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Click for full resolution Image Hazrat Sultan Sayed Badur Ali Shah sahib Kazmi Mashadi Allah bless his soul was born in 1801. Their ancestral link goes back to The Holy prophet (blessing and salutation be on him) through Hazrat Sayed Abdul Latif shah (Allah bless his soul) of Burry Imam near Islamabad and Hazrat Sayed Imam Musa Kazim(Allah be pleased with him) of Mashad in Iran. Hazrat Imam sahib was highly learned scholar and very pious personality of his time Due to such ancestors Hazrat Sultan Sayed Badur Ali Shah sahib was known as Kazmi Mashadi. Their ancestors came to sub continent to propagate Islam. They settled in various parts of the region and Shah sahibs forefathers settled in a place called Hassuwali which was on the out skirts of Shorkote. Shah sahib's father was a religious person with high morals.

He carried out farming for his livelihood. He was influenced by the teaching of Hazrat Sultan Bahu (Allah bless he soul) and often visited his shrine. Hazrat Sultan Sayed Badur Ali Shah sahib had inclination towards Islam from childhood and when his father realised that, he decided to take him to Maulana Sayed Obaid Ullah shah sahib a highly respected scholar in Multan. At the age of seven years Shah sahib accompanied by his father started their journey to Multan but on the way they stayed seven nights at the shrine of Sultan sahib. In those nights Shah sahib's father have been praying for favours for Shah sahib After seven nights stay they went to the Mudersa (institute of religious education) of Maulana Sayed Abied Ullah shah sahib, they were greeted there by Maulana sahib with traditional hospitality Maulana sahib asked Shah sahib’s father regarding the purpose of their visit and he was told of his desire to have young Shah sahib completing his education in his Mudersa.

Maulana sahib agreed and Shah sahib was admitted in the Mudersa. Next day Shah sahib was given first section of the Holy Quraan to recite he recited it all, infect he recited the whole of the Quraan. He was asked to read other books of syllabus and Hadith the same response was there as well. In fact Shah sahib passed the entire course within seventeen day. This normally took approximately nine years. Maulana sahib wrote to their father, that your son has completed his education and you can come and collect him. When their father read the letter he was shocked and thought that perhaps his son was dull or probably he wasn't up to the Hazrat Maulana sahibs standard. However he went over to Multan to collect him, with all the negative thoughts passing through his mind.

At the Mudersa when the father was told the facts he was astonished. Maulana sahib called upon Shah sahib and asked him to read the books in front of his father and he did so without any hesitation. Maulana Sahib asked Shah sahib where did he receive this education? He replied that on the way here we spent seven nights at the Durbar of Hazrat Sultan Sahib and during that time Sultan sahib favoured me with ilm-e-ladunni (inspired knowledge). Hazrat Maulana sahib told their father to take him back where he had received such a treasure.

However father brought him back to the Durbar of Sultan sahib and at night he had a vision in which he was told by Sultan sahib to leave Shah sahib at Durbar sharif and that Sultan sahib will be his guardian. Shah sahib stayed at the Durbar of Sultan sahib for forty years. During that long period every night Sultan sahib met Shah sahib and he was favoured with religious and spiritual teachings Shah sahib in his Punjabi poetry said: “I found the dust of Sheiks feet as collyrium and touched the particular holy mizar.Sultan Badur shah ever since the inner vision got sharper so I visualised Allah Almighty”.

Flacon of the Arifs Hazrat Sultan sayed Mohammed Badhur Ali Shah sahib (R.A) was such a learned personality whose complete elegance is felt by apparent experience of the tranquillity of heart, wakening of the soul and illumines of Allah Almighty when visiting his Shrine. They received Faqr spiritually directly from Hazrat Sultan Bahu (Allah bless his soul) as mentioned above regarding Ilm e Laduni after receiving it shah sahib says in his poetry “I have all that I have learned and I am just singing the name of Allah with each breath and with each hair on my body” After acquisition of Ilm e Laduni there isn’t any other need left.

Hadith sharif is quated “Knowledge is in the chests and not in the lines”.

Shah sahibs duty at Durbar sharif for twelve years was to fill up the water for ablution for visitors. They were born in 1801 and 1809 was brought to the Durbar sharif and add up the twelve years of the duty at the Durbar sharif it will be 1821 and that was the time of second Sikhs invasion and when the shrine of Sultan sahib was abandoned this was 1829.Costodian of the shrine at that time were Sultan Hafiz Mohammed ra and Hazrat Sultan Badhur Ali shah sahib came to the durbar sharif long time before that. That was the time when Costodian of the durbar sharif Were Hazrat Sultan Mohammed Hussain ra son of Hazrat Sultan Wali Mohammed ra son of Hazrat Sultan Bahu (Allah bless his soul). Hazrat sultan Peer sahib passed away in 1934 in the time of custodian Hazrat Ameer Sultan ra. the time Peer sahib attachment remained with Durbar sharif during 7 custodians of the durbar sharif. Their contemporary were Sultan Mohammed Hussain (RA), Sultan Hafiz Mohammed (RA), Sultan ghulam Bahu (R.A), Sultan slaih Mohammed (RA), Sultan Noor mohammed (RA), Sultan Noor Ahmed (R.A), and Ameer Sultan (RA).

Peer sahib were present when second time Hazrat Sultan Bahu (Allah bless his soul), shrine was transferred. Most of Hazrat Peer sahib’s life was spent in love of Hazoor Sultan ul arfeen ra and in 1918 Shah sahib was ordered by Sultan sahib to take a visual bait (oath of allegiance) on the hand of a Sarwari Qadri Sheik. When Shah sahib received the order he requested Sultan sahib to be kind and tell him on whose hand? He was given the name of Hazrat Peer Abdul Ghafoor shah sahib ra who were one of the Khalifa of Hazrat Sultan Sahib ra. Peer Abdul Ghafoor shah sahib was in Shorkote in fact their actual residence was in Mudd sharif. At hearing the name Shah sahib travelled towards Shorkot and met Peer Mahammed Abdul Ghafoor Shah sahib (Allah bless his soul) khalifa of Hazrat Sayed Abdullah shah sahib and requested him for bait. Sayed Mahammed Abdul Ghafoor Shah sahib smiled and said you are restricted to obey the order and same applies to me. They took Shah sahib's bait and instructed him regarding Ism e Allah Zat (divine name of Allah Almighty).

Peer Mahammed Abdul Ghafoor Shah sahib passed Shah sahib to Sultan sahib, who favoured him specially and said:
"Sayed Badur Ali Shah the faqr I am awarding you is the faqr that came from the chest of Rasool Allah (blessing and salutation be upon him) to me and I am placing this special trust (treasure of faqr, piety) through Sayed Mohammed Abdul Ghafoor Shah and it will be your duty to transfer and reinstate it within my descendents". When Shah sahib received the special trust he requested that "sir all of your descendents are honourable and respectable for me but to whom I would have to transfer it to. Sultan sahib replied! "There will be a prince among my children named Sultan Mohammed Abdul Aziz, his sign will be that he will have been circumcised by birth and detached umbilical cord by birth, this trust will be reinstated with him so that this treasure of faqr (piety) shall continues among my children until the day of the judgment.

One day Hazrat Habib Sultan sahib son of the custodian and later on became custodian himself were playing with other children and they passed by Shah Sahib’s room and said to Shah Sahib that do you know this child who is with me? Peer sahib replied, that no I don’t know him you could introduce, them Habib Sultan sahib said sir he is Sultan Abdul Aziz because of whom you have been given this trust of faqr. So than Peer sahib raised their eyes and looked straight into the eyes of innocent young Sultan Abdul Aziz and that eye to eye contact remained for some time without any blink of the eye either side.

This conversation has been forwarded by Sultan alfaqr Hazrat Sultan Mohammed Asgher Ali (Allah bless his soul) son of Hazrat Sultan Mohammed Abdul Aziz (Allah bless his soul), they said that my father told me this and said that the trust of Faqr was transferred to me at that juncture through the eye contact. The remaining rituals have been performed afterwards. Hazrat Sultan Abdul Aziz sahib have been absorbed in the contemplation of Ism a Allah Zat at such an young age and they were also very close to their first cousin Hazrat Sultan Mohammed Nawaz with whom they have travelled from Delhi to Kabul. When they grew up from adolescence to adulthood and decided to take bai-at and their heart could not settle anywhere so Hazrat Sultan Mohammed Nawaz ra requested to Hazrat Sultan sahib ra, as to order Sultan Abdul Aziz sahib to take bai-at.

One day Hazrat Sultan Abdul Aziz (Allah bless his soul) went to the mizar of Hazrat Sultan Sahib and Hazrat Sutlan Sahib held on to their arm and got them seated and asked peer sahib (they were at the Durbar sharif at that time) to come over, I am holding on to your friend come and take his bai-at and present him with Khelafa. Peer sahib replied that sir I will refresh my ablution, but hazrat Sultan sahib replied that “Ablution is compulsory for unclean where as illumine of Ism e Allah zat is shining from your outward and inwards what else do you require. When I heard this incident from Sixth Sultan Ul faqr and they mentioned this hadith mubarak “My eyes asleep but my heart doesn’t sleep”. There at the Mizar sharif Hazoor Peer sahib took bai-at of Hazrat Sultan Abdul Aziz sahib and bestowed them with Khelafa. After that Hazrat Sultan Abdul Aziz (Allah bless his soul) sahib started to stay with Peer sahib most of the time.

Peer sahib spent most of their time at the Durbar sharif and they utilised their time in contemplation of Ism e Allah zat and rewriting the Sultan sahibs books manuscripts they were about more then 35 copies. These written copies were delicate and beautiful.

Peer sahib were simple in nature and they dressed up with simplicity and one day they were sewing a patch on to their own cloths in the foreground of the durbar sharif. The custodian of the durbar sharif Hazrat Ameer Sultan came along and held on to peer sahibs arm and took them to mizar sharif and read Dawat (pleas read up about dawat of ale qaboor) and requested to hazrat Sultan sahib that peer sahib is at such high level of faqr and is Imam of the time please ask them to wear new cloths, after that Hazrat Sultan sahib said to peer sahib " you are an faqeer of Sarwari Qadri order and that Sarwari Qadri faqeer has to dress up like a royalty and have to be riding on a horse.

Moreover Hazrat Peer sahib wrote hundreds of Ism E zat and then had them gold plated from a goldsmith in Multan. Peer sahibs prepared Ism e Zat are still present today.

After the bait Shah sahib went home but they adopted a routine of staying in Hasuwali during the day and spending the night at the Shrine of Sultan sahib. There was spiritual gathering with all of Sultan sahib Khalifas (deputies) and important disciples present.

According to the set up of the gathering Shah sahib set at the back where as other senior people set in front. On one day Shah sahib was coming to Durbar sharif and on the way it was windy storm with heavy flooding in the river and no boatman would agree to take him across to the other side. Shah sahib was someone with very strong determination said to him self even if I die in this way it is acceptable. He jumped into the flooded river and swam across to the other side.

When they reached Durbar shrif Sultan sahib ordered his first Khalifa Nurang Sultan sahib who set next to sultan sahib,to let Shah sahib sit in his place because he has reached here with great difficulties. From then on Shah sahib set next to Sultan sahib in the spiritual gatherings.

After completing the path of Slook (mystic initiation) Shah sahib performed Nikah as a Sunna of Rasool Allah (blessing and salutation be on him) but because Shah sahib's daily routine was contemplating Ism Allah zat during the day and visiting the Durbar sharif at night. They never had anytime for their marital life and therefore often pressurised by the in-laws to fulfil the materialistic requirements but Shah sahib remained silence and kept the same routine.

Eventually family pressured the wife and she demanded divorce. Shah sahib with the permission of Sultan sahib divorced their wife and freed him self completely from materialistic world. Shah sahib had no children.

In order to spread the Marifat of Allah Almighty they adopted to Punjabi poetry, which is an exemplary sample of Punjabi poetry along side complete guide for the seekers of Allah Almighty. They had praised their Sheikh frequently. In the honour of Sheikh sayed Abdul Qader Jeelani blessing be upon him and said “listen to my request in the name of Allah oh beloved of Allah. Favour me all the time ya Mohiodeen Jeelani. You are well known grant me the suspension of my desire and open my inner visions. Show me the illuminated example. Listen to my request in the name of Allah oh beloved of Allah”.

Further on they had written in the honour of Sultan Sahib (RA) “ Praise be for Allah Sultan sahibs Shrine is pious place. Where Hoo Alla and ya hoo is recited all the time. The residents consist of those who have intuitive high form of mystical experience. You are the distributor of bounty from day one. You bestow hundreds of thousands munificent in particular the company of Rasool Allah blessing and salutation be upon him. The praise of my sheiks mercy is like ocean and his vision is a elixir. Listen to the request of this innocent oh my complete Sheikh”.

If you observe that it seems as if a defendant is pleading his case in the court. At another point they are pleading in the court of Sultan Ul Arfeen against nafs.

If Dear sir hear about the tyrant evil nafs. He destroys the inner wealth its pearl and jewels of breathing.

Help me with the cover of mercy. Provide me with refuge, without you I am of no use. All the Arab and non Arab are looking at your door. You are companion of this destitute in all sad situations. Reinstate this person with blessing. Listen to the pleading of this innocent oh complete sheikh.

Also presenting it with humility and helplessness and that is viewed as a prime example. If one looks at the poetry of any great spiritual personality you will find teaching of humility.

Such as Hazrat Sultan sahib ra quoted in ain ul faqr regarding the incident of Miraj Sharif “When Rasool Allah blessing be upon him went on the journey of Miraj and Allah Almighty asked that when a friend visits a friend he brings some sort of gift, therefore what gift have you brought. They replied that gift which your Almighty do not possess. Allah Almighty replied that oh my beloved I am the creator of everything what is that which is not here. Rasool Allah blessing and salutation be upon him replied that in your holiness there is greatness and supremacy and there isn’t any helplessness and that is what I have brought as a present”. Maulana Rome says “who ever brings helplessness in your Almighty, he never returns back empty handed.

If you look at helplessness you will find that it has potential of acquiring the grace because any example or argument which is hollow from such, is known as arrogance and apparently that is the attribute of Iblis and it would not be wrong to say “Arrogance has ruined Shay tan. It had tied him up in curse.

Peer sahib had given many lectures on helplessness and they also given many solid examples about (vahadat al vajood) unity of existence. They enclose this issue in one sentence is a fine example of Punjabi literature and they said “The attributes are now the veil of Allah Almighty. They will get lost without Sheikh. Those who, have been guided by their sheikh, they stayed away for the attributes of Allah. Well done Peer Abdul Ghafoor Shah sahib who has clarified this hint. There is no ego left in me”.

Allah Almighty’s attributes are all over and appear in one form or another. That we regard them as(vahadat al shahood) unity of divine manifestation of attributes. Due to the fact that attributes are the veil for divine unity and they would not allow divine unity to be unveiled. Whereas the basic philosophy of vahdat ul vajood (unity of existence) is that it take away all veils and immerse in his divine unity, for example a person recites the zikar of merciful because merciful is Allah Almighty’s attribute, therefore the reciter will receive the manifestation attribute of Merciful . Such as a person recites Razaq (providence) he will receive manifestation of the attribute of Razaq. The one who recites the attribute of Ghafoor (forgiving) he will receive the relevant manifestation. They said that Oh seeker, all of these various manifestations will embroil you in them. Their stages and their bounty all but true, but they will prevent you from moving forward towards Allah Almighty’s Divine name “Hold on to Ism e Allah zat recite it and contemplate it as you would receive the manifestation of the attributes of Allah Almighty. By zikar of Zat (divine) you will receive the manifestation of Divinity but there is a condition. They say “If you have desire of Allah Almighty then first of all find a complete Sheikh. When you find sheikh you have found Allah Almighty this example is unique. The attributes are literary now you view the meaning of elegance. First of all you find a sheikh because hadith of Rasool Allah blessing and salutation be upon him narrates “He doesn’t have a religion the one who don’t have a sheikh because the one who don’t have a sheikh he gets in the grip of Shai tan”

Hazrat Peer sahib says “Those who forget their sheikh shai tan destroys them. They will drown in storm and their wicked nafs who has disgraced them”. In fact those who abscond from the teaching of the sheikh they are severely reprimanded in light of holy Quraan and Hadith.

“The one who strays from his sheik he shouldn’t say ability but he should say inability. He looks like human but he is real shai tan the one who wants you to mistrust Allah Almighty. Look at the last chapter in the Quraan may Allah provide us refuge from khanas (the shai tan that puts suspicions inside people). Sultan Badhur shah doesn’t follow fake, Allah keeps me under his shadow”.

Those who keep up the Sunna of the companion of Rasool Allah and that personality “whose hand Allah calls his hand”.

Allama Iqbal (RA) says “The hand of Momen becomes hand of Allah”.

Peer sahib passes good news to them and says “Those who have gone away from their sheikh they don’t know anything about Allah. Without any Sheikh there is no Sufi order the fool gets wasted in the jungles those who go without one. The knowledge becomes a veil the nafs is weighing up with greed Sultan Badur Shah those who have found their sheikh they came as element and gone away by being everything”.

They say about themselves “Sultan Bahdur shah all the sorrows have gone away when sheikh has awarded me knowledge about myself. When I found my sheikh and with his one glance my entire veils were removed and I was awarded with immersion in Allah”.

They often unveiled the teaching of Hazrat Sultan Ul Arfeen ra secrets such a word “Qedam” it has been used many times

Mudd sharif is the Mudd of love who has drank the glass of mercy he became familiar with the basic of Qedam”. I could see the path of will of Allah. Well-done my sheikh who has explained this secret.

Who ever you reward the vision that cures you make him knowledgeable of Qedam.

Hazoor Sultan Ul Arfeen ra has used this word on many occasions for example in Ain Un Faqr, Recognise your breath by Qedam and Qedam by your breath. The question arises that what is Qedam and what is that which is called Qedam? When Allah Almighty wanted to be known first of all his illumine appeared in form of his divine name Allah then from that noor, he created the noor of Rasool Allah blessing and salutation be upon him. Than Almighty created the souls of all the thousands of universes from the noor of Rasool Allah blessing and salutation be upon him. The souls witnessed the splendour of his divine name Allah without any veil for four thousand years. That location where Allah Almighty had spoken with the souls and narrated that “Am I not you (rub) sustainer and the souls replied “yes you are we are witness”. The Sufi terms this location as Al ast. The level prior to this sermon where the souls were visualising the divine splendour for four thousand years, is termed by the mystics as “Qedam”. That was the reason it was said that “Recognise breath by Qedam and Qedam by breathe”. That is to say that every breath is taken by visualising muqam e Qedam and it should be apparent in your every breathe.

Peer sahib says in the honour of their visual sheikh Peer Abdul Ghafoor Shah sahib ra, that who ever drank glass of monotheism he becomes acquainted with secret of Qedam.

At another point they are referring to Sultan sahib ra, whose heart your vision of elixir strikes he becomes mystic of Qedam as to say that he visualises the lustre of Almighty.

In peer sahibs poetry they give every example from Quraan, Hadith Qudsi or Hadith Nabvi and in one sentence as they put ocean in a nutshell. “Shey tan’s eye could only see the human body made of soil but the stupid fool forgot that Allah blew his soul into it”.

Here Hazoor Peer sahib pointed towards Sura Al hijr verse 29. Actually they mentioned the incident when shai tan was refuted, he was the teacher, lecturer at Sidra tul Muntha and Imam of the angels at bait al Mamoor and he was very close to Allah Almighty and have been on the highest positions and such a angle got cursed and reprobated. If we look back and we will find the command of Allah Almighty, When Almighty addressed the angels that I am about to create my vicegerent on earth and the angles covertly expressed their opposition at Allah Almighty’s decision. They said that, they will create anarchy and revolt on earth but Almighty defended human being.

When the human body was created with four elements earth, water, fire and air and then Allah Almighty ordered the angels that “when I blow my soul into it, then all of you have to prostrate” The soul was blown into Adam (Blessing be upon him), order of prostration was applied and all of the angles prostrated besides one and that was the leader of the angels Aza ziel. Allah Almighty questioned him that why didn’t he prostrated, he replied that “I am better then him”. At this arrogant reply Allah Almighty reprobated and cursed him. That was the will of Allah Almighty and that was, what happened. But if we look at merciful side for Shai tan, If he had said the Oh Allah Almighty I have learned from his Almighty that prostration to other then his Almighty is idolatry and if I prostrate to this statue made of soil than I will be an idolater. If he had said in such manner perhaps the doors of mercy could have remained open for him and he would not have been cursed. The fact that his answer was arrogant because of his educational level that prevented him for following Almighty’s order and he thought that he is made of fire and that he is close to Almighty and human is made of clay poor fellow is the result of four elements. His education got him cursed and sadly his education could only allow him to see the body that was made of earth and he was unable to remember the actual order of Allah Almighty “When I blow my soul into him” The thing to remember is that it was not matter of soul but infect Allah Almighty placed in Adam blessing be upon him his splendour that was shining like sun inside Adam blessing be upon him chest.

Shah sahib further says that the knowledge is the mighty veil and the shai tan saw the earthly human.

Hadith sharif of Rasool Allah blessing be upon him quotes “Knowledge is the biggest veil” Iblis has been let down by this knowledge.

Pointing to sura al kahf verse 24 in that it is said “Your zikar should be such that you don’t feel that you exist” and that is the highest form of remembrance that is performed by the mystics of upper cader. You should remember Allah Almighty in such manner that as if you become unaware of your self. This level is known as, being one with Allah and become immortal.(immerse in Allah Almighty’s Divinity like drop immerses in the ocean). Almighty Allah calls such people as “Mohsin” (benefactor) Yes whose faith is better then the one who has lowered his face for the sake of Allah Almighty and he is a benefactor. The same question was put to Rasool Allah blessing and Salutation be upon him by Angel Gabriel blessing be upon him. What is Ihsan ya Rasool Allah blessing and salutation be upon him? Rasool Allah blessing and salutation be upon him replied, You should perform your pray as if you are watching Allah Almighty if you can’t do that then consider that Almighty is watching you.

Hazrat Sultan Sahib ra said , Until you don’t abandon your parents, wife, children and rest of the family so that they are aggrieved, only then you will be able to get to the proximity of Allah Almighty. Point to think is that it simply means that until a person dies he couldn’t acquire closeness of Allah Almighty. The death is compulsory but it isn’t the death that the angel of death takes the soul away infect this is stated in the hadith sharif “dieing before the death”. Hazrat Sultan sahib says in their Punjabi poetry “those who have died before the death have understood the secret of Allah Almighty.

Dieing before the death means that qulb livens up and the nafs amara dies and the human being comes out of all of the inner desires. Than at that point in time when a person indulges in the remembrance of Allah (Ziker) he is unaware of his surroundings and his inner visualises the illumination of splendour and immerses in it.

Maulana Rome says, Where ever you are become of Allah Almighty and keep yourself away from the worldly problems. That does not mean that you leave the world but it actually means that what ever you do. Do it as you are person of Allah almighty “remember as if you don’t exist” this form of zikar is performed by a faqeer of heist order and he is the falcon of La maqan(mystic stage).That level is where there is no name, no body, no you, no me, no meeting, no separation, no lover and no beloved. Hazrat Sultan sahib says, at such level one is the vision, and the spectator.

Hazrat Sultan sahib says in his Punjabi poetry; since I have visualised the divinity I have become unaware of my self. There is no closeness, meeting, Level, destination, nor there is body or soul. There is no love and affection nor there any universe. You view the secret of his divinity ya Hazrat Bahu.

When you immerse in the splendour you become unaware of yourself. Well done Peer Mohammed you have revealed this secret that and I don’t have me left in myself, but I have recognised the one who is inside me. This is an open announcement that if you are looking for Almighty Allah’s will and his pleasure there is no need to roam around caves, mountains, deserts and bewilderedness. I have understood the Order of Allah Almighty regarding “I am near to you then your juggler vain”. Where this secret is unveiled that, he is to be found inside you. Where ever you see, you find him there. The attributes become darker (because Allah Almighty’s divinity is there.

Allah Almighty says that, I am within your anfas (breathing) I wish if you could visualise me. Anfs is an important point that has been mentioned several time and it has been used for breathings and if for an example it is interpreted that I am within your breathing, then his Almighty is present there.

Hazrat Sultan sahib says, “On every breath of a human being there is a angel appointed on it. When a human being takes a breath the angle takes it to Almighty, if that breath is taken without remembrance of Allah Almighty and Almighty views that breathe with anger and disgust and that breath is returned inside a person, that brings about selfishness and satanic tendencies within him and materialistic urges become stronger. If that breathe is taken with his remembrance then Allah Almighty showers his divine mercy and glances at it with grace and that generates spirituality of merciful within that human being and his physical body becomes the mirror of illumination of Allah Almighty.

Rasool Allah blessing and salutation be upon him narrated that, “breathes are accounted for and any breath taken in ignorance of Allah Almighty is dead”. Hazoor Sultan Sahib ra says, “we have been told by our Murshid that the breath taken in ignorance is infidel”.

Allama Iqbal . The breathing of in and out is warming of the blood is merely an excuse. Breathing in with Qalbi zikar of Allah and breathing out with same Qalbi zikar the same process goes on and on with each breath, illumines of Allah Almighty’s perfumed blossom, the soul gets its fragrance.

Anfs is taken as nafs, such nafs has four status (1) Nafs Amara (Inordinate appetites) (2) Nafs Lov ama (one’s accusing self, conscience) (3) Nafs Mul hema (one’s inspiring self, intellectual) (4) Nafs Mut maiena (contented, one’s satisfied self).

Nafs Mut maiena is the heist level of the nafs where faqr reaches its climax. At this point nafs’s materialistic urges are eliminated and it is replaced by the Merciful.

Hazrat sultan sahib says, this nafs is our friend that is coming along with us. After reformation or purification of the nafs, it becomes the mirror of Allah Almighty’s illumination. At that point in time when a person sees inside himself he will find, “Those we were searching in heavens and the earth we found them living in the darkness of our Qalb”.

Human being consists of two bodies one is this physical and the other is spiritual in the Holy Quraan Allah Almighty states, He is the first he is the last he is apparent and he is spiritual. It is evident that he is within your spirituality. He is concealed within your soul. Almighty says that if you are seeking me don’t look for me on my throne (Arsh) Khana Kabba, knowledge, books or mehrab look at your inner self. “Immerse within yourself and find the purpose of life, if you cannot be mine don’t at least be yourself.

Hazrat sultan sahib says, Almighty is near you, but you are looking for him as if he is at distance you don’t even enter his forecourt. You don’t know how to find him inside but you have embarked on seeking him out side. You will not find anything by going far away you will find illumines inside yourself. Polish your heart ya Hazrat Bahu than your veils will be removed. At another point they are saying that. This inner of yours is the residence of the true sustainer oh faqeer have a glance inside.

Alama Iqbal ra says, Glance inside yourself sometimes you are Qaase you are Laila you are the camle sadle and you are the desert.

The delay is from us we have to explore our inner and we have to liven up his desires in it. His Almighty is openly announcing that “you are sitting patiently your creator is waiting for you”.

We are ready to shower our mercy but there isn’t any seeker. To whom we could show the path to there isn’t any seeker of the destiny. If some one is capable then we will elevate him. We grant the seeker a new world.

That era was different when it was said “you cannot see me” after the coming of Rasool Allah blessing and salutation be upon him all the veils have been removed. Alama Iqbal says “ concealed secrets have been revealed the time has lapsed when it was said that “you cannot see me”.

Unfortunately some people are unnecessarily denying the spirituality and their reason is that Hazrat Mussa Blessing be upon him was not able to visualise Almighty how could we do so. There are two answers to that question. Firstly Hazrat Moses blessing be upon him at one point prayed to Allah Almighty to take his prophet hood away from him and raise him from the Umma of Rasool Allah blessing and salutation be upon him. This prayer is the clear argument that this visualisation of Allah Almighty is the special gift for Rasool Allah blessing and salutation be upon him and on the night of Mehraj it was opened up for the Umma. Hazrat Shaikh Abd ul Qadir Al Jilani (Allah bless his soul) quoted in the secret of the secrets, “This trust belongs to an orphan and the divine law does not permit anyone other then the trustee to acquire it until he reaches the age where he grants it to others”.

The second answer is that “Allah Almighty commanded to Hazrat Mussa blessing be upon him that “you cannot see me” Allah Almighty has not mentioned that no one can see me. Imam Ahmed Raza Brelavi said “the elevation of Toor is not as La muqam, same as you cannot see me and seeing me are different.

Peer sahib says “The residence of Sultan sahib is the door to tranquillity or is it toor. Call out I would like to see you my Rub and listen to the answer that, you are privileged to do so.

This discussion is to do with the mystical knowledge and when it is interfered with physical knowledge and it becomes divisive.

Alama Iqbal says “For a Momen the limit is beyond knowledge where he finds the desire of enthusiasm and pleasure of visualisation.

Baba Bulay Shah ra says “You clean the forecourt of your heart than you will see how the Almighty will seek him out at home. The condition is that your heart must be clean and it should be straight it should be clean from any hurdles created by the knowledge or thoughts because you cannot convince anyone with examples or proofs in unity of Allah Almighty. Imam Fakher ul deen Razi ra was such a learned person that his claim was that he could prove the existence of Allah Almighty with examples. When he was on the death bed and shai tan asked him three hundred questions and then rejected them with his proofs. At that point if another question was put to Imam Razi then he wouldn’t have been able to answer it and would have departed from this world without faith. If you are not certain about the existence of unity of Allah Almighty then out goes your faith. Imam Razi’s Sheikh was Najam ul Deen kubra who was watching all of this spiritually and he splashed some water over him and ordered him to answer the Shai tan that you believe in Allah Almighty without any proof. It is paramount to know that Shai tan is always after you.

Alama Iqbal ra says , Among you there isn’t anyone who is in need of the Hoors. The splendour of Toor is present but there is no Mussa Blessing be upon him.

Allah Almighty stated in the Quraan “I have created Jinn and Humans solely for my worship. Hazrat Sheikh Abdul Qader Jeelani ra explains this verse, that the one who cannot recognise Almighty how could he pray to him. In Hadith Qudasi Allah Almighty states that “I was a hidden treasure and I wanted to be known so I created my creation so that I could be recognised. The recognition couldn’t be carried out without seeing and visualising Almighty.

Hadith Quoted “He who has recognised himself surly has recognised his Rub. It is such that for the recognition, self realisation is paramount “I am within your breathing couldn’t you perceive” (Quraan). When you have glanced inside your self then this verse from the holy Quraan applies “which ever direction you turn to you will find him there”. When human being is able to visualise Allah Almighty’s splendour within himself and then a person immerses in him. Hazrat Sultan Bahu (Allah bless his soul) states: When Ism Allah Zat reacts in the body of a person then that person gets the colour of Marifat. The distance shrink from him and he reaches his desires and then he is able to view Allah Almighty by glansing at his heart and his inner, where he is able to see Ism Allah zat on each hair on his body every vain, limb, bone in his body embark upon the remembrance of Allah and that person is able to see Ism Zat on every thing including on the leaves of trees. He could see the display of Allah Almighty’s splendour what ever he sees, listens or speaks he hears the sound of Ism Allah. This is the stage when the seeker has Ism Allah zat immerses in his outer and inner. How much you would like this argument on your qalb it is like ocean.

Peer Sahib often mention their Sheikh by Peer Mohammed in their poetry, this is because this information is authentic and passed on by person to person secretly, that Peer Abdul Ghafoor Shah sahib is called as Peer Mohammed in the holy Court of Rasool Allah blessing and salutationbe upon him. Peer sahib often used this spiritual name for their Sheikh.

Shah sahib have been introducing and educating the seeker the respect of the sheikh.

Shah sahib relocated to a place called Fareed Mahmood Kathiah and took up residence there. It was rural and remote area, people lived in mud huts and had their huts were far apart. Their livelihood was their farming, which was relying on rainy water and herds of animals. The locals were totally illiterate and were unaware of religious knowledge or Marfia (knowledge of Allah Almighty). Shah sahib enlightened the locals with religious knowledge and invited them to true knowledge and love of Rasool Allah (blessing and salutation be on him) and they had a Mosque built there and begin educating people and bought them out to true Islamic faith that had true love of Allah Almighty and his prophet blessing and salutation be on him. Shah sahib had devoted his life for serving and propagating Islam and teachings of Sultan sahib.

Their style of conversation was so sweet and attractive that every one was compelled to pay attention. Their personality was impressive and it was further illuminated with spiritual influence. Due to such effects there were always a big gathering around them.

They rewrote Sultan sahib's books along with other material by hand and once they were exhausted and didn't perform the Isha's Sunnah and went to sleep. At night Sultan sahib came and woke him up and said:
"I had to hear a complaint about you from the holy court of Rasool Allah (Blessing and salutation be on him) they told me that your devoted seeker Sayed Mohammed Badur Ali Shah hadn't perform my sunnah and they further said that he didn't took care of his chicken, go and take care of it, a jackal is approaching"

Shah sahib travelled various parts of Punjab province along with devotees and disciples in order to invite people towards love and Marifat (recognition) of Allah Almighty and his beloved prophet (blessing and salutation on him) and illuminating peoples hearts generously.

They visited Sayed Mahammed Abdullah Shah (Allah bless his soul) sahibs shrine which is located in Ahmed poor Sharkia in District Bahawal poor and went to Auchali sharif in wadi soon skaser and stayed at Haq Bahu old bungalow.

In Sarwari Qadri order miracles are given the status of menstrual course or puerperal haemorrhage and due to that occurrence of miracles is minimal. In fact occurrence of miracle often revealed through friends of Allah Almighty without their personal desire or inner urges or self projection but their occurrence is with will of Allah Almighty.

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