"Love is not like a cup of wine, given to the indiscreet.
Tears are not like rubies gifted to worthless one."

 

HAZRAT KHWAJA ABUL HASSAN
AMIR KHUSRO: (R.A)
(1253 A.D. to 1325 A.D.) (The Parrot of Hind)

(3) Path of Sufism

Reflecting in the love of His Holiness Mehboob-e-Elahi, Amir Khusro said:

"Love of anything, except God, makes death difficult and painful, where as death is easier and agreeable to the lover of God, who is dearer to Him than anything else, his death is a change for the better which makes him immortal and lovable in the eyes of men and of God. Death overcomes man but the lover of God overcomes death."

He further states, "the lovers when want to behold thee, have got to suffer in hundred ways, but only one consolation they have, their death becomes easy for them".

Hazrat Amir Khusro (R.A) was a mild, sympathetic, benevolent, righteous and God-fearing Sufi. He was not proud and haughty. He disliked flattery which is written in his Odes (Qaasid). He regularly wrote Odes (Qasaid) to earn his livelihood. In his "Bahrul Abrar" he says:

"Kings drum is empty and all its noise a headache. Whoever is contented with dry and wet (morsel) is like a king of lands and water."

"Man hidden in rugs is like a king of the world.

Whatever he earned, he gave all of it in charity and lived a simple life. Thus the mystics and Sufis taught mankind to have a simple and good life. They preferred poverty to wealth, pomp, luxury and sensuality. Prophet Muhammed (P.B.U.H.) was proud of his poverty and said, "Poverty is my pride." This saying of His was taken as the watch word of all Sufi Orders. The Prophet also said:

"Poverty is glorious to those who are worthy of it."

"Hazrat Ali (R.A) advises, "let not poverty and misfortune distress you. For as gold is tried in the fire, the believer is exposed to trials. More over riches and poverty are not the factors that determine man’s satisfaction and happiness. It all depend on man’s inner feelings and love for God".
Hazrat Amir Khusro (R.A) reminds us of the danger and evil consequences of being rich and pleasure loving and says:
"If you want to be far from countless sorrows.
Be happy and contended with your meagre fortunes.

Blessed one the souls that passed away and were clean like the sun. And who did not cast even their shadow on the wealth of the world. Life is always full of ups and downs, inconsistency and instability, the superior becomes inferior, the powerful becomes powerless, and the lively becomes lifeless."

Hazrat Amir Khusro once said:
"The monarchs who were once the crowns in the heads of the people, see what remains of them now just the dust on the feet of people!"
"Heads of all the kings who are now concealed under the ground were the heads which were once raised up high in sky. You cannot earn wealth and status by worshipping the king like a dog. Be at the service of a dervish for this is a more respectable way of reaching glory!"
"Man with an insight even if he is covered in rugs rules the world, the sword may be sheathed and yet it protects the country."
"The egoism (Nafs) eats dust when the Radiance sheds lustre upon you, the shadow falls under the feet when the sunshines over the head."

"Oh, God bestow your favour upon me throughout the life. To enable me perform my duties toward God and the Prophet."