How many different sketches of the high ranking Pir are drawn briefly by the pen that spreads fragrance?I mean, Shaikh Muhammad Parsa, who is an authorized saint, Pir, Faqir and Guide.An person of austerity, after hearing from the straight forward singers, has conveyed about the fore-runners as: That the king of saints, the honored in the religion, the listener of prayers, the person of high status, fully enlightened,The mercy for common and proper people i.e. Hazrat Shaikh Hamza Makhdoom-i-Jahan (QS)Was once upon a time in Kamraj blessed with a cheerful mood and contentment, Visiting all regions, accompanied with a group of dear friends,They were all saints, extremely faithful friends- a group of special people.By chance one day he turned towards a place, where he held a meeting in a green field. (on the bank of Wullar lake)A person of good luck, pious, full of shining light was seen approaching in a rowing boat from far off place.He always used to carry silently like angels, a pack of firewood on his shoulders.From this group, one Zaiti Shah proceeded towards the boat, in his ecstasy, carrying a staff in his hands.He hit the pack of wood repeatedly with his staff, telling him to come out of the boat after casting away this burden of world.So that, I lead you to a king, who will place a crown of “Vilayat”- (knowledge of the secrets of Allah)- on your head.The wood cutter threw away the pack of wood and with folded hands went in the presence of Hazrat Sultan.When Zaiti Shah charged with ecstasy of the light of Allah, reached before his highness,He submitted before Hazrat Sultan, “I hand over this man of God to you”,Hazrat Sultan was kind enough to ask him about his name, to which he replied,“Uptill now I was named Mohind, henceforth my name shall be what you suggest”,Hazrat Sultan named him as Mohammad and as a reward gave him the title of ‘Parsa’ (the pious).Then he became his guide in esoteric knowledge and he attained a high status with this favor of his.He was directed to confine himself in a corner, in solitude and he remained thus for a pretty long time.Later on he came under the fold of Baba Dawood Khaki and thus he got absorbed in this path, For a long time, he remained in solitude at many places and finally his fortune got unfolded.(That is) He selected a place in Khoihama village, for sitting in solitude.This site was a refreshing one, its waters were sweet and had full flowing springs and streams.This place was named Papa-Chan, its perennial spring became famous over the years.In fact the name of the spring was the same; basically the names also come as a revelation from the sky above,Here the people who take bath get benefitted, that is why it was christened as such, in the Kashmiri language.’Pap’ means sin and ‘Chan’ means to wash; meaning that the sins get washed away with the waters of this spring.Whoever reaches a destination for the first time, its spring is christened on the name of that very village.This old saint adopted this place for his residence; the places get blessed by the friends of Allah, that they select to reside.Gazi-ud-Din would visit this great saint with extreme humility and regards, every morning and evening.He would also help in his routine works and would spend out of his kitty for his (Shaikh Parsa’s) daily needs.Since they were like-minded, they would feel a great pleasure in meeting each other.Since both of them were the disciples of one guide, they were the followers of the same path of esoteric knowledge.Their inner connection was with one person only, and outwardly too they were neighbors.Madar is situated on the north of Papchan and both the villages are interconnected.In short when Shaikh Yaqub returned to his home after completing his journey,His friends and all home people were happy and instead, his enemies were perturbed.He took rest in his home for a few days to recover from the tiresome journey.After some days, his parents advised him to meet Shaikh Mohammad Parsa.Due to his careless attitude, he (Shaikh Yaqub) did not attend to the advice of his old father.Instead he uttered improper words, when his father insisted him to go to the Shaikh.Due to this negligence, he suddenly fell ill shivering with fever overtaken with grief.He continued in this state of sickness for a long time, till there was left no hope of his survival.Gazi-ud-Din mentioned about the sickness of his son and the result of his denial of his advice, to Shaikh Mohammad Parsa.He did not mention about it all this time, though he remained upset by heart all along.One day he (Gazi-ud-Din) just carried a cup of mixture of rice and meat besides milk to the Pir.The moment Pir dipped his hand in the cup, there was heard a shriek of weeping and wailing from a far off place.Pir asked his disciple about the cause of this noise, to which Gazi-ud-Din replied with low tone,That, my such and such son, who returned from journey, has fallen ill and is now almost near his end.He must have died, that is why there is this noise of weeping and wailing.From the food of the Shaikh, there was left a little milk in the cup.He directed his servant to rush to the patient along with it and make him swallow it through his mouth.The left-over food of a believer (moomin) is termed to be a cure by prophet of Allah (SAW); with this consideration, he may accept it.The servant instantly gave him this morsel as if he was given the elixir of life,The moment he swallowed this elixir, he came to life again and was freed from death. He rose up with his father and presented himself at the house of the Pir and became his obedient servant by heart and soul.Pir said that he has achieved nothing in reality and that he is wandering between obstacles.That he is helpless, deprived, weak, feeble, and sick and having no treatment.(In this state) what is left with me, that I can give you: on this the seeker (Shaikh Yaqub) asked to leave this story aside,That the heat of sun melts the age-old snow (i.e. the lives of people meet their end), we too are to leave,I too am waiting to clean myself from dirt and ill-will, ahead of time, If you honor me with your favors, I will remain your slave till the dooms day.Otherwise my this time shall get wasted and I shall be left with no alternative other than to seek some other guide,On this type of statement, this guide became angry and shouted, “O’ the unlucky one, go away from me”Then he stood up from his place like a young person and went towards the nearby stream, After performing ablations, he entered the mosque and remained unmindful towards the seeker,Forty days and nights passed like that and the wailing and weeping of the seeker crossed his bearing,He remained at the door of his house, weeping and wailing, without eating any food and in a state of shame and hopelessness.He remaind engaged in praying to God, burdened with hundreds of worries,Suddenly the Pir received a voice from the unknown, this was without doubt, a voice of revelation.That you be quick to lead this lover of Mine towards Me, with kindness and love, so that he does not get disappointed from Our mercy and forgiveness.On this good news, the Pir asked, “who is there at the door?” to which the reply was, “it is me the unlucky slave.””An ashamed, useless slave, undeserving and rejected from all doors,”“A sinner, deceitful, hated by people, killed by self-gratification, shameful and disobedient”The Pir said, “Stop here, my dear come in, bravo! on your this etiquette”He thanked Allah in an attractive manner, that at last the war between love and friendship was over,With great humility and shivering, he came in, with smiling face but silent,He remained standing in front of the guide and opened his arms; he gave him space in his heart,Embracing him, the Pir carried him, kissing his lips, eyes and his forehead.Whatever Pir had achieved in his lifetime, he transferred all that in the chest of the disciple,Whatever was found in the clear chest of the guide, all that got transmitted to the chest of the disciple?Guidance is obtained by the meeting of hearts; the heart is like a mirror and carries a reflection of the good and the bad.He, whose heart gets cleared of all ills, gets the reflection of the light of sun.in short the disciple got intoxicated with this state and gave up the worldly affairs.When a thirsty person quenches his thirst, he forgets the bitterness of the river Jaikhoon of Balkh and that of the Euphrates of Karbala,Thereafter the Pir gave him the directions for hard work and made him aware of the inner secrets of Fikr and Zikr- (meditation and commemoration),For a long time the disciple remained busy in this state and in the long run succeeded in his purpose,Every night both the Pir and the disciple would remain awake till morning in the remembrance of Allah,Till the disciple found many treasures with the benefit of remembrance of God,Now he achieved success due to right conduct and was relieved with ease from his harsh temper,But one bad habit could not go due to habitual helplessness, which continued to remain associated with his nature,That is the disciple was accustomed to smoking occasionally, whereby there was a smoky spot caused on his heart/lungs.
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