The Verdict of the Quran and Sunnah — Page 33
The Verdict of the Holy Quran and Sunnah 33 Let us examine other statements. ‘All a mah Iqb a l writes about India: It is the homeland of Gautama; and a sanctuary honoured by Japan, For the lovers of Jesus, it is a small Jerusalem. ( B a qiy a t-e-Iqb a l , p. 328, Publisher: A ’ i na-e-Adab Chowk M i n a r, An a rkali, Lahore, Second Edition, 1947) Hadrat B a b a Far i dud-D i n Ganj Shakar declares that: A dervish must cover 70,000 spiritual stations. At the first station, the dervish reaches a stage where he offers his five daily prayers before God’s Throne along with its residents; and whenever the dervish returns from there, he always sees himself inside the Holy Ka‘bah. When the dervish returns, he sees the entire world between his fingers. ( Anw a r-e- Sa br i , by Ha fi z ‘Ubaidull a h Sa br i , Islam i Kutub Kh a nah, Gujranwala, p. 118) Then we have Sul ta nul-Mash a ’ikh [the King of the Sheikhs] Khaw a jah Ni za mudd i n Auliy a ’, known as the ‘Devotee of All a h,’ who states: On one occasion, I became very eager to make the pilgrimage to the Holy Ka‘bah. I had decided to pay a visit to Pakpattan [a city in Pakistan] before setting off for the Hajj. Upon reaching the