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Hazrat Shaikh Sadee rehmatullah alaih writer of "Balagal Ulabe Kamalehi"
Dargah shareef of Hazrat Sheikh Saadi Shirazi rehmatullah alaih-Shiraz-Iran
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Abu Muslim bin Abdallah Shirazi (rehmatullah alaih) (1184 – 1283/1291), better known by his pen-name as Hazrat Shaikh Sadi (rehmatullah alaih), was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is recognized not only for the quality of his writing, but also for the depth of his social thoughts.
One of the most famous rubaye writeen by him covering the wakiya of meraj of our beloved prophet(sal lal laho tala laihi wasalm) is :
Balaghal-'ula be-kamaal-e-hi, Kashafad-duja be-jamaal-e-hi, Hasunat jamee'u khisaal-e-hi, Sallu 'alae-hi wa aal-e-hi ...
Mazar-e-Shareef of Great Awliya Hazrat Sheikh Saadi Shiirazi rehmatullah alaih
There is a very intresting wakya behind this rubaye, when Shaikh Sadi (rehmatullah alaih) wrote this rubaye he was not getting the last line which would complete the rubaye and because of this he was not satisfied and was worried, what is lacking, why i am not abel to complete the last line and in these thaught he slept, what Shaikh Sadi (rehmatullah alaih) saw was unbelivable, He found himself at the bargah of our beloved prophet (sal lal laho tala alaihi wasalam) surronded buy sahaba-e-karam (radiaAllah anhu) our beloved prophet (sal lal laho tala alaihi wasalam) asked Shaikh Sadi (rehmatullah alaih) waht happen why are u worried what has disturb you, Hazrat Shaikh Sadi (rehmatullah alaih) replied ya rasoll Allah(sal lal laho tala alaihi wasalam) i have written a rubaye in your praise but i am not getting the last line, beloved prophet (sal lal laho tala alaihi wasalam) replied read it here what have u written,
Hazrat Shaikh Sadi (rehmatullah alaih) read the above lines
"Balaghal-'ula be-kamaal-e-hi,
which means sarkar-e-do alam (sal lal laho tala alaihi wasalm) went to meraj buy the kamal of his own zaat-e-pak, it was not jibreel nor the buraq which took him they were the protocall officer assinged for the job.
Kashafad-duja be-jamaal-e-hi,
Due to him the darkness vanished and our sarkar-e-do alam (sal lal laho tala alaihi wasalm) filled the entire universe with his noor(jamaal)
Hasunat jamee'u khisaal-e-hi,
and got stuck our beloved prophet(sal lal laho tala alaihi wasalm) then completed the rubaye buy saying Sallu 'alae-hi wa aal-e-hi ...
and in this manner this bueatifull rubaye got completed and Hazrat Shaikh Sadi (rehmatullah alaih) was blessed by the ziyarat of our beloved prophet(sal lal laho tala alaihi wasalm).
At the Enterance of Dargah of Hazrat Sheikh Saadi rehmatullah alaih
Biography
A native of Shiraz, Iran, Sheikh Sa'adi rehmatullah alaih left his native town at a young age for Baghdad to study Arabic literature and Islamic sciences at the famous an-Nizzamiya center of knowledge (1195-1226).
The unsettled conditions following the Mongol invasion of Iran led him to wander abroad through Anatolia, Syria, Egypt, and Iraq. He also refers in his work to travels in India and Central Asia. Saadi is very much like Marco Polo who travelled in the region from 1271 to 1294. There is a difference, however, between the two. While Marco Polo gravitated to the potentates and the good life, Saadi mingled with the ordinary survivors of the Mongol holocaust. He sat in remote teahouses late into the night and exchanged views with merchants, farmers, preachers, wayfarers, thieves, and Sufi mendicants. For twenty years or more, he continued the same schedule of preaching, advising, learning, honing his sermons, and polishing them into gems illuminating the wisdom and foibles of his people.
When he reappeared in his native Shiraz he was an elderly man. Shiraz, under Atabak Abubakr Sa'd ibn Zangy (1231-60) was enjoying an era of relative tranquility. Saadi rehmatullah alaih was not only welcomed to the city but was respected highly by the ruler and enumerated among the greats of the province. In response, Saadi took his nom de plume from the name of the local prince, Sa'd ibn Zangi, and composed some of his most delightful panegyrics as an initial gesture of gratitude in praise of the ruling house and placed them at the beginning of his Bustan. He seems to have spent the rest of his life in Shiraz.
Inside the Dargah Shareef Walls of Hazrat Sheikh Saadi rehmatullah alaih
His works:
The first page of Bostan, in a manuscript that may have been produced in India during the 17th century. The page provides a praise of God; the first two lines read: "In the name of the Lord, Life-Creating, / The Wise One, Speech-Creating with the Tongue, / The Lord, the Giver, the Hand-Seizing, / Merciful, Sin-Forgiving, Excuse-Accepting."
His best known works are Bustan ("The Orchard") completed in 1257 and Gulistan ("The Rose Garden") in 1258. Bustan is entirely in verse (epic metre) and consists of stories aptly illustrating the standard virtues recommended to Muslims (justice, liberality, modesty, contentment) as well as of reflections on the behaviour of dervishes and their ecstatic practices. Gulistan is mainly in prose and contains stories and personal anecdotes. The text is interspersed with a variety of short poems, containing aphorisms, advice, and humorous reflections. Saadi demonstrates a profound awareness of the absurdity of human existence. The fate of those who depend on the changeable moods of kings is contrasted with the freedom of the dervishes.
For Western students, Bustan and Gulistan have a special attraction; but Saadi is also remembered as a great panegyrist and lyricist, the author of a number of masterly general odes portraying human experience, and also of particular odes such as the lament on the fall of Baghdad after the Mongol invasion in 1258. His lyrics are to be found in Ghazaliyat ("Lyrics") and his odes in Qasa'id ("Odes"). He is also known for a number of works in Arabic. The peculiar blend of human kindness and cynicism, humour, and resignation displayed in Saadi's works, together with a tendency to avoid the hard dilemma, make him, to many, the most typical and loveable writer in the world of Iranian culture.
Alexander Pushkin, one of Russia's most celebrated poets, quotes Saadi in his masterpiece Eugene Onegin [1]:
as Saadi sang in earlier ages,
"some are far distant, some are dead".
"some are far distant, some are dead".
Saadi distinguished between the spiritual and the practical or mundane aspects of life. In his Bustan, for example, spiritual Saadi uses the mundane world as a spring board to propel himself beyond the earthly realms. The Images in Bustan are delicate in nature and soothing. In the Gulistan, on the other hand, mundane Saadi lowers the spiritual to touch the heart of his fellow wayfarers. Here the Images are graphic and, thanks to Saadi's dexterity, remain concrete in the reader's mind. Realistically, too, there is a ring of truth in the division. The Sheikh preaching in the Khanqah experiences a totally different world than the merchant passing through a town. The unique thing about Saadi is that he embodies both the Sufi Sheikh and the travelling merchant. They are, as he himself puts it, two almond kernels in the same shell.
Saadi's prose style, described as "simple but impossible to imitate" flows quite naturally and effortlessly. Its simplicity, however, is grounded in a semantic web consisting of synonymy, homophony, and oxymoron buttressed by internal rhythm and external rhyme something that Dr. Iraj Bashiri quite skillfully captures in his translation of the Prologue of the work:
"In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful
Laudation is due the most High, the most Glorious, Whose worship bridges the Gap and Whose recognition breeds beneficence. Each breath inhaled sustains life, exhaled imparts rejuvenation. Two blessings in every breath, each due a separate salutation. Whose hand properly offers and whose tongue, The salutation due Him, and not be wrong? Says He: "Ingratiate yourself, O family of David, Unlike the unthankful, that I thee bid!" Subjects proper, best admit to all transgression, At His threshold, with contrite expression; How otherwise could mortal creatures ever, Make themselves worthy of His discretion?
The shower of His merciful bounty gratifies all, and His banquet of limitless generosity recognizes no fall. The inner secrets of His subjects, He does not divulge, nor does He, for a rogue's slight frailty, in injustice indulge. O generosity personified! To the Christian and the Magi, You bestow with pleasure, From Your invisible treasure.O ardent benefactor! You will lift Your friends high, There is solid proof of that, Not abandoning enemies to die!
He has ordered the zephyr to cover, with the emerald carpet of spring, the earth; and He has instructed the maternal vernal clouds to nourish the seeds of autumn to birth. In foliage green, He has clothed the trees, and through beautiful blossoms of many hues, has perfumed the breeze. He has allowed the life-imparting sap to percolate and its delicious honey to circulate. His power is hidden in the tiny seed that sires the lofty palm.
The clouds, the wind, the moon, and the sun,
For your comfort, and at your behest, run;
They toil continuously for your satisfaction,
Should not you halt, monitor your action?"
For your comfort, and at your behest, run;
They toil continuously for your satisfaction,
Should not you halt, monitor your action?"
Saadi's mausoleum in Shiraz
Tomb of Saadi in his mausoleum
Chief among these works is Goethe's West-Oestlicher Divan. Andre du Ryer was the first European to present Saadi to the West, by means of a partial French translation of Gulistan in 1634. Adam Olearius followed soon with a complete translation of the Bustan and the Gulistan into German in 1654.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was also an avid fan of Sadi's writings, contributing to some translated editions himself. Emerson, who read Saadi only in translation, compared his writing to the Bible in terms of its wisdom and the beauty of its narrative.[2]
Saadi is well known for his aphorisms, the most famous of which adorns the entrance to the Hall of Nations of the UN building in New York with this call for breaking all barriers: [3][4]
Of One Essence is the Human Race,
Thusly has Creation put the Base.
One Limb impacted is sufficient,
For all Others to feel the Mace.
The Unconcern'd with Others' Plight,
Are but Brutes with Human Face.
Thusly has Creation put the Base.
One Limb impacted is sufficient,
For all Others to feel the Mace.
The Unconcern'd with Others' Plight,
Are but Brutes with Human Face.
More about Saadi:
In his reference article entitled as Moments with Poet Saadai, Dr Saadat Noury wrote that, "Saadi died in his hometown of Shiraz. Even from the very early days after the poet's death, the tomb of Saadi in Shiraz became a place of pilgrimage to lovers of poetry and literature. The tomb was firstly renovated during Karim Khan Zand (1750-1779), and it was then greatly elaborated in 1952 during Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi (1941-1979). "The tomb of Saadi of Shiraz will scent of love, even a thousand years after his death". That line of poetry composed by Saadi, inscribed on the gate leading into the garden surrounding the tomb, welcomes all those who enter to pay homage to this master of the Persian Poetry and Literature".
[edit] Obama and Saadi
[edit] Obama and Saadi
U.S. President Barack Obama quoted Saadi's Gulistan in a videotaped Nowruz (New Year's) greeting to the Iranian people in March 2009: "There are those who insist that we be defined by our differences. But let us remember the words that were written by the poet Saadi, so many years ago: 'The children of Adam are limbs to each other, having been created of one essence.'"[6]
Dargah Name : Hazrat Hafiz Shirazi ( Rahmatullah Allaih )
Place : Musalla Gardens, along the banks of Ruknabad River in Shiraz
( Place is also referred as Hafezieh )
( Place is also referred as Hafezieh )
Country : Iran.
Birth Date : Sometime between the years 1310-1325 a.d. or 712-727 A.H. The most probable date is either 1320, or 1325 a.d.
Place : Shiraz, in South-central Iran
Name : Shams-ud-din Muhammad
Pen-Name : Hazrat Hafiz ( RA ) or Hafez (a title given to those who
had memorized the Koran by heart. It is claimed that Hazrat Hafiz ( RA) had done this in fourteen different ways).
had memorized the Koran by heart. It is claimed that Hazrat Hafiz ( RA) had done this in fourteen different ways).
Full Title : Khwaja Shams-ud-din Muhammad Hazrat Hafiz -e- Shirazi
Other variations of spelling are:
Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi ,
or Khwaje Shams ud-Din Mohammed Hafiz-e-Shirazi
Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi ,
or Khwaje Shams ud-Din Mohammed Hafiz-e-Shirazi
Father : Hazrat Baha-ud-Din rehmatullah alaih
Brothers : He had two older brothers
Wife : Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih married in his twenties, even though he continued his love for Shakh-e Nabat, as the manifest symbol of her Creator's beauty.
Children : Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih had one child.
Important Events
Teens : He had memorized the Koran by listening to his father's recitations of it. He also had memorized many of the works of his hero, Hazrat Saadi rehmatullah alaih, as wells as Hazrat Attar rehmatullah alai , Hazrat Rumi
rehmatullah alaih and Hazrat Nizami rehmatullah alaih. Teens : His father who was a coal merchant died, leaving him and his mother with much debt. Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih and his mother went to live with his uncle (also called Saadi). He left day school to work in a drapery shop and later in a bakery.
Teens : He had memorized the Koran by listening to his father's recitations of it. He also had memorized many of the works of his hero, Hazrat Saadi rehmatullah alaih, as wells as Hazrat Attar rehmatullah alai , Hazrat Rumi
rehmatullah alaih and Hazrat Nizami rehmatullah alaih. Teens : His father who was a coal merchant died, leaving him and his mother with much debt. Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih and his mother went to live with his uncle (also called Saadi). He left day school to work in a drapery shop and later in a bakery.
Age 21 (1341 ad) :
While still working at the bakery, Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih delivered bread to a wealthy quarter of town and saw Shakh-e Nabat, a young woman of incredible beauty. Many of his poems are addressed to Shakh-e Nabat.
While still working at the bakery, Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih delivered bread to a wealthy quarter of town and saw Shakh-e Nabat, a young woman of incredible beauty. Many of his poems are addressed to Shakh-e Nabat.
Age 21
In pursuit of reaching his beloved, Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih kept a forty day and night vigil at the tomb of Baba Kuhi. After successfully attaining this, he met Attar and became his disciple. Early twenties to early thirties Became a poet of the court of Abu Ishak. Gained much fame and influence in Shiraz. This was the phase of "Spiritual Romanticism" in his poetry.
In pursuit of reaching his beloved, Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih kept a forty day and night vigil at the tomb of Baba Kuhi. After successfully attaining this, he met Attar and became his disciple. Early twenties to early thirties Became a poet of the court of Abu Ishak. Gained much fame and influence in Shiraz. This was the phase of "Spiritual Romanticism" in his poetry.
Age 33
Mubariz Muzaffar captured Shiraz, and among his various deeds, he ousted Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaihfrom his position of teacher of Koranic studies at the college. At this time he wrote protest poems.
Mubariz Muzaffar captured Shiraz, and among his various deeds, he ousted Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaihfrom his position of teacher of Koranic studies at the college. At this time he wrote protest poems.
Age 38
Shah Shuja took his tyrant father as prisoner, and re-instated Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih as a teacher at the college. He began his phase of subtle spirituality in his poetry.
Shah Shuja took his tyrant father as prisoner, and re-instated Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih as a teacher at the college. He began his phase of subtle spirituality in his poetry.
Early forties
Falling out of favor with Shah Shuja.
Falling out of favor with Shah Shuja.
Age 48
Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih fled Shiraz for his safety, and went into self-imposed exile in Isfahan. His poems mainly talk of his longing for Shiraz, for Shakh-e Nabat, and for his spiritual Master, Hazrat Attarrehmatullah alaih ( not the famous Hazrat Farid-uddin Attar of Neishabour - who predates Hazrat Hafiz ( RA ) by a couple of centuries - but the lesser known Hazrat Attar rehmatullah alaih of Shiraz).
Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih fled Shiraz for his safety, and went into self-imposed exile in Isfahan. His poems mainly talk of his longing for Shiraz, for Shakh-e Nabat, and for his spiritual Master, Hazrat Attarrehmatullah alaih ( not the famous Hazrat Farid-uddin Attar of Neishabour - who predates Hazrat Hafiz ( RA ) by a couple of centuries - but the lesser known Hazrat Attar rehmatullah alaih of Shiraz).
Age 52
By invitation of Shah Shuja, he ended his exile and returned to Shiraz. He was re-instated to his post at the College.
By invitation of Shah Shuja, he ended his exile and returned to Shiraz. He was re-instated to his post at the College.
Age 60
Longing to be united with his Creator, he began a forty day and night vigil by sitting in a circle that he had drawn himself.
Longing to be united with his Creator, he began a forty day and night vigil by sitting in a circle that he had drawn himself.
Age 60
On the morn of the fortieth day of his vigil, which was also on the fortieth anniversary of meeting his Master Attar, he went to his Master, and upon drinking a cup of wine that Attar gave him, he attained Cosmic Consciousness or God-Realization.
On the morn of the fortieth day of his vigil, which was also on the fortieth anniversary of meeting his Master Attar, he went to his Master, and upon drinking a cup of wine that Attar gave him, he attained Cosmic Consciousness or God-Realization.
Sixties
In this phase, up to the age of 69 when he died, he composed more than half of his ghazals., and continued to teach his small circle of disciples. His poetry at this time, talk with the authority of a Master who is united with God.
In this phase, up to the age of 69 when he died, he composed more than half of his ghazals., and continued to teach his small circle of disciples. His poetry at this time, talk with the authority of a Master who is united with God.
Poetry
Deewan-e-Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih
Some 500 ghazals, 42 Rubaiyees, and a few Ghaseedeh's, composed over a period of 50 years. Hazrat Hafizrehmatullah alaih only composed when he was divinely inspired, and therefore he averaged only about 10 Ghazals per year. His focus was to write poetry worthy of the Beloved.
Deewan-e-Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih
Some 500 ghazals, 42 Rubaiyees, and a few Ghaseedeh's, composed over a period of 50 years. Hazrat Hafizrehmatullah alaih only composed when he was divinely inspired, and therefore he averaged only about 10 Ghazals per year. His focus was to write poetry worthy of the Beloved.
Compiler of Deewan
Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih did not compile his poetry. Mohammad Golandaam, who also wrote a preface to his compilation, completed it in 813 A.H or 1410 a.d, some 21-22 years after Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih's death. Also another person who compiled Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih's poetry was one of his young disciples Sayyid Kasim-e Anvar, who collected 569 Ghazals attributed to Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih. He died in 1431 a.d. some 42-43 years after Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih's death.
Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih did not compile his poetry. Mohammad Golandaam, who also wrote a preface to his compilation, completed it in 813 A.H or 1410 a.d, some 21-22 years after Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih's death. Also another person who compiled Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih's poetry was one of his young disciples Sayyid Kasim-e Anvar, who collected 569 Ghazals attributed to Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih. He died in 1431 a.d. some 42-43 years after Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih's death.
Wisal Date:
Late 1388 or early 1389 a.d. or 791 A.H. at the age of 69.
Place : Shiraz
Dargah Shareef / Mazar-e-shareef : in Musalla Gardens, along the banks of Ruknabad river in Shiraz, which is referred to as Hafezieh.
Late 1388 or early 1389 a.d. or 791 A.H. at the age of 69.
Place : Shiraz
Dargah Shareef / Mazar-e-shareef : in Musalla Gardens, along the banks of Ruknabad river in Shiraz, which is referred to as Hafezieh.
Controversy:
The orthodox clergy who always opposed Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih, refused to allow him to have a Muslim burial. Yet his grass-roots support among the people of Shiraz created an atmosphere of conflict.
The Oracle:
To resolve the controversy, they decided to use Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih's poetry, by dividing his ghazals into couplets, and asking a young boy to draw a couplet. It was agreed that however the couplet directed them, they would all consent to follow. The couplet that was chosen was verse 7 of Ghazal #79, which was a tongue-in-cheek response from Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih to the orthodox clergy. It reads:
Neither Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih’s corpse, nor his life negate,
With all his misdeeds, heavens for him wait.
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To this day, Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih's Deewan (Poetry) is utilized as an Oracle to give guidance to our questions, and direction to realize our wishes.
To resolve the controversy, they decided to use Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih's poetry, by dividing his ghazals into couplets, and asking a young boy to draw a couplet. It was agreed that however the couplet directed them, they would all consent to follow. The couplet that was chosen was verse 7 of Ghazal #79, which was a tongue-in-cheek response from Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih to the orthodox clergy. It reads:
Neither Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih’s corpse, nor his life negate,
With all his misdeeds, heavens for him wait.
??? ???? ???? ?? ?????? ?????
?? ?? ?? ??? ???? ??? ????? ?? ????
To this day, Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih's Deewan (Poetry) is utilized as an Oracle to give guidance to our questions, and direction to realize our wishes.
After His Death
What others say about Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih:
Goethe: In his poetry Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih has inscribed undeniable truth indelibly ... Hazrat Hafizrehmatullah alaih has no peer!
Emerson: Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih defies you to show him or put him in a condition inopportune or ignoble ... He fears nothing. He sees too far; he sees throughout; such is the only man I wish to see or be.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: ...You may remember the old Persian saying, 'There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whosoever snatches a delusion from a woman.' There is as much sense in Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih as in Horace, and as much knowledge of the world.
Edward Fitzgerald: The best musician of Words. Gertrude Bell: It is as if his mental eye; endowed with wonderful acuteness of vision, had penetrated into those provinces of thought which we of a later age were destined to inhabit.
A. J. Arberry: ... Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih is as highly esteemed by his countrymen as Shakespeare by us, and deserves as serious consideration.
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References:
References for Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih's biographical information are taken from:
Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih - Tongue of the Hidden, Versions by Paul Smith
The Green Sea of Heaven - Fifty Ghazals from Diwan of Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih, Translated by Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr.
Odes of Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih - Poetical Horoscope, Translated from the
Persian by Abbas Aryanpur Kashani, LL.D.
The Hafez Poems of Gertrude Bell, Introduction by E. Denison Ross
Divan-e Khajeh Shamseddin Mohammad Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih-e Shirazi, by
Mohammad Ghazvini and Dr. Ghasem Ghani (in Persian)
Divan-e Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih-e Shirazi, by Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Reza
Jalaly Nayeenii (in Persian)
Divan-e Khajeh Shamseddin Mohammad Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih-e Shirazi,
compiled by Mohammad Jaafar Mahjoobi (in Persian)
References for Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih's biographical information are taken from:
Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih - Tongue of the Hidden, Versions by Paul Smith
The Green Sea of Heaven - Fifty Ghazals from Diwan of Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih, Translated by Elizabeth T. Gray, Jr.
Odes of Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih - Poetical Horoscope, Translated from the
Persian by Abbas Aryanpur Kashani, LL.D.
The Hafez Poems of Gertrude Bell, Introduction by E. Denison Ross
Divan-e Khajeh Shamseddin Mohammad Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih-e Shirazi, by
Mohammad Ghazvini and Dr. Ghasem Ghani (in Persian)
Divan-e Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih-e Shirazi, by Dr. Seyyed Mohammad Reza
Jalaly Nayeenii (in Persian)
Divan-e Khajeh Shamseddin Mohammad Hazrat Hafiz rehmatullah alaih-e Shirazi,
compiled by Mohammad Jaafar Mahjoobi (in Persian)
1. Sheikh Abdas-Samad was a famous Ilkhanid era Sufi of the 13th century. After his death, a shrine was built in Natanz to honor the Sheikh by the Sheikh's disciple, the Ilkhanid vizier Zain al-Din Mastari. He reportedly died in 1299 CE.
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2. Bayazid Bastami & Mohammad ibn Jafar Sadiq : The Bastami Complex in Bastam, Semnan Province of Iran, contains the shrine of Mohammad ibn Jafar Sadiq, the tomb of Bayazid, his monastery, the Iwan of ljeitü, the tomb of Mahmud Ghazan, the Congregation Mosque, the tower of Kashaneh, and the Shahrukhiya seminary, bath, and Zurkhaneh, dating from before the Seljuki era, at the earliest. Bayazid Bastami also known as Abu Yazid Bistami or Tayfur Abu Yazid al-Bustami, (804-874 CE) was a Persian Sufi born in Bostam (alternate spelling: Bastam), Iran. The name Bastami means "from the city of Bastam". Bayazid Bastami had great influence on Sufi mysticism and is considered to be one of the important early teachers of Sufi Islam.
Bastmi's predecessor Zu al-Nun al-Misri (d. CE 859) had formulated the doctrine of ma'rifa (gnosis), presenting a system which helped the murid (initiate) and the shaykh (guide) to communicate. Bayazid Bastami took this another step and emphasized the importance of ecstasy, referred to in his words as drunkenness, a means of union with God. Before him, Sufism was mainly based on piety and obedience and he played a major role in placing the concept of divine love at the core of Sufism.
Bistami was the first to speak openly of "annihilation of the self in God" (fana fi 'Allah') and "subsistence through God" (baqa' bi 'Allah). His paradoxical sayings gained a wide circulation and soon exerted a captivating influence over the minds of students who aspired to understand the meaning of the wahdat al-wujud, Unity of Being.
When Bayazid died, he was over seventy years old. Before he died, someone asked him his age. He said: I am four years old. For seventy years I was veiled. I got rid of my veils only four years ago.”
He died in 874CE and is buried either in the city of Bistam in north central Iran, or in Semnan, Iran. Bayazid lived a century before Abul Hassan Kharaqani. Attar Neishapouri has mentioned in his book Tazkiratul Awliya that Bayazid had spoken about the personality and state of Shaikh Abul Hassan Kharaqani with his disciples while passing from the village of Kharaqan, almost 100 years before the birth of Shaikh Abul Hassan.
Very Interesting :-
One day Hadhrat Bayazid Bastami rahmatullah alayhi while in meditation, saw himself in a synagogue dressed as a Jew. At first he was confused, but when he kept on seeing the same vision over and over again, he decided to enact it. So, he dressed himself as a Jew and went to their synagogue.
When the Jews and their scholars were present, their chief Rabbi stood up to speak. But when he stood up, his tongue became stuck and he could not talk. After he had been standing quietly for some time, the Jews started to complain. The Rabbi said, "In this gathering there is a follower of the Prophet Muhammed (sallalahu alayhi wassalam) and I cannot speak because he has come to examine us."
On hearing this, their anger raged like wildfire and they asked the Rabbi to give them permission to kill this follower of the Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu alayhi wassalam). The Rabbi replied, "He cannot be killed without proof, so we must talk to him peacefully and respectfully and then we can decide."
The Rabbi then said, "Oh follower of Muhammad (sallalahu alayhi wassalam). For the sake of your Prophet please stand up in your place. If you can remove our doubt about Islam then we shall accept Islam, but if you can't, then we shall kill you." On hearing this, Hadhrat Bayazid rahmatullah alayhi stood up and gave permission for them to question him.
Rabbi: What is one and not two?
Bayazid: Allah.
Rabbi: What is two and not three?
Bayazid: Night and day.
[Qur'aan chapter 17 verse 12:
"And we made night and day two examples."]
Rabbi: What is three and not four?
Bayazid: The Throne, Chair, and the Pen of Allah.
Rabbi: What is four and not five?
Bayazid: The Torah, Bible, Psalms, and the Qur'aan.
Rabbi: What is five and not six?
Bayazid: The five compulsory Prayers.
Rabbi: What is six and not seven?
Bayazid: The six days in which the Earth, the sky, and whatever is in between them was created.
[Qur'aan chapter 50 verse 38:
"And we created the Sky and the Earth and whatever is between them in six days"]
Rabbi: What is seven and not eight?
Bayazid: The seven skies.
[Qur'aan chapter 67 verse 3,
"Who created the seven skies layer upon layer!"]
Rabbi: What is eight and not nine?
Bayazid: The bearers of the throne of Allah.
[Quraan chapter 69 verse 17:
"And they will lift their Lord's throne on themselves on that day, eight persons. "]
Rabbi: What is nine and not ten?
Bayazid: The villagers of Hadhrat Salih peace be upon him in which the mischief mongers lived.
[Qur'aan chapter 27 Verse 48:
"And in that city there were nine persons who created mischief on the Earth, and they didn't amend. "]
Rabbi: What is ten and not eleven?
Bayazid: The person who performs a minor pilgrimage along with the major one and doesn't have the capacity to sacrifice an animal, he has to keep ten fasts.
[Qur'aan chapter 2 verse 196:
"So keep the three Haj days and seven fasts when you return".]
Rabbi: What is eleven, twelve and thirteen things which Allah has mentioned?
Bayazid: Hadhrat Yusuf had eleven brothers.
The twelve months in a yea.,
[Qur'aan chapter 9 verse 36:
"The number of months, with Allah , is twelve months".]
Hadhrat Yusuf saw thirteen things prostrating to him.
[Qur'aan chapter 12 verse 4:
"I saw in a dream eleven stars, the sun and the moon, I saw them (for my sake) prostrating (to me)".]
Rabbi: Which is that nation which lied and went in to paradise and which is that nation which said the truth and entered hell?
Bayazid: Hadhrat Yusuf's brothers lied but they went to paradise.
[Qur'aan chapter 12 verse 17:
"Oh father! We went out to run and we left Yusuf with our belongings, then he was eaten by the wolf."]
The contradiction between the Christians and the Jews was true but they went to hell.
[Qur'aan chapter 2 verse 113:
"And the Jews said that the Christians are not on any path, and the Christians said that the Jews are not on any path, even though they all read the book."]
Rabbi: What is the meaning of
Qur'aan chapter 51 verse 1-4:
By the ships that scatter broadcast; And those that lift and bear away heavy weights; And those that flow with ease and gentleness;
And those that distribute and apportion by Command?
Bayazid: The meaning of flying scattered ships is air, the meaning of weight carrying ships is water filled clouds, the meaning of calmly sailing ships is boats, and the meaning of the last is the angels which distribute the sustenance.
Rabbi: What is that thing which has no soul nor any connection with breathing, yet it breathes?
Bayazid: It is the dawn, for it has no soul but it still breathes.
[Qur'aan Chapter 81 verse 18:
"And the morning, when it breathes."]
Rabbi: What are those fourteen things to which Allah talks with honour?
Bayazid: The seven earths and the seven skies,
[Qur'aan chapter 41 verse 11:
Then He said to it and to the Earth, come both of you with happiness or hardly, They said we will come happily.]
Rabbi: Which is that grave which moves the person in it around?
Bayazid: The fish of Hadhrat Yunus alayhi salaam.
[Qur'aan chapter 37 verse 142:
"Then the fish took him as a morsel".]
Rabbi: Which is that water which neither came up from the earth nor down from the sky?
Bayazid: The water which Hadhrat Sulaiman alayhi salaam sent to Bilqis, Queen of Sheeba, for it was the sweat of a horse.
Rabbi: What are those four things which had no father nor were born from a mother's stomach?
Bayazid: The sheep of Hadhrat Ismail, the she camel of Hadhrat Salih, Hadhrat Adam and our mother Eve alayhi salaam.
Rabbi: Whose blood flowed first on the Earth?
Bayazid: It was Habil's (Abel) when Qabil (Cain) killed him.
Rabbi: What is that thing which Allah created and then bought?
Bayazid: A believers soul.
[Qur'aan chapter 9 verse 11:
"Allah bought from the Muslim's their souls."]
Rabbi: What is that voice which Allah created and then spoke ill of?
Bayazid: The donkey's voice.
[Qur'aan chapter 31 verse 19:
"Without doubt the worse voice is of a donkey."]
Rabbi: What is that creation that Allah created and from it's greatness created fear?
Bayazid: Women's scheming.
[Qur'aan chapter 12 verse 28:
"Truly, mighty is your scheming."
Rabbi: What is that thing that Allah created and then asked about?
Bayazid: The staff of Hadhrat Musa.
[Qur'aan Chapter 20 verse 17:
"And what is that in your right hand, Oh Musa? He said "This is my staff."]
Rabbi: Who are the most pious of the women and what are the blessed rivers?
Bayazid: The most pious women are Hadhrat Eve, Hadhrat Khadija, Hazart Aisha and Hadhrat Fatima.
The most blessed rivers are the Oxus, Simwon, Tigris, Euphrates and Nile.
Rabbi: Which is the most blessed mountain and the most blessed animal?
Bayazid: Mount Toor in Makkah and the horse.
Rabbi: Which is the best of all months and the best of all nights?
Bayazid: The month of Ramdhan and the Night of Power.
[Qur'aan Chapter 2 verse 185:
"The month of Ramdhan in which the Qur'aan was revealed."
Qur'aan chapter 97 verse 3:
"The night of power is better than a thousand months."]
Rabbi: There is a tree which has twelve twigs, each twig has thirty leaves, and each leaf has five fruits, two in the sun and three in the shade. What is the meaning of this tree?
Bayazid: The tree means one year, the twigs mean the twelve months, the leaves represent the thirty days, and the fruits are the daily prayers, two of which are prayed in the day and the remaining three which are prayed at dawn, at dusk, and in the night time.
Rabbi: What is that thing that circled around the Ka'abah in Makkah even though it had no soul?
Bayazid: The boat of Hadhrat Nuh alayhi salaam. In the time of the flood it arrived in Arabia and circled around the Ka'abah.
Rabbi: How many prophets did Allah send as Messengers?
Bayazid: Only Allah knows, but in narrations it is said that Allah created 126,000 prophets from which 313 were Messengers.
Rabbi: What are those four things whose roots are one but their colours and tastes are different?
Bayazid: Eyes, ears, mouth and nose.
The wetness of the eye are sour, the wetness of the ears is acid, that of the noses is also acid and the wetness of the mouth is sweet.
Rabbi: What is the voice of the donkey called?
Bayazid: It is the curse on the tax takers.
Rabbi: What is the voice of the dog called?
Bayazid: Doom on the dwellers of Hell by the anger of Allah.
Rabbi: What is the remembrance of the ox?
Bayazid: SubhanAllah wa bihamdihi, subhanAllah il adheem.
Rabbi: What is the remembrance of the camel?
Bayazid: HasbunAllahu wa ni'mal wakeel.
Rabbi: What is the remembrance of the peacock?
Bayazid: Huwal wadud, dhul 'arsh il-adheem.
Rabbi: What is the beautiful recitation of the nightingale?
Bayazid: So remember the pure Allah when it is morning and evening.
Rabbi: What is that thing which Allah sent revelation on, but it was not human, Jinn or Angel?
Bayazid: The honey bee.
[Qur'aan chapter 16 verse 68:
"And your lord gave order to the honey bee."]
After this the Rabbi couldn't ask any more questions and became quiet. Hadhrat Bayazid rahmatullah alayhi said, "Now you give me the answer to my one question. What is the key to paradise?" The Rabbi replied, "If I give the answer to this question, this gathering will kill me."
The gathering shouted in one voice "We shall not do anything. Now tell us the true answer!"
The Rabbi then said, "Listen! the key to paradise is:
There is no God worthy of worship except Allah and Muhammad peace be upon him is His Messenger!"
On hearing this the whole gathering accepted Islam and Hadhrat Bayazid rahmatullah alayhi returned giving thanks to Allah.
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2. Bayazid Bastami & Mohammad ibn Jafar Sadiq : The Bastami Complex in Bastam, Semnan Province of Iran, contains the shrine of Mohammad ibn Jafar Sadiq, the tomb of Bayazid, his monastery, the Iwan of ljeitü, the tomb of Mahmud Ghazan, the Congregation Mosque, the tower of Kashaneh, and the Shahrukhiya seminary, bath, and Zurkhaneh, dating from before the Seljuki era, at the earliest. Bayazid Bastami also known as Abu Yazid Bistami or Tayfur Abu Yazid al-Bustami, (804-874 CE) was a Persian Sufi born in Bostam (alternate spelling: Bastam), Iran. The name Bastami means "from the city of Bastam". Bayazid Bastami had great influence on Sufi mysticism and is considered to be one of the important early teachers of Sufi Islam.
Bastmi's predecessor Zu al-Nun al-Misri (d. CE 859) had formulated the doctrine of ma'rifa (gnosis), presenting a system which helped the murid (initiate) and the shaykh (guide) to communicate. Bayazid Bastami took this another step and emphasized the importance of ecstasy, referred to in his words as drunkenness, a means of union with God. Before him, Sufism was mainly based on piety and obedience and he played a major role in placing the concept of divine love at the core of Sufism.
Bistami was the first to speak openly of "annihilation of the self in God" (fana fi 'Allah') and "subsistence through God" (baqa' bi 'Allah). His paradoxical sayings gained a wide circulation and soon exerted a captivating influence over the minds of students who aspired to understand the meaning of the wahdat al-wujud, Unity of Being.
When Bayazid died, he was over seventy years old. Before he died, someone asked him his age. He said: I am four years old. For seventy years I was veiled. I got rid of my veils only four years ago.”
He died in 874CE and is buried either in the city of Bistam in north central Iran, or in Semnan, Iran. Bayazid lived a century before Abul Hassan Kharaqani. Attar Neishapouri has mentioned in his book Tazkiratul Awliya that Bayazid had spoken about the personality and state of Shaikh Abul Hassan Kharaqani with his disciples while passing from the village of Kharaqan, almost 100 years before the birth of Shaikh Abul Hassan.
Very Interesting :-
One day Hadhrat Bayazid Bastami rahmatullah alayhi while in meditation, saw himself in a synagogue dressed as a Jew. At first he was confused, but when he kept on seeing the same vision over and over again, he decided to enact it. So, he dressed himself as a Jew and went to their synagogue.
When the Jews and their scholars were present, their chief Rabbi stood up to speak. But when he stood up, his tongue became stuck and he could not talk. After he had been standing quietly for some time, the Jews started to complain. The Rabbi said, "In this gathering there is a follower of the Prophet Muhammed (sallalahu alayhi wassalam) and I cannot speak because he has come to examine us."
On hearing this, their anger raged like wildfire and they asked the Rabbi to give them permission to kill this follower of the Prophet Muhammad (sallalahu alayhi wassalam). The Rabbi replied, "He cannot be killed without proof, so we must talk to him peacefully and respectfully and then we can decide."
The Rabbi then said, "Oh follower of Muhammad (sallalahu alayhi wassalam). For the sake of your Prophet please stand up in your place. If you can remove our doubt about Islam then we shall accept Islam, but if you can't, then we shall kill you." On hearing this, Hadhrat Bayazid rahmatullah alayhi stood up and gave permission for them to question him.
Rabbi: What is one and not two?
Bayazid: Allah.
Rabbi: What is two and not three?
Bayazid: Night and day.
[Qur'aan chapter 17 verse 12:
"And we made night and day two examples."]
Rabbi: What is three and not four?
Bayazid: The Throne, Chair, and the Pen of Allah.
Rabbi: What is four and not five?
Bayazid: The Torah, Bible, Psalms, and the Qur'aan.
Rabbi: What is five and not six?
Bayazid: The five compulsory Prayers.
Rabbi: What is six and not seven?
Bayazid: The six days in which the Earth, the sky, and whatever is in between them was created.
[Qur'aan chapter 50 verse 38:
"And we created the Sky and the Earth and whatever is between them in six days"]
Rabbi: What is seven and not eight?
Bayazid: The seven skies.
[Qur'aan chapter 67 verse 3,
"Who created the seven skies layer upon layer!"]
Rabbi: What is eight and not nine?
Bayazid: The bearers of the throne of Allah.
[Quraan chapter 69 verse 17:
"And they will lift their Lord's throne on themselves on that day, eight persons. "]
Rabbi: What is nine and not ten?
Bayazid: The villagers of Hadhrat Salih peace be upon him in which the mischief mongers lived.
[Qur'aan chapter 27 Verse 48:
"And in that city there were nine persons who created mischief on the Earth, and they didn't amend. "]
Rabbi: What is ten and not eleven?
Bayazid: The person who performs a minor pilgrimage along with the major one and doesn't have the capacity to sacrifice an animal, he has to keep ten fasts.
[Qur'aan chapter 2 verse 196:
"So keep the three Haj days and seven fasts when you return".]
Rabbi: What is eleven, twelve and thirteen things which Allah has mentioned?
Bayazid: Hadhrat Yusuf had eleven brothers.
The twelve months in a yea.,
[Qur'aan chapter 9 verse 36:
"The number of months, with Allah , is twelve months".]
Hadhrat Yusuf saw thirteen things prostrating to him.
[Qur'aan chapter 12 verse 4:
"I saw in a dream eleven stars, the sun and the moon, I saw them (for my sake) prostrating (to me)".]
Rabbi: Which is that nation which lied and went in to paradise and which is that nation which said the truth and entered hell?
Bayazid: Hadhrat Yusuf's brothers lied but they went to paradise.
[Qur'aan chapter 12 verse 17:
"Oh father! We went out to run and we left Yusuf with our belongings, then he was eaten by the wolf."]
The contradiction between the Christians and the Jews was true but they went to hell.
[Qur'aan chapter 2 verse 113:
"And the Jews said that the Christians are not on any path, and the Christians said that the Jews are not on any path, even though they all read the book."]
Rabbi: What is the meaning of
Qur'aan chapter 51 verse 1-4:
By the ships that scatter broadcast; And those that lift and bear away heavy weights; And those that flow with ease and gentleness;
And those that distribute and apportion by Command?
Bayazid: The meaning of flying scattered ships is air, the meaning of weight carrying ships is water filled clouds, the meaning of calmly sailing ships is boats, and the meaning of the last is the angels which distribute the sustenance.
Rabbi: What is that thing which has no soul nor any connection with breathing, yet it breathes?
Bayazid: It is the dawn, for it has no soul but it still breathes.
[Qur'aan Chapter 81 verse 18:
"And the morning, when it breathes."]
Rabbi: What are those fourteen things to which Allah talks with honour?
Bayazid: The seven earths and the seven skies,
[Qur'aan chapter 41 verse 11:
Then He said to it and to the Earth, come both of you with happiness or hardly, They said we will come happily.]
Rabbi: Which is that grave which moves the person in it around?
Bayazid: The fish of Hadhrat Yunus alayhi salaam.
[Qur'aan chapter 37 verse 142:
"Then the fish took him as a morsel".]
Rabbi: Which is that water which neither came up from the earth nor down from the sky?
Bayazid: The water which Hadhrat Sulaiman alayhi salaam sent to Bilqis, Queen of Sheeba, for it was the sweat of a horse.
Rabbi: What are those four things which had no father nor were born from a mother's stomach?
Bayazid: The sheep of Hadhrat Ismail, the she camel of Hadhrat Salih, Hadhrat Adam and our mother Eve alayhi salaam.
Rabbi: Whose blood flowed first on the Earth?
Bayazid: It was Habil's (Abel) when Qabil (Cain) killed him.
Rabbi: What is that thing which Allah created and then bought?
Bayazid: A believers soul.
[Qur'aan chapter 9 verse 11:
"Allah bought from the Muslim's their souls."]
Rabbi: What is that voice which Allah created and then spoke ill of?
Bayazid: The donkey's voice.
[Qur'aan chapter 31 verse 19:
"Without doubt the worse voice is of a donkey."]
Rabbi: What is that creation that Allah created and from it's greatness created fear?
Bayazid: Women's scheming.
[Qur'aan chapter 12 verse 28:
"Truly, mighty is your scheming."
Rabbi: What is that thing that Allah created and then asked about?
Bayazid: The staff of Hadhrat Musa.
[Qur'aan Chapter 20 verse 17:
"And what is that in your right hand, Oh Musa? He said "This is my staff."]
Rabbi: Who are the most pious of the women and what are the blessed rivers?
Bayazid: The most pious women are Hadhrat Eve, Hadhrat Khadija, Hazart Aisha and Hadhrat Fatima.
The most blessed rivers are the Oxus, Simwon, Tigris, Euphrates and Nile.
Rabbi: Which is the most blessed mountain and the most blessed animal?
Bayazid: Mount Toor in Makkah and the horse.
Rabbi: Which is the best of all months and the best of all nights?
Bayazid: The month of Ramdhan and the Night of Power.
[Qur'aan Chapter 2 verse 185:
"The month of Ramdhan in which the Qur'aan was revealed."
Qur'aan chapter 97 verse 3:
"The night of power is better than a thousand months."]
Rabbi: There is a tree which has twelve twigs, each twig has thirty leaves, and each leaf has five fruits, two in the sun and three in the shade. What is the meaning of this tree?
Bayazid: The tree means one year, the twigs mean the twelve months, the leaves represent the thirty days, and the fruits are the daily prayers, two of which are prayed in the day and the remaining three which are prayed at dawn, at dusk, and in the night time.
Rabbi: What is that thing that circled around the Ka'abah in Makkah even though it had no soul?
Bayazid: The boat of Hadhrat Nuh alayhi salaam. In the time of the flood it arrived in Arabia and circled around the Ka'abah.
Rabbi: How many prophets did Allah send as Messengers?
Bayazid: Only Allah knows, but in narrations it is said that Allah created 126,000 prophets from which 313 were Messengers.
Rabbi: What are those four things whose roots are one but their colours and tastes are different?
Bayazid: Eyes, ears, mouth and nose.
The wetness of the eye are sour, the wetness of the ears is acid, that of the noses is also acid and the wetness of the mouth is sweet.
Rabbi: What is the voice of the donkey called?
Bayazid: It is the curse on the tax takers.
Rabbi: What is the voice of the dog called?
Bayazid: Doom on the dwellers of Hell by the anger of Allah.
Rabbi: What is the remembrance of the ox?
Bayazid: SubhanAllah wa bihamdihi, subhanAllah il adheem.
Rabbi: What is the remembrance of the camel?
Bayazid: HasbunAllahu wa ni'mal wakeel.
Rabbi: What is the remembrance of the peacock?
Bayazid: Huwal wadud, dhul 'arsh il-adheem.
Rabbi: What is the beautiful recitation of the nightingale?
Bayazid: So remember the pure Allah when it is morning and evening.
Rabbi: What is that thing which Allah sent revelation on, but it was not human, Jinn or Angel?
Bayazid: The honey bee.
[Qur'aan chapter 16 verse 68:
"And your lord gave order to the honey bee."]
After this the Rabbi couldn't ask any more questions and became quiet. Hadhrat Bayazid rahmatullah alayhi said, "Now you give me the answer to my one question. What is the key to paradise?" The Rabbi replied, "If I give the answer to this question, this gathering will kill me."
The gathering shouted in one voice "We shall not do anything. Now tell us the true answer!"
The Rabbi then said, "Listen! the key to paradise is:
There is no God worthy of worship except Allah and Muhammad peace be upon him is His Messenger!"
On hearing this the whole gathering accepted Islam and Hadhrat Bayazid rahmatullah alayhi returned giving thanks to Allah.
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3. Shah Nematollah Vali (or Nimatullah Wali) was born to a Sufi family in Aleppo, Syria. He travelled widely through the Muslim world, learning the philosophies of many masters, but not at first finding a personal teacher he could dedicate himself to. During this time, he also studied the writings of the great Sufi philosopher and mystic Ibn Arabi.
3. Shah Nematollah Vali (or Nimatullah Wali) was born to a Sufi family in Aleppo, Syria. He travelled widely through the Muslim world, learning the philosophies of many masters, but not at first finding a personal teacher he could dedicate himself to. During this time, he also studied the writings of the great Sufi philosopher and mystic Ibn Arabi.
Shah Nematollah finally met Shaykh Abdollah Yafe'i in Makkah and became his disciple. He studied intensely with his teacher for seven years until, spritually transformed, he was sent out for a second round of travels, this time as a realized teacher.
He temporarily resided near Samarkand, along the great Central Asian Silk Road. It was here that he met the conqueror Tamerlane, but to avoid conflict with the worldly ruler, he soon left and eventually settled in the Persian region of Kerman. His shrine is located in Mahan, a village near Kerman.
When Shah Nematollah died, his fame had spread throughout Persia and India, and it is said he initiated hundreds of thousands of followers. Today the Nimatullahi Sufi Order is one of the most important Sufi orders of Iran.
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The dargah of Shaykh Fariduddin 'Attar in Nishapur, Iran
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The tent-shaped mausoleum of Hakim 'Omar Khayyam, Nishapur, Iran
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Hazrath syed shah Maqdoom Ziauddin Biabani Al Rifayee Al Qadiri (R.A.) was the founder of the pedigree (shijra) "Biabani". He was a great saint (Vali Allah). In his pedigree, he was the 12th descendant of sultan-ul-Arifeen Hazrath Syedna Ahmed Kabir Al-rifayee Mashooq Allah and 28th descendants of Ameer-ul-Momineen Syedna Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib Razi Allahu Taala unh.
It is said, regarding "Biabani", the name of the family that there was a place in Iran called 'Beban' where Hazrath Ziauddin Biabani's forefathers lived. They were the native of 'Beban'. They acquired their family name as 'Biabani' after the name of their native place. When they came to India, Indians called them 'Biabani'. There is some controversy in this regard. Some people say that 'Biabani' means the residents of forest. Since they came to India and performed prayer and meditation in the forests of Multan (it was a part of India at that time). The sufis of that period used to perform prayer and meditation generally in the forest. It was their instinctive quality.
It was the first time the name 'Biabani' was suffixed to the name of Hazrath Ziauddin (R.A.). Since he was founder of the 'Biabani family', it was worthy to note that all the descendants from Hazrath Ziauddin Biabani (R.A.) to Hazrath Afzal Biabani Al Rifayee (R.A.) invoked the name of Allah, prayed and meditated in the forest and thereby kept the nomenclature of 'Biabani' alive.
Hazrath Ziauddin Biabani (R.A.) was born in Multan of India (819 Hijri) long before the accession of the first Moghul Emperor Babar. It was in Farghana when Ibrahim Lodhi was ruling the north India. In the FOREFATHER Syear 842 Hijri i.e., 1456 A.D. Hazrath Ziauddin Biabani (R.A.) migrated from Multan to Qandhar shareef village situated in Nanded District, which was in the Bahmani State. During that period Qandhar was a great centre for Islamic studies. It was because of the presence of Hazrath Syed Shah Ali who was known as Sang-de-sultan Mushkil Asan (R.A.).
Hazrath Ziauddin Biabani (R.A.) became a disciple (Mureed) and khalifa of Hazrath Sang-de-sultan (R.A.). A part from his family Rifayee tariqa (order), he adopted Qadriya, chishtiya, suharvardiya and Naqshbandiya taruq forms of sufism. Hazrath sang-de-sultan (R.A.) liked him more than he liked his kith and kin.
Hazrath Ziauddin Biabani Rahmathullah Alaih married Hazrath sang-de-sultan's sister. On the instructions of his spiritual Master (peer-wa-Murshid) he migrated to Ambad, in Jalna District in the year 1470 A.D. to preach Islam. As the people of Ambad did not allow him to enter the village, he settled in the forest, 3 kms away from Ambad. He named the place Faqrabad. There he worshipped, prayed and invoked Allah for quite a long time on the hill called Faqrabad hill. He worshipped Allah for several years near the bank of the river Rauna Prada. The river is situated about 12 kms away from Ambad.
According to Professor Ziauddin, the people of nearby villages were very happy because they got very good yielding from their crops. They thought that this was all because of the holy presence of Hazrath Ziauddin Biabani (R.A.). Even today people visit this holy place for the divine blessings. Uood dan, ghilaf shareef and morchal float on the waters of the river when the river flows in full swing.
During Moharram, majalis (assembly) of devotees and disciples were conducted and Hazrath Ziauddin Biabani (R.A.) used to recite lines from the 'SHAHADATH NAMA' to remember the great souls of Syedna Imam Hussain Razi Allahu Taala anhu and his associates.
Hazrath Ziauddin Biabani (R.A.) was an extra ordinary saint, a man of miracles. He wrote many books; notable among them are Mat loob-ul-talibeen and Bahr-ul-Ansad.
He died in 1523 A.D. (i.e., 10th Jamadi-ul-awwal 909 Hijri), at the age of 99.
Mohammad Hussain, a disciple (Mureed) wanted to build a tomb on his grave. Hazrath Ziauddin Biabani (R.A.) appeared in his dream and told that a tomb might be constructed on the grave of his beloved son Hazrath Ashraf Biabani (R.A.), instead of on his grave. There is the grave of his wife in the south of his grave. There was a Mosque near by his grave whose signs are still seen.
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1. Tehran; Mausoleum of Shah Azim, Tombs of Abdul Qasim,
Imamzada Musa, Imamzada Shan Tahir Mausoleum of Imamzada Saleh
2. Kashan; Tomb of Abu Loolu
3. Qum; Mausolum of Fatima ibn Musa, Masjid Imam Hasan al-
Askari, Masjid Jamakaran Shrine of Hazrat Masumeh
4. Mashad; Mausoleum of Imam Ali ibn Musa al Ridha (Imam Reza), Gowharshad Mosque
5. Shiraz; Mausoleum of Hazrat Ahmed ibn Musa (Shah Cheragh)
6. Ruins of Persepolis
7. Esfahan; Jomeh Mosque, Imam Mosque, Mosque of Shaik Lotfollah
8. Archaeological ruins of Takhte Soleiman (Takt-i-Taqdis) on
Holy Mountain of Shaz, south of Miyaneh, west of Zanjan, near Takab
Imamzada Musa, Imamzada Shan Tahir Mausoleum of Imamzada Saleh
2. Kashan; Tomb of Abu Loolu
3. Qum; Mausolum of Fatima ibn Musa, Masjid Imam Hasan al-
Askari, Masjid Jamakaran Shrine of Hazrat Masumeh
4. Mashad; Mausoleum of Imam Ali ibn Musa al Ridha (Imam Reza), Gowharshad Mosque
5. Shiraz; Mausoleum of Hazrat Ahmed ibn Musa (Shah Cheragh)
6. Ruins of Persepolis
7. Esfahan; Jomeh Mosque, Imam Mosque, Mosque of Shaik Lotfollah
8. Archaeological ruins of Takhte Soleiman (Takt-i-Taqdis) on
Holy Mountain of Shaz, south of Miyaneh, west of Zanjan, near Takab
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9. Mansur al-Hallaj (c. 858 - March 26, 922) was a Persian mystic, writer and teacher of Sufism. His full name was Abu al-Mughith Husayn Mansur al-Hallaj. Although he was of Persian descent, he wrote all of his works in Arabic, the language of the Qur'an.
Life
He was born around 858 in Tur, Persia to a cotton-carder (Hallaj means "cotton-carder" in Arabic). Al-Hallaj's grandfather may have been a Zoroastrian. His father lived a simple life, and this form of lifestyle greatly interested the young al-Hallaj. As a youngster he memorized the Qur'an and would often retreat from worldly pursuits to join other mystics in study.
Al-Hallaj later married and made a pilgrimage to Makkah, where he stayed for one year, facing the mosque, in fasting and total silence. After his stay at the city, he traveled extensively and wrote and taught along the way. He travelled as far as India and Central Asia gaining many followers, many of which accompanied him on his second and third trips to Makkah. After this period of travel, he settled down in the Abbasid capital of Baghdad.
He was born around 858 in Tur, Persia to a cotton-carder (Hallaj means "cotton-carder" in Arabic). Al-Hallaj's grandfather may have been a Zoroastrian. His father lived a simple life, and this form of lifestyle greatly interested the young al-Hallaj. As a youngster he memorized the Qur'an and would often retreat from worldly pursuits to join other mystics in study.
Al-Hallaj later married and made a pilgrimage to Makkah, where he stayed for one year, facing the mosque, in fasting and total silence. After his stay at the city, he traveled extensively and wrote and taught along the way. He travelled as far as India and Central Asia gaining many followers, many of which accompanied him on his second and third trips to Makkah. After this period of travel, he settled down in the Abbasid capital of Baghdad.
AOLYA ALLAH K MAZARAT
Collection of World Shrines
Hazrat Pir Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani Radi Allahu Anhu- Gaus pak
Garib Nawaz - Ajmer, India
Khawja Maukum Din Serani
Khawja Maukum Din Serani in Dhoraji,Dist-Rajkot,Gujrat
Hazrat Akhtar Shah Wali Rehmani &
Hazrat Hassan Ali Nawab Bahar Rehman
Hazrat Hassan Ali Nawab Bahar Rehman
Aqtab Syed Abdul Latif Qadri Kazmi known
as Hazrat Bari Imam Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
In Uzbekistan
Hazrat Shahedallah Qadri Rehmatullah Alai in Tekmal, Hyderabad, India
Hazrat Sultan-ul-Aulia Khwaja Muhammad Zaman's - Pakistan
Nagore - South India.
Kazakasthan
Konya Sharif - Turkey
Shah Rukh E Alam - Pakistan
Sufi Tomb in Dongxiang county of linxia, China
Hazrat Bal - Kashmir
Thursday, 29 March 2012
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