"Love
is not like a cup of wine, given to the indiscreet.
Tears are not like rubies gifted to worthless one."
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HAZRAT KHWAJA ABUL HASSAN
AMIR KHUSRO: (R.A)
(1253 A.D. to 1325 A.D.) (The Parrot of Hind)
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(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."
—Hazrat
Amir Khusro.
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