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2. Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi said, “He (Imdadullah Muhajir
Makki) used to say that the human being is outwardly a slave and
inwardly (Batini) the Haqq (Allah).” Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi
further elaborates, “The batin is the reality which is manifest in
the human, and the batin should not be considered a part of the
human…” 141
3. Once, Moulvi Muhammad Ahsan, a resident of Mecca,
expressed his skepticism on the issue of Wahdat al-Wajood to
Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi. He (Moulvi Ahsan) remarked that
this issue seems to oppose Eemaan. Ashraf Ali Thanvi replied:
“Someday listen to my lecture on this issue, then you will
yourself say that Eemaan cannot be complete without the belief in
this (i.e. Wahdat al-Wajood).” Then, Ashraf Ali Thanvi gave a
speech of two hours on a Friday morning. After the lecture,
Moulvi Ahsan could not help saying: “Belief in this (Wahdat al-
Wajood) is so crucial that without it Eemaan cannot be
understood.” The biographer of Ashraf Ali Thanvi comments,
“Ashraf Ali Thanvi declared the belief of Wahdat al-Wajood as the
completion of Eemaan. But Muhammad Ahsan went much further
by saying that Eemaan rests on the belief in Wahdat al-Wajood.” 142
4. Ashraf Ali Thanvi says: “You are amazed at people who claim
Prophet-hood… People have claimed Lordship. However,
nobody must think that Hussain bin Mansoor (al-Hallaj) in his
saying, ‘Aanal-Haqq’ [I am the Haqq (Truth meaning Allah)]
claimed Lordship (i.e. claimed to be God). Because upon him was
a condition, otherwise he also believed in Abdiyaah (the state of
being a worshiper) and therefore he offered Salaah. Someone
asked him (al-Hallaj): “Since you are Allah, to whom do you
prostrate?” He (al-Hallaj) answered: “I have two states, one
141 Imdadul-Mushtaq ila Ashraful-akhlaq (Urdu) saying no.74, p.62.
142 Maqtoobat wa-Malfoozaat Ashrafeeyah (Writings and Sayings of
Ashraf Ali Thanvi), a biography by one of Thanvi’s Khaleefahs,
Moulana Muhammed Shareef p.185-186.
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