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Miracles of Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz

Rehmatullahe Ta’ala ‘Alaihi

Dead Brought To Life:

A lady came to Gareeb Nawaz Rehmatullahe Ta’ala ‘Alaih crying, and stated that her son had been murdered by the Ruler of the city. He felt sorry for her and went with his attendants to the place where the murder had occurred. He placed the head of the victim alongside the torso and said, “O person, if you have genuinely been killed unjustly, then by the Order of Allah, stand up!” As soon as he had said these words, the corpse began to move, stood up and came back to life. He fell at the feet of Gareeb Nawaz Rehmatullahe Ta’ala ‘Alaih, and joyfully left with his mother. When the Ruler of the city heard about this, he started trembling, and he came and apologised.

Six Chapattis: A person came to Khwaja Fariduddin Ganj e Shakar and said, “I was living a life of poverty and scarcity, and I turned my attention towards Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz. I dreamt that he came and granted me six chapattis. From that day to this day, it has been sixty years and I receive as much money as I need every day, and my family and I spend our lives in comfort and affluence. Baba Fariduddin said, “That was not a dream, it was the Grace of the Lord that through the blessings of the circle of the Friends of Allah Ta’ala, your difficulties were removed.”

Knowledge Of The Unseen:

One day, Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz was contemplating the truth when a disciple said, “Sir, the Ruler of the city has grieved me a lot and has also ordered me to be banished from the city.” Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz asked where the Ruler was. He was told that the Ruler had gone on his horse somewhere. Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz said, “Go, he has fallen off his horse and has died.” When he returned, this was the news that he heard.

Tyrant Ruler Became Remorseful:

When Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz went to Sabzwar from Hiraat, he learnt that the Ruler was a Shia and a tyrant, who would kill people who named their children Abu Bakr or ‘Umar. Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz learnt that he was very bigoted; his name was Yaadgar Mirza, and the place where he was staying also belonged to the Ruler. Many people asked Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz not to sit there as the Ruler was a great tyrant, but Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz paid no attention to them. Suddenly, the Ruler arrived there with great pomp and fanfare. He wanted to forbid Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz from sitting there but as soon as he laid eyes on him, he fell unconscious. A state and feeling of terror and fear overcame not only him, rather upon all his colleagues and employees that were with him. None of the other people had the courage or audacity to move, but Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz was very kind hearted and compassionate. He got up and sprinkled water on the face of the Ruler, who then regained consciousness. He repented and begged for forgiveness; all his colleagues, servants, etc. also repented and became disciples of Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz. Yaadgar Mirza repented and furthermore gave all of his wealth, riches, and possessions in the path of Allah Ta’ala, as well as freeing all the slaves and handmaids. Look at the Grace and Blessings of Allah Ta’ala and His religion that a person, whose book of deeds was completely black, joined the groups of Angels in a split second; an enemy became a friend, and gained spiritual discipleship (Khilafat) and became a great Friend of Allah Ta’ala in Hiraat.

Camels Remained Seated:

Hazrat Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz Rehmatullahe Ta’ala ‘Alaih had just arrived in Ajmer and was sitting and resting under some trees. A person came and told him to move as this was where the Ruler’s camels rested. Hazrat Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz got up and went and sat on the banks of lake Ana Sagar. The next day, when the camel keepers tried to get the camels to stand up, they remained seated and would not stand. The Ruler’s staff became very worried and could not understand why the camels would not stand. Finally, they reached to the conclusion that ‘Maybe this is the curse (bad-du’a) of the Mystic whom we forcibly removed from here yesterday.’ They all looked for Hazrat Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz and found him sitting on the banks of the lake. Once they had apologised to him, the camels stood up from their places.

From Jogi Jai Pal To ‘Abdullah:

The Ruler of Ajmer, Prithvi Raj was extremely worried and distressed. In this state, he called for the magician Jai Pal (who was the best and most famous magician in Hindustan). He took some deer skin (complete with the deer’s hair, on which Mystics would sit and worship) along with 1500 other magicians, and hastily arrived in Ajmer for combat. They arrived in such a frightening manner that they had lions and snakes with them, and the magicians were all throwing flames of fire in front of themselves as they were marching. A great crowd was with Hazrat Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz Rehmatullahe Ta’ala ‘Alaih who all panicked when they saw this petrifying scene in front of them. Hazrat Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz Rehmatullahe Ta’ala ‘Alaih drew a fort (line in the sand) around himself and his companions. The snakes started approaching from one direction, the lions from another, whilst from above and in front, flames of fire were raining down. It was a horrifying scene; the citizens were shaking and trembling. No one was able to enter into the fort that Hazrat Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz Rehmatullahe Ta’ala ‘Alaih had drawn. He was busy in Salah and once he had finished, he took a handful of sand, blew on it, and threw it in the direction of the tyrants. As soon as he did that, all the snakes, lions, and flames disappeared. In the field (of battle) opposite stood a defeated and dejected Jai Pal. He had the ability to fly, and therefore started flying up into the sky. However, Hazrat Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz Rehmatullahe Ta’ala ‘Alaih ordered his sandals to attack him. The sandals attacked him and brought him down to the ground. Now Jai Pal became submissive, fell at the feet of Hazrat Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz Rehmatullahe Ta’ala ‘Alaih, begged for forgiveness, accepted Islam and reached great heights of spirituality; he was given the name ‘Abdullah after accepting Islam. This is an example of the Grace of Allah Ta’ala, in that he changes the fortunes of extremely wretched people from bad to good in the blink of an eye.

Became Lifeless:

Someone complained to the King that some people of another religion have come and camped near our place of worship. The King ordered that they be forcibly removed. When they came and surrounded the Muslims, Hazrat Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz Rehmatullahe Ta’ala ‘Alaih recited Ayatul Kursi on some sand and threw it at them. Whomever the grains of sand fell on became unconscious and froze. On the third day, the King and citizens of the city gathered at the lake to worship. Ram Dev Mehnat moved forward to physically remove Hazrat Khwaja Gareeb Nawaz Rehmatullahe Ta’ala ‘Alaih, but as soon as Khwaja Saheb looked him in the eye, he was overcome with awe and fear. He immediately fell at the feet of Khwaja Saheb and accepted Islam. He was the first one to accept Islam and who, later on, achieved a great status.