Often I come across
people saying country is going to total destruction, the system
is bad, things are getting worse, society
has lost its norms, public institutions are corrupt, no
discipline, no work ethics, nepotism, no
integrity and look at west – Europe or
US where people are committed to working, there is a system, there is
a discipline. I being from one of the working class and a few years living
experience in Europe also feel much difference and above all the difference
between words and acts. In harsh words, we call it hypocrisy – the major
weakness. What we preach we don’t act upon, what we say from our mouth, we
don’t mean it from our heart.
Once in a workshop on one of the management disciplines,
one of my colleagues inquired from the presenter Sir, “west is full of
evils/sins and crimes, even then it is developed/ disciplined with welfare
societies and systems properly functioning and we Muslims are suffering.
Our lecturer answered: very simple! We are liars and liars are cursed by Allah.
( hooray par Allah laanat bhaijta hey)
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| Role of Hazrat Sultan Bahoo |
Reason for downfall:
A lot of discussions is held, talk shows are presented,
still, no positive outcome to curb our downfall. When we analyze our
problems, one may find out that reason for our failure, our moral/social/ religious
and national decline, and disrespect is our unbalanced life i.e. our inner self
is not harmonizing with our outer self.
Life can become balanced with positive inner self and positive outer
self. This leads to the fact that there are two aspects of life: one is outer
i.e. our body and other is the inner self that is our soul.
Cure:
Everything is curable except death and even death can be
delayed for a while through prayer (dua with a true heart)
* Physicians cure bodily diseases but what about
inner-self that suffers from negative thinking/jealousy/hatred/deceit and
hypocrisy?
* Is there any physician for the healing of inner
self? Is there any teacher or a mentor to guide for grooming inner self
like a university or school teacher that guides a student for worldly
education?
*Is there any instrument that cleanses the heart and makes
it shine with purity- the only purity- the love of Creator – the Omni-potent.
The answer to above queries is YES and this we find in the
teachings of Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo ( R.A),
Sultan-ul-Faqr the 5th and the great Sufi Saint, not just a Sufi poet.
Allah has provided Spiritual mentors to heal inner self. And
yes there is an instrument that can remove the rust/evils upon our heart
and make it shine with the purity of true love- the love of Allah.
The concept of a mentor must be new in the Science of
management but it is not new in Islam. The Spiritual Mentor – (Murshid)
In the school of Sufism, Spiritual Mentor is a true slave / true follower of
our Beloved Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
Spiritual mentors are guides to purify our inner self and
balance our lives to come out of hypocrisy and achieve the purpose of life
which is very clear by this Hadith-e- Qudsi:
Allah Says! “When I wished to be recognized, I
created Human being to recognize me”.
So the purpose of all of us is to know Allah, to recognize Allah, to
witness (as per Kalima) that there is only one God and witness is accepted from
the one who has seen ( just like an ordinary case in the court where judge
accept a witness who has seen the happening). Have we seen Allah ? can
we see Him? The answer is given only by Spiritual mentors and under
present days – the teachings of Hazrat
Sultan Bahoo have become prominent on account of hectic efforts from international organization for
Unification of Muslim Umma “AL- Arifeen” under the visionary and benevolent
Command of Hazrat Sultan Mohammad Ali from the Blessed Shrine (Darbar pak) of Hazrat Sultan Bahoo (R.A)
In today’s complex life, ordinary people are suffering on
account of sectarianism, extremism in the name of religion, an educated
section of our society avoid any such program that has to do something with the
religion. Exploitation in the name of Islam has made people distracted
from the real message of Islam as per the Quran and Sunnah and this distraction
led to moral degradation. The teachings
of Hazrat Sultan Bahoo (R.A) are strictly in line with the Quran and
Sunnah. In fact for the practical implementation of Sunnah, his teachings are
like stars in the darkness that guides the seeker towards the right path
to reach the destination.
The core message of Hazrat Sultan Bahoo (R.A) is reaching the heights of humanity through
revolution and this revolution is not riot or insurgency instead its transformation
of heart towards peace and eternal love for the Creator and His beloved Prophet
Mohammad PBUH. Once our heart gets purified and enlighten with the pure
love of Allah then negativity comes to an end and truth prevails. Under present state of affairs when Islam is
being tarnished with slogans of extremism and terrorism, this strong
revolutionary message of Hazrat Sultan Bahoo (R.A) reveals the real
Islam that is meant for all human beings and especially for today’s generation
that really wants direction for purposeful and successful life, his message is
a key to success and ultimately survival.
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