Sahaba - The Blessed

inferiority that my heart feels towards him. It belongs to Allâhu
ta’âlâ, alone, to convert hearts and to change spiritual states.” In
another letter, which Abdulhaqq Dahlawî ‘rahimahullâhu ta’âlâ’
wrote to his own children, he said, “Tear the drafts of my letters
which I wrote in opposition to the writings of Ahmad Fârûqî
‘sallamahullâhu ta’âlâ’! No longer is there any blur about him in my
heart, which feels quite true towards him now.” This shows that his
former opposition was merely human. It was the case also with all
the other deniers. Jenâb-i-Haqq (Allâhu ta’âlâ) chooses some of
His slaves and blesses them with His Compassion, saving them
from the Hell of denial and guiding them to the Paradise of
affirmation. The reasons for his tawba are not known for certain.
According to some reports, he had a dream in which the Messenger
of Allah ‘sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ reprimanded him. Some
scholars say, on the other hand, that he drew lots on the Qur’ân alkerîm,
that once the âyat-i-kerîma which purports, “... If he is a liar,
it is at his own peril. If he is telling the truth, Allâhu ta’âlâ will send
onto you some of what He has promised to you,” came out, and
that at another time the outcome was the âyat-i-kerîma which
purports, “They are the beloved slaves of Allâhu ta’âlâ. Even in
their business of buying and selling, their heart is not without
Allâhu ta’âlâ in it.” According to a third report, the objections that
he raised against him were consequent upon a letter that the
adversaries of the blessed Imâm (Rabbânî) had sent to him, (i.e. to
Abdulhaqq Dahlawî). When he realized the truth he repented and
made tawba.
A note: When his children received their father’s letter, they
destroyed the drafts. Yet other people also had had letters from
him, (which contained his former opinions about Imâm Rabbânî).
Those letters still existed in a few books written in Persian.
However, beautiful refutations were written to those letters. Short
biographies of the scholars who praised Imâm Rabbânî ‘quddisa
sirruh’ would make up an entire book.
24– THE FIFTH PERSPECTIVE: When a person rises to
fame owing to his virtues and perfections, a concomitant increase
in jealousy follows. This has been the case since (the first man and
the earliest prophet) Âdam ‘alaihis-salâm’. The jealousy of the
ignorant is symptomatic of the abundance of the blessings
possessed by the envied person. Our Master, the Prophet ‘sall-
Allâhu ’alaihi wa sallam’ states: “Of all people, prophets ‘alaihimus-salâtu
wa-s-salâm’, suffer the most disasters; next after them are
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