Irfan (Volume 1) IRFAAN 1

51-52

BAYT E KHAQAANI Rahmatu-Allahe Ta-aala Alaihe

? (COUPLET OF KHAQAANI Rh.)

After thirty years Khaqaani Rahmatu-Allahe Ta-aala Alaihe came to know that,

Engaging in the Zikr of God, for even a moment, is far superior to the Kingdom-of-Solomon .

[This is because of the fact that life is mortal and kingdom is also mortal and temporary whereas that Damm that is spent in the Remembrance of Lord, that is like everlasting existence.]

O Mard of God! Be wise! Do not waste this precious asset in absurd and meaningless exercises and the Lahve and La'ebb (sport and pastime 6:32) otherwise you will repent severely. The original purpose of human life is worship and Marifat as Allah says

Allah Almighty says: I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me (51:56)

And the aim of the acts of worship is the Marifat as is evident from this Hadis-e-Qudsi

HADIS-E-QUDSI

(Saying of Allah reported by the Holy Prophet of Allah Hazrat Muhammad Sal Allahu Alaihe Wa Aa-lehee Wa-sallam)

[Allah Almighty says:] I had been a hidden treasure. Thus, I desired that I should be identified. Therefore, I created the creatures [for My Marifat and identification]**.

Moreover, when Allah Almighty asked the Spirits of the Creations assembled at a place that 'Am I not your Lord (7:172)}, then from this oral question also the aim and purpose of Allah Almighty feels to be 'His Marifat and identification' that 'if you identify Me as your Lord or not'. The Spirits replied that "Balaa (Said: Yes!) (You are our Lord)". That is, we identify You as our Sustainer. Thus, the real motive behind the creation of the Spirits is the Marifat and identification of Allah Almighty. Some stupid, greedy and blind people take the Demand for Dunya (World) and the provions of sustenance alone the real purpose of life and the worship and say that this service to creation is the original worship and consider that the Assalaat (Prayers), Fasting, Recitation of Holy Quran, Zikr , Fikr and worship and obedience is the wastage of time and Rahbaniyat though Allah Almighty has clearly rejected their claim in the second part of the said verse. And after saying

'I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me' (51:56)

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He has openly said that

'I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me. Lo! Allah! He it is that gives livelihood, Lord of unbreakable might' (51:57-58)

** Read exegesis of this Hadis on Page 26 of Makhzan al Asraar by same respectful author.

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That is, He is not dependent upon anyone else nor is He unable to provide sustenance to all quadruped, birds, jinn and mankind.

Clouds, air, sun, moon and sky, all are doing their duty,

So that you should get chapatti and eat not in neglectfulness,

Each-and-all (jointly and severally) are striving for you and are obedient to you,

It will not meet the condition of justness, if you will not choose Obedience!

[Saadi Sherazi]

Allah Almighty has appointed the whole creation and for providing food and to raise the mankind and the jinn whereas He has created mankind and the jinn just for His worship and Marifat.

He it is Who created for you all that is in the earth (2:29)

That is, O My slaves! All those things which are in the earth and heavens, I have created these for you but I have created you for Me.

Our Maker, the Absolute One, has concern about our concern,

Our concern in our concern becomes the cause of trouble.

[Jalal ud Din Rumi]

Allah Almighty says: and there is not a beast in the earth but the sustenance thereof depends on Allah (11:6)

We have already said that the Spirit has been breated into the body of the human being through air and when the Spirit entered the body of (Hazrat) Adam (Alaihi Salam), it said: Allah! Hence, the base of the instinct and creation of the human being has been based upon the Noor of the Name Allah.