(An Unknown Questioner in Masjid-e-Nabvi)

Major Mashood Ahmad Khan Niazi says, when we
stayed in Medina Sharif during performing Umera, Hazrat
Sahib used to give religious sermon about Sunnah
Rasool-u-Allah to the army officers who were
accompanying us. Other people sitting in Masjid-e-Nabvi
(Prophet's mosque) would also gather round and listen to
him. One day a youthful youngman, having beard
according to Sunnah, said that he had been sitting in this
sermon but could not say a word to him. That day he
gather courage and said that he had been having Ziarat
(vision) of the Holy Prophet for three days.He said, "the
Holy Prophet says that this reverent saint has come from
Pakistan and he has a great blessing and I should ask for
that. The Holy Prophet says, this is last day, if I do not
ask today I will remain deprived. I request you to grant me
that blessing."Hazrat Sahab granted him permission of
Zikr-e-Qalbi, and explained him the way of doing Zikr.
When he met in the next prayer, he said that he got the
price of his arrival there.
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What Virtue is…?
It should be remembered that performing virtuous
deeds doesn't mean remembering Allah while standing on
one leg throughout the night. Instead every single act of a
Muslim is a virtue provided it is performed according to
Sunnah of the Holy Prophet whether it be taking a meal.

Savouring Repentance
Every human being should always be mindful of his
faults and weaknesses. This will develop in him a sense
of loss and guilt which takes him near to Allah.The holy
saints of Allah advise their devotees to take some time
out of the day or night and remember sins, so that they could relish the taste of repentance in their heart. There
is a great pleasure in repenting with grievous cry. That's
why many a men of Allah would always ask Allah for
repentance of their sins.

The Beginning of Zikr-e-Qalbi: a Smaller Kind of
Williat (Williat-e-Sughra)
Usually the poor have more share of blessings of
Allah.Only beginning of Zikr-e-Qalbi is a stage of Williat-e-
Sughra (smaller Williat). Because of this the heart starts
getting free from all other things except the remembrance
of Allah.Zikr-e-Qalbi results in the activation of other Latiaf
(secret areas within the human body which do Zikr Allah).
May Allah Almighty bless my son with the success both
in this world and the Hereafter.Amin.

The greatest Virtue is to join the Creation with the
Creator
To think about the well being of the creation is an act
much liked by Allah Almighty. But the greatest single deed
liked by Allah Almighty is to join His creation with the
Almighty. Because of this, the prophets have exclusive
nearness to Allah Almighty. The rank of our Beloved Holy
Prophet is much exalting before Allah because he acts
as a bridge between the Creator and the creation.

Lataif's Noor
You have written about Zikr and the kind of red light
you see during Muraqaba. This is the Noor of Latifa-e-
Qlb.The Noor of Latifa-e-Rouh is of golden colour while
that of Latifa-e-Sihr is white. Latifa-e-Khafi has Noor of
black colour and Latifa-e-Akhfah has green colour The
Noor of white colour that you saw was of Latifa Sihr,
although you have not been given its permission. These
are the boons of Allah Almighty and His Beloved
Prophet's kind attention. It's the same as a child of first
class, who reads his book of first class well, starts
reading books of second and third classes, although he is
not in that class. May Allah Almighty bless this humble
man's sister with His favours and help her ascending the
path of His love and Mahrafat.You feel Zikr in the middle of
head and forehead, this is Sultan-e-Azkar that is Latifa-e-
Nafs and its Noor is moonlit white.

The Angels Shake Hands….
The sweet smell and the delight that you find in Zikr
is a kind of special bestowal of Allah Almighty. With Zikr
prophets and the angels of Allah descend, and the angels
cover the Zakireen (those who do Zikr) with their Noorani
wings. Our Beloved Holy Prophet says, 'O my beloved
companions! If you do Zikr-e-Allah all the time, the angels
will shake hands with you, when you move about, and in
your beds.' It is the same savour that keeps a Zakir safe
from all the afflictions of this world .He ever remains
under the Divine shade. In the words of Allama Iqbal ,
"Strange is the savour of His nearness; it makes the
heart a stranger in both the worlds."
May Allah Almighty bless all of us with His favours
and make us abiding Zakir.

Getting down of Noor in Body Parts is a Williat-e-Haq
(true williat)
The spiritual state that you have written about is a
kind of special blessing of Allah Almighty. When heart
starts doing Zikr-e-Allah, the other body parts also start
quivering and trembling due to this Noor. This is a stage
of Williat-e-Haq. Hazrat Sultan Bahu expresses the same
state in these verses:
"O, Truth Seeker (salik) the Nearness of the Beloved
is possible with steady feet, that you move (in the way of
Marafat) on and on; Let alone the Qalb (heart) and the
spirit, every single hair of Salik remains absorbed in Zikr
all the time, I hear Hu! Hu! in my in and out, even exactly
at the time of vision (of the Eternal Being), O Bahu! Faqir
is the one whose grave is also alive."
All these favours of showers of Noor are the result of
Zikr-e-Qalbi. Allah Almighty has bestowed you with this
blessing, now key is in your hand, open the locks and
keep on ascending the stages. Hazrat Sutan Bahu says:
"Everyone says Kalima (Taiba) with tongue, but only
a Arif Kamil says it with heart, Where it (Kalima) is said
with heart, there is no place of tongue, Only the lovers
say Kalima with heart, what do they know who make only
talk; O Bahu, you are ever lucky, because your Murshid
has taught you this Kalima."
That's why, Hazrat Piran-e-Pir Abdual Qadir Jillani
says, Zakir of Allah is only who says it with heart, those
who say it with tongue are not Zakir. Zikr with tongue is
only done to make the heart alive with the name of Allah.

Five Lataif and their Place
You have said that you saw your soul out of your
body. I may add here that there are five Lataif in the chest
of human being. They have no connection with our outer
world. These are the secretes of Allah and do not get
annihilated. They get free with Zikr Allah and reach
everywhere in personified form. Their names are Qalb,
Rouah, Sir, Khafi and Akhfa. Sometime Zakir of Allah
sees them with his own eyes, but at other, he does not
see them instead others see them. But I would like to
say, this is not the real end and purpose, the object is
Allah Almighty and His Beloved Holy Prophet These are
the rewards of the way which help increasing the quest of
a Salik. It is like giving a gift to a child on getting first
position in the class. He should not get lost in playing
with it, instead he should look forward to the goal ahead.

Zakir (the one who do Zikr) are the Wisest Men
I received your letters that were full of love. The
moment this humble person read them, there arose a
storm of love that vented in the form of tears in the eyes.
The heart reflected that if love for the sake of Allah was
so sweet and delightful, then what charm and delight
would be in the Person of Allah Almighty Himself. That's
why when men and women of Paradise enter this Eternal
Abode, they will start destroying it. The angels of Allah
will ask them why they are despoiling the Abode of Peace
that Allah Almighty grants to those whom He is pleased
with. They will say, ' we did not do Zikr Allah for Paradise,
we want to see our Beloved Lord with our own eyes. We
can't wait any more.' For the sake of these Zakireen
(plural of Zakir, means those who do Zikr or remember
Allah), Allah Almighty will let people have His sight. After
this, Allah Almighty will ask, ' O My people! How long
have you had My sight?' The people will reply that they
had a few moments of it, and their eyes are still thirsty.
Allah Almighty will tell them that they had vision of Him for
seventy thousand years. Let my life be sacrificed on this
Holy Being whose vision has such charm that lets the
visionary forget his own self. So, those people who are
lost in the remembrance of Allah and His Holy Prophet
are the wisest men.They are standing at their door-step
having this desire in the heart:
"The Friend let Moses have His vision on the Tur;
This made Moses forget his own self, Every hardship
seems to be easy, The moment He made us, of His Own".

Remembering Aulia Allah is a Source of Blessing
My dear sister, I have received your two letters which
are a token of love with fragrance of love of Allah, His
Beloved Prophet and men of Allah. This is the wealth to
which no treasure can surpass in its value and richness.
That's why when Hazrat Farid-u-Din Attar wrote a book
about the Aulia Allah, after praising Allah Almighty and His
Beloved Holy Prophet he says, " when Allah Almighty
asks me about my deeds, I will present this book to Allah
Almighty that describes the lives of Aulia Ikram".It is said
in a Tradition that the place where Aulia Allah are
remembered, the Blessing of Allah descends there.Then,
why shouldn't we remember our holy saints and gather
the blessing of Allah.
Once our grand-Murshid Karim Hazrat Fazil Ali
Qureshi handed a child of goat to one of his disciples to
raise it on the fields till it became young.When the goat
grew young, Hazrat Sahib asked to bring it back. On
seeing the young goat being taken, he started weeping.
Upon this another Faqir explained to him that there was
no point in weeping as the young goat belonged to Hazrat
Sahib. The wailing Faqir said that whenever he saw the
young goat, it made him remember Hazrat Sahib and
Zikr-e-Allah given by him. Now the departure of the goat
will result in decrease in Zikr.Let my life be sacrificed on
those men of Allah whose Faiz can be accrued by
looking at their goat. What would be the experience of
sitting in their company and seeing them? May Allah
Almighty fill our heart with the love of His pious people.

How to Recognize Men of Allah…

Hazrat Maulana Rume says, out of the creation of
Allah, believers are of three kinds:
1- Men
2- Women
3- Hermaphrodites.
He says that the later are those who covet Paradise.
They offer prayers, observe fast and give charity, so that
Allah Almighty may let them enter His Eternal Bliss
(Paradise). Second are those believers who offer their
prayers due to fear of Hell.They do good deeds and avoid
sins and disobedience to save themselves from the Hell
Fire. These are like women. And third are those men,
who neither ask for Paradise nor fear Hell.Their life and
death, offering prayers, remembering Allah, awakening
and sleeping at night and serving the creation of Allah is
only to find the Creator Himself.In fact, these are the real
men.
To highlight these pure souls, our Beloved Holy
Prophet says that Hazrat Dawood asked Allah Almighty
for Paradise.Allah Almighty said 'My dear Prophet, why
don't you ask for, what my special people demand ?'
Hazrat Dawood said, 'Oh! Allah Almighty what do they
ask for?' Allah Almighty said, 'My dear prophet go in the
middle of the mountain; there you will find My special
people, who ask me for something particular. Go and
convey My Salam, and spend some time with them.'
When the prophet of Allah reached there, those men
started moving away, as they heard the rustle of his feet.
Those included men, women, young and old. The prophet
of Allah said, 'don't move away from me, I am a prophet
of Allah.'They stopped and sat down having their heads
bowed in their knees. The prophet of Allah went over to
one of the believers whose lips were moving. When he
took his ears near latter's mouth, he was saying, 'O
Allah! let my sight be eclipsed, lest I should see anyone
except You.'When the prophet went over to the second,
the later was saying, 'O Allah! Let my listening be
destroyed! I don't want to listen anyone except You.'When
the messenger of Allah reached to the third one, he was
murmuring, ' O Allah take away my talking ability because
I don't want to talk to anybody except you.'The prophet of
Allah exclaimed to Allah after listening to these questions,
'O Allah Almighty! I don't understand, why do these
people ask for such things as loss of sight, hearing and
talking capabilities.' Allah Almighty said, 'My special
people ask Me nothing but such things.'

Divine Bestowal

All praises are for that Pure Being whose Blessing
overrules His Anger. Whosoever turns his face towards
Him, never reruns empty-handed and finds more than his
expectations. Our Beloved Holy Prophet says that, to the
last man who will be taken out of Hell,non-believers will
taunt him for his being in Hell though he believed in
Allah.They will say, 'we did not believe in Allah, so we are
in Hell; you believed, and still you are in Hell, what's
difference between you and us' The Blessing of Allah will
take surge and Allah Almighty will ask the angels to take
that man out of Hell and let him enter Paradise.While
moving towards Paradise, the man will think that nothing
will be left for him in Paradise by then.Allah Almighty will
say to him, 'My servant, you have thought in your heart
that their will be nothing left for you in Paradise.'The man
will say, 'O Allah! You know better the thoughts of the
hearts. No doubt I thought like that.'
Allah Almighty will say, 'O My servant! Did you see
my whole world?' The man will say , 'O Allah, I did not
see the whole world except such and such cities of my
country. Allah Almighty will say, ' behold! I bestow you a
Paradise ten times bigger than my whole world.'It could
be well guessed how generous is the bestowal of Allah
Almighty. We consider our Almighty Allah even more
Benevolent and Kind.Inshah-Allah we will find our Allah
Almighty more forthcoming than our hopes.

The Source of Knowledge of the Companions of the
Holy Prophet

Countless Darud-o-Salam on our beloved Holy
Prophet who has been sent as a teacher. Whosoever got
knowledge from him, moved in the light of this Ilm
(knowledge) and found his destination. Because of the
same reason, knowledge and men of knowledge have
been given much higher ranks. It the same Ilm due to
which humans find nearness to Allah.The Ilm that is not
an instrument to achieve love and Marafat of Allah is
useless. There are two sources of Ilm: firstly, company
and secondly, the formal education. The source of
knowledge of the companions of the Holy Prophet was
the former one.It was that knowledge which turned the
companions of the Holy Prophet into shinning stars; and
thousands and thousands of people found guidance from
them. The pure souls whom Allah Almighty purifies of
their inner and outer impurities, their company affords a
sustained following of Shariah and spiritual communion
with Allah Almighty.When he follows the Shariah for some
time, Allah Almighty makes him aware of his inner faults
and he tries to get rid of them. Then Allah Almighty sets
him on the path of inner purification. I humbly pray to
Allah that He may bless us with such knowledge that is a
source of Allah's Marafat.

What is Misconduct in Love?

You have said in your letter, 'is it not possible that
Allah Almighty take away my sleep and I should remain
lost in His remembrance?' If our Lord becomes pleased
with our sweet sleep and His servant prefers being
awake, it is regarded as misconduct in love. Allah
Almighty says to His Beloved Holy Prophet 'O My Beloved
Prophet stand to pray half the night', rather Allah Almighty
says glorify your Lord quarter of the night and take rest in
the remaining time.These were the ways of Beloved
Prophet that have become like of Allah Almighty.Hazrat
Imam Rabbani Mujadid Alf Sani Sirhandi says, if Allah
Almighty gives him a choice between one thousand
Nawafal and a short nap at the mid-day, that is a Sunnah
of the Holy Prophet ,he would opt the later and leave one
thousand Rakat Nawafal.So this is the way we can easily
find the love of Allah.

A Momin is a Mirror for a Momin
You have written that you saw the face of this humble
person which was lit and glittering with such a balmy
Noor that you had seen in the Holy foot of the Holy
Prophet .I would say, in fact you have seen the state of
your own innerself which is illuminated. This humble
person is quite a sinful man, who is carrying his own
burden of sins and lacks virtuous deeds in his account. I
rest all my hopes on the blessings of Allah Almighty and
prayers of the sincere people like you.
There is an incident reported in Haidth Mubaraka that
once Abu Jehal said to the Holy Prophet, 'I have never
seen anyone uglier than you.' Our Beloved Holy Prophet
replied, 'you have spoken the truth.' In the mean time,
Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique arrived there and beheld the
Noorani(shinning) face of the Prophet of Allah and said ,
'O my beloved Holy Prophet none of the mothers has
ever given birth to a more beautiful child than you.' On
listening this the Holy Prophet said, ' O Siddique, you
have spoken the truth.' Upon this, the companions sitting
there were surprised over the same reply of the Holy
Prophet to Abu Jehal and Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddique
although they had expressed quite opposite opinion .Our
Blessed Prophet said that he is like a mirror. When Abu
Jehal saw his own reflection and said that there is no
more uglier than me. Hazrat Sadiq Akbar saw his own
image in me, he exclaimed, O Prophet of Allah no mother
has ever given birth to anyone more beautiful than
you.So, my dear sister our Beloved Holy Prophet says
that, 'A Momin is a mirror for a Momin.'When you saw
this humble person; in fact you saw your own self which
highly Noorani. May Allah Almighty bless you more with
His favours.

No Remedy to a Heart ailing in Love of Allah

All praises are for Allah Almighty Who is the Real
Hakeem and Tabeeb (doctor). Just a kind look of this
Pure Being cures all inner and outer ailments. When
Hazrat Shah Abdual Latif Bhatai fell in love of Allah. He
started remaining restless in the remembrance of the
Real Beloved. Hazrat Sultan Bahu says:
"The lovers never get free from the remembrance of
The Beloved.They remain buried in His imagination. They
don't sleep who live by name of Allah, They (lover of
Allah) halt (in doing Zikr) a moment, and remain restless
day and night; O Bahu, how lucky are those who do the
Zikr of Alif (Allah) in the right way."
When Hazrat Shah Abdual Latif Bhatai was
experiencing this state (of love of Allah), his father took
him to many Hakeems and physicians but all remedies
proved fruitless. Hazrat Shah Abdual Latif Bhatai was
aware of his ailment and the physician who had the
remedy .Having fed up with the worldly treatments and
cures, he would get up in the late hours of the night and
address Allah Almighty, 'O Allah Almighty!You are the real
Hakeem and physician and remedy of my ailment is also
Your Being.Then why do you leave me at the mercy of
others.My cure lies in Your Being alone.' Through the
letter of son Moaz Ahmad, this humble person has come
to know that you have not been feeling well. This humble
person has told son Moaz Ahmad that this is not the
problem of the heart what people call it. You have also
had E.C.G. but nothing has appeared, though you say all
the symptoms are of heart disease. I would like to say
that the effect of evil spirits is always on the heart. First
of all they control the heart, which causes anxiety,
distress and a kind of heaviness on the body. This is all
due to the effect of these evil spirits. Since Zikr-e-Allah is
heavy on them, That's why they can not do any harm.
Zikr is a kind of shield that gives protection of Allah
Almighty.

What is the Desire of the Self?

You have written about 'Nafs' (evil self) and asked its
nature. Anything or desire which is against the command
of Allah and the Shariah Pak of the Holy Prophet is the
desire of 'Nafs'. There are two aspects of things. For
example to love someone can be for the sake of Allah or
for the 'Nafs'. Supposingly, if a man behaves kindly to a
girl who is very poor. He helps her in every respect but at
the same time observes Pardah (to keep oneself away
from non-Mehram) and he does not want her to be
inclined in lieu of his favours. Besides this, he helps her
in the matters of religion. This action stands for the
pleasure of Allah. But if the same person helps any girl
and does not observe Pardah, thinking of winning her
inclination due to his favours. He does not care for the
restrictions imposed by Shariah.All these actions are
done to gratify 'Nafs'. The doer of such actions is always
aware of this but he never discloses it to anyone.
Similarly every action has two aspects; one for the
pleasure of Allah and the second to appease the desires
of 'Nafs'. In short, the choice of the aspect that is liked by
Allah and His Holy Prophet means killing of 'Nafs'and its
evil propensities. Allah Almighty says in His Holy Book:
"Indeed he succeeds who purifies his
ownself. And indeed he fails who corrupts
his ownself (i.e.; disobeys what Allah has
ordered by rejecting the faith.)."
It should be understood that only those people save
themselves from following evil desires of 'Nafs' who purify
their selves (Batin). In a Haidth Sharif our Beloved Holy
Prophet says that there is an instrument to purify every
thing and the purification of heart is done by Zikr-e-
Allah.This is the only way by which we can bridle evil
desires.When Allah Almighty opened the doors of the
world (worldly riches etc.) to the companions of the Holy
Prophet ,they made use of every blessing and favour of
Allah but never lost sight of commands of Allah. Hazrat
Abu Hurariah says that he saw the companions of the
Holy Prophet doing business in their stocked shops, but
werequite near to Allah in their heart.We follow the same
way, 'hand is in the work; heart is with the Friend.'To wear
good clothes and eat good food is not forbidden but to
get lost in these things and forget Allah is not allowed.
May Allah Almighty save us from such negligence.