Wonder-workings

Angels protect

It was the routine of Qalander Baba Auliya that he would go to his home on the eve of Saturday. Had a sitting at Mr. Muzaffar's residence, who was the sales director of Brook Bond. Co. and from there late at night he would return to Nazimabad. Once, while he was taking off his sherwani on his return, he told me, "I saw few angels at Gurumandir. I asked them as to why they were there. They told me that an accident is about to take place and they were there to save those whose time is not over, they had been there to protect         them."

In the morning the newspaper had all the details of the accident as Qalander Baba Auliya had told us already.

Lottery Number

Once a very close friend of mine insisted to         help him and asked to tell him the Lottery Number. After finishing my routine lessons, I recited that prayer, which causes to see things in wakefulness.              A screen appeared before my vision that had few numbers on it. I tried to 'memorize those numbers when suddenly I saw Qalander Baba Auliya's hand covering the screen, with that I heard him saying in

a very stern voice, "What are you doing'?" and, with that the screen vanished from my sight.

Looking after the family

Almost in the same way, one of my friends insisted to feed him spiritually. When I told him that    it could be harmful for him, he declared that he would not hold me responsible for any damages. In  my imprudence I promised him to do as he wanted. Next day early in the morning, before the dawn, I sat down, focused my attention on his (Latila-e­-  Akhfa) Latent Subtlety and started to pump in lights from my latifa-e-nafsi and Qalbi (Subtleties of the  Self and the Heart), when hand of Qalander Baba Auliya came in between and stopped me saying, "Stop it forthwith."

I also. heard him saying, "If his mind gets upset, then who would be looking after his wife and children. Avoid showing your powers. It is much  better to train a person and make him capable of withstanding these powers."

Sapphire ring

I take great pride of my association with  Qalander Baba Auliya; he had blessed me with his company and shared his secrets. He showered his kindness upon his servant like no one can. Once, I expressed my desire of wearing a ring. He said, "Yes, why not? You wear a sapphire ring.".

When I inquired about the price of the sapphire ring in the market, it was beyond my reach. I told him with a bad taste in my mouth, the sapphire is a very precious stone." He didn't say anything and remained silent.

Next day around 8 o'clock in the morning when I was going on Farer Road, a beggar called after me. I thought he is asking for alms. I approach him to give him something but before I could give        him anything he placed a ring on my hand. The ring had a sapphire embedded in it. How much is the cost? I asked.

He said, "Why to ask the price when you cannot pay? Just have it."

I thought he is some sort of a fraud or scam. I said, "Without paying any price I am not going to take it."

Upon listening this he said, "OK, then just give me Rupees 5.25."           '

Since I knew the market value of sapphire, it confirmed my whims that he trying to trick me so I refused to have the ring saying, "I don't need this  ring."

He got angry and in an angry tone he said, "You doubt me, take this ring and show it to your elders. I will wait for you here."

I forgot for what I was going and took the Wring to Qalander Baba Auliya and narrated him the whole story. He didn't like what I told him and said, "This sapphire is real."

I got perplexed and was thinking, who was that man and why he wanted to present this precious ring to me. Qalander Baba Auliya said, "Go there  early in the morning and wait for him. And try to convince him to have breakfast with you and give      him Rs.5.25 with respect."

Next morning when I was waiting for him, he approached me with a naughty smile and said, "He snubbed you."

I apologized and asked for his forgiveness and presented Rs.5.25. He accepted them with great pleasure and blessed me with his prayers.

I requested him that I hadn't had my breakfast and if he could let me have the honor of having breakfast with him. He said, "God bless          you." And, with that he gave me a quarter and said, "Have your breakfast from me."

Prayer of a Qalander

Once I asked .my august mentor, "Do you enjoy saying your prayer?"

He said, "Yes!"I submitted to him, "I try my best but cannot  focus my thoughts on one point. Sometimes I do succeed but it is only temporarily."

Qalander Baba Auliya said, "Let me tell you a method to concentrate. It will help you to focus." Then he taught me the method and said, "Just do it in the last prostration of the night prayer. I acted upon the advice and it really worked. I repeated it every time I said my prayer, forgetting his instruction that it was to be done only for once. In          the last prostration of my midnight prayer when I did the same action again I felt as if somebody standing on my both sides but I continued repeating what I was supposed to do only for once and the prostration was prolonged more than enough. Then fear gripped my heart and I finished the prayer and hit the bed.

In those days there wasn't any electricity where I resided. No other house was near my house. I was surrounded by wilderness and jackals howled around. Lamp was gone out. In my anxiety I couldn't find the match box. Then I was all alone in  the house. Fear was knotting my guts. I attempted to recite Ayatul Kursi but it only added fuel in the fire and I felt my heart missing its beat. Then my heart started palpitating and I felt as if my heart beat would break my ribs. Now I started reciting Surah Ikhlas as soon as I finished the recitation. My body started lifting from the bed, so much so that I was touching the ceiling. I thought I am dreaming so I touched the ceiling and felt it with my hands. This trade me all the more frightened and I got scared         that if I would fall I would be having multiple   fractures of my bones.

Then I saw two hands coming towards my throat. One hand held my heart and the other closed my mouth that had opened to scream. In the horning I saw in my dream that my grandfather Maulana Khalil Ahmed Anbaitwi, Abul Faiz Qalander Ali Suharwardi, Sheikh Abdul Qader Jillani are standing in the courtyard of the house and Qalander Baba Auliya pacing between them in a state of anxiety and is saying, "this isn't fair." Then he commanded as if telling someone, "He has to Survive at any cost."

When I woke and got up every part of my body was aching. I could hardly manage to go to Qalander Baba Auliya in the evening. Upon seeing me he said, "You worried us all by acting against what you were told. God blessed you otherwise you bad finished yourself"

Ilm-e-Ladunni

One night after my midnight prayer, while I as reciting Darood-e-Khizri I found myself before Holy Prophet (PBUH). I saw him ensconcing upon      a throne. I sat before him with folded knees before his thorn and pleaded to him beseechingly to grant me Ilm-e-Ladunni. I sought the intercession of Owais Qarni, Abuzar Ghaffari, Abubakar Siddique, Kadijatul Kubra, Fatima, Ali, Hassan and Hussain.

I implored beseechingly asking him for the favor of blessing me with Ilm-e-Ladunni for the       sake of the holy Quran, the greatest of Allah's             Name, all the prophets of God. I asked him in the  name of his great grandfather Abraham to bless me with Ilm-e-Ladunni saying that I am the beggar and would not go away till he let me have what I am asking. I also said, " I am your servant, the son of your servant, I request you in the name of your kindness for my ancestor Khwaja Abu Ayub Ansari please bless me. Holy Prophet smiled and called out, "Anyone there?

I saw. Qalander Baba Auliya standing there with hand folded on his naval and he said, "Master your servant is present."

Holy Prophet asked him, "On what ground you want to make him your heir."

Qalander Baba Auliya replied, "Master his  mother is my sister."

Holy Prophet (PBUH) smiled and said, "We accepted you, son of Khwaja Abu Ayub Ansari.

Then I found myself standing beside Qalander Baba Auliya.

Revealing the Future

My brother in Silsila Mr. Zaki, who deals in furniture in Hyderabad, wanted to get married but his father wasn't agreeing due to his tight monetary position. Qalander Baba Auliya told him to do it as soon as possible otherwise this marriage would not take place for a long time.

Somehow or the other they agreed and the marriage took place. It was hardly a week after the wedding that one of his close relative expired. And, before his chaliswan (forty days of the funeral) another close relative passed away. And this chain of sad events continued for many years.

25 Bodies of Auliya

There are many people in the subcontinent and abroad who witnessed Qalander Baba Auliya in one day at one time in different places. With some he shook hands, with other he had a cup of tea, to other he embraced, and yet with another he gave one or the other instruction. This came to my knowledge when few people told me that Qalander Baba Auliya paid them a visit and when I checked the dates to my astonishment they were all mentioning the same date and the same time. I had the honor of writing the replies to letters that were addressed to Qalander Baba Auliya. Once there was a letter from Switzerland. In that letter, the writer had thanked Qalander Baba Auliya for his coming to them and that they had acted upon his advice. When I read this letter to Qalander Baba Auliya, he smiled and said, people working in the Elohistic Administration are given 25 bodies that remain in action all the time and when there is work load the number can increase up to 40. N.B: Administration System of Allah is technically termed as Takween and the people who are assigned one or the other task in this system arc called ahl-e-takween (people in the service of God). Their designations are according to the nature of        their duties, for example Qutab, Ghous, Abdal et all.

Freud and Libido

One I called upon Shanulhaq Haqqi with my brother in Silsila Mr. l3.Zaman. There Freud came under discussion. Mr. Haqqi said, "Freud has coined a term 'Libido' what's its equivalent in Urdu?" He asked me.

I got confused as am not versed with. English but before I could say anything I saw Qalander  Baba Auliya. He said, "Tell them, this word has not been translated in."

I told Mr. Haqqi that this word hasn't been translated into Urdu but was reluctant to accept and said this is not possible. I asked him to tell me, if there is any. He agreed and said, "I'll let you know by tomorrow."

Next day I went to Mr. Haqqi and told him that only purpose of my coming to him is to learn the translation of Libido from him. Mr. Haqqi has a very pleasant personality he was all smiles and, said, "You are right, there isn't any translation for this term in Urdu.

Astral body

Once, Qalander Baba Auliya was telling me about Astral body. Astral body is an invisible body similar to our physical body. This body is encompassing our physical body all around from a distance of about 9 inches. The physical body is based upon this very body of lights. If this body of lights is healthy, the physical body will stay healthy. All the urges of life are produced in this body of   lights and transfer to the physical body from there. If someone want to eat bread and is having it, we only see the physical body is having the bread but, in actual effect, if the urge to eat or drink or the   hunger or thirst, is not transferred to the physical   body from the astral body, man cannot eat or drink. I inquiringly said, "You mean the actual person in this physical body is the astral body and this astral body can perform all those activities which the physical body performs?"

He said, "Yes, that's right."

I asked, "Can we switch the bulb on or off?"

Before the sentence was completed, I heard the switch getting off and the room went dark and after few moments the switch was put on and the room become lighted again.

Saving from operation

A man was admitted into Seven Day Hospital for the pain in abdomen. When doctors failed to diagnose the cause of pain, they decided to open his abdomen. The operation was due the next day. Patient's father came to Qalander Baba Auliya in the night and told him about the operation and  asked for his blessings and requested him to pray     that the operation be successful.

Qalander Baba Auliya very cheerfully told him that the operation is not needed just get his solar plexus fixed by pulling his toes by someone         who knows how this is done.

He left in uncertainty and before leaving he confined to me that Qalander Baba Auliya has ignored him. I consoled him and told him that I don't see any harm in it if you would try it.

Early in the morning, he took a man to the hospital and he fixed the solar plexus. When the patient was being taken to the operation theater, he told the doctors that there wasn't any pain then. The doctors simply discharged him as cured.

Distant Treatment

Mr. B. Zaman Rtd. Deputy Secretary Finance reported that they were in Thailand and his wife got sick and developed anemia. Doctors told         him that she needed blood but that might not be enough she needed prayers, too, for her life. He sat down and after focusing his attention on Qalander Baba Auliya, he submitted to him that his wife was very sick and doctors are not hopeful.

He says, "Within no time before the blood could have been arranged for her the deficiency of blood in her system was no longer there and all their arrangement to procure blood proved to be useless.

Hundred thousand Rupees

Son of a friend of Iqbal Mohammad, Deputy Secretary KDA, killed a man. Mr. Iqbal took his  friend to Qalander Baba Auliya. After listening to  him, he said, I will present this case before God and God willing, the kid will be released.

The proceedings of the case continued for many years and finally the case came to an end and the kid was released. A party was thrown to            celebrate the success. Iqbal Mohammad, who was also invited there, in an attempt to make his friend aware of his mentor's exaltation, said, "You see God acceded to my mentor's prayers and the child is    released."

His friend, in a mocking tone said, "Not your mentor sir, this happened because I spent hundred thousand Rupees on the case." Mr. Iqbal        didn't like that and left the party. He related this thing to Mr. Badar. Mr. Radar used to visit Qalander Baba Auliya before going to his office. He mentioned this- thing before Qalander Baba Auliya. Hearing it Qalander Baba Auliya got enraged and said, "What does he mean? Money is everything. God is nothing. Now see how money saves."

Within days the case re-opened and all that he possessed was spent on the case in their attempt to save the child but to no avail.

            Whenever Mr. Badar narrates this incident, he has tears in his eyes and wishes had he not mentioned it to Qalander Baba Auliya.

Polio Cured

Mr. Javaid has a garments shop in Lalukhait. His son had polio. He came to Qalander Baba Auliya along with his child and put him on the cot. Qalander Baba Auliya saw the child and told about      a shrub to be boiled in water and let the legs stay in  the steam of that water.

He did as was told and the child was all right. But the strange thing is that Mr. Javaid cannot recall the name of the shrub nor can recollect its  shape. Whenever he sees any polio affected child, he sighs, had he noted down the name of that shrub.

Missing cap

Often the cap of Qalander Baba Auliya was found missing, he expressed his displeasure when    ever he would notice it. I asked him about the happening. He said, "Jinns take it away. I snub them but they don't care and just listen to the censure with lowered heads.

The Scar

Once when I was pressing the back of Qalander Baba Auliya, he felt pain. Upon lifting shirt saw a slitting wound about 4, 5 inches in     length. I felt agitated and asked, "How and when did you receive this wound. He said, "I was passing through a narrow trench when I hit against the  pointing rock." It was quite late in the night so I couldn't arrange bandage for him. Seeing me anxious he said, "Don't bother we will see to it in the morning."

In the morning when I came to him with bandage, to my astonishment, there wasn't any wound not even the scar of the wound was there.

Rain-water turning into pearls

In a rainy season, sky was over clouded and it was lightening with thunders. Inside the room, my mentor was talking about the creative formulae. Knowing his temperament, I dared to say, "When a drop of water enters the sea-shell, it turns into a   pearl."

He asked me to fetch some rain water. I came out of the room and collected some rain water    in a cup. Qalander Baba Auliya took some water in a dropper and focused his gaze upon it. After a while when the dropper was pressed all the drops that fell from the dropper were pearls.

I used those pearls to make the collyrium. Whosoever used that collyrium, his eyesight improved unbelievably.

Degree of Japan

When Dr, Abdul Qadir, came to Qalander Baba Auliya for the first time he had two things in mind. One was that he wanted to go to Japan for his training in a diploma course of Woolen Spinning    Master. When he mentioned it to Qalander Baba    Auliya, he said, "What's the need to go to Japan, you are the Spinning Master!"

Then it happens the Japanese Master working in the Walica Woolen Mills left the job and  went back, and Dr. Abdul Qadir was appointed as         the Spinning Master in his place, where he worked       for a long time.

The other issue of Dr Qadir was that of his marriage. The girl with whom he wanted to marry was in India and after partition he didn't know of her where about, and was in search of her. After he mentioned it to Qalander Baba Auliya, he received a letter from the girl. She was in Lahore. The letter had come to him after eighteen years of their separation. He took the letter to Qalander Baba       Auliya. After seeing the letter, Qalander Baba Auliya said, "You go to Lahore, marry her there and go to Murree for your honeymoon, and return here."

When he reached Lahore on the given address, girl's father, who had rejected the proposal earlier, received him with open arms and took him to the girl. She told him that she won't marry him because she had TB. Dr Qadir, who was truly in love with her didn't shrink away and married her. After their marriage they were living happily. Then, in the eighteenth month of their marriage she passed away.

This is one of the mysteries of nature that he had to depart from his love only after eighteen months of togetherness for which he had waited for long eighteen years. This incident left him in such a   state of shock that he lost interest in the world. The mental focusing and concentration which he had in his love for his mate converted into his love for his mentor; Qalander Baba Auliya. This brought him so close to Qalander Baba Auliya, that duality between them abolished.

When this tragedy took place Dr. Qadir was a well to do person. He was a very tasteful person. Had a wide wardrobe, over 150 ties were there to add to his grace but when he changed, after this     tragedy, he distributed all these things to others and put on the ordinary kurta lungi. He has been blessed by Qalander Baba Auliya and now his, one of the distinctive member of Silsila-e-Azeemia.

Mouthful of Blood

Late in the night there was a knock on the door. When I answered the knock, I found two men standing on the door. They pleaded for an interview with Qalander Baba Auliya. I told them, "At this hour of the night he doesn't see anyone."

One of them opened his mouth. It gave me shivers. It was full of blood. He spitted it on the  ground and said, "Please!"

I took them to Qalander Baba Auliya. He    opened his mouth and it had filled with blood in the can time. They told upon enquiry that he was suffering from this disease for the last one week. Doctors give him the blood and he spits it away. Just a while ago he was given a bottle of blood and I bought him here.

Qalander Baba Auliya paused for a moment and said, "Take a piece of an old jute rug and put it fire. When the rug starts burning cover it with lid. When the rug is turned into ashes, grind it and mix honey in it and let him have this honey three times a day."

They both left after saying thanks. I thought them and felt sorry for them and wished that I had taken their address so that I could have known   the result. Then, on the fourth day, they both came with a box of sweets and a rose garland for Qalander Baba Auliya, as a token of their gratitude.

Bu Ali Shah Qalander '

When Qalander Baba Auliya used to work in the monthly Naqqad, it became my routine to go to Qalander Baba Auliya in his office in the evening and would escort him to my but near Rattan Talab, all friends would gather there and a meeting would take place. Once when I came home at noon, Zubair Alunad Ansari told me that Qalander Baba Auliya   and two others are in the room and the door is bolted from inside. I thought of serving them with a cup of tea so I lit the stove, put the water on it and went out buy milk. When I returned with milk they    all were gone. I felt sorry for missing them and that I couldn't serve them. Anyway, when in the evening, I went to Qalander Baba Auliya, I said, "I wanted to serve you tea but you left. And, who were with you, sir?"

He said, Bu Ali Shah Qalander and Khwaja Moeenuddin Chishty had come to discuss few      things about law.

Till date I feel sorry that I missed the occasion of seeing those two great saints. Had I sent Zubair for the milk, I would have been blessed with an opportunity of meeting them.

Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai

Qalander Baba Auliya used to go to one of our friends, Mr Muzaffar, on every Sunday evening. Mr. Muzzafar was the Sales Director in Brook Bond Co. people would gather at his residence and   Qalander Baba Auliya would listen to their problems and had discussions with them. May God bless Muzzafar, he really served Qalander Baba  Auliya very well. Once it was decided to visit the mausoleums of Lal Shabaz Qalander and Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. When we reached the    mausoleum of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai and all went in, Qalander Baba Auliya went to adjacent mosque, where in the corner Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai was  sitting in his physical form. Qalander Baba Auliya shook hands with him and said, "Shah Sahib, there   are others as well and they will be frightened." With these words I saw him vanishing into thin air.

Water turned bitter

Once Qalander Baba Auliya was explaining    laws of creation by defining the increase and    decrease of quantities in waves and their     interactions, undulations and exchange, and that     how does the creations are taking place and that      how does the creations undergo a change with the change in the quantities. And, that all things are    made of the warp and weft of these waves. When the nooric waves descent, light is created and   different manifestations come into being. Matter, in fact, is a combination of light waves. While he was giving example he mentioned salt and the lights operative in the salt, I submitted, "Does it mean that the waves similar to that operative in salt remain  active in man, they keep on coming and are storing  and are spent?"

Qalander Baba Auliya said, "Khwaja Sahib, salt keeps on excreting through the pores of human body and it is not spent according to the quantities, it results into high blood pressure and when it is spent more than the quantity, low blood pressure is the result."

I went out and brought a bowel of water and said, "Sir, if the salt excretes from the pours, it means putting the fingers in the water would make it salty."Qalander Baba Auliya dipped all his five

fingers in that bowel and after a while, told me to taste it.

When I tasted it, it was salty and bitter like the water of the sea.

Spiritual treatment of tumor

Once a lady came from UK and told Qalander Baba Auliya that doctors have diagnosed

tumor in her abdomen and because that she cannot bear children. She said she was a very contended  person but her husband, for the sake of children, is determined to go for the second marriage. After    saying this, she started crying and during her sobs he place her head upon Qalander Baba Auliya's chest, who was lying at that time. Her tears not only oaked his shirt but affected his heart too.

He rose and told her to lie down. Recited something and blew upon his finger and crossed 'Where she had indicated the tumor. When doctors tested her, they report that there wasn't any tumor.  And then, God blessed her with children. This is about seventeen year since that event.

Metaphysical or Paranormal

Proclaimer of  Reality, Qalander Baba Auliya says, "Metaphysical or paranormal feats or performing wonder-workings is not big deal. When someone's conscious system is over powered by his Unconscious system, such things start taking place which are uncommon and people start considering them as wonder workings, which is nothing but a conjuration. Spiritual knowledge and spiritualism is altogether a different thing. The paranormal or the under-working can be performed by one's own and it can be involuntary as well. Ability to perform metaphysical activities can be activated by practice and exercises.