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Post by Fana fi Shaykh on Jan 4, 2007 11:11:22 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
JAZZALLAHU ANNA MUHAMMADAN MA HUWA AHLAHU
SAG-E-DARBAR-E-JILAN SHUD
The fourth phase of exclusive attachment to the Beloved is shakwa or complaint, i.e. bewailing the distraction caused and the anguish suffered. This is why the prophet Jacob has said: ‘I only complain of my distraction and anguish to God’.
The prophet Muhammad Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam exclaimed: ‘Praise be to You alone and before You alone I complain of my anguish’.
How can a lover complain of his Beloved? However he or she can express his or her humility, distraction and helplessness before the Beloved alone and not before anyone else.
When the prophet Job in his distress complained to Allah: ‘Affliction has touched me, but You are the most Merciful of the merciful’. Allah said this about him: ‘We have indeed found him steadfast, a blessed servant. He did ever return (to Us)’.
The complaint of the lover amounts to this: ‘Is there anyone save You before whom I may complain of my woe and anguish’.
Again:
Har kasi dar jahaan kasi daarad Man toraa daaram o toraa o toraa Chu hich baab az-in dar tariq raftan nist Kojaa ravim o az dar kodaam dar daarim. Az dast-e to ham pish-e to feryaad konam ze aankeh Chun joz-e to namibinam feryaad rasi raa.
Everyone has someone in this world to look after him, I have none but You, You and You. As there is no other door to enter on the path I am following, How can I leave this door? Which other door is open to me? From You I complain to You alone! For – beside You – I see no one to whom I may appeal.
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Post by Fana fi Shaykh on Jan 10, 2007 12:45:52 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
JAZZALLAHU ANNA MUHAMMADAN MA HUWA AHLAHU
MANAM SAG-E-DARBAR-E-JILAN
The fifth phase of exclusive attachment to the Beloved is – according to the Chishti Sufis – hozn (grief, sadness. affliction, sorrow). You may know that to the qualities of the heart belong:
a. will b. reason c. passionate love d. the urge for self-assertion or negativism e. contentment and displeasure f. cheerfulness and grief g. eloquence of speech and the capacity to express its will effectively
It has been said:
Verily Allah regards as a friend The heart that is agonised for Him.
Allah says:
I am found in those hearts, Which are broken for My sake.
The prayer of the lover is nothing but this:
Joz ‘eshq-e to ‘aishhaa faraamusham baad Hozn-e to be-jaaiye jaan dar aaghosham baad
Would that I forget all pleasures instead of the love of You, Would that instead of my life I may embrace the pain of You.
Ilahi Taabooad Khurshid O Mahey Chirag-e-Chistiya Raa Roshanee
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Post by Slave of Ahle-Baith on Jan 10, 2007 14:18:50 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam
SubhanAllah , Some real Chisti Gem's.
JazakAllahu khayrun
Yaa Shah Abdul Rahim
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Post by Fana fi Shaykh on Jan 22, 2007 15:10:39 GMT
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Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
JAZZALLAHU ANNA MUHAMMADAN MA HUWA AHLAHU
SAG-E-DARBAR-E-JILAN SHUD
The seventh phase according to the Chishtiyya Sufis has been styled mahabbat (love, affection; friendship, esteem, benevolence). This is a sublime phase and it has been mentioned in Qur’an 5:54 thus:
Allah will certainly produce a people Whom He will love And they will love Him.
Love is a gift. You cannot start to love somebody. In the above Qur’anic sign the love of Allah precedes human love, the Beloved is in fact the first lover…
Mahabbat has also five phases.
1. The first phase is that of hosn-e akhlaaq or good morals and good conduct, in private and in public, in prosperity and in adversity. At this phase the acts and deeds of the lover are praiseworthy and earn for him public esteem. His or her eyes behold none except the Friend and the heart of the lover does not think of anyone save the Beloved.
The lover is aloof, yet in society, considering that men are fellow-creatures, he or she is polite to them. But inwardly the lover is aloof and is distant from his/her fellow-beings and remains attached to the Beloved only. The modus operandi of the lover is that the lover now combines in him/herself both singularity and plurality.
Some Sufi has made the Beloved say:
Gar ba hame’iye chu bi mani bi hame’iye Var bi hame’ie chu ba mani baa hame’iye
If you are with all, but since you are not with Me, you are with nobody. If you are not with anybody, but since you are with Me, you are with all.
Ilahi Taabooad Khurshid O Mahey Chirag-e-Chistiya Raa Roshanee
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Post by Fana fi Shaykh on Jan 25, 2007 14:42:12 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
JAZZALLAHU ANNA MUHAMMADAN MA HUWA AHLAHU
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2. The second phase is that of malaama wa izhaar-e sokr wa haira or the courting of blame in a state of intoxication and bewilderment. At this level the lover is intoxicated and loses the consciousness of his/her own self by drinking deep of the cup of love. The lover is neither afraid of disgrace nor does he fear ignominy; distraught he charges forth and like one drunk finds the way to the kharaabaat or ‘tavern’:
‘Eshq-e to maraa kharaabaati kard Var na man bichaareh ba-saamaan budam
Your love turned me into a haunter of taverns, Else I would have been tranquil in mind.
Many stories are known about shaykh Hasan of Basra – a Sufi who has been mentioned in the beginning of the Chishtiyya line of succession – and in most of them someone else comes out as ‘better’ than him, while Hasan Basri’s ‘faults’ clearly have been depicted. It is, however, important to know that these reports often come from a single source: Hasan Basri himself!
Now innumerable favours are showered on the lover and (s)he has to pass through many tribulations also. Sometimes the prophet of Islam is told:
If you had not been, I would not have manifested My Lordship.
And sometimes - like in Qur’an 17:86 – he is informed:
If We so wish, We certainly can blot out That which We have revealed to you; Then you would find no advocate To assist you against Us.
Sometimes Moses, the interlocutor of Allah, is told (see Qur’an 20:41):
I have chosen you for Myself.
And sometimes he is warned (see Qur’an 7:143):
You will not see Me.
Allah says in Qur’an 2:30 with regard to Adam:
I will create a vicegerent on earth.
And sometimes – as in Qur’an 20:121) – it is said about him:
Adam thus disobeyed his Lord And so went astray.
In this way Allah sometimes raises the rank of the lover and sometimes puts him/her to an ordeal. But if the lover is perfect, (s)he never takes his eyes off the Beloved and in all his/her ways desires nothing but what the Beloved desires and exclaims:
Agar moraad-e to ay dust na moraadi maa-st Moraad-e khish az-in bish man nakhaaham daasht
If it is Your wish, o Friend, that I give up my own wish, Your wish is then best and I’ll no longer have any wish of my own.
Ilahi Taabooad Khurshid O Mahey Chirag-e-Chistiya Raa Roshanee
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Post by Panjatani on Jan 31, 2007 16:08:38 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam
SubhanAllah , A beautiful Sufi gems!
JazakAllahu khayrun
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Post by Fana fi Shaykh on Feb 1, 2007 5:30:16 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
JAZZALLAHU ANNA MUHAMMADAN MA HUWA AHLAHU
SAG-E-DARBAR-E-JILAN SHUD
3. The third phase is that of moshaahadat-e ghaib (contemplation of the mystery, witnessing the unseen). On reaching this phase the lover becomes someone of ‘insight’ and the Beloved reveals to him/her some of His ways and attributes, infuses into his/her heart the effulgence of His love and draws his/her mind to the very source of knowledge.
But this stage is beset with innumerable pitfalls; many heads roll here in the dust and not a few lives are lost. I’ve met a Chishti shaykh who recited some appropriate verses of Hafez about the ‘victims’ of this phase. Tears were running down his cheeks… But if the Beloved continues to favour the lover and the latter closes his/her eyes to all but the Beloved as has been said in Qur’an 53:17 of the prophet of Islam that his
Sight never swerved, Nor did it go wrong.
then it is the assumption with Allah of the position of qaaba qawsain as Qur’an 53:9 puts it:
Coming thus within two bows’ length or closer.
It is in such a situation that you are allowed the privilege of beholding His countenance. Qur’an 25:45 expresses it thus:
Have you not turned your vision to your Lord?
This is the highest favour that you may receive from the Beloved:
Chu az jomleye jahaan boridi man toraa aam
When you have severed your connections With all, then I am yours.
This has been hinted at in the following verse of Qur’an 18:16 also:
When you withdrew from them And what they worship apart from Allah, Take refuge in the Cave.
Here kahf or cave means the cave of union (kahf al-wesaal). This point comes at the end of the journey to Allah.
Ilahi Tabooad Khurshid o Mahey Chirag-e-Chistiya Raa Roshnaee
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Post by Sag-e-Jilan on Feb 4, 2007 9:26:40 GMT
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam
SubhanAllah , A beautiful post ! Very Informative.
JazakAllah
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Yaa Syed Abdul Rahim
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Post by qadiri-faqir on Feb 4, 2007 17:25:46 GMT
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Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam
SubhanAllah , JazakAllah for Sharing@
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Post by Fana fi Shaykh on Feb 11, 2007 17:10:29 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
JAZZALLAHU ANNA MUHAMMDAN MA HUWA AHLAHU
SAG-E-DARBAR-E-JILAN SHUD
The fourth phase is that of aarzu-e molaaqaat or the wish to meet the Beloved. Someone who is not in love with the Beloved cannot stand the tribulations at this stage. The difficulties experienced will be overwhelming and the meaning of these difficulties will then be unclear to you. Hafez has written:
Nai dawlat-e donya besetam miarzad Nai lazzat-e hastiyash-e alam miarzad Na haft hezar saleh shadiye jahan In mehnat-e haft ruz-e gham miarzad
During tyranny the treasures of the world have no value; During grief the delights of existence have no value; The seven thousand years of joy of the world Compared to the sorrow of seven days of adversity have no value.
Ilahi Taabooad Khurshid O Mahey Chirag-e-Chistiya Raa Roshanee
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Post by ishy on Feb 21, 2007 2:44:04 GMT
Mashallah this thread gets better and better FANA FI SHAYKH
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Post by Muhib-e-Ahle-Baith on Feb 21, 2007 15:20:59 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam
SubhanAllah a beautiful excellent post.
JazakAllah
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Post by Fana fi Shaykh on Mar 11, 2007 17:32:46 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
JAZZALLAHU ANNA MUHAMMADAN MA HUWA AHLAHU
SAG-E-DARBAR-E-JILAN SHUD
With the lover having reached the fourth phase of aarzu-e molaaqaat as referred to above by the Chishtiyya Sufis, the case is completely different. Even if this lover is bathed a hundred times in his own blood and even if the lover is hanged a hundred times on the gallows of tribulations, the longing for union with the Beloved and the desire of meeting Him face to face grows stronger in the lover’s heart. The thought of acceptance and rejection does not cross his/her mind. If (s)he received like Moses a hundred lashes of lan taraani or ‘by no means you can see Me (direct)’ (see Qur’an 7:143) on his/her back, even then (s)he will go on reiterating the cry (see Qur’an 7:143):
Show Yourself to me, So that I may look upon You.
As a lover has said:
Agar be tir zanandam o gar be tigh koshand Be hich zarb o siyaasat ze to nadaaram dast
Even if I’m hit by arrows or killed by a sword None of these blows or punishments will deter me from seeking You.
Ilahi Tabooad Khurshid o Mahey Chirag-e-Chistiya Raa Roshnaee
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Post by Fana fi Shaykh on May 14, 2007 17:26:02 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
JAZZALLAHU ANNA MUHAMMADAN MA HUWA AHLAHU
SAGHE DARBARE JILAN SHUD
The fifth phase has been styled estinaas (desire for intimacy) according to the Chishti Sufis:
The sign of attachment with the Beloved Is detachment from all else.
The lover’s cry is:
Ai baadshaah-e hosn khodaaraa besukhtim Yakrah su’aal kon keh gadaaraa che haajatast
O, beautiful King, for God’s sake, I am in flames! Ask, at least once, what this beggar needs!
[glow=ORANGE,2,300]AAFTABE CHISTIYA TAABINDABAD[/glow]
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Post by ishy on May 15, 2007 0:10:14 GMT
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
Alhamdulilah
If you were to sit with me And I talk to you about Ya Khwaja Ajmeri, and if I cannot give your heart comfort, nor if i cannot make it feel better About yourself and the world, Then, Ishy, Quickly run to the masjid and pray For you have just committed The only sin I know.
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Post by Sag-e-Jilan on May 15, 2007 17:45:52 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam
SubhanAllah this thread gets beautiful wid every post. jazakallah
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Post by Haideri-Qalander on May 17, 2007 11:44:06 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
ASALATU WASALAMU ALAYKA YA RASULLALLAH Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam
This thread is simply awesome. Jazakallah
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Post by Fana fi Shaykh on May 24, 2007 18:24:07 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
JAZZALLAHU ANNA MUHAMMADAN MA HUWA AHLAHU
SAG-E-DARBAR-E-JILAN SHUD
The eight stage is ‘eshq (love), which is another name of excessive and intense affection. At this stage one looses one’s reason and senses:
Ketaab-e hosn-e to ruzi qadaa mikhaanad dar gusham Shodam az ‘eshq-e begaana na ‘aqlam maanad na husham
One day fate related in my ear the tale of Your beauty, An unknown love seized me and reason and understanding left me.
Love is the conflagration which burns the hay-stick of existence to ashes and uproots the tree of life. Shebli has said:
Love is the fire, which once kindled in the heart, Consumes everything other than the Beloved.
A Sufi has said:
‘Eshq aamad o kard khaane khaali Bar daashte tigh-e laa obaali Haasel-e ‘eshq in sokhan bish nist Sukhtam o sukhtam o sukhtam
Love entered and turned my house empty, It carried the sword of ‘I-don’t-care’ The outcome of love amounts to nothing but this: I am burnt, I am burnt, I am burnt!
Ilahi Tabooad Khurshid o Mahey Chirag-e-Chistiya Raa Roshnaee
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Post by Fana fi Shaykh on Jun 4, 2007 16:06:23 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
JAZZALLAHU ANNA MUHAMMADAN MA HUWA AHLAHU
SAGHE DARBAR-E-JILANI
Faith does not reach perfection without love. Qur’an 2: 165 emphatically says:
The believers are overflowing in their love for Allah.
But love is something spontaneous and not acquired. In Qur’an 2:247 it is given:
Allah grants His power to whom He pleases.
In the words of al-Hujwiri, near whose grave Mo’inoddin Chishti sat in meditation: ‘Love is a divine gift, not a thing that can be acquired by human effort without divine grace … If the whole universe wished to attract love, it could not. If it made the utmost effort to repel it, it also could not’.
Ghaaleb has expressed this fact thus:
Love, O Ghaaleb is not controllable This is a fire Which neither can be kindled Nor extinguished at will.
The Chishti shaykh Mohammad Gisu Daraaz says:
‘Eshq wahabiye serf ast o bakhsheshi khaase ast
Love is an unmixed gift and a special boon.
The following is one of his couplets:
Love-making is not our own choice, God crowns the head He likes.
All Sufis unanimously agree that love is a gift of God.
Ilahi Tabooad Khurshid o Mahey Chirag-e-Chistiya Raa Roshnaee
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Post by Fana fi Shaykh on Aug 26, 2007 14:16:54 GMT
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Assalamu 'Alaykum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
JAZZALLAHU ANNA SAYYEDINA MUHAMMADAN MA HUWA AHLAHU
MANAM SAGHE DARBARE JILANI
Love (‘eshq) has five phases:
1. The first phase is fuqdaan-e-qalb (the losing of one’s heart). It is a well-known saying in the Arab language:
He who has not lost his heart is not a lover.
A poet expresses this idea in his own words:
Ze delam neshaan che khaahi ke ze del khabr nadaaram To begu ke del che baashad man azu asar nadaaram
Why do you make a search for my heart for I am myself unaware thereof? Tell me yourself: What is a heart? I do not find any sign thereof.
The reason for this is that whosoever has a heart heeds its presence alone and is oblivious of love:
Ke goft man khabri daaram az haqiqat-e ‘eshq Dorugh goft ke az khish-e u khabr daarad
He said that he was aware of the essence of love. He lied for he was only aware of himself.
When Dhu’n Nun, the Egyptian Sufi, was asked: ‘Who is the true lover?’ – he replied: ‘When you see someone who wears a worried look, has lost his heart and has no control over reason, sheds tears very often and is desirous of death and extinction and likes all that is modest and well-behaved, and finds time for devotion, know that he is a true lover’.
However it can be said that there are people who are able to hide all these things from others. They may shed a tear in the night but during the day they appear to be quite cheerful. The path of love, of course, ever goes on.
Ilahi Tabooad Khurshid o Mahey Chirag-e-Chistiya Raa Roshnaee
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