Islam and Christianity

the author of the long letter above, is one of the greatest Islamic
scholars and one of the highest Awliyâ. He was born in the city
of Serhend, India, in the year 1007 after the Hegira, and passed
away there in 1079 (1668). He is in a large tomb which is a few
hundred metres away from his blessed father’s grave. Through
his innumerable letters, he gave advice to thousands of Muslims,
to state authorities, to the time’s ruler, Sultan Âlamgir [1]
Evrengzîb (rahima-hullâhu ta’âlâ), and caused them to attain the
feelings of brotherhood, a good temper, mutual help, comfort
and ease for this worldly life, and felicity in the Hereafter. Over
a hundred and forty thousand people attended his conferences
and lectures. They thereby attained the highest grades of
tasawwuf and they each became a Walî. Besides these chosen
disciples of his, the number of those who corrected their faith and
morals by listening to him reaches beyond hundreds of
thousands. More than four hundred of the Awliyâ educated and
trained by him reached the grade termed irshâd. And each of
them saved thousands of people from perdition, ignorance and
aberration in the cities they were sent to. Each of his five sons
was a great scholar and Walî. And their descendants have all
been the same. They left many precious books which have been
enlightening people.
A true Muslim does not believe in superstitions. He only
laughs at such things as magic, ill-omen, fortune-telling,
incantation and amulets that contain writings other than those
from the Qur’ân. He also laughs at blue beads; putting candles,
wires and threads on tombstones; and at anyone who claims to
perform miracles. In fact, most of such things have been conveyed
to us from other religions. The great Islamic scholar Imâm
Rabbânî (rahmatullâhi ’alaih) answers in this way to those who
expect “miracles” from men of religion: “People expect men of
religion to manifest miracles. Some of them may not perform
miracles, but are still closer to Allâhu ta’âlâ than the others.” The
greatest miracle is to learn Islam and to lead a life compatible with
Islam.
Recent research, carried out at the University of Stanford, in
America, shows that some people have a “sixth sense,” which
enables them to do such things as counting the items in a closed
box, reading what is written in a closed envelope, contacting a
person who is far away, or reading a person’s thoughts. People
[1] Sultan Alamgir passed away in 1118 (1707 A.D.).
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