Irfan (Volume 1) IRFAAN 1

49-50

Since every Damm which has gone, it goes out of reach and its return is impossible and no one knows if the expected Damm will be available to him as it is known by Allah alone. So, the Damm of the past and the Damm of the future are both beyond control and assurance. Man is the possessor of only one Damm which is the time going on and is in present time. If this Damm is released along with the special thought and genuine Zikr of Allah Almighty, then it is clear that it became a priceless gem by which the wealth of Worlds and Domains can be purchased and otherwise if this Damm has been released along with the thoughts of the Nafs , Dunya (World) and Satan, then it is certain that this was not just a gulp of air that was lost in air but it will fall on you like the unending wrath and a mountain of troubles in the abode of the Hereafter and the Realm of Uqba. Therefore, the human being should know the worth of the Damm .

Guard your Damm (Breath) as world is also like a Damm,

And in the sight of the sage, even one Damm is better than world,

Alexander, who was the ruler of the world,

When he died, he had to leave Dunya (World),

He could not have this power that,

He could get another Damm in lieu of a continent!

[Saadi Sherazi]

It is said that once a Saint happened to pass by a graveyard along with his pupils and Mureedain. When he halted there for some minutes in order to offer Fatihah and after that became attentive and meditated about the Ahwaal of those graves, he took a sigh of pain and his eyes tuned wet with tears when he became free from Muraqiba. Mureedain asked him the reason of such condition and he said that these are the graves of some devout, ascetic (worshippers) and righteous (Muslims) but a few breaths were incidentally passed by them idle of the Remembrance of Allah Almighty. For these few breaths, such a woe and regret has left in their hearts that if the said woe and regret of any one of them is divided and distributed to all of your hearts, you, by God, will all become mad and crazy!

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In short, the human being has no worry for this that he had parted from his dear kids, beloved wife, brothers, sisters, friends, relatives, money and wealth, dear homeland and household etcetera. When comes to know that no other currency is traded in the bazaar of the Hereafter except the Zikr of Allah Almighty, the Remembrance of Lord and worship and obedience and nothing can be realized there without this genuine coin, then, if they have any worry and pain, it is for those golden precious moments and the golden units of the chain of the chord of the intake and outtake of air which have been, alas, slipped from hand in the chord of each of which the original Jewel of the aim of life had been set. Quiet unfortunate it is that twenty-four Damm were available in a day and night and in each Damm the chances of the Qurb , Mushahida and Wasal Wisaal were on hand in each Damm and now none of such Damm would return. Ah! Alas for the ignorance and silliness. Now that Key has lost with which the Door of Allah could have been opened.

O heart! You are heedless about your job and I fear that,

No one will be able to open your door if you will misplace the Key.

So, the worth and value of this dear life and its golden breaths will be realized after death when these will be no longer handy. And the hopeless and stricken with carelessness stupid man will cry and yell that

Ah! Woe is me! In that I neglected (my duty) towards Allah, and was but among those who mocked! (39:56)

Therefore, O dears! Take these a few Damm which are in your possession as a bounty as if even one of these Damm was spent in the Remembrance of Allah Almighty, it would be better than the throne of the whole world. What nice Haqqaani the Mard e Haqqaani has said that: