Diary 1963 - Murshid Sam's Living Stream

Diaries 1963-2For many years I used to teach a lady in this country who was very well placed socially. Andwhen we were studying “Light” she claimed a certain makam and I said, “If you have reached thatmakes you should be teaching me, not I you.” And as soon as she was confirmed as a Murshida, shedenounced me publicly and privately and made my life utterly miserable. It was only then that myfather, who had previously denounced me himself refused to permit an outsider to do this. And hedied a wealthy man which has relieved me from earthly cares. But the wise Allah directed me not inany of the sentimental slop which passes for Morality, but in the course of wisdoms. “Make friendswith her husband’s friends.” And this has been entirely, successful today, so much so that herhusband himself now wants the projects I have been working on for a “Garden of Allah” to extendfrom Delhi to the Atlantic Ocean, inshallah. If you want details will write. For the wisdom of Allah isvery real, and operative, though it may come immediately (as it did to me on each visit to your ownHyderabad) or it may come very slowly.For the work of those who go on the paths of the Auliya, Ansari and Abdals, is a differentwork, and one has to keep firm. It is in this connection and direction that I stand subordinate toSufi Barkat Ali and to the Madzub who is his close companion. Since therefore you follow the orderestablished by Ghaus-i-Azam; it is not a legend when he said, “I put my foot on the neck of the allAuliya.” Most people take this symbolically and must because they have neither Ilm nor makam.There is no love in me for Islam. Islam has nothing to do with love. There is, Ishk Allah,Mahbood Allah. Now why Ishk? Why Mahbood? It is something like Rahman and Rahim, only wecall one “Compassion,” the other “Love.” But the principles are the same, operative from Zat to andthrough the Sifat and back to the Zat. but in the Zat-Sifat there is the beginning condition which weshall Adam and the final condition which for call Mohammed. And no one loves Allah unless hehas the love either for Adam or Mohammed or both, in the final reckoning. For Adam is the first andMohammed is the last, and the love t be real, has to operate up-down like the phases of Rahmat andHub. When this Love perfects it operates through body, mind and heart and this, in my life has beenthrough the living experiences in fana-fi-Rassoul, whether one expresses it or not.I did not meet an imam until over so and now when I read Holy Qur’an there are many questionswhich are asked:a. What was the Makam and the Hal of Mohammed in receiving this revelation?b. What was the Ilm involved, etc.For in Hadith it is said that Holy Qur’an was revealed in seven dialects and each has an innerand outer meaning.For example Sura 95 begins “By the Fig, and by the Olive.” And in Pakistan there was a treeplantingweek and all the “Muslims” celebrated tree-planting week with speeches and feasts. Andnot in all Pakistan did I find anybody planting a single Fig or a single Olive. That is why I do nothave regard for “Islam.” It is nothing but nufsaniat. The Holy Qur’an is explicit and implicit andwhen it is explicit “good Muslims” don’t follow it, and this is the cry of the world and the need ofeverybody.