CONTENTS PAGE

1. INTRODUCTION

The world is never without Aulia Allah (Friends of God) 4

Need for this book 6

Our difficulties 6

Genealogical Schema 7

Family history 8

Birthplace 9

Birth 11

Education 12

Spiritual pursuits 12

What is this Book 13

His sayings (Malfuzat) 14

2. MALFUZAT: SECRETS OF SHARIAH

Existence of God 16

Humility 16

Good Manners 17

Escorts of the Soul 18

Fasting 19

Prayer (Namaz) 19

Islam is beyond Rationalization 21

3. WORLDLINESS CONTRASTED WITH OTHER WORLDLINESS

Childish behaviour 22

Need for Judgement 23

More Analogies of the worldly people 24

Madness of worldly people 27

Some examples with a Moral 29

Love of power 30

Avoiding worldly people 33

The snare of satan 34

On traveling light 34

The Age of the Earth 35

4. VERILY HAVE I APPOINTED A VICEGERENT ON EARTH

Man's Greatness 37

Breathing the Soul into Man 37

The Episode of Adam 38

Inner Perfections 40

Man's Limitations 41

More on Man's Greatness 41

5. SPIRITUAL MASTER (SHAIKH) AND DISCIPLE (MUREED)

The Role of Prophecy 43

The Need for a Shaikh 44

Qualifications of a Spiritual Guide 45

Categories of Guides 46

Blessings of the Shaikh 47

Baiat 51

Ijazat (Permission) 52

Concentrated Attention from a Distance

(Tawajjuh-i-Ghaibana) 52

Relations between Shaikh and Mureed 53

Propriety of behaviours as Mureed (Adab-i-Mureed) 58

Hazrat Hassan bin Thabit 59

Maqbuliat-i-Silsilah 62

Dignity of the Saints 63

Thinking well of the Saints 64

Shaikh Ahmad Jar(R) 65

Punishment for Disrespect for the Saints 66

Love for Allah 68

6. REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS

The Blessings of Forgiveness 72

Divine call 73

Quest for Guidance (Talab-i-Taufiq) 73

7. THE QUEST FOR TRUTH

The Blessings of Faith 76

(Barakat-i-Iman)