Spiritual Experiences - A Unique Success
A Unique Success
1. My very dear companions, my extremely dear friends, come, come, may my soul be a carpet in your path, may it be sacrificed for you again and again; come, come, I am waiting for your pure didar, please come, so that we may celebrate the jubilee of success together. In this, we shall first do giryah-u zari for the sake of expressing gratitude. This `ibadat is highly wisdom-filled and magnificent and the secret of worldly and religious success is hidden in it.
2. Millions of thanks to God, may He be exalted, that the sincere prayers and all kinds of services of our `azizan accomplished a golden feat for the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Praise be to God, for today our honourable governors and the army of knowledge achieved an unparalleled historical success, indeed many successes. Is Practical Sufism and Spiritual Science not a revolutionary book? Did its opening ceremony not take place by the blessed hands of two federal ministers of Pakistan? Again, note the success of A Thousand Wisdoms! Then the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Professor Dr. Faquir Muhammad Hunzai on the completion of the translation of 50 books into English and now the writing and calligraphy of the book: “Spiritual Experiences”. O Allah! We are buried under your great favours and drowned in the storm of Your countless blessings.
3. O `azizan! The lesson of Monoreality which you had learnt long ago will prove to be of use today and always. Therefore, let every one of you repeatedly say in his heart that “I am `Allamah Nasir”, “I am Dr. Faquir”, “I am the sagacious Ghulam Qadir”, “I performed such and such a task in Islamabad” etc., etc. By this unity, my dear, sagacious Ghulam Qadir Baig, the Chief Advisor and Chief of Presidents, will be extremely happy, for it is true that Ghulam Qadir could only have accomplished such a unique feat since we were all present in him. This is due to many reasons:
4. Yet, there is ample room for appreciation of our sagacious Ghulam Qadir. He is a devotee who rises at night and performs arduous spiritual exercises (riyazat) with a small group. His giryah-u zari is incomparable and his supplication is unique. All [my] students are sure of the fact that this darwish-like vigil opens the door of Allah Divine mercy. My dear Ghulam Qadir, the chief of Presidents is a full treasure of numerous qualities and a precious repository of achievements. He is a unique example of patience, clemency, sobriety, tender heartedness, soft spokeness and politeness. He is reckoned among the scholars of the first rank - his sagacious lectures and articles are very impressive.
5. It is better to admit that it is not possible for a darwish like me to describe the all-embracing beauties of the al-Qalam conference, Islamabad. Therefore, I would like to request all those `azizan who attended that conference, to kindly write a historical memoir [of their own] as well. They should also write letters of encouragement for Ghulam Qadir, as this is the only way to promote good deeds. I am sure that my friends not only have the spirit of knowledge and deeds but also encourage and fully appreciate it. I hope that our `azizan will continue encouraging one another mutually.
6. With great pleasure, on the epoch-making occasion of this unique success, I would like to extend [my heartiest] congratulations to all the friends of the Northern Areas, Islamabad, Karachi, London, America, Canada and France and thank them abundantly, as the success is all because of the blessing of their presence. Al-hamdu li'llahi Rabbi'l-`alamin!
Karachi, 12 Sept 1997
Friday, 9 Jumada I 1418 A.H.
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