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Seeing
these circumstance, the ancient Dervishes and the Saints of religion
overcharged the worldly rich persons and earls in their disrespect and
disregard and the righteous, Faqeer
and destitute people of God in their
respect and regard. In addition, they did not give a worth more than a housefly
or louse to the worldly persons, lords and even the kings as these Saints were
single minded in their intention and the exaltation and elevation of the Name
of their Lord was their quest. Their spiritual powers had risen higher than
heaven and were heavenly. Allah
Almighty had made the kings of world their
slaves and subordinates because this fact had become as bright as sun on the
good kings of their times that the existence and continuity of their thrones
and domains and their people depended upon the chaste survival of these sanctified
noble persons. Thus, the kings of that era attended the courts of the Dervishes
as beggars and needy persons and got their problems solved from the Court of
Lord Almighty by means of their Waseela
and prayer. Book
of History have many
such incidents recorded therein. Hence, we quote a few of these incidents
briefly as a gift for the readers.
It
is said that one day, Hazrat
Mian Meer Sahib Rahmatu-Allahe Ta-aala
Alaihe
was sitting along with his Dervishes on the roof of his place. He was taking
some rest laying his head on the thigh of one of his Dervishes and other
Dervishes were busy in removing lice from his jute garment. In the meantime,
one Dervish
saw the Emperor of Hindustan Shah Jehan along with his eldest son
Dara Shikoh for paying a visit to the place of Hazrat
Mian Meer Sahib
Rahmatu-Allahe Ta-aala Alaihe and laughed.
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He
asked him why he was laughing and he replied that Shah Jehan and Dara Shikoh
were coming to see him. He said that 'O silly
person! I had rather thought it as if you have found some fat louse in the jute
garment that you are happy but you are silly that you are showing your teeth on
arrival of a king'. In short, in the eyes of these people, the reality of the
king of time was even less than that of a louse or flea. Further, the awe and
glory and the dignity and magnificence of the Name of their Allah
Almighty was
so much in their blessed bodies that the kings shivered poorly before their
glory and lordliness and they took it their welfare and pride to set their
shoes with their hands. It is further quoted that when Shah Jehan and Dara
Shikoh had touched the feet of Hazrat
Mian Meer Sahib
Rahmatu-Allahe Ta-aala Alaihe
and have sit amongst the
destitute persons in one corner of that place, of Hazrat
Mian Meer Sahib
Rahmatu-Allahe Ta-aala Alaihe was chewing cardamom and
throwing its remains from his mouth and Shah Jehan was busy in collecting that
remains of the chewed cardamom in his royal mantle giving it a worth more than
diamonds and gemstones.
Why
will I set my step outside the premises of the Dervish
?
As
our treasure is on the jute cloth of the Dervish
,
If
the world becomes a deserted place in wake of floods of disasters,
Even such a situation cannot disturb the masonry of the court of Dervish
,
Abuse
of words, sword and spear become hopeless,
When comes out of scabbard the stick (wand) of Dervish
,
Every knot of difficult situation faced by world,
Can be opened through the finger of the prayer of Dervish
,
Eden,
verily, has very charming sites that it includes,
I
will not enter it without winning the gladness (and accreditation) of Dervish
,
Every phoenix of Faqar
that has flown to the canopy of all height,
Have flown there passing over the ether atmosphere of the Dervish
,
Both-the-Worlds
look like just two drops of tears,
If
are observed through the two eyes of the Dervish.
[Saib
Tabrizi]
