Irfan (Volume 2) IRFAAN 2

143-144

Heart is river deeper than ocean, who can claim having explored its depths,

Fourteen Strata are inside it, streached are canvas tents of the Ishq (God).

That is, the heart of Momin is deeper and wider than river and sea. Who knows the reality of hearts? There sail ships and boats in the sea and river of heart that are sailed by sailors. Fourteen Strata are in heart. And Allah Almighty installs His Tent of Privacy inside this heart for the Aashiqeen and Lovers.

The same reality has been translated into this couplet by the Hazrat Mahboob e Subhani, Qutab e Rabbani, Ghaus e Samadani Hazrat Shaikh Muhyiddeen Sayyed Abdul-Qadir-Jelaani (Qaddas-Allah Sirru-hul Aziz) :

When I looked upon all the lands of Allah Almighty,

They altogether appeared of the size of a mustard seed.

Don't you see that the pupil of eye is how much smaller a thing is but because of the ability of eyesight, the whole earth and sky are seen inside it. Same like this, when the Sauda-Sweda of the heart of the Arif Saalik turns bright and wakeful with the Noor of Allah Almighty, what reality of the earth and heavens but rather all the Fourteen Strata is left before it! Hazrat Saeb Rahmatu-Allahe Ta-aala Alaihe has very nicely portrayed the vastness of heart in these couplets:

ABYAAT

Heart is a hasp on one of the palaces of heavens,

And Arsh is a curtain at the door of the Harem of heart,

If heart shows itself in its real condition,

Nine satins of the heavens will wrap on its Cossack,

That wolf (Nafs ), which is invisibly thirsty of your blood,

Will become Yousuf by the ray of the Pure (holy) Noor of heart,

We are, but, no more than a particle of dust,

When the nine plates of the sky dance with ring (of the bell) of heart,

Give up the library of the English, there is no hope of wisdom there,

Many cities of wisdom would will be ready to die for one village of heart!

[Saeb]

Khana-e-Kaba has been built taking into consideration the real Qiblah of heart and the Hajr e Aswad has been fixed on it as the Sauda-Sweda of the heart as dictums regarding it clearly tell that the Hajr e Aswad was a Noori Stone of the Heaven which was sent down from Heaven to earth and was fixed on Ka'ba. In addition, those Pilgrims of Hajj, who kiss it, their sins are soaked into it because of which it has turned black.

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In short, this is the parable of the heart of that Kaamil Arif , which becomes Illuminated with the Noor of Allah and when people kiss his hand in respect and honor, his heart absorbs their sins and the Sauda-Sweda of his heart surely gets tainted and dark. There is huge difference between the Hajj done by the Outward seers (Materialistic people) the Carnal People and the Chosen People of Inward Aulia of Allah. Innocent, silly small children ride on wooden horses and hold knives and lances in hands and play joust and horse riding. Small girls play with pieces of clothes and dolls and play doll marriage, sing songs and have fun with these. Hence these plays of kids are unreal imitation of the real joust and marriage.

The lion printed on carpet is other, whereas the lion roaring in jungle is other!

The People of Inward the Saalikeen the People-of-Allah, put their lives into risk and do hard efforts and behead their Nafs on the Course of Allah Almighty whereas the Outward seers (Materialistic people) Sensual People slaughter lambs, rams and other animals in place of their Nafs. In place of head, they cut hair. In this game of the risk of head, whenever Satan and Iblees intervene on the Course of Allah and place obstacles, they throw Invisible Stones on the real Iblees and clear their way. However, the poor sensual people are merely content with throwing fake minarets of clay and stones and after giving one injection filled with blood, get their name written in the list of martyrs. However, there is great difference between the real and the fake.

There is huge dissimilarity between a dead lamp and the sun,

It will be grave blunder if you consider both same besides the huge difference of action they have.

[Hafez]

Hence, the Haji Harem are others whereas the Haji Karam are others! Haji Batan are others while the Haji Baatin are others! Haji Sawaab are others and Haji Bey-Hijaab are others! Haji Sawaab look forward to Sawaab by merely doing Tawaaf around the Ka'ba of bricks and water but the when the People-of-Allah Haji Bey-Hijaab go for Hajj, they meet the Master of House Allah Almighty and are honored with His Didaar there.