When there was
nothing Allah was there. When cognition of His Supreme Being,
acknowledgement of His Sublime Greatness, admission of His
Cherishing Lordship and exhibition of His masterly creations
were desired by the One and the Only, He decided to create.
And the plan formulated in the Mind of the Great Fashioner
materialized with the pronouncement of the Command 'Be' (kun).
The universe including man and all other species came into
being.
After man's advent in this world, with the increase in population
inhabitations of all sizes resulted. Many problems started
cropping up. Peace was replaced by anxiety and restlessness
because of shattering of faith and belief. The Greatest of
all felt pity for man and a system for guidance of man was
evolved and prophets were sent one after another for the purpose.
Finally, the last prophet of God Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa (Peace
be upon him) was sent to conclude the prophethood.
But the system of man's guidance continued. Saint scholars
with the legacy of the holy prophet (PBUH) kept on guiding
the mankind. The generous nature for man's salvation selects
those who strive to introduce and familiarize man with ultimate
reality of this phenomenal world. Candle of God's message
and the torch of his cognition keeps on traveling from one
hand to another. All the spiritual persons are those hands
of Allah who carry this torch. They not only enlighten themselves
but spread it onto others as well.
The More man is advancing in the field of physical sciences
the more he is getting away from religion. His belief has
become weak and the faith is shattered. Peace has become something
alien for him. His pursuit for peace attracted him towards
spiritualism but he was not ready to adopt any unscientific
means and methods in this regard.
In order to meet the demands of present times a system, which
could fulfill the spiritual needs of man of the modern era
in a scientific way, was needed. Silsela-e-Azeemia has been
founded for the very purpose of fulfillment of man's spiritual
needs of this era. Rising above the orthodox, conventional
and traditional ways of spiritual education modern techniques
have been formulated to pace up with the modern era of sciences.
Because of unorthodox approach and modern ideology this 'Silsila'
is spreading rapidly the world over.
Cognizer of Allah, Proclaimer of Reality, Knower of the Secrets
of Spacelessness, Possessor of Insinuated knowledge, Master
of the Invisible Controls, Founder Leader of Silsila-e-Azeemia,
Hassan Ukhra Muhammad Azeem Burkhiya, His Divine Grace Qalander
Baba Auliya founded this Silsila after having its approval
from the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in July 1960. The name of the
'silsila' (the spiritual order) goes after the name of its
founder.
Silsila-e-Azeemia encompasses both the spiritual sections
viz. Spiritual Association (sulook) and the Raptness (juzb).
His Divine Grace Qalander Baba Auliya has been benefited from
twenty-one salasil and enjoys the very special distinction
of being the Khanwada (to whom the thinking pattern of the
founder leader of a silsila is transferred) of eleven salasil.
Discipleship of the traditional style and orthodox manner
is not there in this silsila. No particular dress or typical
appearance is suggested here. Only sincere interest and devotion
for spirituality is the basic criteria for ones association
with the silsila. Disciples in this silsila are called friends.
Instead of austere and rigorous rituals simple brief and easy-to-perform
lessons and exercises have been introduced. Basis of the education
is that worshipping style and method which was exercised by
the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in the cave of Hira for a long time.
Practice of this exercise of meditation helps the spiritual
associate to start his journey in the spiritual realm.
More one advances on these paths more enlightened is one's
thinking. Wakefulness starts prevailing upon one's unconscious
and the sight becomes strong enough to penetrate the realities
of the mysteries. And he becomes a man with cognition rather
than a staunch worshipper with a temper. Since the founder
leader of the silsila was in a very prominent position of
the spiritual administration and enjoyed a high rank of Qalanderiyat
therefore Silsila-e-Azeemia also has the shades of Qalanderiyat.
Qalander is a person who is cognizor of Allah and radiates
the Elohistic knowledge and reflects the true realities. He
becomes a bridge and a connection between the Creator and
the creatures because of the effulgent teachings of the Holy
Prophet (PBUH) assimilated by him. He remains in touch with
Allah without losing his contact with the creatures. Leads
a life that is filled with divine bliss and is full of pleasure
of knowing the realities. Every avenue of the unseen realm
is open for him to its last. The knowledge of the secrets
of command 'Be!' (Kun) is bestowed upon him and a state of
ecstasy remains prevalent upon his soul. After negating all
gods, including his own self, enjoys witnessing the Beatitude
of God, the Lord.
People from various schools of thoughts, for instance Shias,
Sunnies, Deubandies, Barailvies used to visit him to pay him
the tributes he deserved. People associated with different
silsilas also called upon him to quench their thirst for spirituality.
Whosoever had a chance to be with him for a while was benefited
by the grace of Allah, the most High. Lucky was he who could
attract the benevolent attention of His Divine Grace Qalander
Baba Auliya. Those who had an opportunity of having an association
with him were fortunate to be bestowed with a changed thinking
approach, which eventually enabled them to cognize the ultimate
reality.
The Eternal Being for spreading light creates people whose
mission is to preach about the instability of this material
world. They become instrumental in introducing the Lord Creator
and teach to have an established relationship with Him.
Gist of the teachings of His Divine Grace Qalander Baba Auliya
is that man has not been created to remain in pursuit of livelihood
only or for earning bread to eat and to wear clothes but the
first and foremost purpose of his creation is that he should
recognize his own self and have an intimate introduction with
his Benefactor, the Holy Prophet (Peace be upon him) because
of whose blessings we are fortunate enough and deviation from
whose teachings have made us the most unfortunate and degraded
nation of all.
At present 78 Muraqba Halls (Centers of Spiritual learning)
in Pakistan and abroad, i.e. in U.K., U.S.A., Norway, Holland,
Denmark and U.A.E. etc. are operating to serve the creatures
of Allah, the Almighty.
About seven thousand letters seeking solutions for problems
and difficulties are replied from Markazi Muraqba Hall, Karachi
as a free service. Besides this the monthly Roohani Digest,
Karachi and Roohani Digest International, London; the organs
of silsila offer and suggest remedies of complicated diseases,
mental ailments, psychological problems by prescribing Certain
Appellations of Allah, Quranic Verses and or methods of chromo-therapy. |