Reviving Tawhid

                         im age credit: TOI Sultan -ul- Masha'ikh Khawaja Nizamuddin Awliya:- T he gifts and talents of Khawaja Nizamuddin were perhaps expressed most concisely as well as meaningfully, by his spiritual guide Khawaja Farid Uddin Ganjshakar while conferring his viceregency upon him. He had said: "God has bestowed upon you the gifts of knowledge, intellect and his love; and anyone combining these qualities is best suited to discharge the responsibility of a vicegerent." Having attained the state of peaceful contentment, the Khawaja was always careful that all those disciples who were chosen by him to keep alight the lamp of his mystic order, expelled the liking for wealth and dignity from their hearts. Once Fasihuddin, a disciple, asked: "Who deserves to become the vicegerent of a spiritual teacher?" replied the Khawaja "One who is not at all keen to become a vicegerent." Daily Routine of ...

                                                                                Image credit: Times of India   Sultan -ul- Masha'ikh Khawaja Nizamuddin Awliya:- T he pith and marrow of Khawaja Nizamuddin's life and character, which illuminated his inner self and inspired his moral zeal, was the fervor of  spiritual love arising from the harmony of his soul. the flame of this love which he carried in his self from the very beginning burst into a radiant glow in the practice of spiritual austerities under the paternal guidance of his shaykh and guide Farid Uddin Ganjshakar and illuminated the environs of Delhi for more than half a century. The Khawaja's elevated soul which had reached the highest degree of sanctity, diffused the message of divine love to the four...

Image credit: Times of India   Sultan -ul- Masha'ikh Khawaja Nizamuddin Awliya:- P opularly known by his surname Nizamuddin, he was named by his father Ahmad ibn Ali. Descending from a family of Sayed's which had migrated from Arabia to central Asia then had come down to Lahore and finally settled in Badaun (it is situated in the eastern bank of Sot river in Uttar Pradesh). Khawaja was born in Badaun in 636 AH. When he was only five years of age his father died. His mother who was known for her fervent  piety, took pains for his proper education and guidance despite extreme poverty. Impulsive Attraction towards the Shaykh:   Khawaja Nizamuddin says: When I was only twelve years of age, still studying under Abu Bakr Kharrata, a man who had been to Multan came to see my teacher. he began to narrate the virtues and excellence of Shaykh Baha Uddin Zakariya Multani , the atmosphere of sanctity and Godliness prevailing in his monastery and the enthusiasm and...