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physically born through the loins of a woman? If the author of. Two in One contends that he did, then has Abdul Hafeez taken necessary steps to revert to his prenatal state and be born again through the uterus of whosoever he took his first birth to ensure his safe passage to the kingdom of heaven which, according to the above Hadeeth, none shall enter unless born again? If he has not, then is it possible that he is averse to being reborn and, therefore, content to be excluded from the kingdom of heaven?. To every sane person, the aforementioned pronouncement of. Hadhrat Muhammad sa does not suggest a second physical birth but as sufic literature indicates, it relates to one's spiritual birth. . Hadhrat Shahab ud Din Suharwardith explained that for one to experience this phenomenon: 'The disciple becomes a part of the master, just as a child is a part of its father in its physical birth. Thus, is the disciple born from its master in its spiritual birth. "17. In view of the aforementioned statement, most sufis of Islam have, before reaching a stage of high spiritual excellence within their own right subjected themselves to the rigorous discipline of discipleship to their masters - to become a part of them and be born of them in their second birth. In that event, one would assume that Khawaja Mu'in ud Din Chishtit must have become a part of Hadhrat Khawaja Usman Harunith; Hadhrat Nizam ud. Din Aulia of Hadhrat Baba Farid ud Din Shakar Ganj™,. Hadhrat Jalal ud Din Rumith of Hadhrat Shams Tabriz™h;. Hadhrat Ma'soom Ali Shah Mirth of Sayid Ali Raza of Delhi;. Hadhrat Shah Ismail Shaheedth of Hadhrat Sayid Ahmad Shah. Barelvi, Hadhrat Maulana Muhammad Qasim of Nanautath of. Shah Abdul Ghani and Maulvi Abdullah Ghaznavi of Hadhrat. Said Ameer of Koth - and having initially become a part of their masters they must have been born from within them. . Would Abdul Hafeez then consider a crude caricature of two men with a common pregnant abdomen similar to the one of a 17. Suharwardy, [Hadhrat] Shahab ud Din. 'Awarif al Mu'arif, vol. i, p. 45 108