن ابدش دنسپ قلخ ہچ ابک‬ Explanation: One whom Allah likes, does not care whether people like him or not.

َ ْ ْ ُ ُ َُ ۡ ُ َ ّ َ َ ّ َ ّّٰ (3:18)‫ ش ِہ َد الل ُہ انہ لٓا ِال ّٰ َہ ِالا ھوَ لا َو المَ ٰٓل ِئکۃ َو اولواال ِعل ِم‬

Meaning: Allah bears witness that none is worthy of worship apart from Him; and the angels and those who possess knowledge also bear testimony to it. (3:18) Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani said;

ّّٰ ْ َ

َ ْ

ّّٰ

ْ ُ َْ

)‫ الان ُس ِبالل ِہ َوالمُتوَ ّ ِحش َع ْن غیرِ الل ِہ (ارلاسۃلاوغلہیث‬ Meaning: One who loves Allah becomes disgusted of everyone other than Allah. (Ar-Risala tul-Ghausia) There are three kinds of Saints; 1- Worldly Saints are the kings who are like shadow of God for their subject 2- Saints of hereafter are the ascetics, worshippers and the men of Allah. Men of Allah also possess all the characteristics of kings who are like shadow of God as they are source of peace for the creation. Hadith:

َّ ُ َ ْ َّ ْ َ َّ ُ ْ َ َ ‫الن‬ ‫اس‬ ‫اس من ینفع‬ ِ ‫ خیر الن‬

Meaning: The best person is the one who benefits others. 3- Saints of Allah i.e. the Fakirs who are annihilated in Allah. Allah says:

ُّ َ ُ ُّ َّ ۡ ُ ّّٰ َ )1:1:<( ِ‫ الل ُہ َول ِ ّیُ ال ِذیۡ َن ّٰا َمنوۡا ۙ یُخ ِر ُج ُہ ۡم ِّم َن الظل ّٰم ِت ِالی النوۡر‬

Meaning: Allah (Ism-e-Allah Zaat) is the Guardian of the believers. He brings them out of (all kinds of) darkness and takes them towards the light. (2:257) Ism-e-Allah Zaat is like a pearl and pearls are not put in the mouth of dogs. If you want to do so then first elevate the dog to the level of dog of the companions of cave4. You should understand that Oneness of Allah is like an ocean, contemplation of Ism-e-Allah Zaat is like wave while the seeker of Allah is like a bubble. When the wave drowns the bubble into the ocean, the bubble and the wave become one with the ocean like the flame and fire. The veil between Allah and His slave is the world. If a person contains love of world in his inward even as minute as a

Mentioned in verse 22 sura al-Kahf.

75 grain, all the Saints on the earth together cannot make him travel the path towards Allah. The Holy Prophet said: )‫(انبامہج‬

َ َ ُ ْ ْ ُّ ُّ ُ َ َ َ ّ ُ ُ ْ َ َ ْ ُّ ُ ْ َ ‫الدن َیا َرا ُس ک ِ ّل خ ِط ْیئ ٍۃ‬ ‫ ترك الدنیا راس ک ِل ِعباد ٍۃ و حب‬

Meaning: Renunciation of the world is foundation of all devotions while the love of world is root cause of every evil. (Ibn Maja) Allah says:

َّ ُ ُ ۡ ُُ ۡ ُ ۡ (7:31) ﴾﴿ ‫ کلوۡا َو اش َربُوۡا َو لَا ت ۡص ِرفوۡا ۚ ِانہ لَا یُ ِح ّب المُ ۡص ِرفِی َن‬

Meaning: Eat and drink but do not spend extravagantly because certainly He does not like the extravagant. (7:31) The verse is about physical body and its proof is that the Holy Prophet never had worldly wealth or possessions. Hadith:

َ ّّٰ َ َ ْ ُ ْ ُ ْ َ ‫ان الل ِہ ت َعالّٰی‬ ِ ‫ المف ِلس فِی ام‬

Meaning: An indigent is under the protection of Allah.

‫ہن‬

‫دگی‬

‫ہک‬

‫وشم‬

‫رُپ‬

‫ہن‬

‫رگی‬

‫ہک‬

‫وخمر‬

‫دنچام‬

‫ولگ‬

‫ات‬ ‫آب‬

Explanation: Do not fill your stomach till throat, you are not a cauldron. Do not drink too much, you are not sand. Fakirs annihilated in Allah are those who take the food of this world but perform the tasks of other world. Their eating is endeavour and their sleeping is observation. The Holy Prophet said:

َْ ُ ََ ََ ْ ْ َ ُ َ َ )8:;>‫ام قل ِبیْ (اخبری۔‬ ‫ تنام عینِی ولا ین‬ Meaning: My eyes sleep but my heart does not. (Bukhari-3569) Know that the knowledge and true scholars have the essence of Reality. They actually behold the Reality. How can the spiritually blind by birth behold Allah! Certainty is gained through Faqr.

76 Faqr complies with fiqh and veritable fiqh is that which complies with Faqr. If there is some difference in them, it is surely due to some wisdom. Unwise are those who seek the worldly wealth. Reality has a flavour that is tasted by the true scholars that is why they are revered. You must respect them as Allah also honours them. Serve them by offering oblations, gifts and wealth for the sake of Allah. Otherwise, if you will be unkind to them once, it will create such circumstances that will provide enough reason to destroy you. According to Imam Abu Hanifa the true practitioner scholars are pure of pretence, do not seek worldly wealth and never take bribe. Taking bribe is like eating the carrion and those who do so have no fear of Allah. They fear from what they must not fear. Knowledge is not related with lessons rather with deeds. If knowledge makes one a heretic or an opposer of truth then such a person cannot be called knowledgeable or a scholar. He is far away from Allah and is like Satan because Satan was also a scholar, ascetic and a worshipper even then he is a looter and destroyer for the Muslims. I seek refuge in Allah from this.

َّ ّّٰ ُ ْ ُ َ ّ ‫الش ْی ّٰطن‬ َ ‫الل ِہ ِم‬ ‫الرَ ِج ْی ِم‬ ‫ن‬ ‫ اعوذ ِب‬ ِ

Meaning: I seek refuge in Allah from Satan the accursed. The scholar who seeks the world, loses the religion. All his devotions like hajj and zakat are rejected. Seeking the world is against the Sunna. The Fakir who wishes power and honour is depraved even if the king keeps him close because his innerself is impure with lust and greed. The word „Fakir‟ is derivative of Faqr and by its efficacy Fakirs are fond and ecstatic (in Divine love) like a crazy elephant. They are the men of elevated ranks who do not like worldly pleasures. Hadith:

ُّ ْ ُ ْ َ َْ ِ‫ الفق ُر نوْ ٌر َو الوَ ْج ُہ فِی النوْر‬

77 Meaning: Faqr is a Divine light and its manifestation is also in the form of light. One who manifests Faqr annihilates himself from head to toe by engrossing in Divine deeds. When Prophet Moses joined the company of Khidr, he made a hole in the boat, repaired the broken wall and killed a child. Prophet Moses could not understand the wisdom behind these acts hence Quran narrates:

ُ َ َ َ َ (18:78)‫ال ّٰھذا ف َِراق بَ ۡینِیۡ َو بَ ۡی ِنک‬ ‫ ق‬

Meaning: (Khidr) said, “This is parting (time) between me and you.” (18:78) Hadith:

َ ُ َ ْ َ ْ ُ ّٰ ‫ َح َسناة الْا ْبرَارِ َس ِّیاة المُق ّ َر ِبی َن‬ Meaning: The good deeds of the pious ones are like sins for the near ones. When eleven hundred years will pass after the death of the Holy Prophet, everyone will be spiritually dead except those engrossed in Divine deeds and blessed with Divine union. They are saved from all the calamities and antichrist till the doomsday. Allah says:

ّّٰ َ ُ ‫الل ُہ ال ۡ َغن ّیُ َو اَن ۡ ُت ُم ال ۡ ُف َق َر‬ )9<:8=( ?@ ‫ و‬ ِ

Meaning: And Allah is Independent and you (all) are Fakirs. (47:38)

Hadith:

ّّٰ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ َ ‫ ِاذا ت ّم الفق ُر ف ُہوَ اللہ‬

Meaning: When Faqr is accomplished that is Allah. Only those who are accomplished in Faqr which is the Mohammadan rank, are the accomplished ones. World is entirely

78 Pharaonic. The Mohammadan people do not mix with Pharaonic people.

‫وشیپا‬ ‫دخا‬

‫ابندش‬ ‫رربہ‬

‫رمدش‬

‫رکا‬

‫رہ‬

‫سب‬

‫راسہل‬

‫انی‬

‫وبد‬

Explanation: One who cannot find a spiritual guide, this book will be sufficient for his guidance towards Allah.

‫دنی‬ ‫انیقیل‬

‫الہ‬ ‫قح‬

‫دامئ‬ ‫وشی‬

‫دار‬ ‫اہلل‬

‫اطمہعل‬ ‫یف‬

‫در‬ ‫اعریف‬

Explanation: If you keep reading it, you will become a man of religion and a Mystic immortal with Allah having truth of certainty. Although there are numerous seekers but the Fakir seeker of Allah who is annihilated in Him is only one. Unless one stops using and relying on his physical senses, his inner senses do no start working. Put one step towards the pre-existence and crush the desires with the other then you will become the Mystic united with Allah. The salat and invocation during which the invoker does not get the right answer through a hidden voice or a perfect reasoning is put in his inward or through true waham he hears clearly „O My slave! I am here” then they cannot be called salat or invocation. As Allah is All-Hearing, All-Seeing, AllKnowing, Eternally Alive and Forever Sustained. He says:

ُۡ َ ُ (57:4) ‫ َو ُھوَ َم َعک ۡم ایۡ َن َما کن ُت ۡم‬

Meaning: Wherever you are, He is with you. (57:4)

َْ َ ْ ):5:4;( ‫ َو ن ْح ُن اق َر ُب ِا ل َ ْی ِہ ِم ْن َح ْب ِل الوَرِیْ ِد‬

Meaning: And We are nearer to him than his jugular vein. (50:16)

79 Allah is the Transcendent, not an idol. His worship is not like idol worshipping. Hadith:

ْ َ ْ ُ َّ َ ‫ لَا َص ّٰلوۃ ِالا ِب ُحضوْرِ القل ِب‬

Meaning: No salat without the presence of inward. Allah says in a Qudsi Hadith:

ُ ‫ اَنَا َم َع َع ْبد ْی ا َذا َذس َ َرن ْی َو تَ َح َرک َ َت ب ْی َش َف َت‬ )۸۸۲۲‫اه (ٰوکشمۃ۔‬ ِ ِ ِ ِ

Meaning: I am with My slave when he remembers Me by moving his lips (by the invocation of Allah with tongue). (Mishkat 2285) If there were no spiritual blessings like reasoning, waham, inspiration and Divine observations in the esoteric way of Mohammadan Faqr, all the travellers of this path would have gone depraved and turned infidel, polytheist and reprobate. Every path refuted by sharia is infidelity. You must know that sharia means to follow the Holy Prophet. True spiritual guide is the one who makes the seeker follow the Holy Prophet and takes him where the Holy Prophet reached. This is the greatest Sunna and the straight path which is covered by the grace of Ism-eAzam by the seeker having great existence. The spiritual guide who cannot take the seeker to that level is imperfect and harmful for the faith while an ignorant seeker is like Satan. The spiritual guide who is a Mystic annihilated in Allah and immortal with Him is the one who honours the true seeker of Allah with presence of the celestial Mohammadan Assembly through the medium of Ism-e-Allah Zaat and ennobles him with titles from the Holy Prophet but does not claim it as his achievement. Whomsoever such a spiritual guide blesses, grants him ranks equal to his own by just a single glance. He is a man of morals as the Holy Prophet said:

َ ّّٰ َ ْ َ ْ ُ َ ّ َ َ ‫اق الل ِہ ت َعالّٰی‬ ِ ‫ تخلقوا ِباخل‬

80 Meaning: Be attributed with the attributes of Allah. The spiritual guide blessed with Divine favour is an eternal companion of all the seekers of Allah simultaneously even if they are innumerable like when the sun rises it lightens every particle. Neither the particles are hidden from the sun nor the sun is hidden from particles. Likewise are the seekers and the spiritual guide who are always with Allah. The immortal Mystic spiritual guide is the one who becomes immediately aware if his disciple commits any major sin. He at once reaches the court of the Holy Prophet and requests him to forgive the seeker for his sin. Or he reads the Guarded Tablet and omits the point with his finger where the sin of the seeker is written and instead writes a virtue. By its efficacy the sin of the seeker is removed from his destiny and he repents from sins being remorseful. The Holy Prophet said:

َ َْ َ

َ ْ َّ

َّ َ

َْ َ ُ )91:5‫ب لہ (انبِامہج۔‬ ِ ‫ التائِب ِمن الذن ِب کمن لا ذن‬ Meaning: One who truly repents from sins is as if he has not committed any sin. (Ibn Maja 4250) The spiritual guide who does not possess even this much power is not eligible for guiding others. The seeker of Allah must not take persuasion from him. Allah says:

ْ َ َّ َّ َ (20:47) ‫الس ّٰل ُم َعلّٰی َم ِن ات َبع ال ُہ ّٰدی‬ ‫ و‬

Meaning: And peace be upon him who follows guidance! (20:47) People of tradition are those who seek the people of guidance. When the doomsday will occur, worldly people will rise from their graves in the state that their backs will be towards qiblah, faces will be blackened, a collar of curse will be around their necks due to their cruelty and their bodies will be covered with snakes, scorpions and wasps.

81 Spiritual guide is the one who pulls everyone towards Allah. He makes the seeker of Allah observe the reality of the worldly people so that he is repulsed from them and the world. Only he desires to become a Fakir who is sought by Allah Himself and whom the Holy Prophet blesses with his company. Hadith:

ْ َ َ ْ َ ْ َ َ ُ ْ ُّ ُ ?ِ ‫اق الْان ِب َیآ‬ ِ ‫ حب الفقر@ ِ? ِمن اخل‬ Meaning: Loving the Fakirs is an attribute of Prophets.

َّ ْ ْ َُْ ُ ‫ ُح ّب الفق َر@ ِ? ِمف َتا ُج ال َجن ِۃ‬

Meaning: Love of Fakirs is the key to paradise. Whereas world is desired by the one who is sought by Pharaoh and is deprived of Faqr of Allah and company of the Holy Prophet. Do you know what is the world? The Holy Prophet said:

ُّ َ ٌ َ ‫لدن ْ َیا َم َن ٌام َو ال ْ َع ْی ُش فِ ْی َہا ِا ْح ِتل‬ ‫ام‬ ‫ ا‬

Meaning: Life of this world is like a sleep and its pleasures are like wet dreams. You must know that on the doomsday all the souls will rise from the graves and stand in the requital field where Allah will be the judge. After the accountability everyone will cross the Sirat bridge and those who will enter the paradise will implore for the vision of Allah;

َُۡ َ َ (7:143) ‫ َر ِّب ارِن ِ ۡیۤۡ انظ ۡر ِال َ ۡیک‬ Meaning: O Lord! Show us (Your beauty) so that we may savour Your sight. (7:143) Allah will descend fiery theophany of His light upon them equal to the size of eye of a needle enveloping it in seventy iron veils. All the creations will fall unconscious for years and years. Only

82 those blessed with presence of the Mohammadan Assembly will be saved otherwise the fiery light will burn everything to ashes.

‫رہ ہک ااجنیی دندی اُو آاجن اجک‬ ‫اقل‬

‫دنیب‬

‫ہب‬

‫یک‬

‫زاد‬

‫امدر‬

‫وکر‬

Explanation: One who could not behold Allah in this world, how could he behold Him in the hereafter! The eternally blind cannot have His vision. Allah says:

َ َ ّٰ َ َ َ ‫ َو َم ۡن ک‬ (17:72) ‫ان ف ِ ۡی ّٰھ ِذ ۤۡه ا ۡع ّٰمی ف ُہوَ فِی الۡاز َِر ِۃ ا ۡع ّٰمی‬

Meaning: And whoever remains blind (to Divine vision) in this (world) will be blind in the hereafter as well. (71:72) Imam Abu Hanifa beheld Allah in dreams seventy times during his worldly life. Though one becomes oblivious of oneself during the dream but those were the dreams during which he had special vision of Allah and got the right answers hence they were not the dreams of oblivion. He got the power to behold Allah and endure it and heard the words of the Holy Prophet during those dreams. The Fakirs who are annihilated in Allah and immortal Mystics are eternally blessed with Divine union and presence. They remain immersed in the light of Essence in their worldly life as well as in the life hereafter. The fire of Ism-e-Allah Zaat is so intense due to the light of Allah that the fire of hell is cooler as compared to it. That is why the inward of the Mystics upon which Ism-e-Allah Zaat is engraved, keeps burning like the dry sticks burn in fire. Whoever found the everlasting felicity of closeness of the Beloved in both the worlds, found it from the immortal Mystic Fakir. The seekers of world are deprived of presence of the Mohammadan Assembly in the world and hereafter because the Holy Prophet feels the bad smell of filthy and carrion world from them. That is why the true men of Allah

83 keep themselves away from the worldly people. Allah says:

َ ُ ۡ َ ّٰ ۡ ُّ ۡ ََ )4=:1=( ‫الدن َیا‬ ‫ َو لَا ت ۡع ُد َع ۡینک َعن ُہ ۡم ۚ ترِیۡ ُد زِیۡنۃ ال َح ّٰیو ِۃ‬

Meaning: Your (affectionate and caring) looks must not but focus them (who seek Allah only). Do you seek the charisma of the worldly life (shifting your attention away from these selfdenying devotees)? (18:28) When you will seek only Allah and forget everything else, Isme-Allah Zaat will omit everything from your inward other than Allah. Every moment an immortal Mystic Fakir is in a different time and space. When he recites dawat and prays for anything, it is accepted immediately because communicating with souls in the shrines is in the capacity of the true men. All the souls and angels present on the earth and in the heavans are under their command and authority. Hadith:

ُ َ ْ َ ْ ُ ُ ْ ْ ُ ْ َّ َ َ َ ُْ َْ ‫ ِاذا تحیرتم فِی الامورِ ف‬ ِ‫است ِع ْینوْا ِم ْن اھ ِل الق ُبوْر‬

Meaning: When you are confused (or worried) about your affairs, just seek help from the souls in the shrines. Whoever recites such dawat, eighteen thousand realms remain his slave unless his objective is achieved. This kind of dawat takes the seeker to Allah in just a blink of an eye.

‫وسہشار‬

‫وسہشارل‬

‫وغث و بطق رمبک ادن ہت زری ابر‬ Explanation: I am the great rider! Ghawth and Qutb are my subordinates and are like my ride. Prayer of the Fakir is at once accepted during dawat because:

ُ ‫ ل َِس‬ ّ ‫ان ال ْ ُف َق َر@ ِ? َس ْی ُف‬ ‫الرَ ْح ّٰم ِن‬

84 Meaning: The tongue of Fakirs is the sword of the most Compassionate. They recite the Saifi5 prayer by their sword like tongue riding the grave of any Ghawth, Qutb, Dervish, Fakir or a winning soldier and get their objective fulfilled from the court of Allah in a moment. This is the mystic way of the great and courageous men. They do not need to do mystic struggles, adopt forty day seclusion or renounce eating meat. They are the men of vision not the waiting ones.

‫ھ دل دشک اجم اچک اچک‬ ‫رہ ہک اب ُ و‬ ‫ابھو ہچ ابک‬ ؒ ُ ‫از امس اب ُھو لصتم‬ Explanation: Whoever takes breath with the Divine name Hoo, his soul gets shattered with the pain of love. Bahoo is united with the name Hoo hence he has no fears.

‫ابھ! ب امس افل از امس او‬ ‫ُ ؒو‬ ‫رہ ہچ ابدش ریغ ُھو از دك وش‬ Explanation: Join „B‟ and „A‟ with Hoo it becomes the name of Bahoo. Remove everything except Hoo from your inward.

‫ریم‬ ‫ریقف‬

‫رو ن‬ ‫اہلل‬

‫یف‬

‫دوشید‬

‫وہدیا‬

‫ُھو‬

‫میکشدد‬

‫ودحت‬

‫واٴو‬

Explanation: When Hoo manifests in the existence of the Fakir, he becomes enlightened. It carries him towards Divine Oneness and annihilates in Allah.

Prayer for assistance in spiritual matters.

‫ابھو ُھو تشگ وت در مسج اجم‬ ُؒ ‫ُھو‬

‫وخبام‬

‫ای‬

‫لکشم‬

‫رہب‬

‫ابھو‬ ُؒ

Explanation: Bahoo recites Ya-Hoo6 in every difficult situation so much so his body and soul have converted into Hoo.

‫وج‬

‫ُھو‬

‫از‬

‫ابھو‬ ُؒ

‫وگ‬

‫ سک‬

‫ّرسی‬

‫ّرس‬

‫امظع‬

‫امس‬

‫تقیقح‬

‫ُھو‬

Explanation: O Bahoo! Find Ism-e-Azam in Hoo. Hoo reveals the secret of secrets of Reality, do not tell this secret to anyone.

‫ُھو دیل تن اتس و از الاکم‬ ‫اہم‬

‫ادنر‬

‫وبد‬

‫ُھو‬

‫ م‬

‫ذارک‬

Explanation: Invocation of Hoo is the key to the paradise and the station of no station but its invokers are rare in the world.

‫دشک‬

‫ُھو‬

‫ذرک‬

‫ابرتبیت‬

‫وبد‬

‫کش‬

‫یب‬

‫آم‬

‫ہک‬

‫ابہلل‬

‫رہ‬ ‫اعرف‬

Explanation: Whoever invokes Hoo in the right manner, undoubtedly becomes an immortal Mystic.

‫نت‬

‫ہب‬

‫نم‬

‫اجم‬

‫وسزد‬ ‫وسبزی‬

‫آشت‬

‫ُھو‬

‫ابھو‬ ُؒ

‫را‬

‫اکرف‬

‫سفن‬

Invocation of Ya-Hoo is the sultan of invocations (Sultan-ul-Azkar). It is the most powerful invocation of Allah which takes close to Him most quickly. When the lover is annihilated in Hoo, there remains no duality.

86 Explanation: Dear Bahoo! Invocation of Hoo is the fire that burns the being. My dear! You must burn the infidel innerself in its fire.

‫الزواك‬

‫ابدش‬

‫ذرک‬

‫ُھو‬

‫ابھو‬ ُؒ

‫ھ اح ل وشد برب واصك‬ ‫و از ذرک ُ و‬ Explanation: Bahoo! Invocation of Hoo is the eternal one. Through it the seeker gains the closeness and union of Allah.

‫رہ ہک از ُھو یب ربخ اُو اگٴو رخ‬ ‫زرب‬

‫و‬

‫وہدیا دوشید زری‬

‫ُھو‬

‫ز‬

Explanation: Invocation of Hoo reveals each and everything. Those unaware of Hoo, are like animals.

‫ُھو دہا ت یم وشد از رہ اقمل‬ ‫ُھو ایحیت ن و ا س و اخص و اعل‬ Explanation: Invocation of Hoo is the guide towards every station and is the source of life for every human and jinn, common and special.

‫آم تفص اصعن ہک ابدش ُھو ایحت‬ ‫رہ ہک اب ُھو رحمل اتس آم دش اجنت‬ Explanation: Whoever becomes confidant of Hoo, gains salvation. He is blessed with eternal life and the Divine attribute of Creator.

‫اش‬

‫ مش‬

‫دو‬

‫دبام‬

‫ُھو‬

‫و از واٴو ودحت رُبد دری ربکای‬

87 Explanation: The first Arabic alphabet of ‫( ھو‬Hoo) i.e. ‫( ھ‬H) opens one‟s spiritual eyes while the second alphabet i.e. ‫( و‬oo) takes him to the Divine court granting Oneness.

‫دك‬

‫رمدہ‬

‫رہ‬

‫ہدیدہ‬

‫ایحیت‬

‫ُھو‬

‫رہ ہک از ُھو ربخی آم روی لجخ‬ Explanation: Invocation of Hoo enlivens every dead inward. Whoever is unaware of Hoo is surely disgraced.

‫از ذارک ُھو بلط نک دو ہس وگاہ‬ ‫رتک داین رحص دسح و سع و اجہ‬ Explanation: The invocation of Hoo asks its invoker to present a few witnesses that include renunciation of the world, abandoning greed and jealousy and relinquishing the desire of power and honour.

‫ُھو‬

‫وت‬

‫اب‬

‫یوتی‬

‫ُھو‬

‫ابھو‬ ُؒ

‫از ذرک ُھو رفاید در دك رہب وُس‬ Explanation: O Bahoo! Hoo is with you and you are with Hoo. By the invocation of Hoo the inward passionately implores for the Beloved.

‫رمد آم ابدش ز ُھو دردہ اش‬ ‫ربکای‬

‫زو ز رعش رببد‬

‫رتا‬

‫رب‬

Explanation: True man of Allah is the one who unveils Hoo upon you and quickly takes you above the Throne in the court of Allah.

‫رہ ہک اب ربک اتس تنعل ابد او‬ ‫وش‬

‫زیبار‬

‫زام‬

‫ربک‬

‫و‬

‫رای‬

‫از‬

Explanation: Curse upon the arrogant! You must be disgusted of their arrogance and hypocrisy.

‫امن‬

‫رربہ‬

‫وہا‬

‫رب‬

‫دخا‬ ‫وت‬

‫از‬ ‫اپ‬

!‫ابھ‬ ‫ُ ؒو‬

‫رہب‬

‫زری‬

‫وہا‬

‫رہ‬

Explanation: O Bahoo! For the sake of Allah be our guide. O seeker! Crush all the desires of innerself under your feet and be elevated.

‫دنی‬

‫راہ‬

‫تقیقح‬

‫نیعل‬

‫رطمب‬

‫نمیدداین‬

‫ہمغنٴ‬

‫رب‬

‫وت‬ ‫تنعل‬

Explanation: You do not know the reality of the path of faith. Curse upon the reprobate singers and their songs.

‫رظن‬

‫اب‬

‫تبحم‬

‫ایر‬

‫دش‬

‫ہک‬

‫رہ‬

‫آم رظن رہزگ ہن دنیب میس و زر‬ Explanation: One who is blessed with loving sight of the Beloved never ever glance towards gold and silver.

‫م‬

‫ای‬

‫زام‬

‫دبرایئ‬

‫ُھو‬

‫ُد ّر ونر ادمح اتس ودحت دقمی‬ Explanation: Hoo is the greatest ocean of eternal Oneness which has the pearl of light of Ahmad.

‫ابھو ربآدی ُھو قح انل‬ ‫از ربق‬ ُؒ ‫واالصم را متخ رقفش از ُھو امل‬ Explanation: The slogan of „Hoo is the Truth‟ is raised from the shrine of Bahoo. Those united with Allah accomplish in Faqr by accomplishing in the invocation of Hoo. Allah says:

َّ ّّٰ َ )3:2( َ‫ الل ُہ لَٓا ِالّٰ َہ ِالا ُھو‬ ُ

Meaning: Allah! None is worthy of worship but He (Hoo ‫)ھو‬. (3:2)

َ ّ ۡۤ ۡ ّ )7:187( َ‫ ل َا یُ َج ِل ۡی َہا ل ِوَق ِت َہا ِالا ُھو‬ ُ

Meaning: None but He (Hoo ‫ )ھو‬will manifest it at its (appointed) time. (7:187)

َ ّ ّّٰ َّ ):>:11( َ‫ ُھوَ الل ُہ ال ِذ ْی لَٓا ِال ّٰ َہ ِالا ُھو‬ ُ

Meaning: He (Hoo ‫ )ھو‬is Allah, besides Whom there is no God. (59:22)

‫وخاب‬

‫ مش‬

‫واہب‬

‫جنگ‬

‫در‬ ‫ینعی‬

‫و‬

‫ای ُھو‬

‫تسیچ‬

‫وخادنم‬ ‫ابھو‬ ُؒ

‫انل‬

Explanation: The lovers of Hoo keep reciting Ya-Hoo day and night even while sleeping. Do you know if the name ‫( ابوھ‬Bahoo) is inverted it becomes

‫( واہب‬Wahab)

which is a name of Allah

meaning „the Bestower‟. Hence Bahoo is the bestower of Divine treasure.

‫رہ ہک وخادہ جنگ داین از واہب‬ ‫درایمم کی ہتفہ رگدد اُو رخاب‬ Explanation: Whoever asks for worldly treasures from the Bestower, is ruined within one week.

‫وخبام‬

ُ ‫ایھو‬

‫ایعم‬

‫ّرس‬

ُ ‫ایھو‬

‫دبام‬ ‫وشد‬

ُ ‫ایھو‬

‫را‬

‫ابھو‬ ُؒ

‫وخادنین‬

‫از‬

Explanation: Bahoo only knows and invokes Ya-Hoo. By this invocation the Divine secret is revealed upon him.

‫ابھ! اکین تسیچ آہ وسز درد‬ ‫ُ ؒو‬ ‫ریغ قح ُھو وستخ امدن قح رفبد‬ Explanation: O Bahoo! What it is like being imprisoned in time and space? It is just pain and sorrow. Burn everything other than Hoo and become alone with Him.

‫ابھو ُھو اکین تسیچ یکلم الاکم‬ ُؒ ‫اجم‬

‫و‬

‫مسج‬

‫امس‬

‫آاجن‬

‫تسین‬

Explanation: Bahoo! What is the station of Hoo? It is the station of no station. Neither is there any name nor body or soul.

‫ابھو ُھو ونر اتس برب ابوضحر‬ ُؒ ‫ابھو را ایوھ ربد ودحت رغق ونر‬ ُؒ Explanation: Bahoo! Hoo is the light of Divine presence and closeness. The invocation of Ya-Hoo took Bahoo to Oneness immersing in that light.

‫دنی‬ ‫نیم‬

‫راتس‬ ‫بسک‬

‫رایتس‬ ‫رب‬

‫رایتس‬

‫ریپی‬ ‫رگندد‬

‫ابھو‬ ُؒ ‫جنگ‬

Explanation: Bahoo is the righteous guide of the righteous religion. Efforts based on false intentions can never earn treasures of righteousness.

‫رمدی‬

‫اطیشم‬

ؒ‫ابزیدی‬

‫ابھو‬ ُؒ

‫رشدنمہ‬ ‫ہک‬

‫نیقی‬

‫یب‬

‫نمیدداین‬

‫وت‬

Explanation: You do not know that Bahoo is same as Bayazid because all the perfect Saints are at the station of Oneness. One who does not believe is the follower of Satan and will be embarrassed eventually.

‫ابھو ُھو ربآدی قح انل‬ ‫از ربق‬ ُؒ ‫رقف را متخ اتس آرخ ُھو امل‬ Explanation: The invocation of Hoo which is the name of Truth, is raised from the shrine of Bahoo. Faqr is accomplished when one invokes the ultimate invocation of Hoo.

‫رہ ہک ویتق حبص دل از اید قح دیبار تسین‬ ‫او تبحم را اشندی القئ ددیار تسین‬ Explanation: One who does not awake in the morning with the remembrance of Allah, does not love Him and is not eligible for His vision.

‫ہتفخ ابدش وچمہم ویحام رمع وخد اضعئ دن‬ ‫جنگ را دزدی ربد وچم اپابسم وہایشر تسین‬ Explanation: Such people are spiritually sleeping like animals and are wasting their life. Their treasure of faith has been robbed because they are not vigilant about it like a watchman.

ؒ‫سپ از یس اسك انی اعمین ققحم دش اخباقین‬ ؑ‫ہک دکیل ابدخا وبدم ہب از کلم امیلسین‬ Explanation: Khaqani realized after thirty years of mystic endeavours that a moment in company of Allah is far better than the Solomon Empire.

‫ہب رہب رغق یف اہلل وش ہک اب ز وخد یمن امین‬ ؒ‫دل انرحمل اتس آاجن طلغ تفگ اخاقین‬ Explanation: However Khaqani has not said the right thing. You must drown in the state of annihilation in Allah in such a way that you do not remember yourself. Even the moments are stranger at that station.

‫یسب دص اساہل ابدی وشد یف اہلل اجم این‬ ؑ‫ہن آاجن دل دقل گتحدد ہن کلم امیلسین‬ Explanation: One who annihilates himself in Allah, remains in this state for hundreds of years. Neither there is any space for time nor for the Solomon Empire.

Ain-ul-Arifeen (Persian Text)

Ain-ul-Arifeen English Translation with Persian Text

Articles inside

Terminology

Short Biography of Sultan Bahoo

Preface