Miracale Of Khwaja Garib Nawaz
(R.a)
It is a
historical fact that the Great Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hassan Chishty
(R.A) was the greatest preacher as well as founder of Islam in India. Though Mohd. Bin Qasim raided Sindh and entered India, Hazrat Ali AI Hujwari Data Ganj Bux (R.A)
came up to Lahore and an old faqir, Hazrat
Rowshan Ali Dervesh also reached Ajmer,
but they left without sowing any seeds of Islamic doctrines' during Prithvi Raj's reign. The Great Hazrat Khwaja
Baba (R.A.), the Holy Saint of God, arrived at Ajmer with his few followers and camped in a
grove of shady trees where Alamgiri mosque is now situated. Raja's camel
keepers objected to their halt at the camels resting spot. The Raja's
camel keepers insisted that the place was meant only for Raja's camels.
Thus these strangers must vacate immediately and go somewhere else.
On hearing such angry and rude instructions from the camel keepers, the
Great Hazrat Khwaja Baba (R.A.) became angry and replied. "We are leaving
this place, but the camels must not get up "The Raja's staff took this
remark as a joke. The next day, when the camels did not get up in spite of
all efforts to make them move, this incident was brought to the notice of
Raja Prithvi Raj Chowhan. The Raja became
very perturbed and he asked his people to apologize to the Saint. When the
camel keepers did so, Hazrat Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaz (R.A.) said, "Now the
camels will get up." On their return the Raja's men were surprised to see
the camels standing.
The Great
Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty (R.A) remained settled with his few
followers on the bank of Ana Sagar Lake. The followers of the Holy Saint
used to draw water from it and sometimes they would catch fish from the
Sagar and rarely slaughtered cows. These activities were repugnant to the
sentiments and religious feelings of the Raja. Around Ana Sagar there were
many temples. The Brahmin priests of these temples complained about such
anti-Hindu activities to the Raja.
The Raja immediately ordered the
removal of all these Muslim
derveshes and his companions from the Ana
Sagar Hill.
Raja
Prithvi Raj's servants not only demanded
the removal of Hazrat Khwaja Baba (R.A.) and his followers but also
arrogantly insisted on their vacating the Ajmer soil. This notice of leaving Ajmer was made in a very indecent and improper
tune. In no circumstances could the Great Hazrat Khwaja Baba (R.A.) agree
to the withdrawal from Ajmer with his
companions because he was there under the instructions and command of the
Holy Prophet (S.A.W) and by the will of Almighty
Allah.
When all
these temple Brahmin priests mobbed and attacked the Great Khwaja Baba
(R.A.) with the ultimate aim of murdering him, Hazrat Khwaja Baba (R.A.)
took some dust in his own hands and threw it upon these cruel Brahmins
which made them retreat and some of them lost sense and some of them lost
eye sight
and a few even ran away in terror.
When the
Raja noticed this he became very perturbed and disheartened. Then he took
a very inhuman step against the Muslim Faqir and his companions. The Raja
in accordance with the Brahmins request, ordered that the water from Ana
Sagar be stopped for the Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) and his
followers.
Raja
Prithvi Raj Chowhan raised the alarm and
posted his army on all sides of Ana Sagar and strictly ordered the
soldiers that Muslims should not be allowed to carry water from the Ana
Sagar. When Hazrat Khwaja Baba’s (R.A.) followers came to take water from
Ana Sagar, they saw that the Ana Sagar water was totally banned for them
and the Military was posted there. The companions became very much
frightened. Khwaja Baba's (R.A.) followers returned with an empty jug to
Khwaja Baba (R.A.) and explained whatever they had
seen.
On
hearing the events, Hazrat Khwaja Baba (R.A.) felt deeply hurt and he
himself took the Kooza (tumbler) and went down towards Ana Sagar. As soon
as Hazrat Khwaja Baba (R.A.) came across a soldier, he prevented him from
taking water from the Ana Sagar tank. Hazrat Khwaja Baba (R.A.) looked at
his face with his miraculous eyes. The soldier could not tolerate Hazrat
Khwaja Baba’s (R.A.) angry face. He became nervous and fell down on the
ground unconscious and dropped the sword from his hand. The Great Hazrat
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty (R.A) absorbed and fetched the whole water of the
Ajmer city in the Kooza (tumbler)
including the Ana Sagar water. All sources of water for the city
mysteriously disappeared. Even the milk in the breasts of nursing mothers
and animals dried up.
This
disappearance of water was noted by Prithviraj's people with
consternation. This miracle caused a great change in the sentiments and
ambitions of the public.
Consequently,
a large number of people embraced Islam at the hand of the Great Khwaja
Baba (R.A). The strength of the opposition to him decreased owing to this
unprecedented miracle. Raja Prithvi Raj
was criticised by the public for the disappearance of the water. In spite
of his best efforts and tactics water could not be restored. At last Raja
Prithvi Raj Chowhan personally went to
the Great Hazrat Khwaja Baba (R.A.) and said that in future he would not
ban the use of water for any human being or creature, which is a free gift
of nature. He apologised to the Saint and the water facility was restored
to all instantaneously.
It will
be useful to state here that the miracles always happen in all ages to
reveal to and remind the universe that there is a supreme power (divinity)
in the universe.
The Almighty has ever warned mankind not to transgress
the limits of mankind,
otherwise they will go astray.
When
Tunku Abdul Rahman was campaigning for his election as a Premier without
any hope of success, his Holiness Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hassan
Chishty (R.A) commanded a local faqir in dream three times continuously to
go to Tunku Abdul Rahman and inform him that he would win the election
provided he promise to pay a visit to Ajmer Sharif for a Ziarat of Khwaja
Baba’s Shrine. When the local faqir communicated this message to Tunku, he
took the dream to be a whimsical joke of the faqir. On the whole, he
promised to him rather half heartedly to go to Ajmer if he succeeded. Miraculously Tunku Abdul
Rahman succeeded in his mission and became the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Later,
Tunku Abdul Rahman along with his wife paid a visit to Ajmer Sharif for
Ziarat on 25th October 1962. He became the royal guest of the Government
of India. It is surprising that Tunku did not even know the full name of
the Great Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hassan Chishty (R.A) much less his
Biography.
According
to Islamic faith and traditions the Great Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hassan
Chishty (R.A.) was the SPIRITUAL King and Crown maker in this
sub-continent.
It is
evident that no ruler succeeds to power unless and without the consent of
the greatest Muslim Saint, Khwaja Moinuddin Hassan Chishty (R.A.), who
represents the spiritual Kingdom of the Creator. It is fact that when
any King/ruler, being a tyrant and avoiding the general interest of the
Public, is deprived of power whether this materialistic and scientific
world, believes it or not.
I hereby
quote one definition in this connection of LORD CURZON.
He has written in
his memoirs that
"IN INDIA THERE IS A
GRAVE WHICH RULES."
Second
Example also quoted to satisfy and in the support of the above facts; the
PREMIEIERSHIP OF TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN OF MALAYSIA (1959) - Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin
Hassan Chishty (R.A) at Ajmer via a dream
of a Local Faqir commanded him consequently three times to go and ask
TUNKU
(who was fighting the Election for the Premiership without any
expectation of success)
that he would win the election if he would promise
to pay a homage visit
(pilgrimage to Ajmer to the Holy Shrine of the Great Khwaja
Baba (R.A).
On
hearing this tremendous news from an ordinary Faqir TUNKU naturally took
the dream to be a whimsical Joke and half heartedly promised to go to
Ajmer Sharif.
When he succeeded his election he obeyed the message of the
dream by visiting
Ajmer Sharif with his family for this particular
purpose during the role of Late P.M. Jawaharlal Nehru.
It has
been reported that, the Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) undertook two Hajj
pilgrimages of Mecca before coming to India. What is astounding and left many dumb
founded are the eye-witnesses in Mecca every year of people reporting
seeing the Great Saint Khwaja Baba (R.A.) performing Hajj while others at
the same time saw him present at Ajmer.
This phenomenon is even more astonishing when we consider the fact that
this phenomenon of being present at two places at the same time was and
still is an impossibility for normal people.
Once a
person met the Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) and said that he had come to pay
homage. Khwaja Baba (R.A.) replied "Here I am, but first fulfill your
promise that brings you here." The man trembled on hearing this and soon
admitted that he was hired by some enemies of the Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.)
to murder him. He begged to be pardoned by the Saint who forgave him. This
person then embraced Islam and became one of his mureed for the rest of
his life.
One day
Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki (R), the beloved Khalifa and spiritual
successor of the Great Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty (R.A.) was having a
stroll with king Shamsuddin-Al-Tamish of Delhi.
The king
courtiers were also in attendance, when all of a sudden an attractive
woman barred their way and started wailing bitterly. When asked by the
king the reason for her willing, she replied that: she was pregnant with
child and Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki (R) was responsible for that.
She insisted on her nikah (marriage) with him. The king and his courtiers
were terribly upset because they knew that the Khalifa was a pious man,
with untarnished integrity. The
Khalifa himself became ghostly at the statement made by the women. He
turned his face in the direction of Ajmer
and invoked the help of his Pir-o-Murshid,
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty (R.A). All of a
sudden the Holy Saint appeared in the midst of the King and his courtiers. The King and his courtiers were wonder-struck at his sudden appearance
and
hurriedly offered their homage. The Saint
then asked his Khalifa the reason for remembering him (the Saint). The
Khalifa was too dumb-struck to answer and tears ran down his face.
Thereupon, Great Khawaja Baba (R.A.) turned to the woman and addressed the
child in the womb. “O’ confined child, your mother is accusing Qutubuddin
of being your father, now speak out the truth and say if the accusation is
correct." By the grace of God, the child in the woman's womb replied,
"Your Honour, the statement of my mother is a lie; the enemies of
Qutubuddin accused the holy man only out of jealousy so that he would be
discarded in the eyes of the people." The people assembled there were
astonished at the voice from the woman's womb. Realizing that she could
not escape, she admitted her guilt openly before the King and his
courtiers.
It is
said that an official (mufti) bore a grudge against Khwaja Qutubuddin (R)
because of the special treatment enjoyed by him under King Shamsuddin-al-
Tamish, hence this wickedly contrived plot failed
miserably.
One day
the Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) was giving a lecture. The audience noticed
that whenever he glanced towards his right, he stood up for a while and
then resumed his lecture. This occurred many times. After the lecture,
some devotee asked him about this, and he replied by saying that that the
tomb of his Pir-O-Murshid was on that side, and whenever he looked that
side the tomb came before his eyes, so he stood up to pay his
respects.
An old
woman tearfully came to the Saint who was at that time performing his
prayers. She told him that the Governor had murdered her son for no fault
of him, and begged the Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) for justice. He, taking
his walking stick asked the woman to show the place where the body of her
son was lying. His devotees also followed him. Placing the dismembered
head in its proper position on the corpse, he prayed to God to restore the
life of the dead man if he was innocent. The young man got up whole and
hearty and the very next moment both he and his old mother fell down at
the feet of the Saint of Ajmer out of
gratitude.
While the
Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) was passing through the streets of Ajmer with his attendant Sheikh Ali, a creditor
of Sheikh Ali appeared before them and insolently demanded his money back
from the attendant. Knowing the short comings of human beings, Khwaja Baba
(R.A.) told the creditor that his money would soon be repaid. But the
creditor did not agree. Seeing, this the Saint (in a state of Jazba) took
off his chadar and flung it on the ground. Astonishingly, it was covered
by a heap of gold and silver coins. He then told the creditor to take
exactly what was due to him. The creditor, being a vile and greedy person,
wanted to take more
than his legitimate due and stretched his arms.
Instantly, the heap disappeared and the arm was paralyzed. The creditor,
guilty as he was, immediately fell at the feet of the Great Khwaja Baba
(R.A.) for mercy and as
usual by his immense grace Khwaja Baba
restored
his hand to it's normal condition.
It is
said that though the Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) lived a very austere life
and his daily food was frugal (he ate dry bread soaked in water), his cook
used to prepare large quantities of food to distribute among people of
Ajmer. Every morning, the cook would
present himself before his master for daily expenses and the Great Saint
would lift a corner of his musalla (prayer carpet) and ask the cook to
take away only the required amount of money for that particular day’s
provisions and no more.
One day,
while sitting on the back of the Ana Sagar lake at Ajmer, the Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) saw a
cowherd (boy) passing before him with a herd of young cows. The Great
Khwaja Baba (R.A.) asked the boy for some milk. The cowherd replied that
the cows, being immature, were unable to give milk. The Great Saint smiled
and told the young boy to milk a particular young cow. The boy
hesitatingly obeyed and was astonished to see the teats of the cow fully
developed with milk. The boy then milked the cow and the milk was enough
for about forty people. The young lad was so awe-struck by the holy Saint
and his miracle that he became an ardent devotee of the Great Khwaja Baba
(R.A.).
One day a
Mureed (disciple) of the Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) came to him and
complained that the Governor had subjected him to incessant harassment and
that day he had also banished him from the confines of the city. The Great
Khwaja Baba (R.A.) told his Mureed to return home telling him that the
Governor had already been punished by God. When the man returned home, he
heard of the Governor's death owing to a fatal fall from his horse while
hunting.
The
Mughal ruler to Indian throne, Emperor Alamgir after coming into power,
immediately paid a visit to pay homage to the Holy Saint Hazrat Khwaja
Moinuddin Hassan Chishty (R.A) at Ajmer.
It was his routine habit that always he would say ASSALAMU ALAIKUM to the
resting place of the Great Saint. If a reply to his salutation came from
the concerned grave, he would believe that the real and exact grave
is there. Otherwise he would order to demolish the shrine. It shows just
how strict he was in his religious convictions and
beliefs.
When he
approached the Holy Shrine of Sultanul Hind, Ata-e-Rasool, in his usual
way he loudly addressed the grave- Assalato-Wassalamu Alaika Ya Hindul
Wali Ata-e-Rasool Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty (R.A). There was no
reply. He again after a few moments repeated his salutation but even then
there was no response from the grave of the Holy Saint. At last the third
time he said that if his greetings were not answered, he would demolish
the shrine. After a pause the reply came from the Mazar Sharif of Hazrat
Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A), ”WALAIKUM ASSALAM YA ALAMGIR HUJJATI; IS YOUR
REPLY ESSENTIAL WHEN A SAINT IS BUSY IN HIS PRAYER WITH DIVINE
ALLAH". Peace is upon you YA Alamgir argumentative. On this shocking
reply Alamgir bowed down and begged for mercy and forgiveness; Alamgir
offered Fateha and felt his mistake. Being a true devotee of the Holy
Saint he erected a Mosque just near the Dargah Sharif of Huzoor Khwaja
Garib Nawaz (R.A.)
which is now known as ALAMGIRI
MOSQUE.
The
mother of Raja Prithvi Raj, the ruler of
India at that time, predicted that a
Muslim Dervesh would one day arrive in his kingdom. She warned her son
that if he maltreated that Muslim Dervesh, his kingdom would perish. Prithvi Raj was very much astonished to hear
such words from her mouth. Twelve years after the prediction was made,
Prithvi Raj was informed that a Muslim
Dervesh had indeed arrived in his kingdom as predicted by Raja's
mother.
In spite
all of his efforts, plans and tortures perpetrated on Hazrat Khwaja Baba
(R.A.) Raja Prithvi Raj was unable compel
the Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) or bring him under his control against the
supreme divine will. He could not succeed in arresting or killing the
Great Hazrat Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaz (R.A). Even after such misbehavior on
Raja Prithvi Raj’s part, the Great Hazrat
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty (R.A) several times invited him directly and
indirectly to embrace Islam, but he always rejected the proposal.
Prithvi Raj consulted with the temple priests
and his trusted counselors -Ajai Pal and Shadi Dev. Ajai Pal had a large
number of chelas (disciples) in the field of magic, black arts, witch
craft and astrology.The Raja
told his most worthy magicians to remove and kill this Muslim Faqir along
with his followers to save their religion. The Raja also repeated the
prophetic words of his mother about the fall of his kingdom. On hearing
this Guru Ajai Pal assured the Raja that he should not worry at all, and
that the Faqir was only a fake person. He would turn him out of
Ajmer and in future no such type of Muslim
would dare come here.The next
day Ajai Pal and a group of disciples arrived at the spot. Ajai Pal, the
Guru of the several chelas as well as Raja
Prithvi Raj Chowhan, started the maiden attack
on Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty (R.A) who was unarmed. The Great Saint
was busy in meditation and contemplation. When Hazrat Khwaja's Baba’s
(R.A.) disciples informed him of the situation, he got ready to repulse
their attacks.He drew a
circle on the ground around him and his followers for protection against
Ajai Pal's magical attacks. Firstly, Ajai Pal launched a number of Chakras
into the air through a whirlwind. The fundamental function of these
chakras was that they cut everything it touched or came across into
pieces. But these did not harm either the Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) or his
followers.
These chakras, whirling violently in the air went back to Ajai
Pal and his chelas. They got furious because their magic proved useless.
Thus Ajai Pal's first attempt failed.Hazrat
Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaz (R.A) instructed his followers that nobody should go
out of that circle around them. Whatever would come either magical or
material would fall outside of that marked circle.After
this failure, Ajai Pal became very angry and he attacked the Great Khwaja
Baba's (R.A.) little group with a large number of horrible boas, venomous
snakes, scorpions poisonous and dreadfully injurious worms. All these
sprang up and rushed towards Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) and his party from
all directions. But as soon as they proceeded near the Great Saint’s
protective circle, they all perished. This dreadful attack also failed and
Ajai Pal got even more furious because his second attack was repulsed by
the Almighty's humble servant.At last
Ajai Pal and his chelas made the last attack by raising a cloudy storm
cyclone, with fire, water and stones. All these ran towards the Great
Khwaja Baba (R.A.) causing an intolarable noise. Even this had no effect
on the Holy Saint and his companions. Instead it turned back to wreak
havoc among Ajai Pal's followers.These
failed attacks on the Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) and his followers were
being watched carefully by the general public and made them think
carefully as to which side possesses Allah’s blessings. Ajai Pal and the
Raja were faced with a seemingly hopeless and desperate situation. The
frustrated Raja threatened Ajai Pal with dire consequences if he did no
save the honour and religion of the kingdom. Ajai Pal made the last bid to
recover his ruined prestige and honour.Ajai Pal
brought out a mirgacha, sat on it and flew into the sky. In a few moments
he disappeared in the air. Up till now, every feat was judged patiently by
the followers of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty (R.A). One of them, not
being able to tolerate these types of feats of Ajai Pal, invited the Great
Khwaja Baba’s (R.A.) attention to the problem. He urged him to intervene
and do something against those horrible feats and the Great Saint smiled
and ordered his Nalain (wooden Sandals which Muslim faqirs wear like
chappals) to go up in the air and bring Ajai Pal down to the ground. As
Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) ordered his nalain, both of them went into the
air flying and instantaneously brought the flying magician down to the
Great Khwaja Baba’s (R.A.) feet by continuously striking Ajai Pal’s head.
Ajai Pal was shocked to see the great power of the Holy Saint's sandals.
He totally surrendered himself to the Great Khwaja Baba (R.A.) after
losing his final attack. Ajai Pal was now at the mercy of the Great Khwaja
Baba (R.A.). He lay there waiting for the Holy Saint's orders. The Great
Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty (R.A) then asked him to embrace Islam and
accepted his apology. Ajai Pal immediately embraced Islam and became a
devoted disciple. The Great Hazrat Khwaja Baba (R.A.) named him Abdullah
Bayabani.
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