If you remember a few principles,
it shall always benefit you.
Let me now explain to you the mechanics of blasphemy.
What Constitutes Blasphemy?
Now, what’s important to ascertain is what causes one to become blasphemous.
We have seen dozens of people
who were initially a part of our organisation
but then began to speak against us all of a sudden.
We wondered how it could be possible for a Zakir e Qalbi,
whose heart is enriched with divine energy,
to become blasphemous.
We came to the conclusion that perhaps it is the filth from within
that comes to the surface which results in blasphemy.
However, I remembered one conversation I had with HDE Gohar Shahi.
Spirituality is a wonderful thing,
through it, you are able to determine one's reality.
If you remember a few principles,
it shall always benefit you.
Let me now explain to you the mechanics of blasphemy.
Physically performed worship and verbally uttered blasphemy have no significance.
This is a great statement, right?
Knowing the reality is of paramount importance.
I speak in accordance with your mentality
but if I were to speak solely according to Tariqah…
you would lose the hair on your heads.
For example, a certain statement was uttered by the saints at some point,
and today individuals like Engineer Mirza Ali
malign those saints and distort their statements.
For instance, at some point, a man came to become a disciple of Khawaja Ghareeb un Nawaz.
The saint spiritually observed his fate
and realised that he is a hell-bound soul.
Now, he could not tell him this
for he would refuse to believe it.
But he knew the man was hell-bound and that it was futile to take him into his discipleship
and God shall not approve of him,
so he thought, ‘Why should I take the onus of taking him on board and sully my name?’
Now, in order to distance him from himself, he asked him to recite,
'La Ilaha Illa Allah Chishti Rasool Allah',
and that individual ran away,
whilst his own disciples were undeterred.
They stayed with him for they knew… These things are understood.
There was a beloved disciple of Junaid Baghdadi
and when he was bestowed caliphate, he became a divinely ordained spiritual master.
His name was Abu Bakr Shibli.
So, two men went to pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr Shibli.
When the two arrived,
he detected faith written in one man’s fate
and when he checked the other, he realised he is hell-bound.
Now in order to make him leave, he said,
‘If you want to pledge allegiance, recite: 'La Ilaha Illa Allah Shibli Rasool Allah'.
One of the men stood up and said, ‘Astaghfurillah!
I have come to a disbeliever!’
And he fled.
The other remained seated.
He asked, ‘Why didn’t you run?’
The man replied, ‘I didn’t run but I am surprised.
I believed you were divine but you limited yourself to prophethood’.
There have been such individuals…
Now, all such incidents recorded in the books
have been declared blasphemy by the imbeciles posing as clergies and scholars.
I often wonder what’s going on in the world,
what are these clergies cooking up…
and I am always listening. I am listening to everything.
Not with the intention of earning benevolence from these dogs,
but I listen to keep myself apprised of their nonsense.
So when I came across this point,
I thought… I hoped that I would be asked this question,
and I thought about the response I would give.
I searched and searched,
I ran a thorough investigation spiritually upon this
and I could not find a single trace of blasphemy [in his statement].
He was a saint of God.
It was also confirmed that he definitely made this statement.
So what must be done now?
First of all, I directed my attention toward Abu Bakr Shibli.
I asked, ‘Why did you say this?’
Now, when I asked him…
he is quite hot-tempered
and he said, ‘I said what I said. It is down to my accord.
I said, ‘You are absolutely right, it is your accord.
There is no doubt about that
but my question to you is, what is the name of your prophet?’
He said, ‘Muhammad Ar Rasool Allah’.
I asked, ‘Is your accord greater than the religion of Prophet Muhammad?’
He then said, ‘Then you must also know that God looks at the hearts and the intentions therein’.
I said, ‘I am aware but all the imbeciles roaming about are not.
They are placing verdicts of kufr and besmirching Sufism’.
He then said, 'My relationship with God allows me to say whatever I like'.
I said, 'With all due respect, you may say whatever you like to God
but if these statements reach the public,
they shall leave a negative impact’.
I said, ‘We are defending the public image of Sufism today.
We are letting people know that
Sufism is not invented by the saints
but a Sunnah of Muhammad Ar Rasool Allah.
And since we are doing this, people ask us questions like,
‘’So-and-so was such a great saint, why did he make such a statement?’’
We are responsible for answering their questions because we are defending Sufism’.
‘Therefore, I have come to the conclusion,
’ I said to him, ‘that perhaps you have not heard the hadith
which states ‘’forbearance is greater than a miracle’’
Which means to be divine and yet remain in the guise of man and believing it to be reality.
This form of sainthood is far greater than yours’.
Now, if we are to follow his explanation,
we must know and understand one esoteric law.
What is this esoteric law?
Let’s suppose this is the human brain.
The human intellect and human thoughts are related to the brain.
'Shakeel is a very bad person'.
This is a thought. Where does it originate from? The brain.
Whatever you think, whatever your mindset -
- it all relates to the mind.
Now, whatever is in your brain -
- before it comes unto the tongue,
it must first pass through the heart.
So, what does the Qur'an say?
‘Wa hussila maa fis sudoor -
- all that is in your chest shall be procured on the Day of Reckoning'.
One who uttered blasphemy would enter hellfire and another who utters the same shall be God’s beloved.
You would say this is injustice.
You need to understand how this is not injustice.
No matter which book you read,
its knowledge shall enter your brain.
The knowledge from any book;
hadith, Qur’an, even the Religion of God -
- it shall enter the brain.
Before it is delivered to the tongue from the brain, it must pass through the heart.
It shall be uttered by the tongue having passed through the heart.
This is why the heart holds fundamental authority.
The heart is the centre of your spiritual being.
Now, if an evil thought comes to your mind,
what happens before it comes onto the tongue?
It shall pass through the heart.
If there is divine light in the heart,
then the evil thought that passes through the heart -
- the divine light shall mitigate the negative energy of that evil thought.
Then, even if the words are uttered,
it shall not bear any mischief,
because the negative energy of that evil thought has been taken care of by the heart.
This is why ‘La Ilaha Illa Allah Shibli Rasool Allah’ worked
because the mischief was mitigated by the divine light in the heart and the other words were fired.
Now, let’s say you have memorised the Qur’an in here (the brain).
You will then recite it with your tongue,
first the Qur’an will pass through the heart from the brain and then be delivered to the tongue from the heart.
Now what happens?
Your heart is brimming with impiety and immorality and mischief.
When the Qur’an entered the heart, it dipped into the mischief and when it was uttered, it resulted in corruption.
Whether it is hadith or the Qur’an,
when it travels from the brain to the tongue,
it shall pass through the heart
and if there is no divine light in the heart, there is impiety and immorality.
The impiety and immorality of the heart shall turn it into corruption.
This is the reason why the clergymen created 73 sects.
This is the reason why the Holy Qur’an states, ‘wa la totay man aghfalna qalbahu an zikrina -
- do not follow those whose hearts we have made heedless of our zikr’.
Why?
Because when it passes through their hearts from their brains,
since their hearts do not possess divine light but negative energy, the knowledge shall turn into corruption.
Now let’s talk about why the abusive words of a Majzoob render benevolence.
Let’s say a Majzoob calls you by an abusive name, ‘Come here, you SOB’.
Now this abusive word will reach his heart
while his heart was being showered by divine theophanies
which mitigated the mischief from the words,
mixed it with divine energy
and when it was uttered by the tongue, it rendered you with divine grace.
I am disclosing the doctrine of spirituality and Sufism, step-by-step,
in order to rectify the doubts in the minds of people,
so that no one can object to spirituality and esoteric knowledge.
So that you understand the mechanics behind the physical and verbal abuse of a Majzoob.
So that you can differentiate between the goodness of a Majzoob’s abuse and Shakeel’s.
You know what happens?
When one Majzoob is famed for his abuse,
all of his disciples begin to adopt the abusive language.
He’s a Majzoob.
He possesses divine energy.
He is verified by God and those who mimic him shall become heretics.
So, this is the reason why the abusive words of a Majzoob render spiritual grace.
Although abusive language is wrong,
there is a vast difference between your verbal abuse and a Majzoob’s
because when a Majzoob uses abusive language, it shall be mixed with the divine energy in his heart
which shall render you grace
but when you swear, it shall only result in mischief and people will beat you for it.
So the thought, idea or knowledge that is stored in your brain -
- only when it passes through the heart
shall it be determined what the outcome of that knowledge shall be.
If there is divine energy in the heart
then any thought, any knowledge that is in the mind,
when it passes through the heart, it shall only render spiritual grace when uttered by the tongue.
So when I proffered in the court of the Lord,
‘Master, many people end up blaspheming
so can their faith be rectified?’ The Lord said, ‘No,
once a blasphemer always a blasphemer’.
I said, ‘Master, shouldn’t there be a margin of error?
Isn’t this law too strict?’
The Lord said, ‘It is not a strict law,
there is formidable protection behind it’.
If there is a blasphemous thought in your mind, once it crosses the heart
and there is divine energy in the heart,
the divine energy shall omit the thought and you shall not be able to utter the blasphemous words.
And if you end up blaspheming,
it simply means your heart was void of divine energy.
There was no faith in the heart,
to begin with, otherwise, the blasphemous words would never have been uttered by the tongue.
If the blasphemous words have been verbalised, why have they been verbalised?
[Audience: the heart is void of divine energy].
The Lord decreed, 'Those that are to be protected from blasphemy,
first of all, they have divine light in their heart,
secondly, if there is a shortage of divine light,
the spiritual guide instantly comes to their aid and provides them more divine light,
so they are protected from blasphemy'.
There is only one way to protect yourself from blasphemy and corruption.
Don’t rely on the nonsense uttered by the tongue,
focus on the heart.
The more your heart engages in Zikr Allah,
the more divine light you have in your chest
the more protected you are.
And if you do not have divine light in your heart,
you are like an untethered kite;
you shall flow whichever way the wind flows.
This is how you protect yourself from blasphemy, by strengthening your heart.
Now, what shall happen on the Day of Reckoning?
Your book of deeds shall be presented.
Let's suppose Anwar’s book of deeds is presented,
all his blasphemous remarks and all his transgressions shall be revealed.
However, God shall not be satisfied with the list [of deeds] provided by the angels.
God is not satisfied by this book of deeds.
The clergymen also make mention of this,
‘the book of deeds of the paradise-bound shall be presented with the right hand
and for the hell-bound, it shall be presented with the left hand’.
But they do not tell you what happens after this.
Now, let's suppose that you are standing on the Day of Reckoning.
Now, up until the moment the book of deeds is presented by the angels,
all the people [awaiting judgement] shall be standing with contentment.
They shall feel elated. I have seen it. I have been to the Day of Reckoning and witnessed this myself.
I swear by God.
We saw many people, many great personalities
holding their books of deeds in their right hands, dancing jubilantly.
We were also present and said to them, 'Hold on,
the screening is yet to happen'.
Many have conducted great deeds such as offering salah, fasting, performing Hajj and Umrah,
and shedding rivers of tears in Medina, in fact, oceans.
Such great deeds.
They are gleefully holding their book of deeds in their right hands.
And we said, ‘Hold on a minute.
God is not satisfied with the first screening’.
A voice is then heard, ‘Wa hussila maa fis sudoor’.
‘The book of deeds has been seen.
Show us what is within their chests’.
[The book of deeds] only consists of their physical actions.
A hadith states, ‘innamal aamalu bin niyaat -
- your actions are based on your intentions’.
Now, your book of deeds was presented to you, based on your deeds, to your right hand and you dance in jubilation.
But now comes the checkpost of intentions.
What shall happen there?
Of those who were holding their book of deeds in their right hands,
99% of them shall be hell-bound.
They shall be in a state of awe!
Having passed all the procedures and presented the book of deeds in their right hands,
they shall be dancing away, awaiting entrance to paradise.
Hold your horses.
There is one more station and that is where God deploys his scrutiny.
That is where God says, ‘Wa hussila maa fis sudoor’. ‘Bring forth what lies in their chests’.
Then, the intention behind every action shall be presented.
Now, I am sitting here, giving you a lecture about God and the Messenger, right?
This is a good deed.
But what shall occur on the Day of Reckoning?
The angels shall say, ‘He used to give lectures on God and the Messenger. He is a good man. Let him go’.
And God shall say, ‘No,
bring forth from the heart the intention behind his action’.
If my intention was to increase the number of subscribers and for our videos to become viral
and for us to gain popularity in the world then this deed
would go to waste.
If you did a meagre deed but with the sincerity and honesty of your heart, for the sake of God,
then that small deed shall be enough for your salvation.
The intention behind every deed shall be observed.
So, if you want to be protected from blasphemy, the heart must possess divine energy.
If your heart is not enlightened…
If there is Qur’an here and divine light here,
the verses of the Qur’an shall collide with the heart,
the divine light within the heart shall illuminate the words of the Qur’an
and when they were verbalised, they were instilled into the hearts of people.
There is only one way to be protected from blasphemy:
the protection of the heart.
How do you protect the heart?
The heart is not protected by remembering death.
The heart is not protected by going to the graveyards.
The heart is not protected through worship.
The heart is only protected by the spiritual guide.
Nobody can protect the heart.
Only the spiritual guide can protect the heart.
And whose heart does the spiritual guide protect?
Those whose hearts are attached to the heart of the spiritual guide.
And if your heart is not attached to the spiritual guide -
- it is not possible that your heart is illuminated but not attached to the spiritual guide.
Only those hearts are illuminated that are attached to the spiritual guide.
Now, so many people are joining us,
and if they are attached to my heart
and my heart is attached to the heart of HDE Gohar Shahi,
then it simply means you are certainly attached to HDE Gohar Shahi.
The attachment is the goal regardless of the intermediary.
So, anyone who blasphemes Prophet Muhammad (s) is rejected by God and hell-bound.
Anyone who blasphemes HDE Gohar Shahi is rejected by God,
hell-bound and wretched.
But you will look at their physical relationship to the Lord,
that they are the sons and relatives of the Lord,
but God does not look at relationships.
If relationships held any significance in the divine court,
would Abu Jahl have ever become hell-bound?
Wasn’t he the Prophet’s uncle?
Was Abu Lahab not the Prophet’s uncle?
They were, right? So then?
Relationships hold no significance in the divine court.
The divine court does not recognise titles and relations,
it only recognises the quantity of divine light.
Remember one thing,
he who has been accepted by God
shall always exhibit utmost humility,
he never makes lofty claims.
‘I am this and I am that. I have reached this stage and that stage’
- he has reached absolutely nowhere.
When you notice someone making lofty claims of their grandeur,
you should understand exactly what that means.
The reason for this is the lack of divine light in the heart
of one who sits amongst enlightened people
but is unable to understand that they are doing what they are doing due to the divine light in their hearts
and he must not say the same thing as his heart is void of divine light.
He fails to understand this.
What is important to keep a track of is whether the heart is enlightened or not.
You have to keep a check and balance on this.
How will you know whether there is any divine light in the heart or not?
If the waves of the spiritual master’s love still wash over your heart,
it means there is divine energy therein.
If you feel no connection to your spiritual master,
it means your heart has become barren.
A wasteland.
This is the only method for the common folks.
If you still feel a connection to the Lord, if you still feel that pull…