T A S A U W U F - Zinda Nawaz

called “Awtaad.” And there are seven Valis assigned the work of security of seven world and they are
called “Abdaals” besided there are Afraad and Aqtaab Qutub, Ghaus as well as the Ghausul Azam.
It appears in another tradition that all given times there live in Ummah five hundred Valis and
Fourty Abdaals. In short, it is understood that all these chosen gentleman maintain themselves in Shariat
and Tareeqat and thereby reach to their Haqeeqat, or else, they are taken to be common Muslims. That is
why we say that: “One does not achieve a objective without a prfected saint, and one finds no path without
Khizr-“ The Shariat-apparent is fruitless, i.e. Shariat does not yield to the concept of sighting of Allah in this
life whereas the Tareequat’s commutation implies the sighting of Allah-and sighting of Allah is not possible
without a perfected saint.(i.e. peer) Besides this the kind of knowledge which is passed through heart to
heart and which is known as Ilme-e-Ladunni (i.e. the divinely knowledge) as well as the intrinsic knowledge
and which cannot be sought through the books-so in order to gain such kind of a knowledge one required a
perfected saint of living , heart.The most life sacrifying disciples alone are made available with this
knowledge. This knowledge is an invaluable jewel and a truth contained in: “He who identified…did come
to know.” It is also called the ancient secret of Allah the Almighty too…In ‘Qaseeda Ghausia’ Hazrat
Ghaus-e-Paak has mentioned about it in this manner: “Should this knowledge be presented to the sea its
water shall get sunk into the soil of the earth. Should it be presented to the mountain, the mountain shall
get reduced into particles. If it was presented to the fire the fire shall get extinguished.
If it was presented to the corpse, the corpse shall, with command of the ‘Almighty become alive. And for a
human-being, in order to come to a perfected belief i.e. Haqqul Yaqueen, has to trancent to Ain-al-
Yaqueen i.e. a belief in sight. And Ain-al-Yaqueen is to be gained through a perfected saint (i.e.Peer) only,
and a peer is vitally essential for a cleansed inner-self, the confirmation of the Kalima-e-Taiyeba,
realization the Kalima-e-Taiyab and identification of one-self. And the pir’s guidance is required in
struggle of the self, cleansing of the self and meditation. In short, it is established from all these Quranic
verses and Hadeeth along with explanations thereof that the medium (i.e. Waseela) of a perfected saint is
necessary in the path of the Almighty. It is because, this path is exposed to dangerous one can dare
traverse through it all alone. If a due attention of a perfected saint is together the path is all very easy. The
attentive gaze of a perfected saint happens to be very affective like a chemical. If he so chooses he can
take one, in flicker of a moment, for excursion of the ‘Laa-Makaan’ (i.e. inexistence) and intrinsically escort
his disciple to the revered master’s gathering and help him meet intrinsically with the revered master,
peace be upon him, eminent companion (R.A) and the great saintly figures and even help in receiving
knowledge imparted through them. “There is divinely concurrence then follows the path”
O dear! Waseela in fact (I.e. a medium) is different from virtous act, worshipping, belief and the god-fearing
nature waseela simply denotes an escorting guide in the intrinsic path viz- a perfected saint. The people of
Hazrat Moosa (A.S) said to him: “let us get sight of Allah all apparently we shall believe only thereafter.
How can we determine that all descriptions you are pointing out to do actually come as revelation from this
Hazrat Moosa (A.S.) replied: “O you knaves! You are possessing no power and stamina to have sight of
Allah the Almighty. Allah has made me in between himself and yourself a medium and waseela.” But they
did pay heed to his saying and insisted upon their unyielding stubbornness. Then Hazrat Moosa (AS)
narrated to Allah the Almighty this ignorance and stubborness of his people. So, Allah the almighty said to
131