POETRY (MURSHID-I KAMIL) In appearance, he seems to need being served; Innerly, though, he pays himmat (resolution, determination ) to those

who deserv ed. It will sure be misleading to judge by appearance; Receiving the himmat requires seeing the essence. Haqq taala has His beloved ones concealed; Their inner with appearance He covered. Their appearance is the Shariats [1] mirror; Haqqs Attentions will be reflected in their inner. The lover will get from afflictions such pleasure, As will not be in anything, be itself pleasure. People unaware will not believe this; yet, In Quran Haqq taala says so by ayat [2] . If a person attends a Walis [3] luminous sohbat, His heart will open, nurs will his inner illuminate. Desires of the nafs [4] will no more titilate him; Secrets of this way will at once open before him. Adhere to the Shariat, then search for a Murshid! Cannot find one? Then love is enough if you are candid! Those who have attained these two blessings, Will receive fayz from the heart of Murshids [5] . Haloes gushing out from the Messengers heart, Will flow into them due to loving regard. Abd-ul-hakim Arwasi was a Wali; His words and manners was its testimony. From Sayyid Fahim he took over caliphate; In his every behaviour was seen karamat [6] . Do not think that the Murshid is hard to recognize! His behaviour will always be Shariat-wise! If a person is without the Shariat in deeds and statements, Quick, run away from him, whatever stories he invents! Shariat prescribes how deeds are to be done; Shariat and Iman (belief) make up Islam; the rest, none. Iman means to believe, Shariat means practices; Being Muslim requires these two performances. Believers have parted into groups, seventy-three; Ahl as-sunna [7] is the single right group, blame-free! GLOSSARY [1] Shariat: (pl. of Sharia) i) rules and commandments as a whole of the religion. ii) religion.

[2] ayat: A verse of al-Quran al-karim; al-ayat al-karima. [3] wali: (pl. Awliya) one who is loved and protected by Allahu taala; a salih who has also corrected his nafs. [4] nafs: a force in man which wants him to harm himself religiously; an-nafs al -ammara. A negative force within man prompting him to do evil. (Nafs-i ammara). Nafs is ammara by creation, that is, it always wishes evil and harmful deeds to be done. It is reluctant to obey the Shariat. The nafs of a man who obeys the Sha riat and makes progress in the way of tasawwuf becomes mutmainna. It wishes to ob ey the Shariat. [5] murshid: guide, director. [6] karamat: pl. of karama. [7] Ahl as-Sunna (wal-Jamaa): the true pious Muslims who follow as-Sahabat al-kira m. These are called Sunni Muslims. A Sunni Muslim adapts himself to one of the f our Madhhabs. These madhhabs are Hanafi, Maliki, Shafii and Hanbali.