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Meditation upon the Creation of Allah

Ponder over the creation of the skies, the earth, the sun and the moon, and the

benefits we enjoy from them.

"They ponder over the creation of the heavens and earth."

This will increase your recognition of Allah. If the meditation lacks vitality, then Maulana Rumi says, “make Zikr”, as this will re-invigorate your meditation and

create a Noor in it.

What is meditation? Meditation is this that your pathway clears up and you reach Allah. How much Zikr should one make? As much as your Shaikh has prescribed

you. Khawajah Saheb was told by his Shaikh to say 'Allah, Allah' ࢫ ࢫ twenty four thousand times. Some are given more, others less.

My first Shaikh, Hazrat Maulana Shah Abdul Ghani Phoulpuri ⊑ࢫ ᤆ in whose

company I spent my youth, he was seventy years old and I was eighteen, used to

live in a village out of Azamgarh.

After Maghrib, when darkness set in, the lamps used to be lit and then they too

would be extinguished after a little while. Late at night, he used to perform

Tahajjud Salaah, and make Tilawat of the Qur'aan in the starlight, crying to Allah.

He was lost in the love of Allah and used to be in a remarkable state.

He requested Hazrat Thanwi ⊑ࢫ ᤆ to permit him to recite Durood-e-Tunjeena.

Hazrat Thanwi ⊑ࢫ ᤆ permitted him and prescribed seventy Durood for him, to

be recited daily.

He wrote back indicating that he teaches fourteen lessons with Maulana Asghar

Mian in the Madrasah, and to recite this amount would be too much. Hazrat

Thanwi ⊑ࢫ ᤆ then prescribed seven Durood to him saying, "Recite seven and you will receive the reward of seventy as the reward of every deed is multiplied by ten."

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Connection with Allah Ta’ala

Look at how much wisdom the Auliya have. My Shaikh used to say: "If a strong person recites the name of Allah twenty four thousand times and a weak person

recites it five hundred or a thousand times, then he too will Insha-Allah reach the same stages as the strong person."

Allah Ta'ala wants us to obey Him according to our strength.

"Fear Allah according to your capability."

If we did not detach our hearts from the worldly things, then a day will come when these very things which amuse us will remain above the ground while we ourselves will be gone underground. These things will see us off to our graves.

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After dumping me into the ground, they all left, Without Dua, without Salaam,

In such a short while, what has this World come to?

None of these things will accompany us in the grave. Nothing will amuse us there.

We will have Allah alone. But who will have Allah in the grave? Those who used to remember Him abundantly in this life. Why?

Because Allah Ta'ala says: "You did not forget Me during your life, now I will remain with you when everyone else deserts you. Now it is impossible for Me to leave you."

Conclusion

Come let us make Dua:

"O Allah! Through the blessedness of this Holy Place, and through the blessedness of the progeny of our pious predecessors who are present here, and through the

virtue of the blood of our predecessors, I ask you to fill our hearts with the fire of Your Love."

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Connection with Allah Ta’ala

"O Allah! You granted Your Love, lmaan and Piety to our pious predecessors, Hazrat Bayazeed Bustaami, Hazrat Junaid Baghdadi, Hazrat Baba Fareeduddin Attaar,

Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Hazrat Maulana Rashid Ahmad Gangohi,

Hazrat Alaulana Qasim Nanotwi and all the other Auliya ⊓ࢫ ᤆ . O Allah! We seek

the same from You."

"O Allah! Detach our hearts from these temporary worldly things, and let Your Love overpower us. Grant us comfort and safety in this world and in the Hereafter. O

Allah! let us meet Your Lovers."

"O Allah! Let us meet them wherever they are hidden. O Allah! Grant us the

foresight to recognize them, let them meet us, let us meet them. O Allah! If we fail to meet them because of our weakness, let them meet us."

"O Allah! Let us become mad and pious in Your Love. O Allah! Grant us the

opportunity to follow the way of our elders. Let us inculcate their character and deeds in our hearts. Grant us hearts like their hearts. O Allah! Grant us a beautiful end through Your Mercy. Fulfill our needs. Grant the wishes of those who could not be present here in the Haram. Let us appreciate it and let us be blessed by its light and blessings. Grant us the good which we ask and also that which we have not

asked."

"O Allah! The time is less and Akhtar is weak, grant to us through Your Bounty and Grace and flood us in Your Mercy and give us the capability to absorb and accept it."

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