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Que mon regard sur toute chose soit aiguill vers une leon quon peut en tirer.
Tout ce qui se passe autour de moi doit
minterpeler et que je puisse en tirer des
leons.
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Today, the longing for my Beloved (Rasoolullah)
Is over-powering; whys my heart so sad?
3. Desire, like a flame in every vein.
4. Today, why do my eyes weep floods of tears?
5. His radiant face in a vision I saw.
6. And from his tresses there came a fragrance
7. The sight of such visions caused me to swoon
8. His eyes foot-soldiers overpowered me!
9. His face is bright, a moon at its fullest.
10. A light flashes from his brow; his tresses
11. Are jet black, his gaze intoxicating.
12. His wine-filled eyes cause inebriation!
13. His two eye-brows are like an archers bow
14. Firing arrows of sharpened eye-lashes!
15. Shall I call his lips red or rubies from
16. Yemen? His white teeth are a string of pearls.
17. Shall I call this face life, or the Essence
18. Of Life, or the life of both the worlds? In
19. Truth, I should call it Gods greatest glory
20. From which He created His creation!
21. This face is really from the Faceless One ;
22. The Faceless One manifests through this face.
23. The Formless One has been seen through this face
24. Ever since Unity blossomed into
25. Diversity. This face shows the way to the
26. Faceless. Nay, not the way, the Essence too!
27. Yet this secret is not for the common;
28. Just the Elect may discover this pearl!
29. By God! May this face stay before my eyes
30. At the time of Death and on Judgement Day!
31. In my grave and when Im crossing the Bridge.
32. Then alone shall the fake become pure gold!
33. Your rank is: Thy Lord shall give thee and we
34. Place our hopes in, So thou art well-pleased
35. This test we shall pass as the Gracious said:
36. Intercede and thy intercession shall
37. Be accepted! Remove thy Yemeni
38. Cloak and grant me a glimpse of your lovely
39. Face, my love! Repeat again those sweet words
40. Which you spoke in the valley of Hamra.
41. Come from your cell to the mosque, Beloved!
42. All yearn for your radiant countenance!
43. Both the worlds furnish thy way with their eyes
44. All men, angels, houris, and faerie-folk.
45. For all these yearning and pining ones; for
46. Those dying to sacrifice themselves in your
47 Love; and all those ready to be your thralls
48. May those moments of bliss return again!
49. Praise God! Youre most Beauteous! Excellent! Perfect!
50. Where is Mehar Ali and how esteemed is your
praise? How did these audacious eyes glance at you?
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(R.A) commenced his teachings. The light of Hazrats teaching started to enlighten the hearts of
the people all over the world.
In that early period, Hazrat used to hold his
sittings on a stone slab of the shape and size of a
prayer mat, which was placed outside his hujrah
(prayer cell) under the shade of trees. After completion his morning prayers and recitations, he
used to sit on this slab, while those wishing to
seek his prayers sat on palm-leaf mats spread
around the slab. The slab was also used for zikr
sessions. Some of Hazrats epoch-making books,
e.g., Tahqiq-ul-Haq on the subject of Wahdatul-Wajood, and Shams-ul-Hidayah and Saif-eChishtiyai on the Qadyani movement, were
written by Hazrat while sitting on this slab. Finally, lessons from the Mathnavi of Maulana
Jalaluddin Rumi (R.A) and the Futuhat-eMakkiyah and the Fusus-ul-Hikam of Shaikh-e
-Akbar Muhyuddin Ibn-ul-Arabi (R.A) were also
imparted to some highly distinguished pupils at
this very spot. Many of those eminent personalities are now buried around this place.
Saif-e-Chishtiyai is a complete refutation to Mirza Ahmad Qadiani and Hazrat had even challenged Mirza for a public debate but the latter
failed to respond to the challenge by not turning
up in Lahore.
Hazrat was also a great poet. His famous Aj sik
Mitra di qaseedah in Punjabi was written in
Makkah. It so happened that when Hazrat went
for Hajj, he arrived in Jeddah by boat and had to
walk till Makkah Mukarramah. The boat voyage
had been very tiring and at the time of Namaz
Asr, he did not perform the 4 Sunnat prayers and
accomplished the Farz Salaat only. Due to tiredness, he fell asleep and then he saw the Beloved
Prophet Muhammad() in his dream telling him
O Mehr Ali, how come you missed your Sunnat
prayers today? He was so much engrossed with
that beatific vision and when he woke up he
wrote that beautiful Qaseedah that extols the
beauty of the Holy Prophet() [reproduced in
English on page 2]. Hazrat is recognised as a perfect Sufi Shaykh, a Mujaddid of his time. He is
particularly respected by the people of Lahore
and his shrine is a place of great solace for the
Muslims.
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