Qibla-e-Alam Hazrat Khwaja Nur Muhammad Maharvi, is
a great Sufi Saint of later Chishttiya Order. After
400 years of Baba Farid Uddin Ganj-e-Shakar, this Chishti
Saint revived the Chishttiya order in present day Pakistan
and also aborad in India, South Africa and USA.
Ze Noor-e-Muhammad Jahan Roshan Ast."
( The world is lighted by the Noor of Muhammad swm p.b.u.h )
(Written on the Mohar Mubbarak(stamp) of Qibla-e-Alam)
'When I finally located the whereabouts of my Beloved, That instant opened the knot of my heart'.
This statement is truth; therein lies no doubt. Salutations to you who removes calamities and afflictions; Qibla-e-Alam Hazrat Khwaja Noor Muhammad - the pristine pure. On his return to Maharsharif after 35 years spent 'in the service of' his Murshid ( Spirtual Master) learning Islamic Studies ( Sha'ria) and spirtuality (Taa'riqah) Qibla-e-Alam Hazrat Khwaja Noor Muhammad Maharvi laid the corner stone of Chishti Kanqha and spread the spiritual magnetism (barkat) of Nizami order of famous Chishtiya Silsla ( chain ) of Taswauf (sufisim) in the area of present Pakistan.Procedding from 'heart to heart',link by link it took the shape of a chain ( silsala) called as Nizami Maharvi branch of Chishtis. Almost all of the famous Chishti Sufi Saints trace their initiatic pedigree and lineage through Qibla-e-Alam Khwaja Noor Muhammad Maharvi.
In
a commentary in Gulshan-e-Ibrar the author Hazrat Imam
Baksh Maharvi writes that Qibla-e-Alam Hazrat Khwaja
Noor Muhammad Maharvi was recognized well before his
birth, author narrates that a dervish (Majzoob) used
to give respect and stand in the honor of His mother
when she was only a little girl. When asked from the
Dervish, he said that he does not give respect to the
little girl but to a great Wali whom she will give birth,
and whose spirtulaity will light the whole world.
Discipline,
and adherence to one's murshid's teachings, whether
one sees the rewards or not, are a sure key to success
in both the worlds. This lesson and more we learn from
Khwaja Noor Muhammad Maharvi (rahmatullahi alaihi).
He was born on 14 Ramadaan 1730AC in Chotala near Mahar
Sharif, Chishtian District of Bahwalnagar present Pakistan.
On his birth he was named as 'Bahbal', the name Noor
Mohammad was later given to him by his Murshid Hazrat
Muhib-Un-Nabi. He began his Qur'anic education at the
tender age of six, and quickly became a hafiz from a
Dars in Dera Gazi Khan, from there he moved to Lahore
for further thrust of Knowledge and became an alim.
After this, he set out on what was to prove a long search
for a shaykh, finally finding himsel in Dehli in the
court of Hazrat Moulana Fakhr Uddin Muhibbun Nabi (rahmatullahi
alaihi). Becoming a mureed, he found that his love for
his shaykh and the internal changes in his heart grew
every day of the 35 years ! that he spent with him.
Initially,
Moulana Fakhr Uddin Dehlvi (rahmatullahi alaihi) gave
him a wazifa to read, which he did punctually and wholeheartedly
every day for years, although seeing no rewards - either
internal or external - for his efforts. After a long
time, Moulana Sahib (rahmatullahi alaihi) asked him
if he had seen any benefits yet. He replied in the negative.
His murshid Hazrat Moulana Fakhar Uddin Dehlvi Muhib-un-Nabi
told him then to reduce his reading of the wazifa, which
he promptly did. After another few days, Moulana Fakhr
Uddin (rahmatullahi alaihi) again asked if there had
been any changes in him, but again he replied that there
had not. Then his murshid told him to cease his recitation
altogether. Immediately upon stopping the wazifa, he
began to notice spiritual changes. Of course, his constant
reading with no results was merely a test designed by
his murshid in order to increase his discipline.Khawaja
Imam Baksh Maharvi in his famous work on Qibla-e-Alam
' Gulshan! -e- Abrar' writes that his affection with
his Murshid Hazrat Muhib UnNabi and Moulana's extra
attention and love towards him made some of his fellow
students jealous. They came up to Maulana Sahib one
day and said that O Hazrat Do you know that this Punjabi
( Qibla-e- Aalam) belongs to the tribe of famous lover
Mirza Kharal who made Sahiban ( beautiful girl) to run
away with him from his parents house. Moulana Fakhar
Uddin smiled and said that Punjabi took away the heart
of only one girl, my this Punjabi will take away the
hearts of millions. Author further narrates that after
the departure of Qibla-e-Alam to Maharsharif from Dehli,
Moulana Fakhar Uddin Fakhar-e-Jahan use to say this
verse in Poorbi while remembering his beloved disciple
' Makhan le gaya Punjabi Chach piyo Sansar'.
' Makhan le gaya Punjabi Chach piyo Sansar'.
In
the company of his Murshid Moulana Sahib, Qibla-e-Alam
once visited the great Darbar of Hazrat Baba Farid Ganj-e-Shakar,
where Moulana Sahib granted leave to Qibla-e-Alam to
visit his mother and other family memebrs in Maharsharif
, which is 60 Kilometers south west of Pakpattan. It
is reported in different books that Qibla-e- Alam use
to pray every Friday prayers for 17 years in Pakpattan.
The total distance covered in these 17 years travel
between Maharsharif and Pakpattan is estimated as 93,000
kilometers. It was only at the elder age and due to
weak health that he started praying the Friday prayers
at the Khanqha of Hazrat Baba Taj Sarwar Sarkar the
grandson of Baba Sahib, in Basti Taj Sarwar,8 Km away
from Maharsharif.
It
is easy to perform any action when rewards accompany
it; the true test of faith is to continue, even though
one sees no benefit from it. After all, in part of a
long hadith, Jibrael (alaihi salaam) states that to
sacrifice in Allah's path is like the sweetness of honey,
but to keep sacrificing in Allah's path is like the
thinness of a hair. Surely it was because of this incident
that he used to say,
'If
a mureed does not follow his shaykh's teachings punctually
and completely, no matter how much he sits in his company,
the shaykh will not recognise him.'
In a commentary in Gulshan-e- Abraar, the author narrates a hadith that states that one moment's muraaqaba, or deep contemplation and meditation, is better than performing seventy years of ceaseless ibaadat. Khwaja Noor Muhammad (rahmatullahi alaihi) used to be in muraaqaba from fajr to zawaal every day. After lunch, he would return to the masjid for further ibaadaat. As is plainly clear, the sawaab of this daily practice is astronomical, but we must realise that mere rewards do not concern those whose every breath is taken in love and reverence for almighty Allah. Qibla-e-Alam Khwaja Noor Muhammad Maharvi (rahmatullahi alaihi) had 46 khulafah who were sent to all corners of the Indo-Pak subcontinent and the Middle East. One of these was Khwaja Suleyman Taunsvi, the mighty saint whose wilayah was prophesied even before his birth by Moulana Fakhrudeen Delhawi (rahmatullahi alaihi). Khawaja Shah Suleyman Taunsvi said that Qibla- e-Alam's way of teaching was unique it w! as more like a treatment of patient , varying from patient to patient according the severity of the illness. He further says that Pir-o-Murshid Khawaja Maharvi use to give the lessons of 'Whadat-ul-Wajood' in closed doors, and no one was allowed to come in the room while he taught this subject of great senstivity. Hazrat Taunsvi says that in those days after Mughrib Prayers and late at night the only noise heard in Maharsharif was of Zikar-e-Jahar, nafi asbat. There were hundered and thousands of students present in Dars in Maharsharif. Some of the teachings of Khwaja Noor Muhammad (rahmatullahi alaihi) are such that we can all learn from:
In a commentary in Gulshan-e- Abraar, the author narrates a hadith that states that one moment's muraaqaba, or deep contemplation and meditation, is better than performing seventy years of ceaseless ibaadat. Khwaja Noor Muhammad (rahmatullahi alaihi) used to be in muraaqaba from fajr to zawaal every day. After lunch, he would return to the masjid for further ibaadaat. As is plainly clear, the sawaab of this daily practice is astronomical, but we must realise that mere rewards do not concern those whose every breath is taken in love and reverence for almighty Allah. Qibla-e-Alam Khwaja Noor Muhammad Maharvi (rahmatullahi alaihi) had 46 khulafah who were sent to all corners of the Indo-Pak subcontinent and the Middle East. One of these was Khwaja Suleyman Taunsvi, the mighty saint whose wilayah was prophesied even before his birth by Moulana Fakhrudeen Delhawi (rahmatullahi alaihi). Khawaja Shah Suleyman Taunsvi said that Qibla- e-Alam's way of teaching was unique it w! as more like a treatment of patient , varying from patient to patient according the severity of the illness. He further says that Pir-o-Murshid Khawaja Maharvi use to give the lessons of 'Whadat-ul-Wajood' in closed doors, and no one was allowed to come in the room while he taught this subject of great senstivity. Hazrat Taunsvi says that in those days after Mughrib Prayers and late at night the only noise heard in Maharsharif was of Zikar-e-Jahar, nafi asbat. There were hundered and thousands of students present in Dars in Maharsharif. Some of the teachings of Khwaja Noor Muhammad (rahmatullahi alaihi) are such that we can all learn from:
1. The most important duty is to have steadfast faith in The Holy Prophet (Peace and Blessings be Upon him), firmness of Imaan, and strict adherence to the shariah.
2. If you please the creation, you will please the Creator.
3. There are many cures to the sicknesses of the heart, but if you are not prepared to take the medicine, you will never be healed.
4. It is essential to realise that you are not sinless. This realisation is one of Allah's great mercies.
Khwaja Noor Muhammad (rahmatullahi alaihi) used to recite the following verses:
The beauties of the garden, the singing of the birds Do not touch my soul at all.
The sorrowful scars of my love for my shaykh Are beauty enough for me to endure. Qibla-e-Alam Hazrat Khawaja Noor Muhammad Maharvi is considered as the rivavalist of Chishti order in large and Chishti Nizami order especially in present Pakistan area after Hazrat Baba Farid-Uddin Ganj-e-Shakar. Almost all the Kanqha's of later order of Chishtiya Nizamiya Sisla are chained through him, the famous among them are Hajipur Sharif, District Rajanpur Pakistan. Hafiz Jamal Ullah Multan Pakistan. Taunsa Sharif, District D.G.Khan, Kot Mithan and Chahrna Sharif, Bahwalpur Pakistan, Mukhad Sharif District Attock Pakistan, Sial Sharif District Sargodha, Golra Sharif,Islamabad Pakistan, Behra Sharif, District Sargodha Pakistan, Marula Sharif, District Attock Pakistan, Jalalpur Sharif District Jhelum Pakistan, Khanqha-e- Habibia South Africa and many many others in India, Pakistan and Middle East.
He
attained union on the 3rd Zil Hajj, 1791 in Mahar Sharif.In
commentary in Gulshan-e-Ibrar Khawaja Imam baksh Maharvi
grand son of Qibla-e-Alam writes that once while attending
the Jumma prayers at Basti of Baba Taj Sarwar said that
he smells the fragrance of love from this place. Thus
he was burried in Basti Taj Sarwar which is now known
to the world as Chishtian Sharif( City of Chishtis).
All the kalipha's ( disciples) present at the time of
his attaining union asked to leave any Wasiyat ( WILL)
or Nasihat ( Advice) for his Ulad ( children), Qibla-e-Alam
said that will for them is that if they kept on respecting
the Saadats ( decendants of Prophet of Islam) and kept
on keeping the shoes of Dervishes in order they will
not be short of anything in their lives till the time
ends.
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"Ze Noor-e-Muhammad Jahan Roshan Ast."
( The world is lighted by the Noor of Muhammad swm p.b.u.h )
(Written on the Mohar Mubbarak(stamp) of Qibla-e-Alam)
( The world is lighted by the Noor of Muhammad swm p.b.u.h )
(Written on the Mohar Mubbarak(stamp) of Qibla-e-Alam)
'When I finally located the whereabouts of my Beloved, That instant opened the knot of my heart'.
This statement is truth; therein lies no doubt.
Salutations to you who removes calamities and afflictions, by the Mercy of Allah;
Qibla-e-Alam Hazrat Khwaja Noor Muhammad - the pristine pure.
This statement is truth; therein lies no doubt.
Salutations to you who removes calamities and afflictions, by the Mercy of Allah;
Qibla-e-Alam Hazrat Khwaja Noor Muhammad - the pristine pure.
On his return to Maharsharif after 35 years spent 'in the service
of' his Murshid ( Spirtual Master) learning Islamic Studies ( Sha'ria)
and spirtuality (Taa'riqah) Qibla-e-Alam Hazrat Khwaja Noor Muhammad
Maharvi laid the corner stone of Chishti Kanqha and spread the spiritual
magnetism (barkat) of Nizami order of famous Chishtiya Silsla ( chain )
of Taswauf (sufisim) in the area of present Pakistan.Procedding from
'heart to heart',link by link it took the shape of a chain ( silsala)
called as Nizami Maharvi branch of Chishtis. Almost all of the famous
Chishti Sufi Saints trace their initiatic pedigree and lineage through
Qibla-e-Alam Khwaja Noor Muhammad Maharvi.
In a commentary in Gulshan-e-Ibrar the author Hazrat Imam Baksh Maharvi writes that Qibla-e-Alam Hazrat Khwaja Noor Muhammad Maharvi was
recognized well before his birth, author narrates that a dervish
(Majzoob) used to give respect and stand in the honor of His mother when
she was only a little girl. When asked from the Dervish, he said that
he does not give respect to the little girl but to a great Wali whom she
will give birth, and whose spirtulaity will light the whole world.
Discipline, and adherence to one's murshid's teachings, whether
one sees the rewards or not, are a sure key to success in both the
worlds. This lesson and more we learn from Khwaja Noor Muhammad Maharvi (rahmatullahi alaihi). He was born on 14 Ramadaan 1730AC in Chotala near Mahar Sharif, Chishtian District of Bahwalnagar present Pakistan. On his birth he was named as 'Bahbal', the name Noor Mohammad
was later given to him by his Murshid Hazrat Muhib-Un-Nabi. He began
his Qur'anic education at the tender age of six, and quickly became a
hafiz from a Dars in Dera Gazi Khan, from there he moved to Lahore for
further thrust of Knowledge and became an alim. After this, he set out
on what was to prove a long search for a shaykh, finally finding himsel
in Dehli in the court of Hazrat Moulana Fakhr Uddin Muhibbun Nabi
(rahmatullahi alaihi). Becoming a mureed, he found that his love for
his shaykh and the internal changes in his heart grew every day of the
35 years ! that he spent with him.
Initially, Moulana Fakhr Uddin Dehlvi (rahmatullahi alaihi) gave
him a wazifa to read, which he did punctually and wholeheartedly every
day for years, although seeing no rewards - either internal or external -
for his efforts. After a long time, Moulana Sahib (rahmatullahi alaihi)
asked him if he had seen any benefits yet. He replied in the negative.
His murshid Hazrat Moulana Fakhar Uddin Dehlvi Muhib-un-Nabi told him
then to reduce his reading of the wazifa, which he promptly did. After
another few days, Moulana Fakhr Uddin (rahmatullahi alaihi) again asked
if there had been any changes in him, but again he replied that there
had not. Then his murshid told him to cease his recitation altogether.
Immediately upon stopping the wazifa, he began to notice spiritual
changes. Of course, his constant reading with no results was merely a
test designed by his murshid in order to increase his discipline.Khawaja
Imam Baksh Maharvi in his famous work on Qibla-e-Alam ' Gulshan! -e-
Abrar' writes that his affection with his Murshid Hazrat Muhib UnNabi
and Moulana's extra attention and love towards him made some of his
fellow students jealous. They came up to Maulana Sahib one day and said
that O Hazrat Do you know that this Punjabi ( Qibla-e- Aalam) belongs to
the tribe of famous lover Mirza Kharal who made Sahiban ( beautiful
girl) to run away with him from his parents house. Moulana Fakhar Uddin
smiled and said that Punjabi took away the heart of only one girl, my
this Punjabi will take away the hearts of millions. Author further
narrates that after the departure of Qibla-e-Alam to Maharsharif from
Dehli, Moulana Fakhar Uddin Fakhar-e-Jahan use to say this verse in
Poorbi while remembering his beloved disciple
' Makhan le gaya Punjabi Chach piyo Sansar'.
In the company of his Murshid Moulana Sahib, Qibla-e-Alam once visited the great Darbar of Hazrat Baba Farid Ganj-e-Shakar, where Moulana Sahib granted leave to Qibla-e-Alam to visit his mother and other family memebrs in Maharsharif , which is 60 Kilometers south west of Pakpattan. It is reported in different books that Qibla-e- Alam use to pray every Friday prayers for 17 years in Pakpattan. The total distance covered in these 17 years travel between Maharsharif and Pakpattan is estimated as 93,000 kilometers. It was only at the elder age and due to weak health that he started praying the Friday prayers at the Khanqha of Hazrat Baba Taj Sarwar Sarkar the grandson of Baba Sahib, in Basti Taj Sarwar,8 Km away from Maharsharif.
' Makhan le gaya Punjabi Chach piyo Sansar'.
In the company of his Murshid Moulana Sahib, Qibla-e-Alam once visited the great Darbar of Hazrat Baba Farid Ganj-e-Shakar, where Moulana Sahib granted leave to Qibla-e-Alam to visit his mother and other family memebrs in Maharsharif , which is 60 Kilometers south west of Pakpattan. It is reported in different books that Qibla-e- Alam use to pray every Friday prayers for 17 years in Pakpattan. The total distance covered in these 17 years travel between Maharsharif and Pakpattan is estimated as 93,000 kilometers. It was only at the elder age and due to weak health that he started praying the Friday prayers at the Khanqha of Hazrat Baba Taj Sarwar Sarkar the grandson of Baba Sahib, in Basti Taj Sarwar,8 Km away from Maharsharif.
It is easy to perform any action when rewards accompany it; the
true test of faith is to continue, even though one sees no benefit from
it. After all, in part of a long hadith, Jibrael (alaihi salaam) states
that to sacrifice in Allah's path is like the sweetness of honey, but to
keep sacrificing in Allah's path is like the thinness of a hair. Surely
it was because of this incident that he used to say,
'If a mureed does not follow his shaykh's teachings punctually and completely, no matter how much he sits in his company, the shaykh will not recognise him.'
In a commentary in Gulshan-e- Abraar, the author narrates a hadith that states that one moment's muraaqaba, or deep contemplation and meditation, is better than performing seventy years of ceaseless ibaadat. Khwaja Noor Muhammad Maharvi (rahmatullahi alaihi) used to be in muraaqaba from fajr to zawaal every day. After lunch, he would return to the masjid for further ibaadaat. As is plainly clear, the sawaab of this daily practice is astronomical, but we must realise that mere rewards do not concern those whose every breath is taken in love and reverence for almighty Allah.
'If a mureed does not follow his shaykh's teachings punctually and completely, no matter how much he sits in his company, the shaykh will not recognise him.'
In a commentary in Gulshan-e- Abraar, the author narrates a hadith that states that one moment's muraaqaba, or deep contemplation and meditation, is better than performing seventy years of ceaseless ibaadat. Khwaja Noor Muhammad Maharvi (rahmatullahi alaihi) used to be in muraaqaba from fajr to zawaal every day. After lunch, he would return to the masjid for further ibaadaat. As is plainly clear, the sawaab of this daily practice is astronomical, but we must realise that mere rewards do not concern those whose every breath is taken in love and reverence for almighty Allah.
Qibla-e-Alam Khwaja Noor Muhammad Maharvi (rahmatullahi alaihi)
had 46 khulafah who were sent to all corners of the Indo-Pak
subcontinent and the Middle East. One of these was Khwaja Suleyman
Taunsvi, the mighty saint whose wilayah was prophesied even before his
birth by Moulana Fakhrudeen Delhawi (rahmatullahi alaihi). Khawaja Shah
Suleyman Taunsvi said that Qibla- e-Alam's way of teaching was unique it
w! as more like a treatment of patient , varying from patient to
patient according the severity of the illness. He further says that
Pir-o-Murshid Khawaja Maharvi use to give the lessons of
'Whadat-ul-Wajood' in closed doors, and no one was allowed to come in
the room while he taught this subject of great senstivity. Hazrat
Taunsvi says that in those days after Mughrib Prayers and late at night
the only noise heard in Maharsharif was of Zikar-e-Jahar, nafi asbat.
There were hundered and thousands of students present in Dars in
Maharsharif.
Some of the teachings of Khwaja Noor Muhammad (rahmatullahi alaihi) are such that we can all learn from:
1. The most important duty is to have steadfast faith in The Holy Prophet (saw), firmness of Imaan, and strict adherence to the shariah.
2. If you please the creation, you will please the Creator.
3. There are many cures to the sicknesses of the heart, but if you are not prepared to take the medicine, you will never be healed.
4. It is essential to realise that you are not sinless. This realisation is one of Allah's great mercies.
Khwaja Noor Muhammad (rahmatullahi alaihi) used to recite the following verses:
The beauties of the garden, the singing of the birds Do not touch my soul at all.
The sorrowful scars of my love for my shaykh Are beauty enough for me to endure.
1. The most important duty is to have steadfast faith in The Holy Prophet (saw), firmness of Imaan, and strict adherence to the shariah.
2. If you please the creation, you will please the Creator.
3. There are many cures to the sicknesses of the heart, but if you are not prepared to take the medicine, you will never be healed.
4. It is essential to realise that you are not sinless. This realisation is one of Allah's great mercies.
Khwaja Noor Muhammad (rahmatullahi alaihi) used to recite the following verses:
The beauties of the garden, the singing of the birds Do not touch my soul at all.
The sorrowful scars of my love for my shaykh Are beauty enough for me to endure.
Qibla-e-Alam Hazrat Khawaja Noor Muhammad Maharvi is considered as the rivavalist of Chishti order
in large and Chishti Nizami order especially in present Pakistan area
after Hazrat Baba Farid-Uddin Ganj-e-Shakar. Almost all the Kanqha's of
later order of Chishtiya Nizamiya Sisla are chained through him, the famous among them are Hajipur Sharif, District Rajanpur Pakistan. Hafiz Jamal Ullah Multan Pakistan. Taunsa Sharif, District D.G.Khan, Kot Mithan and Chahrna Sharif, Bahwalpur Pakistan, Mukhad Sharif District Attock Pakistan, Sial Sharif District Sargodha, Golra Sharif,Islamabad Pakistan, Behra Sharif, District Sargodha Pakistan, Marula Sharif, District Attock Pakistan, Jalalpur Sharif District Jhelum Pakistan, Khanqha-e- Habibia Durban,South Africa and many many others in India, Pakistan and Middle East.
He attained union on the 3rd Zil Hajj, 1791 in Mahar Sharif.In
commentary in Gulshan-e-Ibrar Khawaja Imam baksh Maharvi grand son of
Qibla-e-Alam writes that once while attending the Jumma prayers at Basti
of Baba Taj Sarwar said that he smells the fragrance of love from this
place. Thus he was burried in Basti Taj Sarwar which is now known to the
world as Chishtian Sharif( City of Chishtis). All the
kalifha's ( disciples) present at the time of his attaining union asked
to leave any Wasiyat ( WILL) or Nasihat ( Advice) for his Ulad (
children), Qibla-e-Alam said that will for them is that if they kept on
respecting the Saadats ( decendants of Prophet of Islam) and kept on
keeping the shoes of Dervishes in order they will not be short of
anything in their lives till the time ends.
He was heard reciting the following verse continuously:
Think of me as still alive. If you come into my body, I will come into your life.
Think of me as still alive. If you come into my body, I will come into your life.
Ilahi ta ba abad astan-e-yar rahe
Ye asra hai gareebon ka barqarar rahe
Ye asra hai gareebon ka barqarar rahe
This verse is written on main enterance of Astana-e-Qibla Alam Hazrat Khawaja Noor Muhammd Maharvi in Chishtian Sharif, District Bahwalnagar Pakistan.
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