Biography of Shaikh Abul Hasan Qarqani by Farid Al-din Attar (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Abul Hasan Qarqarni. He was perfect in the following things. 1.Tariqat ( Mystic way of life) 2.Haqiqat ( Intimate knowledge of Allah) He was great source and as well as a treasure of Marifat ( knowledge of Allah ). His piousness and greatness was accepted by all learned persons. Bayazid Bustami used to visit every year the graves of martyrs and when he used to reach Qarqan then will use to look at the sky and will use to take a deep breath and he would smell the fragrance there . Once the disciples asked him what did he smell there? He replied to them that he would smell the fragrance of one of the great Sufi Masters from the land of Qarqan and his patronymic name will be Abul Hasan and his name will be known as Ali . He will get a livelihood of his family members by adopting the occupation of agriculture and his rank and status will be three times greater than him . For a period of twenty years he (Abul Hasan) will use to visit the tomb of Bayazid Bustami in Bustam and would leave Qarqan after Eisa prayer (evening prayer) and will reach back his place and used to pray there as follows. “ Oh : Allah grant me the same status, which You have given to Bayazid Bustami “ and after this prayer he will return back to Qarqan and attend the Fajar prayer ( morning prayer) there. He used to take great care and respect in Bustam and returned back from there in the inverted footsteps so that there will be no disrespect of the tomb of Bayzid there. After the completion of the above routine for a period of twelve years he heard a divine call from the tomb of Bayazid that his ( Abul Hasan ) time has come so he told him due to no education at all he did not get the knowledge of Sharia law (Islamic law) so for this reason he requested him for his help in this matter and he heard a call in which it was told that whatever he got in his life was due to his sake only. He replied him that you were passed from the world thirty nine years before him so he heard a divine call again that he is right and it is the real thing. Whenever he will use to pass from the land of Qarqan then he will use to watch the light from that land to the sky. For one of his desires, he (Bayazid) prayed for a period of 30 years, but it was not granted by Allah and he was ordered to submit his request for the sake of that light for its approval in the court of Allah. So upon acting as per the above commandment of Allah his desire was fulfilled. After this event he reached back to Qarqan and completed the memorization of the holy Quran by heart in twenty four days only. But it was mentioned in other reference that he heard divine a call from the tomb of Bayazid to read Surah Fatiha ( the opening chapter of the of Holy Quran) and when he commenced it and upon reaching back to Qarqan he was memorizing the whole Quran. Once he was digging in his garden and he found silver there so he levelled that place and started digging in another place and he found gold there and in third place he found pearls and in the fourth place he found jewellery but he did not take the above four things from there and he told that Abdul Hasan will not like all these things. He told that if he would get the religion and world then he will not look at all and not go away from Him (Allah ). When the time of the prayer will come then he will use to leave the bullocks in the ploughing condition in the field and do the prayers of Allah. Upon return from the prayer he will find the soil ready for the cultivation.