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I am answering Touseef Irfan's questions.
Q: What happens after a human being dies?
The life of this body is related to the Arzi Arwah (terrestrial spirits) and when the terrestrial spirits are taken out,
the body become lifeless; this is known as death.
When the Arzi Arwah have been taken out it means death has taken place.
Therefore, the Samawi Rouh (human soul) is taken to the higher realms.
What purpose does the soul have in the grave? The soul does not stay in the grave.
The soul is taken to Alam-e-Baala, specifically Alam-e-Barzakh (the Realm of Purgation) which includes two stations.
If someone is a Zakir-e-Qalbi (one who acquired the Initiation of the Heart) and possesses the deeds accompanied
by the presence of the heart (Amal-e-Sualeh) and is Sualeh (righteous), then his soul is kept in Alam-e-Barzarkh,
in the Station of Il’liyeen, which is a good place.
If someone was engaged in physical worship only and is not a Momin (True Believer), regardless of intense performance of Salat,
regardless of which religion he practiced, if he had not acquired Amal-e-Sualeh,
and the heart is void of Divine Light and void of Emaan (faith), there is only physical worship,
then such souls are kept in the Station of Sij’jeen.
These souls shall remain there until Youm-e-Mehshar (the Day of Judgment)
and on the Day of Judgment they will go through accountability.
If these souls are granted salvation then from there they will be sent into the paradise.
If they are not granted salvation, for example, they performed Salat vigorously,
prostrated many times and observed fasting; however at the same time they kept grudges against the Friends of God
and were involved in backbiting against the Friends of God
and were blasphemous to Prophet Mohammad as well as other Prophets, then who would grant salvation to such people?
If someone does not believe in the prophets or the saints,
then neither the prophets nor the saints shall grant that person salvation.
Hence, such people shall be sent to hellfire.
Those who had the correct tenet, admired Prophet Mohammad (I won’t say ‘loved’),
and would recite Durood-o-Salam (Salutations upon the Prophet) fervently and respected the saints,
someone (Friend of God) shall grant him salvation on the Day of Judgment
as a result of which his soul will enter paradise.
However, entering the paradise does not mean he will have the same benefits available to him that a Momin would.
Quran says, ‘and do they believe they will obtain the same rank as the pious ones?'
They will stay there as the servants
this is what happens with the soul.
Now the questions that will be asked in the grave
when the terrestrial spirits have been taken out from the body, what questions are going to be asked to the body? The body cannot be asked any questions, the body has died!
The body cannot be asked any questions, the body has died!
There the questions will be directed to the Nafs (Self).
On the Day of Judgment the questions will be directed to the souls
in the grave the questions will be directed to the Nafs
Then, you are also going to be shown the face of Prophet Mohammad.
Now if you had seen Prophet Mohammad only then you would recognise his face.
Due to your inner darkness you have not even seen Iblis let alone being able to recognise the face of Prophet Mohammad.
People think they should obtain knowledge about the religion
Prophet Mohammad did not say to obtain this knowledge by reading numerous books etc., and yet the souls inside remain unaware
This is not knowledge of the religion!
This misconception is in the minds of people today, in fact it is in the mind of all people
read this book, obtain that knowledge, do Dars-e-Nizami for 14 years,
memorise the explanation of the Quran and this will be the knowledge of the religion.
What is the point of such knowledge which does not benefit your souls in any way?
The souls are dormant,
they have not been revived with God’s love or acquired Irfan-e-Ilahi (Esoteric Knowledge)
nor do they have the inclination of reaching God, nor have the souls been awakened!
The souls remained in the dormant state in which they were inserted into the body;
then, what is the point of being a scholar of such knowledge?
Prophet Mohammad said there are two types of knowledge.
One is obligatory upon human beings by God and the other is Ilm-e-Nafay,
Ilm-e-Nafay is Esoteric Knowledge/Knowledge of Mysticism through which hearts and souls are revived and enlightened.
The Kalima (declaration of faith) recited by the tongue should also be recited by the heart and soul.
In the end, on the Day of Judgment this body will remain in this world, the body will not go up there, the soul will.
If the soul has not recited the Kalima and only the body was in engaged in the recitation of the Quran and Hadith and the soul was completely unaware,
then what is the use of such knowledge? There are no benefits of this kind of knowledge.
God has one condition only - for someone to bring forth a Qalb-e-Saleem (the Secured Heart).
One who brings an enlightened heart, God only looks at the hearts.
Even in your life, if God was to glance at you, he would look at your heart and if your heart was shining God would become merciful upon you.
Those whose shiny hearts God looked upon in this world,
what accountability would they go through! Such people are like pre-approved, pre-accepted credit cards.
They are already under the Merciful Sight of God.
What you read in the books, before wondering whether it will come in handy or not,
just tell me, how awakened is your soul from reading all these books?
It is silly to argue over which knowledge is right or which is wrong.
I am asking you a direct question, of all the books that you have read
and all the knowledge you have in your possession, does the Kalima resonate in your heart?
Has your soul been awakened?
Hadith-e-Qudsi: One who has recognised his Self (Nafs), it means he has recognised God.
With all the knowledge you have obtained, try to act upon this Hadith!
One who has recognised his Self it only means that he has recognised his God.
You may have acquired a lot of knowledge, and you may have read many books and memorised the Quran and Hadith
but through all this knowledge have you recognised your Self?
Have you recognised your Self? Have you recognised God?
What I have understood from this Hadith-e-Qudsi, what God is trying to say to humanity here is that Self-realisation is actually God realisation.
Self-realisation in other words is God’s realisation.
Take all of the knowledge you have accumulated and try to recognise your Self.
If you are unable to do so, then set this knowledge on fire!
What is the point of listening to the lectures and sermons of clerics?
What did you obtain out of this? Nothing!
Bring all the books! There are thousands of them. I have countless books!
You can read and read and your eyes will become weak, it is harmful rather than being beneficial.
You didn’t even recognise your Self through this knowledge and one who doesn’t have self-realisation how will he recognise God?
If you don’t know your Self, forget about knowing God!
God said he created this world so that the world may recognise him
In simple terms, in simple words, the purpose of creation is to recognize God.
According to Hadith-e-Qudsi, ‘I was in the Hidden Treasure and I desired to be known, hence I created Makhlooq (creation)’.
The purpose of your creation is to recognise God. That is why you were created!
The purpose of your creation is that you must recognise God.
Now, you are in the business of recognising God and you don’t recognise your Self!
Read all the books and then tell me, who are you?
Are you Kafir (Infidel)? Are you Munafiq (Hypocrite)? Are you Momin (True Believer)? Are you Wali (Saint)? Who are you?
One who does not know whether he is a Momin or a Munafiq how will the poor guy recognise God?
What worth does this knowledge have? You may continue to recite, ‘Kul ho Allah ho ahad’ (Quranic verse), what will happen?
You may receive 10 good deeds.
However these deeds will just be written when knowingly or unknowingly you were blasphemous to a Friend of God,
or developed a bad conjecture about someone who God loves more than you can imagine,
in that case, all your worship is left, useless.
When you were unable to even recognise your Self through this knowledge
I say it to people now, alright read the Quran and its translation,
either the translation of Aala Hazrat or Tahir ul Qadri or anyone else and after reading it, tell me who you are.
If you don’t know who you are then where is the Knowledge of the Quran?
This is just a figment of your empty mind if you think you have obtained the knowledge of Quran.
The knowledge of Quran is not in the book, the knowledge of Quran is in the heart of Prophet Mohammad.
First you must reach the Prophet Mohammad and then you shall receive that knowledge from his heart.
Mevlana rumi: Religion is not found in the books, the books have knowledge and wisdom; religion is granted through Nazar (Merciful Sight) [of a perfect Spiritual Guide].
And the knowledge which Prophet Mohammad mentioned,
‘acquire knowledge even if you have to travel to China’ and ‘acquisition of knowledge is obligatory upon all Muslim men and women,’
is it the knowledge that you are obtaining?
If it is so important for you to obtain this knowledge then what have you obtained through it?
You did not recognise your Self before this knowledge,
and even after reading Quran and Hadith you do not have self-realisation.
It is really important that is why it has been made obligatory upon you, right?
Then why is there no difference after obtaining it? You are the same dog today as you were before.
Today you are making the mosques impure in the same way as you did by entering them yesterday.
The Nafs (Self) is in the form of a dog in spirituality.
Shah Abdul Latif Bittayi was walking his dog, just as you see people are walking dogs on the street.
He was taking the dog and he tied his dog to the entrance of a mosque and went to offer Salat.
A cleric said him, ‘What have you done! You have tied a dog to the entrance of the house of God!’
and he said, ‘Yes, but you are sitting with one inside!’
A dog is just a dog it will not ruin anybody’s faith however, the dog of the Self that resides in you, you have to turn that dog into a Muslim. This is real Islam.
The Islam that does not turn the dog of your Nafs into Muslim, then it is not Islam, it is mischief.
If Islam does not turn the dog of your Nafs into Muslim, then it is not Islam; it is mischief.
A Spiritual Guide who cannot turn this dog into human is not a Spiritual Guide, he is a ***.
It doesn’t matter whose progeny he is from, even if he is from Hazrat Ali’s progeny.
There can be dogs, pimps and *** in the progeny of Hazrat Ali also.
Where is it written in Quran that there cannot be any pimps in the progeny of Hazrat Ali?
'God is not bothered whether you are Syed or Qureshi. There is only the Divine Law, and those who were heedless of your (God) remembrance are animals.'
Is this not a quote from His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi?
Whether you are a Syed or a Qureshi, in the eyes of God, this has no value.
Whoever you are, there is only the Divine Law.
(Quoting verse fro the Quran) 'The people of Arab consider themselves as Momin. O’ Prophet tell them, they are not Momin.'
Today, Arabs consider themselves the champions; they believe no one knows the religion better than them.
Read the Quran and see what it says!
'The people of Arab consider themselves as Momin, O’ Prophet tell them, they are not Momin.' Quran (49:14)
This is the truth, isn't it?
On the Akhiri Jummah (Last Friday), Hujjat ul Widha,
Prophet Mohammad said, 'No Arab has superiority over a non-Arab and the non-Arabs are by no means inferior.'
However, if you look at them today, the Arabs don’t give importance to the non-Arabs. They mistreat them.
They have so much false pride and are full of arrogance.
And our nation (the Pakistani nation) is the same.
If someone comes back from Mecca or Medina after studying to become a cleric, he comes out wearing a Saudi outfit and completely forgets Urdu.
He was born in Bhai Pehru (Phool Nagar) and now all the sudden he speaks Arabic!
If you slap them around a bit, then instead of Arabic they'll start speaking Punjabi again!
There are many such pimps settled in Saudi Arabia and they listen to our lectures.
A *** who sells women and lives off their earning is not the biggest ***.
In this era, take a look at these bearded pimps - they are the real pimps!
The knowledge that you have in your possession today - did you recognise yourself through it?
The knowledge which doesn’t give you self-realisation, how will it grant you salvation?
On the other hand, this is what His Divine Eminence Imam Mehdi Gohar Shahi declares:
'It’s not a long story. Take the Initiation of the Heart (Dhikr-e-Qalb), test your fate and find out in 1-2 days how merciful God is upon you.'
If God’s name begins to beat in your heart, then you have been blessed.
If God’s name does not enter your heart, then who knows who you are!
You could be a Hamman, Firoun, Shadaad, Yazeed, Abu Jahhal or Abdul Wahhab Najdi, or a Tahir ul Qadri.
You could be an Ilyas Qadri or Shah Tarajbul Haq, or the son of a *** - we have no idea who you are.
If God’s name starts within the beating system of your heart, then even if you don't remember the names of your mother and father,
in the eyes of God you are close to God and worthy of respect.
Because God’s criteria is not the progeny you come from; the only criteria in the eyes of God is Taqwah (Piety).
Washing your privates is not Taqwah (Piety).
Throwing water over yourself is not piety.
Piety is the act of purifying the dog of your Nafs and cleansing the heart.
There is dirt of Nafs-e-Ammarah (the Commanding Self) inside you which commands you to commit sins.
It doesn't matter how hard you try to refrain from sins and the committance of sins, or how much you tell yourself, 'I will not commit this sin.'
Do the Quran and Hadith not tell Muslims to not to commit adultery?
Do they not tell Muslims to refrain from backbiting and slandering?It is written in the Quran, is it not?
'To slander and to backbite is equal to eating the flesh of your dead brother.' (Hadith)
In spite of knowing this, people are involved in backbiting and slandering. Why?
The dog inside you forces you to commit evil.
You have read the Quran, but it had no effect on the one commanding you to commit sins!
So what was the point of reading such a Quran?
Find someone who is a dog hunter!
One who will hunt these dogs, grab them by the neck and force them to recite the Kalima.
And one day, by continuous recitation of the Kalima, these dogs will become human.
When a Kamil Dhaat (Perfect Spiritual Guide) forces the dog of the Nafs to recite the Kalima,
Then the dog, through continuous recitation of the Kalima, becomes a human.
However, when a cleric tells someone to recite the same Kalima,
then, instead of becoming human, people become Wahhabi, Shiite, Sunni, Barelvi etc.
They do not become human!
This knowledge is useless.
Which knowledge is it that Prophet Mohammad made obligatory upon all?
Prophet Mohammad said, 'The scholars are from my chest [heart].'
Meaning, 'A scholar is one who is connected to my chest. Those who obtain Spiritual Grace from my chest shall become scholars.''
Only one who obtained Spiritual Grace from the heart of the Prophet is a scholar.
One who obtains knowledge from Dar ul Uloom (religious madrassa) is a ***
I'm saying it with the correct pronunciation.
One who obtains knowledge from Dar ul Uloom (religious madrassa) is a ***.
What do these people know of spirituality?
What do these people know about recognising Imam Mehdi?
These people are scared of those who call them out as being pimps and womanisers!
They don’t dare speak in front of such a man.
But if a personality who is the epitome of humility, who is the embodiment of God, whose being is the manifestation of the divine attributes,
and such a personality says to them, 'Come, enlighten your heart,'
people put Fatwas of Kufr on Him, and declare Him to be worthy of death.
Imam Mehdi knows the world, hence Imam Mehdi appoints rogues all around him and tames the dogs of their Nafs.
Imam Mehdi has placed His collar on the dogs of these rogues so that now they are the dogs of Imam Mehdi.
They are no longer stray dogs.
After obtaining all the knowledge in the world, you were still unable to recognise your Self!
What else could you possibly recognise?
You don't know your Self. If you don't even know your Self, then what kind of knowledge do you have?
'Knowledge' means, 'to know', and you don’t know your Self. Then what kind of knowledge do you have?
Bulleh Shahi said, 'You need only Alif for Allah and repeat "Allah, Allah". One day you shall become enlightened.'
You only need Alif from Alif Laam Meem, and with that Alif repeat ‘Allah, Allah’ and one day your chest will become enlightened.
Where will you find the Alif?
You have to kiss the ankles of someone [Friend of God/Spiritual Guide], you have to prostrate to someone!
Sultan Haq Bahu said, 'If you want to obtain union with God you have to serve a Faqir (Friend of God), you have to become the dirt underneath his feet.'
What do you think?
Mevlana Rumi said, 'If you are the hardest of stones, what should you do? Find a Sahib-e-Dil (Friend of God). He will transform you into a pearl (Gohar)!'
He will transform your into a pearl.
This is Irfan: knowledge with observation and experience.
For example, if you are saying ‘Allah, Allah’, you are just saying it.
What is Irfan? If you say 'Allah,' and you see Allah, this is Irfan. This is Martaba-e-Ehsan.
We are propagating this very knowledge.
Gohar Shahi Marhaba.