Annual Address of Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi 27th Jan 2018

(Recitation)

(Arabic text) (Surah Fateha: 1-5)

Translation: "In the Name of Allah, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful. All praises are for Allah, the Lord of the worlds, the most Beneficent, the most Merciful, Master of the Day of Judgment. We worship Thee only and Seek only Thy help and assistance."

Ladies and gentlemen, for many years you have been coming to Karachi to offer your tributes to Qalandar Baba Auliya from faraway places through, buses, trains, planes, and using various means of transportation. An URS is commemorated to acquaint you with teachings and thinking approach of Qalandar Baba Auliya. You are all guests of Qalandar Baba Auliya and God has blessed us with the opportunity to serve you. Indeed undertaking this journey is quite an ordeal and this is a kind of jihad and an expression of forbearance and tolerance of human beings from Allah.

(Arabic text) (Surah Ankaboot: 69)

"Those who struggle and strive for Us, We make paths easy for them."

Qalandar Baba says, translation of the word 'feena' is 'in Me'. Allah is saying that those who struggle and strive and sacrifice to stand before Him day and night, in hot and cold weathers, I surely guide them provided that this all is only for Me and for My sake, no other purpose is there except Me i.e. I am their sole purpose of life, I have made it mandatory for Me to open up the paths of guidance for them.

Respected audiences! I have been directed and this was repeated three times that I should submit to you all that you may ask any question, which you want to ask to understand and comprehend spiritualism, from this humble servant. You are permitted to ask me questions related to the closeness to Allah, about the teachings of the holy Prophet (PBUH), spiritualism, extra-terrestrial realms, and worlds of Seen and Unseen. Inshallah by the grace and help of Allah, I shall give answers, solutions and advice.

One of the Lady from the audiences asked:

Baba ji, why does the world attract us towards itself? Bad things appear to be easier than good ones and why do we have to struggle so much to do good?

*Good and bad are two sides. Doing good please Allah and all his apostles as their message is being carried out. The other side is against God's teachings, which pleases Satan. One of the paths is neat and clean, has peace and tranquility, has trees with fruits and flowers on its sides and, the other one is uneven, there is fright, fear, insects, snakes, scorpions and centipedes, which of these two paths should we chose?

We must also consider, what constitutes vice and virtue, sin and piety? One earns his bread by laboring and the other one steals it. Stealing also satiates hunger and so does the laboring. One is an evil and satanic thing and the other is Godly. Which of the paths will you chose?

Lady: that of the laboring!

*What's the difference between eating the stolen bread and the earned bread?

Lady: earning with laboring gives peace of mind and stealing makes anxious and restless.

*Will anyone of thousands of audiences say that he wants grief, sadness, problems or sickness?

*God has appointed two sides for everything. (Arabic text)

*One says his prayer for the sake of Allah and the other one is offering just to show off so that people consider him a pious man, who deserves justice? What does justice say?

One of the audience asked: "Why does a man versed with the Knowledge of Appellations make a mistake? When he knows the reality then how did he fall prey to a creature of a lower grade and made the mistake?"

*Mind it, only angels and prophets do not make mistakes. Even Auliya Allah make a mistake but they have such an enlightened conscience, which stops them from committing a mistake and if they still make a mistake, they repent and seek forgiveness from Allah. One steals and justifies his action by saying that he is poor and has no means to eat so he stole the bread from a person who had millions of Rupees, what difference will it make to him? But the question is, would a thief accept this if he is being robbed?

Audience...No!

*That means, obedience and disobedience are two opposite sides. Disobedience is the Satanic side whereas obedience is the way of the elevated servants of God.

Lady audience... Please explain, you said that you have been directed to hold today's session as a question-answer session.

*Allah says, I guide! (Arabic text) (Surah Noor: 35) God guides them to His Light who desires. Man sees and hears by the guidance of Allah. Allah has said, Satan is the cursed, rejected and rebellious, who stood against Allah. He denied all those blessings, which Allah had granted to him.

Lady audience... But, Satan is also performing his duty.

*Right! A thief is also performing his duty then, why do you punish him? A dacoit kills a man, why he is hanged?

Lady... to stop the evil from spreading.

*Theft occurring in someone else's house is only news to you, but it doesn't elicit the same emotional distress as when something is stolen from your own house. It means acceptance of the inspirations from the teachings of God's apostles is the path that Allah likes the most.

 Audience... My question is, what's the difference between man and human being?

*The question is, what's the difference between a man and a dog? A dog feels hungry, it eats. That excretes so does a man. Dog sleeps, awakens, and learns what it is taught. If a man is not taught, he will also not learn. A dog is born like us, grows, becomes young, produces its offspring, and dies. There must be some difference between a man and a dog.

*There is no difference between a man and a dog. There is a separate category of man that is known as human. This category of humans is not available for angels even. God says, (Arabic text) Surah Teen: 4-5) Man is the best of our creation but has fallen down to the lowest of all.

*Man is not superior as a man. He is superior only when he is a human being. And, what this humanity is? Humanity is to live life according to the norms set by Allah through His Prophets. For instance, if the business or trading is free from black marketing, it is according to human values.

A Lady from the audience... We are told that there are 23 classes for studying Spiritualism. Please guide us about its first, second and third class.

*The first class is to achieve mental focus and concentration, that is, to get rid of stray thoughts. It is the experience that during our prayers we have such a rush of thoughts that we cannot focus on Allah. We offer the entire Prayer and when salam is said we don't even remember, what we recited during the Prayer? Will we pass or fail, if we shall study like this in our schools?

The Lady... we shall not pass.

* That means, there are two sides of life. One of them is to do a work with a focused mind, i.e. with concentration and devotion. Purpose of Praying must not be other than to feel your presence before Allah. Another person during his Prayer is busy calculating things in his mind, thinking of his domestic problems and thinking bad about others. Is this a Godly approach to thinking or the Satanic one?

Lady: The Satanic one!

* Mashallah, thousands of people are sitting here in this auditorium. Can anyone stand up and say that no thought occurs to him when he Prays? Yes, please! Just one single person!

(Silence, not one could stand up)

* When we stand up for praying and after niyat say, Allah ho Akbar...God is the greatest. And, after that any thought occurring means we are preferring that thought, yes or no?

Lady... Indeed God is the greatest but unfortunately we, consciously or unconsciously, prefer worldly thoughts.

* When we are in our offices, drafting or calculating, why don't we become unmindful of the things to which we are attending? We might have a cut in the salary or be fired from the job. And, God forbid, might starve to death. Do we get nourishment in the womb of the mother or not? Doesn't a baby get food through his mother for three years?

Lady... Yes, the children do get food.

* Will a child grow to youth if he is not nursed by his mother for three years?

Lady, No, not possible!

*Will he marry?

Lady...no, not at all?

*Three years are the basis of our growth, we do get the sustenance. Twenty years later, after reading a few words, we reckon that if we do not study how will we be fed? Allah has said in the holy Quran, We provide sustenance without any reckoning. Can anyone calculate how much water, air, oxygen, fruits, vegetables, milk and meat do we consume?

Till the twelfth year of our age, God provides us with water and bread without any laboring and makes us grow like a well-built tree. But, a struggle to earn resources is also necessary. If we do not work, our limbs will grow numb and our brain will stop working. If you do not talk to a child, will he learn to talk? The child will not speak because the ability to speak blessed by Allah is not nurtured. Moving around, exercising, laboring, and working can't get us bread. Have we ever given it a thought that billions and trillions of animals, cattle, goats, sheep, trees, birds, insects, and creatures that are invisible to the naked eye like bacteria (in one-minute thousands and in one-hour millions of bacteria take birth), how are they being produced and from where they get their food? Allah is providing food to all; frogs, fish, creatures of air, water, land, and under the earth without any reckoning.

There is a saying that once Hazrat Solomon asked permission to host the creatures of God. When God granted him permission, he prepared the food in hundreds of thousands of big cooking pots. One fish emerged from the water and ate all the food that was prepared. Nothing was left for others. Hazrat Solomon asked in amazement, do you eat so much? "God provides me with this much food three times daily", the fish had replied.

The main reason for working hard is to keep the body moving otherwise the joints would become stiff and man would become incapable of doing anything. The body is a machine. If the machine is not kept functional, it becomes rusted. Oiling and greasing are needed to keep the machine working. Our working and laboring are like oiling and greasing the body.

Asking the doctors in the audiences, when the leg bone fractures and you tie it up high without bandaging it, will that man ever be able to walk?

A doctor from the audiences... No, he won't?

* Walking and moving around increases life duration. How long one can survive without water? Can a patient put on a ventilator remain alive?

Many of the audiences...No, no!

* His body swells, he can't speak, he can't hear, he can't understand and finally, he stops inhaling.

*Almighty Allah has devised a system. He didn't make earth soft that feet may sink in nor has He made it hard to stumble on it. It is built in a manner to provide continuous energy (life) to the material body.

One audience...It has been said in the holy Quran that there is no fear or grief for the friends of Allah. So far as I have understood, fear is of unknown loss and when the loss is actually suffered, the sorrow is known as grief. What would you say on this?

* It has been said in the holy Quran, Friends of Allah have neither any fear nor any grief. According to this verse, are they friends of Allah who have fears and grief? Indeed, friends of Allah, have neither fears nor any grief. Here the average life has decreased below sixty. And, how much is the life of Airaf? How many million years ago the story of Abel and Cain happened? No idea. One of those two brothers is still in pain and the other one is in eternal bliss and comfort. If you put your hand in the fire, will it not burn it? And, if you will not put it in there, it will benefit you.

*After the session of Question-Answers Azeemi Sahib addressed the audience.

  You came from far away. After this yearly meeting may you stay happy in your homes. All that is told here, if you will act upon that for the sake of Allah and His prophet (PBUH) you will be rewarded and benefitted greatly here and in the hereafter. And, your mind will turn towards the knowledge of the secrets of Allah.

Allah has promised sustenance. What will happen if you have millions of rupees and wheat, rice, air or oxygen is not available? What if the sun doesn't show up and moonlight is not there? The way to be grateful to Allah is to act upon the laws and principles laid down by Allah. God told the holy prophet (PBUH), "I was a hidden treasure, I created creatures with love and affection so that I be known."

God wants that since He created the creatures with love and blessed them with the ability to recognize themselves, the atmosphere around them, the sun and the moon. And, after blessing them with the ability to see Him sent them down upon the earth. Did you see Allah with material eyes? What is that eye, which witnesses Allah? That is the eye of the heart.

Allah says, "Heart did not falsify what it saw." (Surah Najam: 11)

The heart is the best eye that beholds Allah. In order to purge the heart, try to keep each and every act according to the teachings of Allah and His prophet (PBUH). Seek His forgiveness, if a mistake is committed. May Allah bless us with the ability to fulfill the purpose for which we have come here. Be regular in your lessons. Perform Muraqba, keep reciting “ya haiyo ya qayyom”, as much as you can and as and when possible. Morning time is an ideal time for Muraqba. The mind focuses quickly at that time. And, no work can be performed without having a focused mind.

You, Ladies and gentlemen, came and underwent the hardships of the tiring journey. May Allah bless you all with great rewards. Ameen.