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Chishti Nizami Habibi Soofie

International Sufi OrderPietermaritzburg

South Africa

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AULIA ALLAHAND MINDUNILLAH

Allah speaks about His Friends in the Holy Quraan, in the 10th Sura, Yunus: Verse 62 to

64

Behold (Observe)!Verily on the friends of Allah there is no fear, nor shall

they grieve; those who believe and (constantly) guard against evil. Forthem are Glad Tidings, in the life of the Present and in the Hereafter:

no change can there be in the Words of Allah. This is indeed thesupreme achievement.

Teri atke to wasile se kare istimdaadYa Ghaus! Sun ke bigarti heh tabiyat teri

Maulana Hassan Raza Khan (may Allah be well pleased with him)

When we ponder on these verses then we realise that in the first verse Allah (Almightyand Glorious is He) describes the status of His friends and in the second He narrates their

recognition whilst in the third He narrates their destiny (anjaam). They have the higheststatus of being befriended by Allah. How great is this status! He further tells us that He

has freed them of fear and grief in both the worlds. In the second verse Allah gives ustheir recognising features that they are mumin or ones with true faith and they practise

restraint.Iman refers to having the proper belief or aqidah: Taqwa is having sound

character (aqhlaq) and performing virtuous deeds (amaal). Therefore Allahs Friends are

those that have proper belief or aqidah, sound character (aqhlaq) and perform virtuous

deeds (amaal). He whose belief or aqidah is not sound, whose character (aqhlaq) is

unpleasant and lacks in performance of virtuous deeds (amaal) cannot be the Friend of

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Allah. Allahs Friends externally (zaahir) mirrors Shariah1[1] and internally (baatin)

reflects Tariqah2[2]. His lips must utter the teachings of the Holy Prophet (sallallahualaihi wa sallam) (farmane Rasul) and his heart must be a vessel overflowing with Divine

Effusion (Faizane Rasul)3[3].

Regarding their resultant destiny (anjaam) Allah says,

For them are Glad Tidings, in the life of the Present and in theHereafter: no change can there be in the Words of Allah, This is indeed

the supreme achievement.

There has been much confusion regarding Allahs Friends (Aulia Allah)and (mindunillah) or idols. Idolatry was widespread in Arabia at theadvent of the Holy Prophet (sallallahu alaihi wa sallam). Allah

therefore sent revelation regarding these (mindunillah) or idols. Theverses which instructs man not to ask for help or benefit from idols hasbeen used out of context by the Wahabbi / Deobandi Ulema to be

1[1] shari'a: The Sacred Law. Shari 'a makes manifest the DivineReality

(haqiqa). It provides all the principles and means for a human to

develop true knowledge and acquire the noble character traits. Thosewho "know" Allah never leave His Sacred Law. Their courtesy towardsAllah preserves them from letting the Scale of the Law slip from theirhands.

2[2] tariqa: The Way or Path. Tariqa is the narrow and steep Spiritual

Path to Reality (haqiqa). The qualified -seeker can travel this Path onlyunder the direction of a qualified Guide (murshid, shaykh, pir). Thename tariqa is specific to the Islamic Spiritual Path.

3[3] Al-Faiz- Allah bestows Divine effusion or overflow or emanation to

the heart of His Perfect Slave, the Perfect Man. The world itselfremains in existence due to this overflowing of the lights of His Self-manifestation. The attention paid to them during their remembranceor visitation is repaid by attention from them, leading man toheightened states of spirituality.

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referring toAulia Allah. On the basis of these verses, quoted out of

context, they try to justify their claim thatAulia cannot benefit orharm us, so we should ask directly from Allah without intermediation.Is the use of verses revealed regarding (mindunillah) or idols, againstAllahs Friends (Aulia Allah) being just or unjust to the Muslim faith oraqidah?Is this not casting doubt on an important avenue of Divinehelp? Allah, in his divine wisdom knew that this will happen, thereforeHe says in the Holy Quraan, in Sura al-Isra 17: Verse 82.

We send down (stage by stage) in the Quraan that which is a healingand a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust it causes nothing but

loss after loss.

Allah said zalimeen,[Zulm: Wrongdoing. The ones not capable of receiving internal

enlightenment are not only wrongdoers, but also display ignorance (jahl), spiritual

immaturity and even arrogance and pride (takabbur)].referring to those who read the

Quraan but twist its meaning. Everywhere the word (mindunillah) meaning idols isused, they translate it as other than Allah. E.g.: Sura an-Nahl 16: Verse 20

Those whom they invoke besides Allah create nothing and are

themselves created(Saudi Transalation in Alim Computer Software)

And those (idols) which they(the pagans) call upon apart from Allah. Create nothing and are

themselves created

Turkish translation by Ali Ozek , Nureddin Uzunoglu, Tevfiq Rusti Topuzoglu and

Mehmet Maksutoglu.: Ilmi Nesriyat., Istanbul

Note this is not coming from Indo/Pak but from the seat of the original Sunni Ottomans

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They show these ayah to the common man and tell him that asking theAulia is invoking

other than Allah and hence saying Ya Rasulullah, Ya Ghous and Ya Khwaja are acts ofshirk. Those that are fooled by them their aqidah is destroyed. Most definitely Prophets

and Aulia are not Allah but they are not included in (mindunillah) or idols. What is ourproof of this? Let us read the Quraan. Sura al-Ambiya 21: Verse 98 says:

Verily ye, (Unbelievers), and the (false) gods that ye worship besidesAllah, are (but) fuel for Hell! To it will ye (surely) come!

Here Allah says (mindunillah) or idols will be put into hellfire. IfProphets and Aulia are included in (mindunillah) or idols thenaccording to the interpretation of the Wahabbi / Deobandi Ulema,astagfirullah, Prophets and Aulia will be in hellfire. Sura al-Ambiya 21:

Verse 98 is our proof that Prophets and Aulia are not included in(mindunillah) or idols, since they can never be cast into hell. Can therebe contradiction in Quraan? Never! Allah says in Sura al-Nisaa 4:Verse 82:

Do they not consider the Quraan (with care)? Had it been from otherthan Allah, they would surely have found therein much discrepancy.

So there can be no contradiction in the Quraan, since it is from Allah.

Let me present two verses from the Holy Quraan, which if looked atexternally seem to contradict each other, how contradiction sets in andwhat is the remedy for it. Allah says in Sura at-Tauba 9: Verse 116

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The Wahabbi / DeobandiUlema wrongly translate this verse asmeaning.

Except for Him (Allah) you have neither protector nor helper.

In Sura al-Maida 5: Verse 55 Allah says:

Your (real) friends and protectors are (no less than) Allah, His Messenger, and the

(Fellowship of) Believers, those who establish regular prayers and regular charity, and

they bow down humbly (in worship).

Ponder on these two verses, in the first in states that none can protect and help you exceptAllah, whilst the second says that your helper and friend is Allah, His Messenger

(sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) and the group of believers possessing perfect iman. There is

no contradiction if the verses are translated properly. In the first verse there is stated wama lakum mindunillah. I have already stated that mindunillah refers to idols and wrongly

translated as other than Allah in certain sectors. Ifmindunillah is translated, as it

should be, referring to idols then there is no contradiction between the two verses.

Sura at-Tauba 9: Verse 116

should be translated as:

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From amongst these idols, you have neither protector nor helper.

O! Allah if we have no helper and protector from these idols, then do we have any that

can protect and help us? Allah replies with Sura al-Maida 5: Verse 55

Your (real) friends and protectors are (no less than) Allah, His Messenger, and the(Fellowship of) Believers, those who establish regular prayers and regular charity, and

they bow down humbly (in worship).

So there is no contradiction if the verses are translated properly. So these Wahabbi /

Deobandi Ulema and their propagation body, the Tabligh Jamaatapply verses referring

to idols as being in reference to Prophets and Saints. They also make reference to path of

a verse and quote it out of context. E.g. A man refused to perform salaah saying theQuraan says, we should not approach prayer in Sura an-Nisaa 4: verse 43

O ye who believe! Do not pray

When he was told to read further he said, I am trying to act upon a little, it is difficult to

put the whole Quraan into practice.

This is the condition of those fiercely defending the conception ofTauhidexported

worldwide by the Saudi-Wahabbi regime. They read part of a verse, that suits their

ideology, and leave out, conveniently, the rest of the verse or chapter that puts it into

context. E.g. they read this verse to mislead people: Sura al-Araf 7: Verse 194,

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Verily those whom ye call upon besides Allah are servants like you

On the basis of this verse they say we proclaim Ya! Rasulullah, Ya Ghous and YaKhwaja, and since they are servants of Allah being created being like us we are

committing an act of assigning partners to Allah or shirk. In this verse also ibaadun

amsaalukum refers to idols. The proof being that Allah says in the next verse:

The feet you make for these idols can they walk with? Or hands can they hold with? Or

eyes can they see with? Or ears can they hear with?

So these verses refer to idols. Remember if you see the wordmindunillah ensure it is translated as idols and not wronglytranslated as other than Allah to confuse you. So those whocommit this injustice, the Quraan make it clear in Sura al-Isra 17:Verse 82.

We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur-an that which is a healingand a mercy to those who believe: to the unjust it causes nothing

but loss after loss.

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May Allah save our children from these erroneous beliefs

Transalated and extracted by Irshad Soofi from a lecture delivered by Maulana

Muhammad Shafi Okarvi (may Allah be well pleased with him) in South Africa in the

1970's.

2 Rajab 1424/ 30 August 2003

Urs of Hazrath Soofie Saheb (Rahmatullahi alaihi)