Khwaja Syed Moinuddin Chishti Gharib Nawaz (A.S)
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Khwaja Syed Moinuddin Chishti Gharib Nawaz (A.S) History
Khwaja
Syed Moinuddin Chishti Gharib Nawaz (A.S)
KHIDMAT
TO THE "PEER-O-MURSHED"

&
Khwaja Syed Moinuddin
Chishti Gharib Nawaz (A.S) THE ATTENDENCE AT "AALA
DARBARS"
Hazrat
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz 's (Peer o Murshad) Religious and spiritual leader
Teacher) , Hazrat Khwaja Syed Usman-E-Harooni Chishty
Hazrat
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) remained in the company of his Peer-O-Mursheed (Religious and spiritual
leader) , Hazrat Khwaja Syed Usman-E-Harooni Chishty for twenty years and
served him devotedly and when he was on journey along with his
Peer-O-Murshed , he used to keep all the necessary things upon his
head.
Panjetan Paak ka
Noor-E-Nazar,
Shaher e Ajmer mai hai Jalwagar.
Hazrat
Khwaja Syed Usman-E-Harooni Chishty (A.S.) said; "I am proud of such a
disciple like Moinuddin. Attending (Khidmat) a superior (Peer) and his appreciation
are only the destiny of Haqiqat and Marfat . Huzoor Gharib Nawaz (R.A.)
told that by attending and obedience to a Peer, high rank is being
bestowed. He said that, "At first my 'Murshed takes me with him to 'Macca
Moazzema' and after getting free from Hajj , my Peer prayed 'Forgive the
followers of Rasool-E-Paak (S.A.W.) . O Parvar Degar-E-Alam; accept my
Moinuddin in your Bargah. An invisible voice come "I've accepted; and
again Peer-o-Murshed prayed "Make Moinuddin as like as me and bestow
success." The voice come "Aie, Usman, Moinuddin is my beneficent . I am
pleased with him and include him among my all beloveds. "This news came
into being the reason of happiness for my murshed and for myself. After
that, Peer-o-murshed takes me with him to Madina Manawara at the 'Bargah
of Rasool-E-Paak (S.A.W.) and going there he offered, the Nazrana of
Salat-o-salaam and Darud-E-Paak and prayed "Aie Aaka (Lord) and Moula
accept my Moinuddin at your 'Bargah' and your 'Khidmat' "A voice came from
the Darbar, "I've accepted Moinuddin. He is the leader of all 'Values' and
my grace is always with him." After that Hazrat
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz presents himself at 'Jannat-ul-Baqi' of
Shahzadi-E-Islam SYEDA Maa 'Khatun-E-Jannat'
and his murshed prayed for acceptance and grace also over there. His
prayers are granted and accepted also. Hazrat Khwaja Syed Usman-E-Harooni
(R.A.) and Hazrat Khwaja Syed Moinuddin Chishti (A.S) were the
descendants of Maa Khatun-E-Jannat and Hazrat Ali (A.S.) "Syed".
Khwaja Syed Moinuddin Chishti Gharib Nawaz (A.S) said Rubayee through
his prayer:
BAGIRDABE
BALA UFTADAH AAM YA MUSTUFA DASTE ,
BA
BAHRE GAM GIRAFTARAM ALI-E -MURTUZA DASTE ,
ZEH AAH WALE
SHABE MEHRAJ DANISTAM YADDULLAHI,
CHIRA DASTAM NAGIRE YA ALI BAHRE
KHUDA DASTE

Presents himself at the Bargah
of Imamul Auliya, Vali-E-Awwal Hazrat Huzur Mola Imam Syed Ali Sher-E-Khuda (A.S.) and his
murshed earnestly requested also over there to accept Khwaja sb. (R.A.)
and Khwaja sb. (R.A.) accepted . Because , Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin chishti
'Gharib Nawaz' (R.A.) and his peer-o-murshed are the descendants of Hazrat
Ali (A.S.) Hazrat Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) presents himself at the Bargah of
Imamul Auliya, Vali-E-Awwal Hazrat Ali Sher-E-Khuda (A.S.) and his murshed
earnestly requested also over there to accept Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) and Khwaja
Sb. (R.A.) accepted. Because, Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti' Gharib
Nawaz (R.A.) and his Peer-O-murshed are the descendants of Hazrat Ali
(A.S.) . But in case of 'vali' without the permission of Hazrat Ali (A.S.)
'vilayat' is never to get. Because, AllahPaak make the end of Nabuwat with
Mohammed Mustafa (S.A.W.) Imamul Ambia and transfer this Nabuwat in
Vilayat. And still the permission is not granted by Hazrat Ali Imamul
Auliya (A.S.) on the certificate of Vilayat, Vilayat is never to get only
AllahPaak better know the glory of Khwaja
Syed Moinuddin Chishti Gharib Nawaz (A.S)

We just know that he is Aal-E-Nabi (S.A.W.) ,
Aulad-E-Ali (A.S.) Khwaja
Syed Moinuddin Chishti Gharib Nawaz (A.S)
" TUMHARA DAR TO DARE
MUSTAFA SE MILTA HAI,
TUMHARA RANG TO
SHER-E-KHUDA SE MILTA HAI,
AUR
TUHARA NOOR TO NOOR-E-KHUDA SE MILT HAI.
YA
HUSSAIN ALMADAD
Khwaja Syed Moinuddin Chishti Garib Nawaz in
Darbar of 'Shahensha-E-Karbala
Hazrat Mola Imam Syed Hussain (A.S.)
Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz
(R.A.) also presents himself at the Darbar of 'Shahauda-E-Karbala
Hazrat Mola Imam Syed Hussain (A.S.) and attained acceptance .
In the
glory of Hazrat Iamam Hussain (A.S.) he recited a 'Sher' Rubaye (poem) which is
famous and popular :-
"SHAH
AAST HUSSAIN (A.S.) BADSHAH AAST HUSSAIN (A.S.)
DEEN AAST HUSSAIN (A.S.) DEEN PANAH AAST HUSSAIN (A.S.)
SARDAD
NA'DAAD DAST DAR DAST E
YAZEED
HAQ'QA KE BINA-E-LAHELA AAST HUSSAIN (A.S.)

Khwaja
Syed Moinuddin Chishti Garib Nawaz in
JANNATUL
BAQI
The reason of my
writing these topics in detail is that the books which are available in
market, in those books these topics such as the attendance of Hazrat Khwaja
Syed Moinuddin Chishti Garib Nawaz (A.S) with his Peer-O-murshed at the Bargah of Hazrat
Mola Imam Syed Ali Sher e Khuda
(A.S.), Maa Khatun-E-Jannat Aaqazadi Rasoolzadi Syeda Fatma Zehra (A.S.) Hazrat
Mola Imam Syed Imam Hassan (A.S.) and Hazrat Mola Imam Syed Hussain (A.S.) offered
prayer and the prayer was accepted etc . are not mentioned . I don't know
why the writer did not mention these topics. It is our righteousness
(faith) . The main point is that, Rasool-E-Paak (S.A.W.) , Hazrat Ali
(A.S.) , MAA KHATUN-E-JANNAT (A.S.), HAZRAT IMAM HASSAN (A.S.) , HAZRAT
IMAM HUSSAIN (A.S.) are the ancestors (Jadd-E-Amjad) of Khwaja
Usman-E-Harooni (A.S.) and Khwaja Syed Moinuddin Chishti Gharib Nawaz (A.S) . Incase of worldly
matter when a child achieves 1st rank or 1st division in the class and for
this achievement the name of the school or college is being high and also
make high the name of country . The Principal, VIPS. Prime Minister,
President also appreciate and are proud of this child (student) and they
applaud and sign the certificate. But Khwaja Syed Moinuddin Chishti Gharib Nawaz (A.S)) is 'Aal-E-Nabi',
'Aulad-E-Ali' and he served his Peer-O-Murshed obediently and devotedly
day and night so , Peer-o-murshed said, "I am proud of such a disciple
like Moinuddin" when anybody reaches at this stage and Peer-O-Murshed want
to take his disciple with him to the bargah of Imamul Ambia Rasool-E-Paak
(S.A.W.), Imamul Auliya Hazrat Ali (A.S.) Maa Khatam-E-Jannat (A.S.),
Hazrat Imam Hassan (A.S.) and Hazrat Imam Hussain (A.S.) , it is quite
impossible. Because , his disciple Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) is favorite of
AllahPaak and also from His (Khuda) 'Noor'. Today which everybody gets
from the Darba r of Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) it is the 'alms' (Sadqah) of his
ancestors (Jadd-E-Amjad). He spreads the message of humanity. Khwaja Syed
Moinuddin Chishti Gharib Nawaz (A.S) attained acceptance & appreciation by the grace of Panjetan
Paak (A.S.) and by the blessing of his Peer-O-murshed. Khwaja Syed
Moinuddin Chishti Gharib Nawaz (A.S)












A BRIEF HISTORY OF KHURASAN
Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz
(R.A.) opened his eyes in an era, which was full of turmoil. The tyrant
Tataris were sheding blood with brutality and achieving monetary gains.
There was no peace anywhere and anarchy was prevailing in every nook and
corner. The Tataris invaded Khurasan and defeated Sultan of Khurasan. They
let loose carnage in the area. This was the place where the Tataris on one
hand were causing brutality and on the other hand operating against the
tenets of Islam. Since, Sultan of Khurasan was defeated the Tataris
entered Khurasan without any resistance and ruined a number of cities like
Osh (Mash-had), Muqaddam and Neshapur. Boys and girls were made slaves and
all the mosques were destroyed innocent people were massacred and many
highly respected, knowledgeable scholars were martyred. Khwaja sahib
(R.A.) was 13 at that time. He was very much distressed with this
bloodshed and large scale destruction which he witnessed at an early
age.
Father,Mother of Khwaja
Syed Moinuddin Chishti Garib Nawaz
Father (Walid Sb)
Hazrat Khwaja Syed Gayasuddin Hassan
Mother (Walda Sba)
Syeda Bibi Umwalwara Mahenoor Sba
Khwaja sahib was at an small age of
14 when his father Hazrat Khwaja Syed Gayasuddin Hassan left for his
heavenly abode, and he became an orphan. He inherited a garden and a mill
from his father. After a few months of his father's death his beloved
mother Syeda Bibi Umwalwara Mahenoor Sba also left this transitory world.
The only means of his livelihood was a garden and a mill, inherited from
his father. Khwaja sahib (R.A.) himself looked after the garden. He
watered the plants, and took a lot of pain in taking care of the land. In
this way, he continued earning his bread and butter.
GARIB
NAWAZ
Khwaja Syed Moinuddin
Chishti
Garib Nawaz
Since his early age,
Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) was fond of the company of dervesh, sufis and faqirs
and had a great respect for them. One day, as to routine when he was
watering the plants, a Majzoob arrived there. The Majzoob was Sheikh
Ibrahim Qundoozi (R.A.). When Khwaja Sahib saw the old man, he left his
work and stepped forward and welcomed him. He kissed the hand of the old
man, took him to a tree and requested him to sit under its shadow. At that
time Khwaja Sahib had nothing to offer him. It was the grape season and
the bunch of grapes were there on the trees. He plucked a bunch of sweat
and juicy grapes, offered him and then sat in front of him respectfully.
The God-loving Majoob liked his gesture and enjoyed few pieces of grapes
with pleasure. The enlightened Majzoob immediately recognized that the
promising child is GARIB NAWAZ
As he had a great respect and love for
Derveshes , Faqirs, Garib, Misqeen, love towards
all.
DIFFERENT TITLES OF THE HOLY SAINT KHWAJA GARIB
NAWAZ AJMER
AAT-ERASUL- GIFT OF THE PROPHET
HINDUL-UL-WALI---THE SAINT OF INDIA
GARIB NAWAZ--THE PATRON OF THE POOR
SULTANUL HIND--SPIRITUAL SOVEREIGN OF
INDIA
NAIBUN NABI--ASSISTANT (REPRESENTATIVE) OF
NABI
NAIBE-RASOOL FILL HIND --THE DEPUTY OF THE PROPHET IN
INDIA
KHWAJA-E-AJMER--KHWAJA OF AJMER
KHWAJA BUZURG--THE GREAT KHWAJA
TAJUL MUQARR-E-BEEN-CROWN OF THE NEAR ONES AND OF THE
ENLIGHTENED.
BURHAN-UL WAS-EY-LEEN- SYMBOL OF THE
UNITED
PANAH-E-BEKASAN- THE SHELTER OF THE
HELPLESS.
Acquisition of knowledge :
Khwaja Sahib had to visit far
flung areas to quench his thirst for knowledge. He continued his journey
across untrodden ways, terrains of deserts, the rivers, difficult and
steep mountains and thick forests. During his long and troublesome
journey, he faced a lot of difficulties, till he reached Bukhara. There he
acquired knowledge of Fiqh, Hadith and Tafseer and studied books on other
related subjects in famous madarsas under the able guidance of eminent
scholars of the time like Maulana Hussamuddin Bukhari (R.A.) who awarded
him "Dastar-e-Fazilat" and enriched him with the knowledge so vastly that
soon he became one of the most eminent and learned scholars of the period.
Even then, his thirst for knowledge was not fulfilled, so with the
permission of Maulana Husamuddin Bukhari (R.A.) he left for Samarkand and
acquired there more knowledge and wisdom in each and every madarsah of the
city.
In Search of
Truth
Hazrat Khwaja Syed Moinuddin
Chishty (R.A.) was very restless and his thirst for acquisition of
knowledge further fanned the fire of love and passion. So he left the land
of Samarkand and repeating the name of Allah set off towards west. A large
number of great holy saints were laid to rest everywhere in the west while
a number of sagacious personalities were busy in the welfare and
enlistment of the people. From Samarkand, he started his journey to Bulk
in the south to continue his search for a Murshid-e-Kamil. But his efforts
could not bear fruits and so he kept on traveling, as some internal
passion was pushing him towards his goal.
At last he reached a town, named Haroon which was not away from
Neshapur.
Khwaja Syed Moinuddin Chishti
Garib Nawaz (R.A.) meets the
Pir-e-Kamil
Though Haroon was a small town
but Allah was kind enough to its people and showering His blessings on
them. In those days, Hazrat Khwaja Sheikh Syed Usman Harooni (R.A.) was
there and his presence was filling the town with prosperity and blessings
of God. Hazrat Sheikh Syed Usman Harooni (R.A.) was among
Mashaikh-e-Kubbar and people from far and near were gaining benefits from
his spiritual knowledge. The needy were getting their desires fulfilled
while the seekers of the truth were taking guidance from him. At last,
his love and passion for the truth made him reached to his gole i.e., he
entered Haroon town. He was over joyed as he found the source to
Eternity. Since Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) had covered a long distance to
reach Haroon town, his face and clothes were dusty. Though he was
impatient to achieve his objective but he did not leave sincerity and
firmness. He became the disciple of Hazrat Khwaja Shaikh Usman Harooni
(R.A.) and the Pie-e-Kamil accepted him as his Mureed.
Khwaja Syed Moinuddin Chishti
Garib Nawaz narrated the entire
episode as follows :
I
presented myself in an assembly where august personalities were gathered
and were sitting with great respect. Huzoor instructed : "Offer two
Rakaat-Namaz". I
followed. Then he
asked me: "Sit down facing Qibla". I sat down with great respect facing
Qibla. He then
asked me: "Recite Surah Baqar". I obeyed him. He ordered: "Recite Subhan Allah sixty
times". I did it. Then Huzoor hold my hand with his
hand, looked at the sky and said: "I have taken you to God". At the end, Hazrat Shaikh (R.A.)
put a special Turkish cap, called Kulah-e-Chahar-Turki on my head and
awarded me a Chugha-e-Mubarak to put on and then asked me to sit down. Now
he instructed me to recite Surah-e-Ikhlas a thousand times.
When I
finished, he said,
"Our Mashaikh complete a Mujahida of a day and night, so go and complete a
Mujahida for the same period.
In
obedience,
I spent one day and
one night in prayers and worshiping Allah. Next day I presented myself
before him.
He asked
me to sit and I sat down. He said, "Look into the sky". I did. He then
enquired, "As to where do you see ?" I answered, "To "Arsh-e-Mualla." He
instructed me to look into the earth. I followed. He then asked the same
question: "As to where do you see?" I said, "upto
Tehtussara."
he said, "Recite
Surah Ikhlas a thousand times". When I completed, Hazrat asked to look into the sky.
I looked
and said, "I clearly
see till "Hijab-e-Azmat." he then
asked me to close your eyes. I did the same. He then instructed me to open
my eyes. I obeyed. Later he put two fingers before me and asked, "What do
you see?"
I
replied,
"Eighteen thousand universes are before my eyes."
As soon as I
completed the sentence, he said, "Now, the job is over". Later on, he
pointed towards a brick, lying in a corner and asked me to remove it.
There were some Dinars under it. He instructed me to distribute them among
the poor, and that I did. At the end he said, "Be with us for a few days." And it was a pleasure for
me to be with him.
20 years of Service to Pir-o-Murshid
Khwaja Syed Moinuddin
Chishti Garib Nawaz did Khidmat 20 years of Service to
his Pir-o-Murshid
Hazrat Khwaja Syed Moinuddin
Chishty (R.A.) became such a faithful follower of Hazrat Khwaja Usman
Harooni (R.A.) that he accompanied him at every moment. He carried his
bedding, food, water and other necessary items on his
shoulders when on journey. He remained for 20 years in the company
of his Pir-o-Murshid and observed Riyazat and Mujahidat and during this
period completed all the stages of Maar-e-fat and Haqeqat, besides gaining
knowledge regarding the Israr-o-Rumooz of Faqeeri.
Whatever guidance he had
taken from his Pir-o-Murshid and observed some of his miracles are given
below in his own words:
One day Khwaja Usman Harooni
(R.A.) said to Khwaja Gharib Nawaz, "On the day of Judgement, no one,
either he is a prophet, wali or a Muslim will be spared if he was not
punctual to Namaz and he will be thrown into the Jahannam.
Says the Almighty in the Holy Quran :
"Those who are not punctual for Namaz, they will be
kept in vell." Vell is a well in Jahannam, where the people who do not
offer prayers on time will be kept under severe Chastisement. Then he
further described that the vell asked the Almighty 70 thousand times that
which group will be put under Chastisement. The answer from the Almighty
is: "They will be those who do not offer their prayers on
time"
Once when I was traveling with
my Pir-o-Murshid reached the bank of Tigris river which was over flooded
at that time. I was worried that how to cross the river. Gazrat said,
"Close your eyes." I did accordingly and when I opened my eyes, we found
ourselves across the river. I asked how it happened. He said, "I recited
Alhamd five times and thus crossed the river."
Once, I was present in an
assembly of Dervesh before my Pir-o-Murshid, an old man came there and
said Salaam. Pir-o-Murshid stood-up and replied and asked him warmly to
sit down. He said, "My son is missing for the last 30 years. I don't know
whether he is dead or alive. I am very much shocked and depressed because
of his missing. Kindly help me." He also requested for Fatiha Ikhlas.
Hearing the entire episode, Hazrat absorbed himself in contemplation.
After sometime he raised his head and asked the present assembly to recite
Fatiha Ikhlas for return of the boy. So it was done accordingly. Later
Hazrat asked the old man to go and come back with his son as and when he
returns. The old man was on his way back to home, when a man 'informed
him about the return of his son. He rushed to his house, embraced his son
and returned immediately to Hazrat with his son. Khwaja Usman Harooni
(R.A.) asked the boy about his where-about. He answered, "I was on a boat
in a sea and the owner of the boat had chained me. Today a Dervash,
resembling with you came there, broke the chains, hold me with my neck
tightly, and asked to put my foot on his hand and to close my eyes. After
sometime, he asked me to open my eyes. And when I opened the eyes, I found
myself alone at the door of my house. He wanted to continue, Khwaja Sahib
stopped him and asked to keep mum. The old man kept his head on Hazrat's
feet and later both the father and the son left away.
Hazrat Khwaja Syed Moinuddin Chishty (R.A.) remained in the service of his Pir-o-Murshid for 20 years
and devoted himself to him sincerely and whole heartedly. So the
Pir-o-Murshid was very much pleased and impressed and he rewarded Khwaja
Sahib with all his blessings. Thus after completing of all the stages of
Maarefat and
Haqeeqat under his
guidance, the Pir-o-Murshid granted him all his Tabarrukat which he had
received from the respected Durvesh and Sufi Saints.
Thereafter he
advised Khwaja Gharib Nawaz.
"O Moin! Never be dependent on people, never stay in
populated areas, and never ask for any charity from anyone." Khwaja
Gharib Nawaz says, "Later he recited Surah Fatiha and kissed my head and
eyes and said, "Be under the custody of Allah. Moinuddin is a friend of
God and I am proud of his association with me."
Khwaja Syed Moinuddin
Chishti
Garib Nawaz's Tours and Meetings with revered Personalities
It was a coincidence that
during that period, Hazrat Khwaja Bakhtiyar Kaki (R.A.) reached there in
search of a Murshid-e-Kamil and stayed in Isfahan. He used to be in the
service of Seikh Mehmud Isfahani. As he had great faith in Sheikh
Isfahani, he wanted to have a 'Bayt' (Fealty) with him to become a
disciple of him, but the Almighty had attributed something different. One
day, by chance he had a glance at the face of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin
Chishti (R.A.) that was shining with divine light. All of a sudden he was
attracted to the Khwaja and one day he expressed his dsire to become a
disciple of him by performing a 'Bayt'. And so he joined the servitude of
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz.
Khwaja Syed Moinuddin
Chishti Garib Nawaz Sahib in Baghdad
After leaving Hamadan, Hazrat
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz stayed in Baghdad which was a centre of art and
learning. A number of great Ulema, Fuzala, Sufia, Sulaha, Atqua and Aulia
(great Scholars and pious persons) were present there, and the assemblies
were always over crowded with seekers of knowledge. Khwaja Gharib Nawaz
(R.A.) also joined one of them and obtained beneficence.

Khwaja Syed Moinuddin
Chishti Garib Nawaz Sahib in
Khana-e-Kaaba

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Hazrat Khwaja
Gharib Nawaz reached Makkah Muazzamah in 583 Hijra and visited
Khana-e-Kaaba. Most of the time he performed
Tawaif (circumambulation) of Kaaba
and remained busy in offering prayers.
One day when he was busy in
prayers,
he heard the Divine voice. "O Moinuddin ! I am pleased
with you and grant you pardon.
Ask for anything you wish."
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.)
was very happy when he heard this. He immediately went into
prostration and prayed with great humbleness, "O God!kindly forgive those who are my followers (Mureed".
He again heard the same voice, "O Moinuddin, I
grant your prayers and all those who enter into your clan, till
the Day of Judgement,
will be forgiven."
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Hazrat Khwaja Garib Nawaz Sahib in
Madinah-e-Munawwara
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) left
Makkah Muazzama and reached Madinah Munawwara and in great humbleness
visited Rauza-e-Aqdas. He offered prayers daily in Masjid-e-Nabawi and
spent most of the time in Durood-o-Salaam near Rauza-e-Aqdas. One day
when all the persons after the Fajr prayers in Masjid-e-Nabwi offered
Salat-o-Salaam and leaving the place they heard a voice. "Call Moinuddin." Shaikhur Rauza (Caretaker of the Rauza) announced from
Mehrab-e-Masjid (the arch of the mosque) "who is Moinuddin?" All those
bearing the name of Moinuddin responded to Shaikhur Rauza. The Shaikh was
now confused. How to recognize the particular Moinuddin, who has been
desired by the holy Prophet. So he enquired about him and Huzoor (S.A.W.)
said: "Call Moinuddin
Chishty." Hence Khwaja Moinuddin
responded to Shaikhur Rauza who took him to the
Rauza-e-Aqdas, "O
Prophet! Here is Moinuddin Chishti." The door of Rauza-e-Aqdas opened and Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) was
called:

come inside." Huzoor Khwaja
Gharib Nawaz went into the Rauza-e-Aqdas in a state of passion and
obtained revelations. Then he was ordered:
"O Moinuddin! Thou is the person who will strengthen
our
religion. We
grant you region of Hind . Go to India, stay in Ajmer and start
preaching of
Islam. Allah will bless you."
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) came out of Rauza-e-Aqdas paying
great respect and honor. He was under a peculiar state of ecstasy. When
quenched with passion, he remembered the order of Prophet Mohammed (SAW).
He was worried as he was not aware of the location of India and there of
Ajmer. In anxiety, the day passed it was isha time. He offered his isha
prayers. After offering prayers he fell asleep and had a dream in which
he saw the whole map of India with exact position of Ajmer. When awake, he
thanked Allah by offering prayers, visited Rauza-e-Athar, offered
Durood-o-Salaam and set off for India.
Journey During his journey, Khwaja (R.A.) also visited Syria,
but it is not sure that he visited on way or on return journey. The
following is the description of Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.)'s journey to
India in his own words: "Once I reached a city, near to Syria. There was a saint who was
living in a cave. The flesh of his body was so dried that the skin was
stuck to his bones. He was sitting on a piece of cloth while two lions
were standing at the entrance. I went to see him but could not dare to
enter due to the presence of the lions. Sheikh saw and said, "Don't be
afraid and come in."
Khwaja Syed Moinuddin
Chishti Garib Nawaz Again in the Presence of Pir-o-Murshid
Tabauqat
After obtaining
permission to leave from the holy Prophet, Khwaja Gharib Nawaz returned to
Baghdad. His Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Khwaja Syed Usman Harooni was still in
Baghdad. He came to him and told about the Prophet's order.
Pir-o-Murshid's joy knew no bounds. He said, "I opt for seclusion to offer
my prayers to Allah and so will not come out from the room." Hazrat
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz used to go to Pir-o-Murshid at the time of Chasht to
acquire spiritual knowledge. This routine continued for about 28 days.
During this period, he wrote down whatever he gained from his
Pir-o-Murshid. In this way a volume of 28 chapters was compiled in these
28 days, which he named as "Anees-ul-Arwah." On the last
day, Hazrat Shaikh granted him his Asa-e-Mubarak (sceptre), Musalla
(carpet for prayers) and Khirqa-e-Uzma (robes of a Dervesh) and all those
Tabarrukat (benedictions and presents) which have been inherited by him
from Chishty family and said, "These are Souvenirs. Keep them carefully as
I did. If you find anybody suitable, give him. One, who respects and
follows the teachings of his Murshid, is a worthy
disciple." Later he saw his worthy disciple Khwaja Syed
Moinuddin Chishty (R.A.) off and absorbed himself in
contemplation.
Khwaja Syed Moinuddin
Chishti Garib Nawaz Sb
on the way to India

Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) reached Sabzwar. The
ruler of Sabzwar Shaikh Mohammed Yadgar was very cruel, tyrant and of bad
character. Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) reached Ghazni, and met there
Sultan-ul-Mashaikh Syed Abdul Wahid (R.A.). Hazrat Qutubul-Aqtab Khwaja
Qutubuddin Bakhtyar Kaki (R.A.), Shaikhul-Mashaikh Hazrat Mohammed Yadgar
(R.A.) and Syedus-Sadaat Hazrat Khwaja Syed Fakhruddin Gurdezi accompanied
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) in his journey.
The
caravan of saints of Allah was now on the border of India. Sky high
mountains were in the way but the perfect determination of Khwaja
Sahib could not be deferred with the name of Almighty, he stepped into
mountains and after passing through the hills, valleys and hindrances he
arrived at the border area of Punjab, Shadman & Multan, Lahore the
Capital of Punjab & the high rise spires of temples there were telling
the tales of splendor of the city. They stayed at the Mazaar of Hazrat Abu
Ali Hijweri, Data Ganj Bakhsh (R.A) just out side the wall of the
city.
HE RECITED THE FOLLOWING VERSE:---


After leaving
Lahore, Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) reached Samana (Patiala) and stayed
there. Though apparently people there were sympathetic but in reality they
were enemy to him and wanted to harm him. Infect, the mother of
Prithviraj, King of Delhi and Ajmer was an astrologer and after having
knowledge through her astrology, she informed her son about signs of a
person who will be the cause of his destruction. In view of this
prediction, the king asked the artists to sketch the person who resembled
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) and sent these sketches to all the border
areas. He also ordered his men to kill the person resembling with sketch
as and where found. Thus when Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) reached Samana,
king's men seeing the resemblance, tried to stop him. But Khwaja Sahib
(R.A.) comprehended their inner feelings through. Divine inspiration so he
with his companions slipped from the hands of their enemies
safely.
Hazrat Khwaja Garib Nawaz Khwaja in Delhi
After passing
through Samana, Khwaja Sahib reached Delhi and stayed at a place, a few
yards away and just opposite to Raja Khande Rao's palace. He then started
preaching of Islam. His way of preaching was so impressive and convincing
and his personality was so attractive that most of the people opted for
Islam. Gradually, the number of Muslims started increasing and even in a
short span of time, the conversion created an alarming situation for the
people. Thus, a delegation of prominent citizens visited the ruler of the
city and said that their gods were angry because of the arrival of the
sinners. If they were not expelled, the entire kingdom was feared to be
destroyed due to the wrath and rage of gods. So Khande Rao immediately
ordered to expel the Fakirs. But in vain. As soon as the Raja's men went
there to execute orders, they were so impressed with the behavior and the
truthfulness of Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) that they themselves opted Islam
instead of executing the orders. When Khande Rao could not be able to get
executed his orders, he lured a man and asked him to kill Khwaja Sahib
(R.A.). The man visited him, but Khwaja Sahib through his enlightenment
knew about his bad intention. He said to the man, "What is the use of
showing loyalty to me ? Why you hesitate to fulfill your
intention?" Hearing this he started trembling. The hidden dagger fell
on he ground. He fell on the feet of Khwaja Sahib and converted to
Islam. When Khwaja satisfied himself with the preaching of Islam in
Delhi, he left Khalifa-e-Akbar, Hazrat Khwaja Bakhtiyar Kaki (R.A.) there
for promoting the religion and set off for Ajmer with his 40 followers.
And it was his impressive preaching that before his arrival in Ajmer,
hundreds of men had changed their older belief to Islam.



On reaching Ajmer, Khwaja
Sahib rested under the shadow of a tree. Immediately some camel drivers
came there and asked him brutally to sit at any other place because that
place was reserved for king's camels. Khwaja Sahib said that they could
make the camels sit at some other place. But the camel drivers were
adamant and became violent then he said very politely.
"Lo, we leave the place and your camel may remain sit
here."

Saying this, he
with his followers made his stay at a hill on the bank of Anna Sagar. Next
day, in spite of their best efforts the came drivers could not be able to
make their camels to stand. It seemed that earth had gripped them. They
were very much surprised. At last, they went to the court of king
Prithviraj at Taragarh. When the king was narrated the entire incident, he
was shocked. He was very proud of his bravery, but it could do nothing for
him following the first Karishma of Khwaja Sahib (R.A.). So he ordered the
camel-drivers to beg for a pardon from the Fakir. Accordingly they went to
Khwaja Sahib and apologized with great respect and humbleness. He kindly
said, "Go back and by the grace of God your camels will stand on their
feet." On their return, when they saw that camels were standing, they
were annoyed as well as over-joyed.
Khwaja
Syed Moinuddin Chishti Garib Nawaz Sb's Jalal-E-Haideri
Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) used to stay along with his disciples on
a hill near the Ana Sagar and Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) and their
companions took a bath and performed Wudu daily on the bank of Anna Sagar.
Since, there were situated temples on the bank, the priests did not like
it. he used to send his attendant to fetch water for drinking and ablution
from the Ana Sagar. One day he sent his attendant to fetch water. At that
period vast learned person, King and Brahmans live over person takes water
from Ana Sagar and impure their religion. So they complained to the King
Prithvi Raj that the muslim person takes water from Ana Sagar. The King
said "If I stop to take the water then he (Khwaja Sb.) will be in trouble
and will be defeated so, the King deployed his soldiers over there. As per
daily routine the attendant comes to take water. When Sarkar Gharib Nawaz
heard this news he became angry (Jalal-E-Haideri) Khwaja Sb said" EE KARBALA
NASTH" (This is not Karlala). Because
for his ancestor Hazrat Imam Hussain (A.S.) and Shahid-E-Karbala, Yazid
stopped the water. This was just of keep the promise of his (Hazrat Imam
Hussain A.S.) grand father (Maternal) and Marzi-E-Moula, otherwise if
Hazrat Imam Hussain (A.S.) kicked on the ground it flower the water
abundantly.

Any way, Huzoor Gharib Nawaz
(R.A.) sent his attendant with a "Kosha"( a kind of small verssel) to the
particular place where the soldiers were deployed and said to his
attendant, "take this and give order to the water, "Khwaja Sb. calls on
you" when the attendant said the same word, the entire water of Ana Sagar
came into that Kuza (earthen pot) and not only that, all the rivers and
ponds in Asia became dried and the women who used to feed milk to their
children, their milk was also stopped to come. There were massive
disturbance occurred every where. When the Hindu communities came to know
this matter, they understood that this was done by that "muslim guru"
(Khwaja Sb.)When the peoples became perplexed and each and every villagers
gathered and peoples from for distance came to Ajmer and a large crowd
were present at the Darbar-E-Khwaja. Among then soldiers priests, Brahmans
and upper class and lower class peoples were present. They were begging
his pardon saying "pardon us" you are grand child of Hazrat Mohammad
Mustafa (S.A.W.) and you came as "Rahmat dil Hind" for hind. They all fell
down on his feet and accepted Islam. Huzoor Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) for given
them and gave order to Khwaja Fakhurddin Gurdezi (R.A.) to let the water
free from the "Kuza" and power into the Ana Sagar. He did the same and all
the dried ponds and rivers filled with water again. When this news spread
out every where that it was a miracle and done by a muslim guru, the
people from for distance came to khwaja Sb. (R.A.) and being converted
into muslim accepting Iman. By this way Islam spread out every where.
This is the "Jala-E-Haideri" of
Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) which I am explaining here to you, only due to
"Jala-E-Haidri" he stopped the water, After this incident he never got to
be angry like this further. Now his he Darbar Showers grace and blessing
on every body.
"PANDIT JI DEVOTEE OF
Khwaja Syed Moinuddin Chishti
Garib Nawaz
Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.)
used to send message of humanity daily as usual sitting among his
believers and used to give advice. Among those believers some body also
used to come who accepted "Imam" not yet but there was no example and
comparison of the politeness and to show regarded of Gharib Nawaz (R.A.).
He produced a tremendous spiritual and social revolution in India. In such
terrible atmosphere of touchable and untouchable the point of view of
unity and oneness of Islam was being present in practice. For which
discrimination of cast and creed along with Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) were
present to hear the message of humanity but except them somebody was also
present who accepted "Islam" and some body also used to sit who did not
accept "Islam" yet among them "Hindu Pandit's" were also present. One day
among those "Hinu Pandit", one pandit did not come. So Sarkar Gharib Nawaz
(R.A.) asked his disciple (attendant) Khwaja Fakhruddin Gurdezi (R.A.)
about his absence and came to know that the young son of that Pandit died.
Them Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) gave order to fetch the Pandit to him. As
per his order to fetch the Pandit to him. As per his order attendant
conveyed the message of Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) to that Pandit and told him that
"Khwaja Baba Called on you" The pandit said, I am in such trouble and
critical moment. What I am to do? But he could not avoid his order
Because, the Pandit was so impressed by the politeness and mummers of
Khwaja Sb. (R.A.), So according to his order leaving his son's dead body
and told his neighbors, villagers, "you take preparation, I'm just coming"
The people got ready to bathe the dead body and his
funeral.
The Pandit reached at the Darbar of
Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) and shook his hand and explained all the situation.
Every body sitting over there watched this seen. Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) asked
the pandit "you did not inform me about your son's such condition" Khwaja
Sb. (R.A.) told the Pandit "Call on your son by his name".
Pandit replied humbly " He has gone
to that place from where nobody can return back" God bestowed me only one
some. So I an now helpless". Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) told him, " I 'm telling
you, call on him and tell "oh my son, Khwjaja Sb. (R.A.) is calling you".
His son whom the villagers were going to bathe him lying on the cot,
opened his eyes and raised and walked on from his village and attend at
the Darbar of Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) Seeing this Pandit became overwhelmed.
Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) was smiling and said to the Pandit. "Your only one son
is quite will". When the boy came towards Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) both father
and son fell down on the feet of Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) and both of them
accepted Islam and converted themselves in Muslim religion.
This boy when being alive comes
running from the village, his relatives, neighbors, men and women of the
village, young and old people everybody who came to join in his funeral
also come behind the boy and after watching this miracle all the
people of every village fell on the feet of Kwaja Sb. (R.A.) and converted
themselves in Muslim religion.
Sarkar Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) had
spread Islam neither by sword, nor by gun or spears or cannon or by
fighting but converted the people in Muslim religion by his politeness and
impressive personality and conveyed the message of the descendants of
Parwar Diagar-E-Alam and Rasool-E-Paak (S.A.W.)
Khwaja Syed
Moinuddin Chishti Garib Nawaz Conversion of Shadi Deo to Islam
Shadi Deo was the Supremo of
all the temples in Ajmer. He lived in Jadu Shadi Mandir and was a great
learned man of Hinduism. He had a great influence on all the Hindus. When
he saw poor attendance in the temples, he got furious but was very much
worried also. On the other hand,, the priests of temples also made him
opposed to Khwaja Sahib (R.A.). Thus Shadi Deo along with colleagues and
followers came to face Khwaja Sahib. Their intentions were bad and they
wanted to harm him. But Khwaja Sahib's one look changed their hearts and
Shadi Deo fell on his feet and repented. He accepted Islam. He was named
as Saad. Most of his fellow-beings also repented and accepted Islam. The
entire episode gave a jolt to the city and it made Prithviraj worried
much.
Ajay Pal Jogi accepts Islam
With the
growth of Islam in Ajmer, Prithviraj was very anxious. So he contacted his
family Guru, Ajay Pal Jogi, who was the greatest magician of Indian and
lived in a jungle (Jaypal Nagar) near Ajmer. Raja narrated him the entire
happenings. He considered Khwaja Sb's miracles as ordinary magic tricks.
He assured the king that he would expel Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) He sat on his
Mirg Chhala (deer skin) and left for the Anna Sagar along with his
disciples. The devils army was riding on flying lions, and holding pythons
in their hands like lashes. They gathered on the bank of Anna Sagar. The
neo-Muslims companions were afraid of seeing devils-army. But Khwaja Sahib
draw a circle with his finger around them and asked them not to go out of
it. Ajay Pal and his disciples threw magic-pythons which rushed to the
Khwaja Sahib but burnt and changed into ashes reaching the circle. When
failed in their intentions, the magicians showered fire on them. It not
only proved ineffective to the target but bounced back to the magicians
and burnt them. When all the enchantment were a failure. Ajay Pal decided
to attack them from the sky. So he flew towards the sky.
When Khwaja Sahib saw
him, he gives order
(Huhum) to his (Khadaw, Nalain) slippers to take him down. The slippers
also took a fly into the sky and started beating the Jogi. After sometime
the people saw that the slippers were riding on his head and he was forced
to fly down. At the end Ajay Pal Jogi was defeated. Ajay Pal Jogi came down and said "Khwaja Sb. your slipper
has so much power that I applied my all tricks at my best to remove your
slippers, but it was beating on my head continuously so, whereas your
slippers has such power then how much power you have " Forgive me, I am
defeated". He fell down on the feet of Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) and accept
Islam and Known as Abdullah Biyabani.
He admitted
that the magic had no value and he wasted his entire life in exploring and
gaining of magic. He was ashamed and repented. Khwaja Sahib was kind
enough, so he forgave him. Jogi accepted Islam
and became a disciple. Hazrat proposed his new name as Abdullah. His service is to feed the hungers, to give the water to
thirsty person and to show the way to the person who forget his way. He
became immortal. His other disciples and people who were present there,
also joined him. Later, Ajay Pal requested
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz to enlighten him about his Madarij-e-Aala. Khwaja
Sahib (R.A.) smiled and asked Ajay Pal to close the eyes. As he closed his
eyes, he saw, Aalam-e-Barzakh, Bam-e-Aflaak and even Arsh-e-Aazam. When he
had seen all these, Khwaja Sahib asked him to open the eyes. Ajay Pal
opened his eyes and fell on the feet of Khwaja Sahib (R.A.). Then Khwaja
Sahib was kind enough to help him in achieving the status of
Aulia-e-Kamileen. Then he made another request of having eternal life
Khwaja Sahib prayed to God to grant Ajay Pal (Abdullah) eternal life. The
prayer was granted. Now it is said that Abdullah is alive (Amar) and
guides the people who forget their way.
People in Ajmer and adjoining areas
call him. His service is to feed the
hungers, to give the water to thirsty person and to show the way to the
person who forget his way. He became immortal.
Abdullah Bayabani Bhoke ko
khana, Piyase ko pani, Bhole ko rah dikhane


Shahabuddin at the feet of Khwaja Syed Moinuddin Chishti
Garib Nawaz
Offer of Islam to Prithviraj
After accepting Islam by Shadi
Deo and Ajay Pal jogi, Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) sent a message to Rai Pithora
(Prithviraj). "Accept Islam as it is in your interest. Not only you
will retain your kingdom but the Almighty will be pleased with you.
Otherwise, you will have to face a lot of miseries not only in this world
but after the death too. And at that time, you would have no way
out." But Rai Pithora was very adamant and was not convinced. On the
contrary, he became outrageous. To test Gharib Nawaz, he sent a man to
become the follower.
When he reached him, Khwaja Sahib refused to accept him as his
disciple. When asked, he gave three reasons for the refusal. "First, hatred and malice are deep rested in your heart.
Second, you follow
polytheism and bow your head to everything except Allah, and Third (lastly), as I have seen in
Lauh-e-Mahfooz, you will die in polytheism." The man was very surprised
when heard Khwaja Sahib. The tension between Khwaja Sahib and
Prithviraj was on the rise. When he failed in all his tricks, he started
atrocities on Muslims. Under the action, one of his courtier, who accepted
Islam and became the disciple (Mureed) of Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) was severely
tortured. So, the Mureed requested Khwaja Sahib to influence the king so
that he could be saved. Since Khwaja had a great love and affections for
his disciples so he asked the king to refrain himself from committing
brutalities. But the king did not heed to the advice and issued an order
to Khwaja Sahib saying that being the master and the king of the land, it
was his order to leave Ajmer with all the disciples otherwise all will be
expelled forcibly.
When Khwaja Sahib know about the
order he became angry and he said, "We
hand over Rai Pithora to the army of Muslims after arresting
him." The people were surprised but had great
faith in him,. so they started waiting for the outcome.

On the same day of the prediction,
king Shahabuddin Ghauri, who was in Khurasan, dreamt an old saint, saying:
"O Shahabuddin! Almighty
has granted you kingdom of India. Get up and proceed towards India. Arrest
the king and punish him."
After it, the Saint disappeared.
When the king awoke he was under a peculiar state of mind. The vice was
still echoing in his ears, saying, 'proceed towards India. Success will be
yours.' The king informed learned men. They congratulated the king and
predicted his victory.
King Shahabuddin Mohammed Ghauri
was badly defeated by king Prithvi Raj one year back in the field of
Tara-en (Tradri), and with great difficulties, he could save himself and
reached Ghazni.
The dream created great enthusiasm
in his heart.
Gharib Nawaz's words were
to be proved true, and they were.

King Shahabuddin Mohammed Ghauri
was badly defeated by king Prithvi Raj one year back in the field of
Tara-en (Tradri), and with great difficulties, he could save himself and
reached Ghazni. Since he wanted to defeat Prithvi Rah, he was preparing
for a war secretly. But he was not expected to go for a battle against
India even after such a short span of time. The dream created great
enthusiasm in his heart and after prediction by the learned scholars he
inspected the preparations and ordered his army to proceed on the
expedition. On the eight day, he himself proceeded on the crusade. The
army officers were very much surprised over the rush for the expedition.
But nobody dared to enquire about it. When the
army camped in Peshawar, an old man of royal family asked, "O king, though
the preparations are on large scale, but the intention is still a secret
?" The king took
a deep breath and said, "You don't know, what happened to me. Can not you
recall last year's defeat which is a blot on the face of Islam. Be sure
that neither I have changed my clothes nor I have taken rest on the
bed." Hearing the king, the old man
encouraged Shahabuddin Ghauri, prayed for his victory and said, "If your
lordship has the intention then act according to the need of the hour.
Kindly call the Emirs and Chiefs to your court, grant them pardon and
honor them, so that they could fight for you and may sacrifice their lives
for you and wash the earlier defeat. The king liked the idea. So after
reaching Multan, he called the court and granted a general pardon to all
the Emirs and Chiefs. Then he addressed them : "O Muslims, everyone is
fully aware of the blot on the face of Islam due to last year's defeat. So
it is the duty of every Muslim to wash it with his sword." Every Chief
sworn to fight till the last breath for the cause after putting their
hands on the swords.

From Multan, the king Ghauri
reached Lahore and sent Qaum-ul-Mulk Ruknuddin who was a prominent
statesman and orater, to king Prithvi Raj as his emissary. In his
message, the king said: "By order of my elder brother who is the king
of Muslims in the region spread from Punjab to Khurasan, I have come to
invade India. So Rai Pithora who is the emperor of the kings in India is
asked to accept Islam, thus saving the country from bloodshed otherwise
get ready for war." But Prithvi Raj did not take the message seriously
and a bitter reply was sent as he was very much confident of his power,
bravery and Rajput fighters and ultimately he was sure of his victory. He
immediately started the war preparations and also sent a word to all the
subordinate kings. In a very short time, an army of about three lacks
Rajputs gathered around him. Both the armies marched towards each other
and camped on the banks of Saraswati river. In the meantime, king
Shahabuddin received the reply from Rai Pithora which read : "The Chief
of Islam through his spies would have known that a huge army is around me
to protect our religion and still more armies are expected to pour in from
every corner of India. And each and every Rajput of the army has un
exemplary courage and war skill and nobody even in Kabul and Qandhar can
face them. It would be better if you have sympathy for Turk and Afghan
youths, then take a U-turn and go back, as it will be better for you.
Otherwise you know we possess a lot of weapons and other relative
materials in large quantity as well as more than three thousands war
elephants are also with us. It is better to follow my advice otherwise you
won't be able to take back even a single soldier alive." This made Ghauri
very disappointed. He was fully aware of large quantity of enemy's army.
So he adopted a war strategy and replied:" Thanks for your valuable and
kind advice but you know that I have come for invasion by the order of my
elder brother, so I have to wait for his further orders. Kindly give me
some time for the next move." When Rai Pithora received the weak reply, he
became very happy and they started celebrations.

Shahabuddin took the advantage of
the opportunity and he ordered for war in the evening, left the army camp
as it was and after taking a long round of many miles crossed the river in
the darkness of the night, and caught the enemy unaware. the emperor did
not loose his senses and faced the attack with a part of his army. Later
the rest of his army also joined him. Rai Pithora's army was comprised
of three thousand elephants, three lacks cavalry and a large number of
swordsmen, while king Shahabuddin had an army of one lack twenty thousand
soldiers. Since Rai Pithora was very sure about his victory, so he did not
bother for an organized fight and ordered the entire army
to
charge against the enemy. On the
contrary, king Shahabuddin, adopting war tactics, divided his army into
four parts under the command of four able generals and sent them to fight
one after another. Rajput fought with hreat courage and bravery that
disappointed the Sultan's army. But he adopted another tactic. He lagged
behind in an organized manner showing that he is defeated. Rajputs
followed then in a disorganized manner. When the king saw the Rajputs
disorganized, he attacked with his gresh army. It was a fierce fight
and time was noon. Raja Prithvi Raj came out of the army and stayed under
the shadow of a tree with his participating 150 kings. A final attack was
decided. Everyone took an oath and came into Warfield. Raja's army was
tired as it was fighting since morning. The Sultan sensed the opportunity.
He launched a very strong attack with his fresh 12,000 swordsmen who all
of a sudden reached in the heart of enemy's army. When the other Chiefs of
king's army saw the scene, they also pressed the enemy from left and
right. In a moment, thousands of Rajputs were killed. The enemy's army
overturned. Meanwhile the elephants, back bone of Raja's army took a
U-turn and crushed their own men. Rajputs tried their best of face the
position but in vain. Gharib Nawaz's words were to be proved true, and
they were. It was to be dusk when the Sultan's army dominated the
enemies. A number of Raja's including Khande Rao were killed while some
other's escaped. Rai Pithora also wanted to escape but was captured and
slashed on the banks of Saraswati river. In the end, Shahabuddin Ghauri
was victorious and the hold of Muslims on northern India became stronger.
Later the Rajput's kingdoms like Saraswati, Samana, Kohram and Hansi were
captured without any difficulty. Then Sultan proceeded to Ajmer. Nobody
challenged him but the son's of defeated and slain Rajas welcomed him and
accepted him as their Lord. After reaching Ajmer, he handed over the
reigns of the kingdom to Prithvi Raj's son, Kola who took the oath of
loyalty.
Shahabuddin at the feet of Khwaja Syed
Moinuddin Chishti Garib Nawaz
The evening was falling when
Shahabuddin entered Ajmer. He heard Azan which made him surprised. On
enquiring, people told him that some faqir's who had arrived a short time
ago, they call like this five times daily. The king took the direction.
The Jamaat for prayers was ready. He joined it. Gharib Nawaz was leading
the Namaz. As and when the prayers were over, and the king saw Khwaja
Sahib (R.A.), he was very much surprised, since he recognized the man who
predicted his victory in the dream. He wanted to fall flat on the feet of
Gharib Nawaz but the Khwaja embraced the king instead. The king sobbed and
wept for quite a long time. Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) blessed him and
asked him to sit. When he regained, he made a request for Bayt. Gharib
Nawaz accepted the request and made him a disciple. After staying in
Ajmer for few days, Sultan Shahabuddin Muhammed Ghauri marched towards
Delhi and captured it. He appointed his faithful slave Qutubuddin Ebak,
Viceroy of India and went back to Ghazni. Qutubuddin captured rest of
India in a very short span of time and soon the Muslims got hold of the
entire North India. A Raja Hari Raj removed the son of Prithvi
Raj from Ajmer. He prayed to Qutubuddin who defeated the Raja Hari Raj,
killed him and made Kola,Raja of Ajmer again. But this time Syed Hussain
Sahib (R.A.) a very religious person accompanied Kola. Syed Sahib (R.A.)
was very God-fearing and had a great faith in Gharib Nawaz. Now he spent
most of his time in the company of Khwaja Sahib. He played a prominent
role in preaching of Islam.
Khwaja Syed Moinuddin
Chishti Garib Nawaz Marriages and Children
At the age of about 50
years, when he had almost settled in Ajmer and the preaching services were
on the top, he dreamt Prophet Mohammed (SAW) who said, "O Moinuddin! You
have been very active in obeying Allah's orders but why didn't you follow
my Sunnah." Thus, Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) made two marriages, one after
another.
In those days a saint Syed Wajihuddin
Mash-hadi (R.A.) was staying in Ajmer. One night he saw Imam Jafer Sadiq
(Alehis Salaam) in dream, who quoted Prophet Mohammed (SAW) as saying to
give his daughter in marriage to Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty as he is one of
the loving persons of Allah and his Prophet (SAW).
When he woke up, he was very happy.
He went to Khwaja Sahib and told about his dream. Khwaja Sahib said,
"Though he is on the verge of his life and has no need to marry but
obedience of Prophet Mohammed (SAW) is also necessary, so I accept the
offer whole heartedly and ready for the marriage. This made Syed
Wajehuddin Mashadi Sahib
(R.A.) very happy and he married his daughter Bibi Syeda Asmatullah with
him.
Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) also had a second
marriage. Some historians write that his second wife Bibi Ummatullah was the
daughter of a Raja, who accepted Islam willingly.
(2) Two wives of Khwaja
Syed Moinuddin Chishti
Garib Nawaz
Bibi
Syeda Asmatullah
Bibi Ummatullah
Three
sons and one daughter were born to the two wives whose names are :
(1) Hazrat Khwaja Syed
Fakhruddin Chishty Abul khair (R.A.), Son
(2) Hazrat Khwaja
Syed Hissamuddin Abu Swalah (R.A.), Son
(3) Hazrat Khwaja
Syed Ziauddin Abu Sayeed (R.A.), Son
(4) Bibi Syada Hafiz
Jamal Rahmatullah Aleiha. Daughter
Elder Son of Khwaja Garib
Nawaz
Hazrat Khwaja Syed Fakhruddin
Chishti (Abul Khair )(R.A.)
Sarwar Sharif
He is the
eldest son of Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) who earned his livelihood by farming in
Mandal town. He was a great saint and a scholar as well. After twenty
years of Khwaja Sahib's (R.A.) death, his Darbar is in Sarwar town, some
40 miles away from Ajmer. His Mazar is located near a pond in the town.
His Urs is celebrated on the 3rd of Shaban every year with great fervor.
He was blessed with five sons. One of his son, Hazrat Khwaja Hussamuddin
was a perfect Sufi. His grave is at Sambhar Sharif. Every year on 13 and
14 Rajab Urs is organised.Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) loved his eldest son very
much. When the officer disturbed him for the land in his possession,
Khwaja Sahib himself went to Delhi and obtained document from Sultan
Shamsuddin Altamash in favour of his son and came back to
Ajmer.
Abdal
Second Son of Khwaja Garib
Nawaz
Hazrat Khwaja Syed Hissamuddin Chishti (Abu Sawaleh)
(R.A.)
He is the second son and he is a
great saint as well possessing the quality of revelation. He made very
tough exercises for self purification. At the age of 45, he disappeared
from the human eyes and joined invisible religious
fraternity.
Younger Son of Khwaja Garib
Nawaz
Hazrat Khwaja Syed Ziauddin Chishti (Abu Sayeed) (R.A.)

 He is the youngest son of
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz and was a great religious person. He died at the age
of 50. his Mazar is on a plateform near Jhalara Ghat in Ajmer Sharif. His
Urs-e-Mubarak is celebrated on 13th Zil-Hijja every year.
Daughter of Hazrat Khwaja
Garib Nawaz
Hazrat Bibi Syeda Hafiza Jamal
Chishti (R.A.)

She is the only
daughter of Khwaja Sahib. She was a great religious personality. Khwaja
Sahib granted her Khilafat. She guided thousands of women to the righteous
path. She was married to Hazrat Shaikh Raziuddin (R.A.). He was the son of
Qazi Hamiduddin Nagori (R.A.) Her Mazar-e-Mubarak is located just below
the mazar of Khwaja Sahib.


When Gharib Nawaz (R.A.)
reached Delhi, Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki (R.A.) wanted to inform
king Shamsuddin Altamash about his arrival but Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) forbid
him.
But how the news of his arrival could
be hidden. It spread all over Delhi and all Ulema, Sufia and King
Shamsuddin Altamash himself came to see him. In those days, Baba
Fariduddin Ganj Shakar (R.A.) was busy in devotion and self purification
in a way that not a single drop of blood remained in his body. So he could
not come to see Khwaja Sahib (R.A.). He was too weak to visit Khwaja
Sahib. So Khwaja Sahib enquired from Hazrat Bakhtiyar Kaki (R.A.), "Is
there anyone else among your disciples who could not come to see me?"
Qutub Sahib said, "One of my disciples Baba Fariduddin Ganj Shakar (R.A.)
could not come to see you since he is busy in devotion."
Thus, Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) said, "Let
us go to see him."
Baba Fariduddin Ganj Shakar was so
weak that he could not stand up to pay respect. So he started weeping.
Khwaja Sahib said, "O Baba Bakhtiyar! How long you will keep him pressed
into self purification and devotion? Give him something, "Qutub Sahib
(R.A.) answered, "What can i offer, when you are here?"
Khwaja Sahib got up, hold Baba Farid
(R.A.) with his arm and asked Khwaja Qutubuddin (R.A.) to hold him with
his other arm. Both the saints blessed him a lot Baba Farid (R.A.) was
lucky enough to have this opportunity.

TRANSLATION :-
Oh ye Moinuddin, truly Lord Protector
who graces fortunes.
You have lit the Chishti Lamp (of
spirituality) the world over,
Oh ye Moinuddin, truly Lord Protector
who graces fortunes,
The cunning (Jogi Ajaipal) tried many
a magician's trick;
52 practices in all, but failed and
was himself ultimately vanquished!
As at the orders of Pir (Khwaja) flew
(his wooden sandals) in the air;
(and forced Jogi's ) throne to land of
earth head bowed with shame.
Oh ye, Moinuddin truly Lord Protector
who graces fortunes.
You, the strong pillar for both here
and the hereafter (duniya-o-din).
The saint (wali) of India, the light
(noor) and beloved of Allah (huda), door to him
(Hardawara).
When Ajmer was besieged by the Raja
(who also harassed you)
You spread Islam and ended
polytheism;
Oh ye, Moinuddin truly Lord Protector
who graces fortunes.
Polytheism was ended and Islam
spread;
Such a Master of masters (Jagat Guru)
whose shrine (darbar) his unique splendor and fame.
Reaches the four corners-North, South,
East as well as the West.
Whose Pir's prayer (voice) was
accepted (heard) at Makkah.
Moinuddin Khwaja, the pillar of din
(righteousness).
Cast but a glance and bestow gnosis at
me! Oh! Pillar of din, Moinuddin Khwaja!
Khwaja Hassan Dan i.e. Khwaja
Moinuddin became bridegroom. (chatar-dulah).
Performing only a single miracel
(defeated Ajaipal) and established himself (great);
Oh! Khwaja the pillar of din,
Moinuddin Khwaja;
The Great Emperor (Sultan) Oh!
Hazrat-i Chishti.
A throne and dominion befit only
you;
Mercy on Roora Mithu. Relieve him of
all pain of life and heart!
Oh Moinuddin Khwaja, the pillar of
din.
Our silting place
(Gaddi) is just in front of Darbar Shah
Syed H. Zakaria Gurdezi, Gaddinashin
use to sit over here after the closing of
Aastana-E-Aaliya from here the dome and the Aastana-E-Aaliya is observed
clearly and the Qawwali is also being heard.
Pilgrims are requested
to keep discipline over here. Because it is the Darbar of an emperor who
is "Aal-E-Nabi" (S.A.W.), Aulad-E-Ali (A.S.). No body returns with empty
had from here Faith and devotion is almost the main thing.

We the Khadim only
have the right to keep the keys of the Darbar with us. We open and close
the Darbar only and the Keys of all the doors of Dargah Sharif are kept in
our custody. We are the custodians of the Darbar. These keys are being
kept turn by turn among our "Khadim Dynasty".
The Method of Entrance
to Ajmer Dargah :-
1. To be neat
and cleans having bath and ablution and to wear clean dress and to use
"Attar" and enter in the Dargah with discipline and
manners.
2. To contact
with your Duago/Moallim/Darbari Vakeel. Because he will performs your
"Hazri"
(presence) and "Ziarat" at Darbar
and will pray keeping the "Gilaaf" on your head to offer towards the
Darbar of Khwaja Sb. (R.A.) and also perform Ziarat of the special things
of inside.
3. Some peoples
used to take their shoes, slippers, sandals inside Dargha Sharif it is not
good manners,
It is Be-Aadabe.
Take out your shoes out side from the Dargha on Shoes's Shop or in your
Hotel's room.
When Moosa Alaihissalam went to 'Kohetoor' (name of the hill) he heard a
voice,
"YINNI ANA RABBUKA FAKHLAH NALAIK".
It means "It is no doubt
that I am your Lord (Rabb) so you put off your shoes." (For respect and
adoration).
Khwaja Sahib
disappears from the
World (R.A.)
With the beginning
of 633 Hijri, Gharib Nawaz (R.A.) knew as it was revealed to him (R.A.)
that it is the last year of his life. So he issued necessary instructions
and prepared the wills for his disciples, awarded Khilafat to the eligible
and also invited Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki (R.A.) to Ajmer. One
day, Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) was sitting in the Jama Masjid of Ajmer. His
close disciples and friends were also present. He was talking about Angel
of Death. Suddenly he turned towards Shaikh Ali Sanjar (R.A.) and asked to
write the order of the Khilafat for Khwaja Bakhtiyar Kaki (R.A.). Qutub
Sahib was also present there. Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) put his cap on Qutub
Sahib's head, made him wear his turban, gave his scepter in his hand as
well, Musalla, the Holy Quran and the slippers also awarded to him and
said, "These Tabaruqat have reached me from my
ancestors. Now the last moment of my life has arrived, I handed them over
to you. These are like a trust, so never be irresponsible towards them,
otherwise I will be ashamed before my ancestors on the Day of
Judgment." Later he gave him some more advices and bade him
farewell. A few days before his death he advised his eldest son: "All the worldly things are mortal. Always pray to Allah for
his pleasure and never be dependent on any worldly thing. Never loose
patience in times of trouble and miseries. On the mid-night of
5th and 6th Rajab, 633 Hijra, after the Isha prayers he entered his cell,
closed the door from inside and started his religious activities.
Throughout the night, his recitations were heard but the voice was stopped
at the dawn. When the door was not opened even after the sunrise, the
khuddam knocked at the door but in vain. Then as a last resort, they broke
the door open. When entered, they saw that Khwaja Sahib has left for his
heavenly adobe. The following words were shining on his
forehead.
It means :- "He was a
friend of Allah and left the world for his love for
Allah."
The news of his death spread
immediately throughout the city. People in thousands thronged to the
place. His eldest son Khwaja Syed Fakhruddin (R.A.) lead the
Namaz-e-Janaza. He was buried in the cell where he took his last breath.
Since then, his holy Astana (cell) has been the attraction of entire India
and Insha Allah will remain till the Doomsday. His Urs Mubarak is
celebrated with great favor from 1 to
6th Rajab every year.
He was very kind hearted and
possessed a pleasant personality. He never got angry. Always there was a
smile on his face. His life was very simple but attractive. He always met
with the people with a smile, welcomed the visitors and shared their
grief's and sorrows. Generosity was his hereditary quality. Even in his
childhood, he sold his garden and the mill and distributed the money among
the poor and needy. Later whatever he got as gifts, he distributed them
among the poor for the sake of the Almighty. He was very polite and humble
in nature. Khwaja Sahib always preferred to offer Salaam first and kept in
mind the Islamic tenets as well as the teachings of Prophet Mohammed
(S.A.W.).
Adoration and Devotion
Khwaja Sahib spent most of his
time in adoration and devotion. He had a great liking towards recitation
of Holy Quran and completed the recitation of the Holy Book twice a day.
He was very punctual in offering prayers and keeping fasts. He also spent
the major part of nights in offering of Nafil prayers. Mostly he offered
Isha prayers in one stretch of Wadu, performed in the morning for Fajr
prayers. Throughout his life it hardly happened when he did not keep fast.
He mostly kept fast for one week and broke the fast by eating barley's dry
bread weighing not more than five Misqal. But he had very penetrating eye
sight that made the sinner repented and to make free from
sins.
Isteghraq
(Absorption)
Most of the time, Khwaja Sahib
(R.A.) remained under the state of Isteghraq. The state was well grown
during the last days of his life. At the time of prayers, Khwaja
Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki (R.A.) or Khwaja Hamiduddin Nagori (R.A.) called
him for the prayers but he did not regain his senses. Then either of them
called him in his ear. Even then he did not respond. Then his shoulder was
given a gentle jerk. At that time, he opened his eyes and said, "There is
no escape from prayers. I have to come back from distant places." Then he
performed Wudu and offered prayers. Whenever he came under state of
Sift-e-Jalali (illustrious wrathful condition), he used to close himself
inside the cell to sit under Isteghraq. At this stage, Khwaja Qutubuddin
(R.A.) or Khwaja Nagori (R.A.) put stones at the door and went to the
backside of the cell. Later when Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) came out from the
cell, he glanced through the stones and stones burnt into
ashes.

Sama is his spiritual diet and
he enjoyed it. He also had great likings for two Ragas. At the time of
Sama, he usually fell under the state of Istehraq. The Majlis-e-Sama used
to continue for many days.

One day, a farmer came to him
and said, "The ruler had seized my field and says that the fields could
not he restored till the royal orders are not presented. This is the only
means of my livelihood kindly help me. Write a recommendation letter
to Qutub Sahib who is the Pir of Sultan Altamash. What so ever Qutub Sahib
will say, the king will do accordingly." Hearing the farmer, Khwaja
Sahib absorbed himself in Contemplation, raised his head after some time
and said, "Though my recommendation will do, but the Almighty had
appointed me for this job." He then immediately set off for Delhi with the
farmer. Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) always informed Qutub Sahib (R.A.) about
his arrival in Delhi but this time, he did not inform him. When he reached
near Delhi, a man recognized him and immediately informed Qutub Sahib
(R.A.). In turn, he informed the king and stepped out to welcome
him. Khwaja Bakhtiyar Kaki (R.A.) was very much puzzled, why Khwaja
Sahib did not inform him this time. When he asked the reason, Khwaja Sahib
pointed towards the farmer, and said, "I have come here for this poor
fellow." Then he narrated the whole story. Qutub Sahib said, "Why did you
take so much trouble. Even you slave was enough for the
purpose." Khwaja Sahib said, "When the farmer came to me, he was very
sad and full of sorrow. I absorbed myself in contemplation and prayed to
Almighty. I was ordered to share his grief as it would be like offering
prayers. If i did not come and had sent a recommendation letter. I would
have been deprived of the virtue in return of sharing his grief. Qutub
Sahib requested him to take rest and got the order is sued by the king and
presented to Khwaja Sahib (R.A.).
To, Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(R.A.)
In the name of Allah, who is most
beneficent, most glorious. My dear and near friend and brother, Khwaja
Qutubuddin Dehlavi! May God bless you. After paying respect, this humble
creature of God states some points of Israr-e-Ilahi (secrets and mysteries
of Allah). Kindly brief these points to your true disciples and seekers of
truth so that they could not he mislead. Dear! One who has recognized
the Almighty, he never has a desire. One who has not recognized him, he
can not follow him. Secondly give up all the desires and greediness. One
who does it, he can achieve all his goals. One, who always indulges in
lust, worldly desires, and cravings and never has fear of God, he always
faces insult and shame while one who gives up all his desires and cravings
for the sake of Allah, he becomes near and dear to the Almighty. Says
Sultan-ul-Arifin, Hazrat Khwaja Bayazeed Bastami. Once I dreamt the
Almighty. He asked me, "O Bayazeed! What do you want?" I said, "I want to
same whatever you want?" Thus the Almighty was happy and said, "I am
always with you as you are with Me." Thus, if you want to reveal the
reality of Tasawwaf, give up all worldly desires, and prevail love and
affection. If you do it accordingly you will gain knowledge of Tasawwuf.
The seeker of truth should follow it whole heartedly and with the grace of
God, he will be saved from Shaitan, and the desires of the two worlds will
be fulfilled. Once, my Shaikh Sahib (R.A.) said, "O Moinuddin! Do you know
who is Sahib-e-Huzoor. He is the Huzoor, who always consider himself
humble and links each and every incident with God. It is resultant of all
sorts of prayers. One who achieves the way of thinking, rules the world
and even the ruler of the worldly region seeks his help.
One day, my Shaikh Sahib (R.A.)
said to me, "Some Durvesh who say- when a seeker achieves the height, he
never worries, they are wrong. Secondly to offer prayers is not necessary
for him is also incorrect, because Prophet Muhammed (S.A.W.) had always
engaged himself in prayers and considered himself as an humble creature.
Though he was at the height of humbleness, the Prophet used to say
:
Though we offer prayers, but could not
reach to its true sense. It means: we are unable to worship the Almighty
in its true sense. And he always recited:
(I witness that there is no God
but Allah and Muhammed (S.A.W.) is His Messenger). Thus believe it,
when Aarif touched the heights of humbleness, he whole heartedly engages
himself in Namaz which is a perfect way of worship. It brings a person
closer and nearer to God. It is the only means to reach the God when a
person, knows the fact and offers prayers sincerely and whole heartedly,
he is so thirsty as he has swallowed fire. And he continues to do it,
thirst continues to dominate. Since there is no limit of worship he
remains always disturbed till he achieves the goal to reach the
Almighty. -Wassalam

To Hazrat Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(R.A.)
In the name of Allah, the most
beneficent and most merciful. True seeker of truth, Durvesh, my
hardworking brother, Khwaja Qutubuddin Dehlavi (R.A.)! Allah bless you.
After paying salam, it is stated that once, Khwaja Najmuddin Sughra (R.A.)
Khwaja Mohammed Tarak and myself were present in the service of Khwaja
Usman Harroni (R.A.). Then a man came and asked as to how one could know
that somebody had got neamess and closeness to Allah. Khwaja Sahib (R.A.)
said, "The ability of good deeds is the right identity. Believe it, one
who had been made capable of good deads by Allah, he will achieve his
goal. Then the tears filed in his eyes and he said, "There was a God
fearing slave-girl, who at midnight performed Wudu and offered two Rakat
prayers and extended her thanks to the Almighty. There after raising her
bands, prayed to God, O Allah I have got your closeness and kindly do not
give me separation." When her master came to know the entire episode, he
asked as to how she knew that she was close to God. She replied that God
had made me capable to offer two Rakaat prayers in midnight, so I came to
know that I was close to Him." Then the master said, "Go, I set you free
for the sake of God." Thus, the man should be engaged in worshipping
God during day and night, so that he could be counted among the nobles as
well as he will be saved from the grip of
Shaitan. -Wassalam

To Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(R.A.)
In the name of Allah who is most
beneficient and most merciful. The knower of the secrets of Almighty,
my brother Khwaja Qutubuddin Dehlavi (R.A.)! God bless you. This humble
creature, Moinuddin Sanjari pays salaam of happiness and love and
affection. It is stated that I am thankful to Almighty for physical
health. May God also grant you physical and spiritual health. O
Brother! My Shaikh Khwaja Usman Harroni (R.A.) says, "Nobody except
Ahl-e-Maarefat (Divine people) should be made known the secrets of love.
When Shaikh Saadi (R.A.) asked as to how Ahl-e-Maarefat could be
identified, Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) said, "Ahl-e-Maarefat can be identified by
possessing 'Tark' (To leave or relinquish). If one has given up all his
worldly desires, believe it that he is Ahl-e-Maarefat. Otherwise he does
not posses the quality of Maarefat-e-Haque. Be sure that reciting of
Kalima-e-Shahadat and to refrain from materialism is the way to reach the
Almighty. The wealth and wordly status are the heavy idols. They mislead a
large number of people and still doing. The wordly assets have become the
gods of the people. And a number of people are worshipping them. If one
who gives up the desire of wealth and wordly status, it means he has
negated the materialism. On the other hand, one who reaches God means he
ascertains the life after death. This can be achieved by reciting 'La
Elaha Illallah' and sticking to it thus one who has not recited
Kalima-e-Shahadat can not recognise God. -Wassalam

To Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar
Kaki (R.A.) In the name of Allah who is most beneficent and most
merciful. The revealer of truth, my brother Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar
Kaki (R.A.). It should be clear to you that among the human beings, the
wisest are those Faqirs who have opted for mendicancy, Darveshi and
poverty after giving up desires for wordily things, because to relinquish
means to achieve and to achieve means to relinquish. Contrary to it, the
believers of worldly desires have considered the divine health as trouble
and trouble (physical health) as divine health. Thus one who gives up
worldly desires and opts for relinquishment that Faqir is the
wisest. Therefore, one must worship the Almighty, who is eternal. If
Allah gifts eyes, these should be used to see Him and nothing else. One
through these eyes should reveal the reality of Almighty referring each
and every thing. Thus have purity of eyes, because if you are capable, you
can find a world of the facts and realities in a minute particle of
dust. -Wassalam

To Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(R.A.)
In the name of Allah, who is most
beneficent and most merciful. God fearing my brother Khwaja Qutubuddin
Dehlavi (R.A.) May God grant you His shelter. Once, when I was in the
service of Khwaja Usman Harroni (R.A.), a man came and said, "I have
studied a number of sciences and prayed to God, but could not be able to
acquire my goal." Khwaja Sahib said, "You have to follow one thing, and
then will be a learned man and saint. Prophet Mohammed (S.A.W.) has
said:
"To relinquish all the worldly
things is superior of all sorts of worship while love for the world is the
root cause of all evils. If you follow this Hadith, you would have no
need to acquire knowledge. Though acquiring of knowledge is easy but it
follow the path is quite difficult. Therefore, believe it that you can not
give up the worldly desires till you have strong love and affection
towards God. And love can be had when God makes you capable of having
it.You can not attain your goal till God makes you
capable.
(Only one can have true path, who is made capable of
it.)
` Therefore, one
should have fear of God. One should not waste his valuable time in
fulfilling worldly desires but value the time and pass his life in
Faqr-o-Faaqa (Poverty and Contentment), humble to every one, be ashamed
for his sins, be humble and polite under all circumstances since it is the
best worship.
Later he
narrated the following incident. Hatim Asam was the disciple of Khwaja
(R.A.). One day Shaikh Sahib (R.A.) asked, "Since how long you have been
active in my love and service?" He replied, "For the last 30 years."
Khwaja Sahib (R.A.) again asked, "what have you acquired during this
period?" He again said, "I have acquired eight virtues." Shaikh Sahib
(R.A.) asked, "Whether earlier you don't have these?" Yes, and truely I
need no more." Shaikh Sahib said,
"O Hatim! I
have spent my entire life for you. Even I don't want you to acquire any
more." he said, "It is enough for me since the salvation of both the
worlds is hidden in these eight virtues." Shaikh Sahib (R.A.) said, "Oh
just describe them." he described as follows:
First Virtue : "When I studied the
people, I came to know that each and every person has great likings
towards a number of worldly things as the beloveds. Of these beloveds,
some remain with him till the death-bed,
some till the time of death and others till he is laid to rest in the
grave, some till the time of death and others till he is laid to rest in
the grave. None of them goes beyond it, and there is nobody who may become
a companion in the grave to guide him in its darkness. Thus I thought that
one should have great likings towards those that go to the grave with a
human being as companions and guides him at different stages on the Day of
Judgment. I was told that good deeds posses all these qualities, so I made
them my beloved. The good deeds would be a companion in the grave to guide
me during my journey after death."
Khwaja Sahib said, "Hatim, you have
done well." Then Hatim spoke of the second virtue.
Second Virtue : "When I studied the people, I found that they are all in a
race to have more and more and they are slave of their worldly desires.
Then I studied the verse:
"One who has self
restrain under the fear of God, is the inmate of heaven."
"Then I was sure
that the Holy Quran is a truth. So to have self restrain, I started self
purification and never fulfilled a single worldly desire. I was
comfortable in obeying God." Khwaja Sahib said, "May God bless you. You
have done well."
Third Virtue : "When I observed the people, I found that each and every one
tires to meet his materialistic requirements but has a little from his
worldly rulers and even for meagre achievement he becomes very happy:
Later, I studied the verse :
"What ever you
posses is mortal and whatever God poses is immortal."
So whatever I have saved sofar I
distribued among the needy for the sake of God and surrendered myself to
God to obtain my eternal goal after death." Khwaja Sahib said, "Well done,
May God bless you."
Fourth Virtue : "When observed the
people, I found that they consider the wealth and size of the family as a
symbol ofrespect and power and are proud of them. Later I studied the
verse :
"God will consider one most respected
who is most God fearing."
"Thus I came to know that his is the
right virtue and whatever the people think is wrong. So I became God
fearing to be closer to Him." Khwaja Sahib said, "Well
done!"
Fifth virtue : "When I observed, I found that the people remember each
other with the jealousy over wealth, status and knowledge. Then I studied
the verse:
"We distributed the livelihood among
them for worldly life."
"When God has
fixed their share and nobody has a control on it then the jealousy is
useless." Since then I gave up jealousy and became friendly with
everyone." Khwaja Sahib said, "You have done well."
Sixth virtue : I observed the world, I was
surprised that people have enmity with each other and to fulfill a
particular desire, they become each other's enemy. Then I studiedthe
verse:
"Shaitan is your open
enemy."
"Then I realised
that the Holy Quran is true and Shaitan is really our enemy. We should not
follow the path of Shaitan. Since then I consider Shaitan my only enemy.
Neither I follow him nor obey him, but obey God and pay respect to him
only. And this is the right path. God himself says:
"O human
being-were you not pledged not to follow and worship Shaitan as he is your
open enemy. If you worship Me, you will have a true path." Khwaja Sahib
said, "Well done."
Seventh virtue : "When I observed the
people, I found that each and everyone tries his level best for his
livelihood, and so he adopts wrongful means and got himself disgraced.
Then I studied the verse :
"The Almighty is
responsible to provide livelyhood to each and everyone on the
earth."
"Then I realised that His saying is
perfect and I am also a creature. Since then I have engaged myself in
praying and worshipping God. He will surely provide my livelihood, as he
has taken the quarantee." Khwaja Sahib said, "Well done, What is
next?"
Eighth virtue : "When I observed I found that each and every one is
dapendent on one or another thing. Some are dependent on gold and silver
while some are on property and wealth. Then I studied the
verse:
"God is enough for one who is
dependent on Him."
"Since then, I am
dependent on Him and He is enough for me and He will save me." Khwaja
Sahib said, "Hatim! May God bless you. I studied Torah, the Gospel the
Psalms of David and the Holy Quran thoroughly, I extractedthese eight
facts. One who follows these, it means that he is following all four holy
books. Thus I came to know that practice/action is more essential than
knowledge.
-Wassalam

To Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
(R.A.)
In the name of
Allah who is most beneficent and most merciful. The revealer of secrets of
God, my brother Khwaja Qutubuddin Dehlavi (R.A.)! May God bless
you.
Once, my Shaikh Sahib (R.A.) well said
about negation and assertion. He said, "Negation means not to consider
yourself while assertion means to see God since self can not consider God.
There fore, one should negate the negation, otherwise it is of no use. If
you consider that the Almighty exists, then you can achieve your goal. It
may be clear that the prayers, namaz, fastings etc. are the symbols of
this fact and in fact to depend on the other worldly means is useless. One
who does not realise these facts is a great fool."
Then he said, "God is eternal. The seeker in his early
stage is behind and when truth awards him eyes and sight, he starts seeing
and hearing through it and forgets himself. When he reaches this stage, he
becomes immortal." -Wassalam

To Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar
Kaki (R.A.)
The revealer
of truth, God fearing, my brother Khwaja Qutubuddin Oshi (R.A.). May God
bless you. The well wisher sends you love and affection. Dear kindly tell
your disciples what Faqir-o-Murshid-e-Kamil means, and how he can be
identified. The Almighty says:

"Faqir is one whom is above of all needs and who is
seeker of eternal God."
Since all the existing things are a
reflection of eternal God, so he sees the existence of God in all of
them.
Some saints have
given the explanation that Kamil Faqir is one who has only God in his
heart and nothing else and who is the seeker of the Almighty. When he
finds God, he attains his objective. Therefore, the seeker should always
try for truth. Now what is the objective ? It may be clear that the target
is Dard-o-Soz (pains) for whether Haqiqi (real) or Majazi (metaphoric):
Here Soze-Majazi employs the Eh-Kaamat-e-Shariat (Commands of revealed
law). -Wassalam
Irshadat-e-Aalea (Sayings
of the Khwaja Syed Moinuddin Chishti Garib Nawaz Sb)
The valuable saying of Khwaja Gharib
Nawaz are a treasure. May God make us capable to follow them. These are as
under :-
Hazrat Khwaja
Gharib Nawaz Wrote in Ganj-e-Israr:
IF A MAN WHO WALKS THE SPIRITUAL PATH
DOES NOT ESTABLISH A TRUE RELATIONSHIP IN HIS HEART AND SOUL WITH HAZRAT
ALI (A.S) AND DOES NOT FOLLOW HIM, THEN ,IN SPITE OF A THOUSAND YEARS OF
ABSTINENCE AND HOLY WAR, HE CANNOT EVEN SMELL THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOST
HIGH TRUTH, EXCEPT BY THE WILL OF GOD"
1. To consider your brother disgraceful
is more than a sin.
2. One who gives up all of his
materials in this moral world is eligible of Faqiri.
3. Only one can realize the Almighty
who is away from the world and does not consider himself
Arif
(Spiritual person).
4. To keep silence and be gloomy is the
symbol of Arif.
5. To see the entire Universe between
your two fingers is a stage of Irfan (Spirituality).
6. Arif is one who give up all worldly
desires and reveals the secrets truth every moment and
who
never seeks help
from anyone except God.
7. Namaz is the Meraj of Momins.
Protect it.
8. One who is stick to the five times
prayers, will be protected by them on the day of judgment.
9. According to seekers of God, to see
five things is a worship, even these things are seen
separately.
(a) To see parents
(b) To see Quran Majid
(c) To see Ulema-e-Rabbani
(d) To see Khana-e-Ka'aba
(e) To see Quran Majid
10. There are four stages of
love.
(i) Always remember
God.
(ii) Go extreme in remembering God and be happy in doing
the same.
(iii) Follow such paths which help you in giving-up the love
for worldly desires.
(iv) One who wants salvation and wants protection from
Chastisement on the Day of judgment,
should fulfil the needs of the poor and feed the hungry.
11. Four deeds are the ornaments for
the self:
(i) To feed the
hungry.
(ii) To help the oppressed
(iii) To fulfill the needs of the needy.
(iv) To To be kind with enemy.
12. To recite Surah-e-Fatiha has been
proved very helpful in need.
13. One who possesses the following
three qualities is friend of Allah :-
(i) Generosity like a
river.
(ii) Kindness like the sun.
(iii) Hospitality like the earth.
14. Good company is better than doing
goods deeds and bad company is worst than committing
evils.
15. Company always leaves is
impression. Bad company leaves bad while good company
leaves
good
impression.
16. Rivers and Nullahs make noise while
flowing. But they become silent when join the sea.
The
allegory employs for the stages
to seek God.
17. To help the oppressed is the best
sort of worship.
18. Arif takes step under particular
circumstances - In one step, he reaches
Hijab-e-Kibriyaee
from
Hijab-e-Azmat and in the second step he comes back. Saying this, Khwaja
Sahib (R.A.)
started weeping .
19. Arif is one who gets whatever he
needs, and gets reply to whatever he asks.
20. One who never returns needy empty
handed is Durvesh.
21. To takes pain for the people and
never to complain means dependence on God.


Khwaja ki Nigahoon ka Karam
daikh raha hoon
Aur mitte hue sab Ranj-o-Alam
daikh raha hoon.

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