Siraj-ul-Absar (English) - Khalifatullah Mehdi (AHS)

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10 Hazrat Bandagi Miyan Abdul Malik Sujawandi RH He was a resident of Sujawand. Hence, he is known as Sujawandi. This village is not in India. It may be in Rum, 1 Iraq or Syria. His ancestors arrived in India from there a long time ago and settled in Gujarat in Western India. They were employed by the king of Gujarat. Hazrat Miyan Abdul Malik Sujawandi acquired many villages as his jagir [fiefdom] from the king of Gujarat for his erudition and ability. His genealogical tree is as follows: Miyan Abdul Malik, son of Miyan Abdul Majeed, son of Shah Abdul Malik, son of Shah Noor Muhammad, son of Shah Burhanuddin, son of Shah Yasin, son of Shah Noor Muhammad, son of Shah Qutbuddin, son of Shah Jalaluddin, son of Shah Nizam, son of Haji Mueen, son of Haji Samad, son of Khwaja Yunus, son of Khwaja Tahamoon Sujawandi, son of Imam Jafar Sadiq, son of Imam Muhammad Baqar, son of Syed Zain-al-Abedin, son of Abi Abdullah Al-Husain, son of Hazrat Amir-al-Mumineen Ali Murtaza Asad-ullah-il-Ghalib RZ . Shah Abdul Majeed had two sons: Miyan Abdul Malik Sujawandi and Miyan Abdul Ghafoor Sujawandi. Miyan Abdul Malik Sujawandi had learned fourteen religious sciences and he was well-known for his erudition. The village of Budhasan, which is to the east of Kadi in Gujarat, was granted to him as his jagir. When Hazrat Imam Syed Muhammad Mahdi Al- Mau'ood AS arrived in Gujarat, many of the great ulama, nobles, ministers, and Mashayakhin of tariqat performed the tasdiq [affirmation and confirmation] of the Imam AS . However, the performing the tasdiq by Abdul Malik depended on a proper time. Hazrat Imam Mahdi Al-Mau'ood AS had given the glad tidings to Bandagi Miyan Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ that great ulama of the manifest and immanent religious sciences would become his disciples. These glad tidings were fulfilled by the arrival of Miyan Abdul Malik and Miyan Abdul Ghafoor as the disciples of Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ . The story of Bandagi Abdul Malik Sujawandi’s tasdiq [affirmation and confirmation] of the Imam AS is as follows: One day Miyan Malik was going to his jagir, Budhasan, in a buggy [light carriage]. He happened to pass by the Daira of Hazrat Bandagi Miyan Shah Dilawar RZ . He saw that a few boys were collecting firewood near the Daira. Then, it was time for the ‘Asr [late afternoon] prayers. One of the boys sounded the azan [prayer call]. All the boys then performed vuzoo [ablutions]. They all fell in a line and performed the namaz [ritual payer] in congregation [ba-jama’at]. One of the boys led the prayers and, then, the same boy started the bayan-e-Quran [the explanation of the Quranic Verses]. He explained some very important points that astonished Miyan Malik, who had neither heard nor read such tafsir of the Quran. He got down from his buggy, came near the boys and asked them where they resided. The boys showed the Daira where they were residing. Miyan Malik wondered, “If this is the exalted position of the children, what would be the condition of the elder residents of the Daira?” Then he followed the children to the Daira. When he saw Hazrat Bandagi Miyan Shah Dilawar RZ , he was floored and became his devotee. He touched the feet of the Shah RZ and offered to pay fealty to him as his disciple. Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ said, “O brother! You are a learned scholar and I am an unlettered man. I pronounce qaf as kaf.” Miyan Malik said, “My knowledge is sacrificed on your ummiyat [condition as unlettered man].” Hearing this, Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ made Miyan Malik perform the tasdiq 1 Not the Rome of Italy.
11 [affirmation and confirmation] of Hazrat Imam Mahdi Al-Mau'ood AS , made him his murid [disciple] and imparted talqin [religious instruction] to him. Then, he sent for some water, performed the paskhurda [sanctified leftover]. As soon as Miyan Malik drank the paskhurda [the sanctified leftover water], Miyan Malik forgot all his knowledge and became an unlettered man. He even lost the power of recognizing the alphabet. In the same condition, he performed the obligation of tark-e-dunya [giving up or rejecting the world], and joined the company of Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ with the intention of hijrat [migration]. Then, he stayed in the Daira of Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ . There was a person named Shaikh Ali Muttaqi in the Daira of Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ . One day Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ said, “There is no iman [Faith] for an ‘anin [impotent person].” Sheikh Ali, whom the non-Mahdavis call as Muttaqi [pious person] and the Mahdavis call as muftari [slanderer], heard this remark. He was in fact an impotent person. He felt very bad. He left the Daira and went away. Another reason for his flight was that he could not endure the hunger that was a daily routine in the Daira. Somehow he reached Makkah [now in Saudi Arabia]. There, he drafted a short tract, entitled as Ar-Rad denouncing the Mahdavis. Then, he sent it to Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ . The Hazrat RZ made somebody read it and listened to it. Then, he asked Hazrat Bandagi Abdul Malik to rebut it. Hazrat Bandagi Abdul Malik said, “All my learning has vanished since I drank your paskhurda.” Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ sent for a glass of water, drank a part of it and gave the remainder to Miyan Malik, who drank it. As soon as Miyan Malik drank it, his forgotten knowledge returned to him mysteriously in twice the quantity lost. All that he had forgotten revived in his mind. Miyan Malik told Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ , “I will certainly write the rebuttal, but I do not have the necessary books of the predecessors with me at present to write the rebuttal.” Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ said, “When you turn your attention to ‘alim, imam or mujtahid, his soul will present itself before you and produce before you the book you need. Then see the book and write the rebuttal.” Miyan Abdul Malik obeyed the command and wrote the rebuttal. Then, the rebuttal was sent to Sheikh Ali Muftari. The name of this rebuttal is Siraj-ul-Absar. This rebuttal is so well argued that, to this day, none among the hundreds of the great non- Mahdavi ulama could satisfactorily counter the book, Siraj-ul-Absar. A muqaddima [long introduction] of this book has been written and published. When during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Akbar, a debate was convened between the non-Mahdavi ulama and Hazrat Bandagi Miyan Sheikh Mustafa Gujarati; Miyan Sheikh Mubarak Nagauri [father of the two ministers of the Akbar’s Court, Abul Fazal and Faizi] was present. Nagauri sent a list of questions to Miyan Abdul Malik Sujawandi to further elucidate the details about the Mahdavia religion. Miyan Malik wrote a comprehensive reply to the questions and the tract is entitled, Minhaj-ut-Taqvim. This book too has won great accolades for its excellence and elucidations. Bandagi Abdul Malik Sujawandi RA was a kind hearted, right minded, tolerant and patient person. He had eighteen sons. After performing the tark-e-dunya obligation, he had given up his jagir [fiefdom]. However, his sons used to benefit by it. Miyan Malik remained in the company of Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ till his last breath. He was conferred with the Khilafat [successor of a Godly celebrity]. After the death of Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ , seven hundred of his fourteen hundred fuqara [indigent persons] remained in the company of Miyan Malik RA . After the death of Hazrat Shah Dilawar RZ , Miyan Malik RA returned to Gujarat and established his Daira at Budhasan. One day, the revenue collector of Kadi came in the Daira. He was very happy to hear the explanation of Quran and thought the expenditure in the Daira was
Page 1 and 2: BISMILLAAHIR-RAHMAANIR-RAHIIM SIRAJ
Page 3 and 4: 3 Preface to the English Translatio
Page 5 and 6: 5 even an iota of effect on the rea
Page 7 and 8: 7 challenge, but expressed his inab
Page 9: 9 saw the surroundings bathed in ab
Page 13 and 14: 13 Appeal We appeal to the musaddiq
Page 15 and 16: 15 Siraj-ul-Absar Table of Contents
Page 17 and 18: 17 Bismillahir Bismillahir Bismilla
Page 19 and 20: 19 of these Traditions, Allamah Tuf
Page 21 and 22: 21 He [Muttaqi] says: The ulama kno
Page 23 and 24: 23 the community on the basis of th
Page 25 and 26: 25 Hence, the Quranic Verse bears w
Page 27 and 28: 27 because of his ignorance, he is
Page 29 and 30: 29 excluding the Mahdi AS . The peo
Page 31 and 32: 31 were in practice during the era
Page 33 and 34: 33 intensely cloudy day and on the
Page 35 and 36: 35 repentance of every bid’ati. T
Page 37 and 38: 37 Further, Ali Karamallahu Wajhu R
Page 39 and 40: 39 and belief as the true religion,
Page 41 and 42: 41 both the worlds—the Here and t
Page 43 and 44: 43 That is, in reality, [guidance i
Page 45 and 46: 45 of yad [hand] as the ‘organs [
Page 47 and 48: 47 Specifying Verses of Quran with
Page 49 and 50: 49 e-ruhani [spiritual vision of di
Page 51 and 52: 51 discord between the two calls or
Page 53 and 54: 53 to pay zakat—poor-due] with a
Page 55 and 56: 55 If it is said that it is possibl
Page 57 and 58: And what has been stated in the boo
Page 59 and 60: 59 thought] of the four Imams. On t
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61 understood]. Esa AS has stated t
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63 And among all the arguments is t
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65 God willing. [Then remember your
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67 [true, sincere people]. Hence th
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69 [souls] through remembrance [of
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71 also learns the etiquette of the
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73 Then, one is astonished why the
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75 disavowal of the judge or the ce
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77 does not mean that one says that
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79 Hence, you [the reader] think ov
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81 Belief of Mahdi AS being Free of
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83 If the mujtahidin had pondered i
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85 Prophets AS and the Messengers A
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87 Morality of Mahdi AS Now I will
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89 Prophethood; and he is bestowed
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91 comprehensive name of all the pr
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93 Kirmani, the commentator of Bukh
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95 followers of Mahdi AS and the fo
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97 Abu Sufyan says, ‘I said, He c
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99 has informed me about the answer
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101 with tears because of their rec
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103 Proof for veracity of Mahdi AS
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105 Prophets AS . And there was no
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107 this saying is that Mahdi AS wi
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109 Imam of the religion because an
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111 Today there is no shade other t
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113 [engagement with Allah]. All th
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115 denial far away. Thus with resp
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117 believer because he sees with t
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