Utterances of His Divine Eminence RA Gohar Shahi
If an individual worships all his life, but in the end, he happens to oppose Imam Mehdi and Jesus Christ (return of both the Personalities to this world is imminent; Jesus Christ appears with the same body as he was raised up with, and Imam Mehdi in the body with the terrestrial spirits of Prophet Mohammad), such an individual is hell-bound in the similitude of Balyim Ba’our, and he is as rejected by God as Iblis (the Devil) was. On the contrary, if an individual lives all his life like a dog, but in the end, he happens to support and love Imam Mehdi and Jesus Christ, such an individual shall enter paradise in the similitude of Qatmir.
Some of the religions and sects say, ‘Jesus had died, and his tomb is situated in Afghanistan.’ This is a misleading propaganda. The tomb in Afghanistan is not that of Jesus Christ, but of a Saint whose name also is Isa. In that primitive age, what could have been the purpose of burial at such a far off place? They argue, ‘How was Jesus raised to the skies?’ We say, ‘How was Adam descended on earth?’ Remember: Idrees (Enoch) still lives physically in paradise. Khidr (A mystical figure) and Ilyas (Elias) are present on earth, and they haven’t tasted death yet.
Hayat Al Amir, the grandson of Abdul Qadir Jilani, also has been living for 600 years. Abdul Qadir Jilani instructed him, ‘Do not die until you convey my salutation to Imam Mehdi.’ It is Hayat Al Amir who gave Shah Latif the title of Bari Imam. The site of his sitting place is still preserved in Bara Koh which is situated near Murree, Pakistan.
Punishment for exoteric sins is imprisonment, fine or the death penalty. Blameworthiness is the punishment for the ones on the spiritual path.
However, the punishment for the esoteric sins is severe. For those who backbite, a certain amount of virtues are transferred as a fine from their account to those affected. Greed, jealousy, stinginess and false pride efface their hard-earned virtues. Such individuals, if they possess a certain amount of God’s Light, lose it when they blaspheme and hold grudges against Prophets and Saints, just as Sheikh Sanan’s marvels and spiritual insight were confiscated due to blasphemy against Abdul Qadir Jilani.
Bayazid Bastami learnt that a man spoke ill of him. Bayazid started to pay him for this. The man accepted the money, yet he continued to speak ill of him. One day, his wife said to him, ‘Either you should stop accepting the money, or you should stop speaking ill of Bayazid Bastami.’ He started praising Bayazid Bastami. When Bayazid Bastami found out that he then praised him, he stopped his financial support. He visited Bayazid and said, ‘You paid me when I spoke badly about you, why did you stop my financial support now when I praise you?’ Bayazid said, ‘Then you were my servant, you spoke ill of me and it would burn my sins. You stopped doing it, why should I pay you now?’ The vices mentioned here relate to Nafs Al Ammara, and Iblis (the Devil) is its helper. Piety, generosity, forgiveness, patience and gratitude, humility and theophanies belong to Qalb-e-Shaheed. And the Wali-Murshid (Spiritual Master) is its guardian and helper (he helps the disciple against evil plots).
In the presence of Nafs Al Ammara, Light of Divine Words do not stay in the heart, even if one memorises the verses of the celestial book. Similitude of such an individual is that of a parrot. When Nafs turns to the Contented Self, then no impurity can stay in you. Then, your cockerel of lust becomes pure. For purification of Nafs, find a Divinely Appointed Nafs-Shikan (the Self Demolisher), and such sages are appointed by God at all times.
The exterior of the body is cleansed with water while the interior is purified with God’s Light (Noor). Without cleanliness, it is unclean and impure for only the clean body deserves the worthiness of worship. And worthiness of divine theophanies is for the clean heart only. And this is when the celestial books render guidance to the pure ones. Otherwise, the people of the books become enemies to each other. Mujaddid Alif Thani states in his book, ‘Individuals with Nafs Al Ammara are not worthy of studying the Koran.’ The beginners in spirituality must initially strive to purify themselves by means of Dhikr Allah (God’s remembrance). And the seekers who are in the final stages in spirituality are advised to study the Koran.
Mohammad said, ‘The Koran curses on some of its readers.’
Bulleh Shah said, ‘Such people enjoy the divine favours and deny it, yet to show off, they carry the Koran under their armpit.’
A worshipper perceives that he is near to God because he is awake all night worshipping God. But after worship, your prayers are for health, long life, wealth, and for the damsels and slaves of the Paradise. Ponder! Did you ever pray to God, ‘O’ God, I desire from Thee nothing but Thee’? A religious scholar perceives that he is near to God hence he thinks he has already obtained salvation. He thinks, ‘I have knowledge of the Koran in me.’ The question is why then do you declare others as hell-bound though every Muslim possesses some amount of knowledge and has memorised some of the verses of the Koran? Ponder! Who sells the divine knowledge? And who sells himself? Who backbites against the Saints? Who possesses jealousy, false pride and greed? Whose custom is it to bear one thing in the heart and something else on the tongue? Who says one thing in the morning, and denies it in the evening? Who presents the truth as falsehood, and falsehood as the truth? If you are far from these traits, then you are a Khalifa-e-Rasul (Deputy of the Prophet), and showing the back to you is a great disrespect. Meaning, an orator in appearance while the Koran in reality.
If you are afflicted with such diabolical traits, perhaps you are from among the clerics of the fourteenth century for whom the wolf said, ‘May I be counted as those who ate the Prophet Joseph.’
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