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Data Gunj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri R.A
Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri R.A
Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri R.A, was born in 400 A.H.
in Ghazni (Afghanistan). He belonged to a Syed family (descendant of the Holy
Prophet). He completed his earlier education in Ghazni by memorizing the Holy
Quran. Then he studied Arabic, Farsi, Hadith, Fiqh, Philosophy etc. At that
time Ghazni was the center of education in Central Asia, and it was the realm
of the famous Afghan ruler Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi.
After completing the worldly education, he searched for the
spiritual education. He travelled to many places for this purpose, and finally
became spiritual disciple of Hazrat Abul Fazal Mohammad bin Khatli, in
Junaidi Sufi Order, who lived in Syria.
In Syria, Hazrat Ali Hajveri started his spiritual education
under the guidance of Hazrat Abul Fazal, he slept less, ate less, and performed
tough contemplations & meditation. Then he travelled to many countries
& places like Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Arabia, Azerbaijan etc. There he
met many Sufi saints & dervishes.
Once he entangled in a spiritual mystery, and wasn’t able to
solve it, so then he went to the tomb of Hazrat Bayazid Bistami, where he
meditated for many days, even he finally solved that spiritual mystery. On
another occasion he entangled, and also went to the tomb of Hazrat Bayazid Bistami,
but this time he found no clue. So then he left for Khorasan (A Province in
Iran), he stayed in a village, where he found a group of Sufi dervishes.
Because Hazrat Ali Hajveri always wore simple & normal dress, so those
Sufis said to each other that this person (Ali Hajveri) doesn’t belong their
group, (As they all were wearing specific dress of dervishes). Hazrat Ali
Hajveri stayed with them, they ate delicious foods, and gave him a dry bread to
eat. They also mocked on Hazrat Ali Hajveri, threw on him the crusts of fruits.
Hazrat Ali Hajveri addressed God: “O God! if these people wouldn’t be wearing
the clothes of your friends (dervishes), then I wouldn’t tolerate their
insulting behavior.”
During the journey of Syria, he visited the tomb of the great
Companion of the Holy Prophet, Hazrat Bilal. There he slept for a while, and
found himself in Makkah, where he saw the Holy Prophet with an old man, he
didn’t recognize him & thought who he could be? Then Hazrat Ali Hajveri
fell on the feet of the Holy Prophet & kissed them. The Holy Prophet knew
what Hazrat Ali Hajveri had in his mind, so he told Ali Hajveri: “This old man
is Abu Hanifa, your Imam.”
Later his spiritual teacher Hazrat Abul Fazal ordered him to
go to Lahore to preach the spiritual teachings of Islam. He said: “Hazrat Shah
Hussain Zanjani is already there for this purpose, so then why should I go to
there? Hazrat Abul Fazl said: “It’s none of your business, just go to Lahore.”
So he left Syria & came to Ghazni. From Ghazni he went to Peshawar &
then to Lahore, in 1041 A.D (431 A.H). When he reached to Lahore, he saw that
people are taking a coffin towards the graveyard for burial. He asked who is
he? People replied that it is the dead body of Hazrat Shah Hussain Zanjani.
After hearing that, he understood why his teacher Hazrat Abul Fazal sent him to
Lahore. After reaching to Lahore, he started to preach Islam & built a
mosque there.
At that time Lahore was included in the Ghazni Kingdom, whose
ruler was Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi. And the governor of Lahore was Ra’e Raju,
who was a Hindu & had many great mystical abilities. People of Lahore were
used to supply milk to Ra’e Raju in big quantity, as a capitation. Once an old
woman was on her way to pass before Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri R.A,
holding a water-pot poured with milk. Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri R.A
asked her to give him some milk from that. The woman refused & said that
she has to give it to Ra’e Raju. Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri R.A said:
“Give some milk to me, by the grace of God, your cow will produce much more
milk than usual”. The woman gave him the pot, Hazrat Ali Hajveri drank some
milk, and then threw the remaining into the river. The old woman when went to
her home, she was surprised to see the breasts of her cow who were full of
milk. She poured all of her pots from milk, but still the cow’s breasts were
full. Soon this news spread all around the Lahore, and people started to visit
Hazrat Ali Hajveri, and all people brought milk for him, and he also drank some
milk from their pots & then threw the remaining into the river, and all of
their cows started to produce more milk. So they stopped to supply milk to Ra’e
Raju.
Later Ra’e Raju sent one of his disciples to Hazrat Data Gunj
Bakhsh Ali Hajveri R.A, as his disciples also had mystical abilities. That
disciple didn’t come back, so Ra’e Raju sent another disciple, who also didn’t
come back. In that way, he sent all of his disciples, but no one came back at
all. Finally he himself went to Hazrat Ali Hajveri, in anger. Ra’e Raju
challenged Hazrat Ali Hajveri to show him any miracle. Hazrat Ali Hajveri
replied: “I’m not a juggler.” But Ra’e Raju tried to impress him with his
miracles, and started flying in the air, Hazrat Ali Hajveri ordered his shoes
to bring him down. So the shoes of Hazrat Ali Hajveri went to the flying Ra’e
Raju & started to strike on his head & brought him down. Ra’e Raju was
inspired & embraced Islam on his hands. After accepting Islam he changed
his name as Shaikh Ahmed Hindi.
When Hazrat Ali Hajveri built a mosque in Lahore, that
mosque’s front was towards south, and differed from all other mosques of
Lahore. So there became a doubt that this mosque’s front isn’t towards Ka’ba.
The Scholars of Lahore objected over that mosque, but Hazrat Ali Hajveri didn’t
reply them. When the mosque was built completely, he invited all scholars of
Lahore & said to them: “You objected over this mosque’s Kaaba direction,
now look by yourself in which direction Ka’ba actually is!” When they looked at
the front, they saw Ka’ba, as they are sitting before Ka’ba in Makka. All
scholars felt ashamed after watching that, and apologized.
Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri R.A also built a room
adjacent to that mosque, and used that room as Khanqah (Spiritual School). Many
unbelievers accepted Islam on his hands, many people touched the higher stages
of spirituality under his guidance. He married twice, but both of his wives
died soon after marriage. He had a son, named “Hasan”.
He lived in Lahore for 21 years, and then went to Syria to
meet his spiritual teacher Hazrat Abul Fazal. And after the death of Hazrat
Abul Fazal in 453 A.H, he again came to Lahore.
Hazrat Data Gunj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri R.A wrote many books, some
of his books are: Diwan-e-She’r; Minhajuddin; Al-Bayan Lahal- Al-Ayan; Israrul
Khalq Wal-Maniyat; Behr Ul Quloob; Kitab Fana Wa Baqa; Birri’ayat
Be-Huqooq-Ullah; Kashful Asrar; Sharah-e-Kalam; and Kashful Mahjub.
He died at the age of 65 in 465 A.H., in Lahore.
When Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti came to Lahore in 561 A.H (1165
AD), he stayed at the tomb of Hazrat Ali Hajveri for two weeks, where he
meditated. And when he finished his meditation, he said a couplet in Farsi:
Ganj Bakhsh Faiz-e-Alam; Mazhar-e-Noor-e-Khuda
Naqisa-ra Pir-e-Kamil; Kamila-ra Rahnuma
Meaning:
Ganj Baksh (Bestower of Spiritual Treasures) is a grace to
the world; a manifester of God’s light.
A perfect spiritual teacher for the beginners; a guide for
perfected.
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