ہم رِندوں کی محفل میں ہر رسم عبادت ہوتی ہے
دلبر کو بٹھا کر سامنے چہرے کی تلاوت ہوتی ہے
"In the gathering of Divine lovers, every ritual is a heartfelt devotion, and gazing upon the beloved's countenance is akin to sacred recitation."
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"سجدہ مستانہ ام باشد نماز دردِ دل با او بود قرآنِ من - To prostrate before the Beloved madly is my salat and the painful sighs of my passionate soul is the recitation of the Holy Quran."
Rabia of Basra
Divine Prostration
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"عشق آں شعلہ است کہ چوں بر افروخت ہر چہ جز معشوق باشد جملہ سوخت - Divine love is the spark which, when turns into fire, burns everything except the Beloved."
Rumi
Burning Love
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"صد کتب و صد ورق در نار کن رویئے دِل را جانب دِلدار کن - Get rid of books and knowledge and turn the direction of your inward towards your beloved."
Rumi
Knowledge vs Love
جے چر نہ عشقِ مجازی لاگے سوئی سیوے نہ بن دھاگے
عشقِ مجازی داتا ہے جس پچھے مست ہو جاتا ہے
"A person can never ascend to true love of Allah without the love of his spiritual guide. Just like a needle cannot sew without a thread, similarly, Divine love cannot be accomplished without metaphorical love i.e. love for the spiritual guide. This love is the Divine benefactor, it makes the lover ineffably ecstatic."
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"زین مراتب عاشقان مذکور شد ابتدا ہم نور آخر نور شد - The status of Divine lovers is that their beginning as well as end is Divine light."
Sultan Bahoo
Nur-ul-Huda Kalan
Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen is the best living example of Divine love. He stepped into the arena of love and by the grace of Allah met every trial of love successfully owing to his dedication, diligence and pure intentions. With his intense passion, he won all the challenges and crossed all the obstacles that came in the way of his love.
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"I was a no one... Neither I had an existence worth mentioning nor any significance... The aim of my life was restricted to this world only... Everyday was the same for me... My only purpose of life was to struggle to make worldly life happier and more comfortable... I was unaware of the purpose of life..."
Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen
Transformation
"One day, the sacred glance of Almighty Allah fell upon my humble being and destiny took me into the court of Sultan-ul-Faqr VI Sultan Mohammad Asghar Ali. We saw each other and everything changed... The lover recognised the beloved... On the evening of 12th April 1998 AD (15th Dhul al-Hijjah 1418 AD), I pledged allegiance to Sultan Mohammad Asghar Ali and entered the circle of his slavery..."
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"During his life, when I could not meet him for ten or fifteen days, I felt as if the light of faith had lessened in my inward and attractions of the world were alluring me. However, as soon as I reached his sacred court and he put a glance upon me, the love for Allah and His Prophet flourished in my heart."
Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen
Spiritual Nourishment
بلھے شاہؒ دی ذات نہ کائی میں شوہ عنایت پایا اے
"I have no existence of my own; now my being is inhabited by my spiritual guide."
Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen not only passed the inward trials with excellence but also performed all the outward tasks assigned to him by his spiritual guide with perfection. He never tried to evade any outward or inward sacrifice and placed his entire wealth and every possession at the feet of his spiritual guide.
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خدمت
Gold-plated Ism-e-Allah Zaat
Revival of tradition
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اخلاص
Personal Attire and Comfort
Beautiful clothing for spiritual guide
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محبت
Special Room Construction
Sacred space for spiritual guide
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فدا
Financial Sacrifices
Land purchase for shrine
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"Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen got a separate room specially constructed upstairs for his beloved spiritual guide. The room reflected the passion of Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen for his spiritual guide as it was beautifully decorated and everything for the comfort and ease of spiritual guide was provided in it."
Sacred Space
Divine Hospitality
Service and Sacrifice
Complete Submission to Spiritual Guide
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"Sultan Mohammad Asghar Ali assigned Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen the duty of publishing the monthly magazine Mirat-ul-Arifeen Lahore. He started this duty with dedication and diligence, though he had no previous experience of journalism."
Literary Service
Mirat-ul-Arifeen
Books Published
7+
Under Maktaba Al-Arifeen to spread teachings of Faqr
Hajj Journey
2001
Accompanied spiritual guide, sold car for expenses
Land Purchase
14 Lakh
For shrine of Sultan Mohammad Abdul Aziz
Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen became the true reflection of his spiritual guide after annihilating in him. His spiritual guide tested him several times inwardly as well as outwardly. The spiritual and inward trials are a secret between the seeker and Allah, so others remain unaware of them.
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"The esoteric trials that I had to pass through were so tough that if a mountain had to bear them, it would have shattered into particles."
Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen
Inward Trials
عاشق شوہدے دِل کھڑایا، آپ وی نالے کَھڑیا ھُو
کھڑیا کھڑیا ولیا ناہیں، سنگ محبوباں دے رَلیا ھُو
عقل فِکر دیاں سب بُھل گیاں، جد عشقے نال جا مِلیا ھُو
میں قربان تنہاں توں باھوؒ، جنہاں عشق جوانی چڑھیا ھُو
"The poor lover lost his heart, then himself. Lost! Lost! He won't come back; he's among the beloveds. Joined with love, forgotten all the wisdom and reflection. May I sacrifice on them, O Bahoo, who reached the zenith of love."
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"I was blessed with the expertise of reading the sacred face of my spiritual guide, Sultan Mohammad Asghar Ali. I never consulted him verbally about anything. Whenever I faced any difficulty in the way of Faqr or wanted a solution of a problem, I used to sit in my spiritual guide's assembly and engross myself in reading his face."
Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen
Facial Reading
Complete Annihilation
Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen had become the true and exact reflection of his spiritual guide by annihilating in him.
Divine Trust
Sultan Mohammad Asghar Ali transferred the Divine Trust of Faqr inwardly and secretly to Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen.
Allama Iqbal says about the heir of the Divine Trust:
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"پرورش پاتا ہے تقلید کی تاریکی میں - The Universal Divine Man is secretly trained in an entirely different manner according to the requirements of his era. Although he reaches the highest spiritual station by following his spiritual guide completely, but his nature is so innovative that his style and vision are entirely different from the conventional norms of his age."
Allama Iqbal
Zarb-e-Kaleem
If we observe Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen among all the disciples of Sultan Mohammad Asghar Ali, only he deserves to be the heir of Divine Trust. The following incidents not only reflect his devotion, dedication and intense love for his spiritual guide but also show that he started many new projects and brought about innovations in the circle of Sultan Mohammad Asghar Ali's disciples.
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"Due to his Divine love, sincerity and diligence, Sultan Mohammad Asghar Ali chose him for entrusting the Divine Trust. As Allah says: اَللّٰہُ یَجۡتَبِیۡۤ اِلَیۡہِ مَنۡ یَّشَآءُ - Allah chooses whom He wishes. (42:13)"
Divine Selection
Quran 42:13
The Ultimate Testimony
"On 26th December 2003, this outward companionship of the lover and the beloved ended by the will of Allah but the inward oneness became eternal."
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"Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen's uprightness led him to such great heights of Faqr and Divine Oneness that are unimaginable and cannot be expressed in words. He is stationed at the ultimate height of Divine love where there is no room for doubts."
Divine Heights
Ultimate Love
