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English Book: Deoband to Bareilly - The Truthhis veins would burst.Intellect is not the goal. Had it been so, man would have reached his destination after the passing away of thousandsof generations. Intellect may be the way, never the destination. As the poet has said:"Shaayed 'Usay 'lshq Bhee Na Samjhe Jis Karb Me 'Aql Mubtilaa He"(Perhaps even love cannot comprehend the anguish which intellect undergoes.)Intellect must undergo anguish, for intellect is of little worth. It begins to pant after unrevealing seven vistas. Love isa destination by itself. Love is the excellence of man and this universe is a mere illusion for the lover. The lover is auniverse unto himself. Love is the reality; it is the way, it is the destination; and it is the elixir of life and eternal.Intellect is the beginning; love is the ultimate. Intellect represents quantity; love represents quality. Love is quality;love is the culminating point. Intellect is doubt; love is certainty. In short, intellect is sometimes denial and sometimesaffirmation; love is affirmation through and through. Intellect is a dream; love is its interpretation. Intellect is amirage; love is a reality; (Intellect does not mean insolence, slander, accusation and abuse). Ask Hazrat BayazeedBistaami (May Al-Laah have mercy on him) about the station of love. It is said that "his soul flies in the world of soulsfor 70 thousand years and even then says that the limit of the excellence of the holy Prophet Mustafa (Sallal Laahu'Alaihi Wa Sallam) cannot be fathomed."We the moderns recognise the Master of Madinah not through intellect but through love. Faith is love. Accusationsand differences are the products of intellect. Love does not behave like this. Love is total obedience and assent. Lovedoes not think; it sees the glory and the beauty of the beloved. It hears the command and obeys it. It is fascinated byevery act of the beloved. It is part of its beloved's existence, its shadow, and its reflection.Our Prophet (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) is the last Master sent to this earth by Almighty Al-Laah. He is theProphet to men, to angels' to jinns, to houries and to ghilmaan. He is the Prophet to mountains and to dales, to waterand to earth. The True Creator sends Durood and Salaam to him, swears by his locks and his face, calls obedience tohim as obedience to Himself and allegiance to him as allegiance to Himself, his hand as His own hand and followinghim as following Himself, gives the good news of Paradise to his slaves and warns those who deny him with thetortures of Hell."Deoband to Bareilly" is the narrative of the journey of darkness to light, of imperfect intellect to true love. This veryessence of faith, this love of the Prophet (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) is the distinctive feature of the Bareilvis.They say:"Me tuo Maalik Hee Kahoon Ga Keh Ho Maalik Ke HabeebYa'nee Mahboob-o-Muhib Me Naheen Meraa Terra"(I will go on calling you master, for you are the beloved of the Master.Between the loved and the lover there is no question of shin and mine).On the other hand, the way of Deoband is unbridled intellect. They say: "The sort of knowledge which is with theProphet of Al-Laah (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) is also with animals" (May Al-Laah protect us)Comparison and competition is only for those who are concerned with intellect. The message of this dust form underthe feet of the progeny of the Prophet is an invitation to love. The standard set by intellect itself does not tolerateequality between the ignoramus and the knowledgeable, so how can equality between the Prophet and his followersbe accepted. The followers and the Prophet both are humans but this Prophet is such a human who is incomparableand uncompared. He is unique and singular than all others. Nobody is equal to him, nor can reach his station. TheCreator Himself says about His Prophet: "He does not move his lips with his own volition. His lips move only when arevelation (wah 'y) from Me descends upon him". The Prophet (Sallal Laahu 'Alaihi Wa Sallam) in his own truthfultongue himself says: "I am not like you (Lustu Misalakum)."NooreMadinah Network - http://www.NooreMadinah.net