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In Mareer Hassan Graveyard, Rawalpindi, the walled enclave housing the grave of “Saaeen Allah Bakhsh”. Mumtaz Mufti mentions the saint in his book “Alakh Nagri”. Mufti had a spiritual inspiration with the saint, which started somewhat supernaturally and subsequently developed into Mufti’s unassailable love for Pakistan. I reached the place by following Mufti’s first account of visiting the grave back in 1960s. It was heartening to note that nothing from Mufti's description had changed (no formal shrine or other orthodox attachments). The first encounter of a man of logic with the grave of a man of spiritual orientation as stated by Mumtaz Mufti is interesting. The same, in the writing of Mumtaz Mufti in Alakh Nagri (Page 397) is reproduced (translated from the original script): Mareer is a suburb of Rawalpindi. In those days (1960s) the area between Murree Road and Mareer was uninhabited with scattered fields. After crossing the railway line there was a small village across what was the graveyard. In the graveyard was a fenced courtyard with a well on one side and a cemented podium on the other. A walled enclave beside the podium had a half door entrance. Aziz Malik (Mufti’s companion) entered the enclave from that half door, and it was then I sort of hesitated. I had thought of “Sarkar Qibla” to be a person I was being guided to for spiritual support, but to go to a grave and seek that support was unacceptable to me. To ask some saint to pray has some logic in it, but to address a grave, to seek assistance from someone dead was a ridiculous thing to me. Had I been courageous, I would have said to Aziz Malik that he was a learned person, a writer and someone blessed with logic and that where he had brought me. “What should I say to this pile of dust? How should I request him to pray for me? Aziz Malik! Why are you inclined to mock me?”…….. But I didn’t have such nerve, so I followed Aziz Malik inside the enclave. The floor inside was tiled white and the gravestone bore the name of the person in bold letters “Saaeen Allah Bukhsh”, Naqshbandi, Qalandri so on and so forth. Neither I knew the meaning of Naqshbandi nor was I aware of Qalandri! The whole episode was beyond my assimilation. Aziz Malik raised his hands in the style of praying and kept reading something in his heart. Then he asked me if I knew something from Quran like “ALHAMD” and “DUROOD”. I nodded and recited these verses followed by my request. But this was not a request in it, neither was it like appealing for or beseeching something. Once there was no sense of presence of someone respectable to put forth your request to then what to appeal or beg for? In all this activity, neither was I mentally involved nor did I have my heart in it. It was a norm that was followed through mere recitation of my tongue. After coming out of the enclave I sincerely thanked God in my heart to be over with this useless ritual! |
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| Author | Muhammad Imran Saeed from City of London, Canada |
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