golden words of wisdom sheikh abdul qadir jilani

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Golden Words of Wisdom Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

Though I be in the west and my disciple in the East, if a world goes to attack him, I know. I willsave him.

Look towards that person who looks towards you. Love that person that loves you, listen to thatperson that listens to you and give your hands in his hands that are prepared to grasp it.

A mans position in life is such that though he is mortal he is reborn with pleasure in the winds ofafflictions. It is that very same life whose consequence is not death. It is that very same comfort

which has no etreme anguish.

That person who has enmity against a well to do companion, he totally re!ects the wisdom andforesight of the sustainers.

"any wealthy people because of greed are poor and needy, in reality the brave person is he whowrestles and defeats the devil of greed and thereafter becomes independent and without want ofneed from this material #orld.

The person who backbites and speaks ill of us are actually our success because they pay homage tous by writing their good deeds into our deed books.

Look carefully at the previous graves lying in ruin. $ow the sands of beautiful people are turningbad.

If you do not find the sweetness of doing a good deed then be aware that you have not done thatdeed.

%isrespect earns the displeasure of the creator and the creation.

To please the enemies of Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala is beyond comprehension and wisdom.

() *ifts do not imprison me so that I become unmindful to the benefactor.

() %oers of good deeds giving birth to sincerity in your deeds can never be a wasted effort.

Among the creation, silence is not bravery but rather impatience.

The person who cannot educate his own soul, then how is he going to educate others.

The love of Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala and the +rophet &allAllaho Alaihi wa &allam isintertwined in poverty and starvation.

The love of the #orld generally blinded the eyes, those eyes which should have been used toidentify the specialties of the Almighty reator.

The person who becomes aware of Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala then he becomes hospitable


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towards the creation.

+reach only in accordance to religion otherwise remaining dumb is better.

To adopt anonymity and unwholesomeness relative to it is peaceful.

As long as there remains on this earth one person in your heart whom you fear or have highepectations of, then until then your -aith is not complete.

ntil you still possess arrogance and anger you cannot classify yourself amongst the learned.

That sustenance whose etent is epansive but no thanks is given for it and that means oflivelihood which is difficult but no patience is shown for it become a source of revolt and mischief.

Always hold the best opinions about others and think ill of yourself.

() /Alim do not soil your knowledge by sitting in the company of #orldly people.

0our speech will tell what is in your heart.

An oppressor destroys the #orld of the oppressed, and his own in the hereafter.

To start something good is your !ob and to see it completed is the work of your creator.

A wise person first question his heart thereafter speaks with his mouth.

To remain alone is protection and safety and to every sin there is a period of eecution.

Ecept for the needs of your children and family do not leave the house unnecessarily.

Endeavor not to start a conversation and your speaking becomes necessary only to answer aquestion.

1eep your mouth closed from answering unnecessary questions so that you can remain safe fromunnecessary talk.

That person who is never distressed, has no virtue.

"aterial people chase the #orld while the #orld chases the friends of Allah &ub$anuhu waTa'ala .

This #orld is a #orld of eertion for a "o2min while the hereafter is a #orld of relaation.

&uspicion closes all the benefits to be accrued.

An understanding person finds no !oy in anything, for it has accountability, for being lawful or apunishment for it being unlawful.

To make the soul receive the truth is its eistence while making it receive failures, errors,


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falsehood and wrongdoings is its annihilation.

Those who belong to Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala carry out his commands and even their heartsare reinforced by it. 0ou carry on committing sin then to you have no fear. This is obviousevidence of betrayal. 3eware4 safeguard yourself for you may be caught out unawares when your

allotted time is up.

A disrespectful becomes the ob!ect of displeasure and wrath of both the creator and the creation.

Iman 5-aith6 is the root while deeds and actions are its branches. Therefore stay away fromassociating with your Iman and sin with your actions.

-irst there is ignorance, thereafter knowledge, then follows practice upon your knowledge,thereafter sincerity upon that action and finally comes understanding and wisdom in the heart.

If you do not have patience then poverty and sicknesses become a misfortune and if you adoptpatience then it becomes nobility and graciousness.

To gain the happiness of Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala is impossible if you cannot make a poorperson happy. The treatment for afflictions upon oneself is to gain the happiness and pleasure ofthe poor.

#hosoever asks of the creation is blind to the doors of the creator.

0ou are busy in fulfilling the desires and wishes of the soul 5nafs6 while the nafs is busy indestroying you.

That person is close to Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala who is kind and affectionate towards thecreation.

7e!ection 5kufr6 of the divine blessings and providence is contrary to achieving closeness to thetruth.

$undreds of thousands of people !ust like you have been fattened and then swallowed by this#orld.

%o not be fooled by your youthful appearance for very soon it would be taken away from you.

+overty saves one from sin and wealth is a trap for sins regard poverty as your protector.

To make a poor person happy makes one the inheritor of and undisclosed amount of reward.

#hat are you going to do by taking the bounties8 Take the merciful and compassionate one. Everypious person is from the progeny and following of "uhammad &allAllaho Alaihi wa &allam.

$e whose fate is ultimately death then what is the need for happiness.

+eople do not regard you with respect because you are proud and vain but rather they look up toyou when you are polite and hospitable.

1eep your hearts open only for Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala and to busy yourself in earning a


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means of livelihood for your family is also following the commands.

To remember death is the best treatment for all ailments.

#orship and prayers breaks unwanted habits and should not be but a habit only.

The person who wishes to tame his soul should bridle it with silence and good etiquettes.

Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala asks a loan of his servants and the messengers of this are the beggars.

-or the whole period I spent in the companionship of my sheikh 5spiritual guide6 I have neverseen the whiteness of his teeth.

#henever it is possible reform each morsel for the foundations of good deeds lies in it.

The creation are like children in relation to the saints of Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala .

It is a lie if one says by sitting in the company of those women with whom relationships are lawfuland young boys4 one has absolutely no inclination towards them. Islamic principles 5&hari/ah6 isneither definitely not in agreement nor does a sound mind allow for such conformities and this istotal re!ection of &hariat for &hari/ah has never given anyone eemption from this.

#hen the angels do not enter a house in which there are images pictures then how do you epectAllah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala to enter your heart which is full of thousands of statues and idols.Anything else besides Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala presence in the heart is images and idols.

A visit to the pious person communicates the condition of the person.

The key to the closeness to the truth is in private consultations and !ourneys.

%o not become subservient to the gifts in such a manner that you forget the bestowal of the gifts.

The provisions and luggage undoubtedly is modesty, such that, because of it, the doors ofsovereignty and reality seem closed.

It is not becoming of a mo2min to sleep until he has kept his will and testimony ready.

The obedience of Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala is by asking and not by desiring.

0ou are busy in building mansions and palaces for others to stay in while4 its accountability restsentirely on you.

() hildren of Adam Alaihis &alaam be modest towards Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala as you wouldbe modest towards your religious neighbor.

#hen a person commits a sin, he closes the doors, draws the veils and hides from the creationand goes against the commands of the creator in private, and then the creator says, () &on of

Adam Alaihis &alaam you have regarded me the least amongst those that can see you because youfound it necessary to hide yourself from the creation yet you have not shown modesty and shame


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even equivalent to that of the creation towards me.

It is not beneficial to be a master at speech when you are immature at heart.

3e obedient with a direction4 don2t become obedient to the masses.

%o not become a polytheist by regarding your wealth as absolute and total power of assistance.

() 0ou who make fun of others very soon you will know the answer to your own fate.

() "unafiqa 5$ypocrites6 very soon you will see the punishment of Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'aladescending upon you in this #orld and the hereafter. The times are pregnant and very soon you

will see what it gives birth to.

0our actions are proof of your belief and your eterior appearance is a sign of your interiorcondition.

To turn your face towards the creation is to turn your back towards Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala .

Empty desires are the !ungle of stupidity and folly and only the foolish hustle and bustle aimlesslywithin it.

"ake silence your habit, anonymity you clothing, escape from the creation your aim and if it ispossible then dig the hole and sit down in it. This habit should stay with you until such time that

you Iman 5-aith6 has reached an age of maturity and is unquestionable.

Those that wish the approval of the creation should show patience of the oppression of thecreated.

%o not turn away from the creator because of some misfortune, because he may be testing youwith it.

"oderation is half of one2s sustenance 5livelihood6 and good manners is half of religion 5%een6.

( %oers of good deeds) Adopt sincerity otherwise it is wasted effort.

If you are afraid of your destination then whichever way or wherever you look at, you will findthat you are surrounded by ferocious beasts.

*ood deeds are done in privacy and not in public ecept that which is -ard 5compulsory6 which isperformed in eposure.

Everything that you rely on, every person you afraid of or you keep that trust in, becomes your*od.

9. &pecial testimony :. "aking the commands of Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala compulsory uponyourself ;.


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the sustenance of his soul and desires.

7emain honourable among the people, for by revealing your poverty you will fall in status in theireyes.

"eet the wealthy and rich with dignity ad prevalence and the poor with humility and humbleness.

0our keeping the company of careless and negligent people is a sigh of your carelessness andnegligence.

To love of the creations is in its well wishing.

To give is better than to receive.

That person who is generous with the creation then he is close to Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala .

A residence that is fit to be called a house, clothes that cover the body, a stomach full of

sustenance and a wife is not regarded as #orldly but to face towards the #orldly while showingyour back to your creator is #orldly.

Even if you have said Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala aloud, then even then you would beinterrogated whether it was said in sincerity or in show.

#hen the remembrance of Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala finds a place in the heart then for servantto remember Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala continuously becomes continuous and everlasting eventhough the lips are closed.

arry out the rights that the ruler has upon you and do not question that which is obligatory uponyou.

There is greater dignity in the remembrance of Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala than in death4 at thetime of cutting someone short by ra>ing them to the ground and thereafter realising it wasfruitless to sow the seeds of hate.

$ide your troubles and you will receive closeness to Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala .

A mo2min leaves his family in the care of the creator while a munaafiq leaves his family in the careof his dirham and dinaars 5wealth6.

There are ; types of creation 9. Angels :. The %evil ;. "an. The Angels are entirely good and thedevil is entirely bad. "an is a miture of good and bad. #hoever is overcome with good he can belikened to an Angel and whoever is overcome with evil he can be likened to the devil.

%o not laugh with those that are laughing but cry with those that are crying.

If your thoughts are with the creator then you are subservient to the creator. If your thoughts arewith the creation then you are subservient to the creation.

*ive priority to the hereafter over the #orld and you will benefit in both, but priority is given tothe #orld over the hereafter then you would suffer losses in both.


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%o not spend even one night in the hate and malice of anybody.

The sign of your sincerity is that you praise the creation and you do not turn your attentiontowards derogatory remarks nor do you show greed and avarice towards their wealth but you give

your lord his right and your deeds are for your benefactor and not for the gifts, for the king and

not for the kingdom and for the truth and not for falsehood.

As long as the doors of good health are open to you then regard it as a blessing for very soon it willbe closed upon you. &o as long as you have the strength and power to do good deeds regard it as ablessing.

It is wrong to claim respect towards your creator as long as you have no respect whatsoever for hiscreation.

#hen an /Alim is not an ascetic then, he is a punishment upon those that follow him.

A "u2min, as he grows older -aith becomes stronger.

To search for good fortune is an unnecessary trouble and to search for that which is not yourdestiny is to anger Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala and disgraceful.

0ou do not concern yourself in making the creator angry by pleasing the creation. In echange for#orldly mansions and building you destroy your hereafter. ?ery soon you will be caught. $e willdefinitely catch you whose imprisonment is very, very fearful.

#hat, you do not become ashamed ordering him to change your fate8 Are your morecommanding, more !ust and merciful than him8 0ou and the entire creation are his servants. It

becomes compulsory upon you to adopt, peace, solitude and silence.

&aying without deeds and deeds without sincerity are not worthy of acceptance.

A person once came to the +rophet &allAllaho Alaihi wa &allam and said that he loves him5&allAllaho Alaihi wa &allam6 very much. The +rophet &allAllaho Alaihi wa &allam said to him @laydown a cloth or spread a cloth for +overty. Another person said that he loves Allah &ub$anuhu

wa Ta'ala , The +rophet &allAllaho Alaihi wa &allam said @spread a cloth for misfortune, for thelove of Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala and the +rophet &allAllaho Alaihi wa &allam is intertwined

with poverty and misfortunes.

0ou are busy accumulating that which you would not be able to eat. 0ou desire for that which youcannot attain. onstruct those buildings in which you will not stay. All this makes you blind to thestatus of your creator.

3e happy in the changes and choices that the creator made for you. If you stay in this manner withhim then he will definitely change your fears and horrors.

Adopt patience for this #orld is an assembly of troubles and calamities.

#hen somebody approaches carrying tales or gossiping or informing you about what another hassaid to him about you then admonish him and tell him that he is worst than that person that wasgossiping about you for that person spoke behind your back while he is telling it straight to your


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face. That person has not made you listen yet he made you listen to it.

#hat an unfortunate person is he who had not been given the habit of being merciful in his heartfor all living things8

0our biggest enemies are those that are your biggest supporters.

The sum total of all the essence of good is to seek knowledge, practice upon it and teaching it tosomebody.

Golden Words of Wisdom by Khuwaja Gharib Nawaz

..BB *olden #ords of #isdomBB..by $adrat 1hwa!a *harib

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9. To look lovingly towards your parents is also a reason to gain the pleasure of your creator.

:. An 'Aarif 5order of saints6 picks one foot and lands on the Arsh 5throne of Allah &ub$anuhu waTa'ala6 and with the other comes back again.

;. There is only one thing present in the entire universe and that is the noor 5light6 of Allah&ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala every thing else is absent.

=. There is only one veil standing between man and his creator and it is called nafs 5soul6.

D. %o not be disillusioned by the enormity of the universe.

. The distinctions between the $aram and a "onastery are superficial.

F. If love is not an automatic guide then one will never reach ones destination.

G. Allah &ub$anuhu wa Ta'ala is an all incorporating goodness and his divine decree is goodness forus.

H. $oarding of wealth and food for profit has become a destructive disease in the body of the nation.To fight and eradicate this disease lies within each citi>en.

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accept you and respect you.

9;. -reedom does not mean to be unbridled not does it mean you can do as you please or choose asyou wish or say as you will, for freedom is a great responsibility which should be used with greatcare and intelligence.

9=. () 0oung people, if you are going to use your strength and power in unnecessary pursuits then ata later stage you are going to re!ect it.

9D. The waters of the streams and rivers when flowing make a lot of noise but when it meets with thesea then there is no more noise. (ne must ponder over the different stages of it2s behaviour.

9. If a person has these ; qualities then he is Allah2s wali 5friend6B

o $e is generous like the sea, every creation is blessed alike with his favours.

o $e is affectionate like the sun whose light is everyone8

o $e is hospitable like the earth, which is hospitable in eactly the same way towards all. &omuch of damage caused by sin has never been seen, as much as the damage caused by a

brother being disrespectful and despicable towards another brother

golden words of wisdom sheikh abdul qadir jilani

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