I tell you, there is a secret of God which if revealed, deems Godliness futile.
There is a secret of prophecy which, if revealed, deems prophethood futile.
There is a secret of sainthood which if revealed, deems sainthood futile.
There is a secret of faqr (spiritual poverty) which is also rendered futile if revealed.
Those are the secrets that are being revealed now.
Why There Are 7 Seats in the Divine Empyrean
This is a depiction of the Empyrean of God.
This depicts seven seats.
How many? Seven seats.
Now, I tell you this for the first time.
So honour me, do not be misguided.
There are seven seats here. Not one, seven.
There is a Sultan [ul Fuqra] on each of those seven seats.
At the very end is seated the Lord and from his chest is emanating a divine cord that is attached to the Sultan sitting in the closest seat,
from that Sultan to the next, and then the next and so on.
Those that are included in these seven seats, it is for them that God said, 'Alaa Siraatam Mustaqeem (upon the Straight Path)'.
And that divine cord, the Habl Allah, is ‘ilaa Sirat ul Mustaqeem’.
And this is ‘alaa Siraatam Mustaqeem’.
Now, they are seated there on these seven seats.
So, gentlemen, Sultan Bahoo said in his book that he was going somewhere and someone pleaded to witness God,
so he told him to look up and had him see God, and he stood there for a month.
What witnessing of the divine splendour was that?
It was the witnessing of Sultan Bahoo upon his seat on the Empyrean of God. The man was shown the Tifle Noori.
However, it would've mattered if he had shown the seat upon which God himself is seated.
I tell you, there is a secret of God which if revealed, deems Godliness futile.
There is a secret of prophecy which, if revealed, deems prophethood futile.
There is a secret of sainthood which if revealed, deems sainthood futile.
There is a secret of faqr (spiritual poverty) which is also rendered futile if revealed.
Those are the secrets that are being revealed now.
Now, these personalities that are sitting here
if there is a spiritual man on Earth who is an Ahle Nazar or there is an Ahle Malakut, Ahle Jabrut or a fakir.
There are many great fakirs that traverse the planet.
So when they prostrate, their prostrations go to the higher realms through their spiritual hearts,
once they arrive there, a voice emits from here [the Empyrean of God].
The prostration goes there and becomes stationary and there is a chime [that announces its arrival].
The one on the first seat says, 'This is not for me', and passes it on.
The same is said again from the one on the second seat; then it is passed on.
And if it is for the one on the third seat, he accepts it, if not, it is then passed on.
It continues to get passed on.
In the era of the Prophet (s), there were two seats that belonged to the Prophet (s).
The first was in the line, and the second was right in front.
Why was it in the front? Because it was the Prophet's era, all prostrations were to come to the Prophet (s).
Then, the religion expired. It expired, didn’t it?
When it was Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani’s era, he had made an abode in the jungles.
He was walking with his bindle and it would constantly fall off his shoulder, and suddenly, something from the ground held his feet.
He looked down thinking, who could have more power than me to hold onto me?
He looked and there was a half-dead man laying on the ground.
Ghaus e Azam asked, 'Who are you?'
The man replied, 'I am the Islam, the religion established by your predecessor, Muhammad (s)'.
He was almost dead, and said, 'Revive me with your power'.
Ghaus e Azam gave him support and lifted him up.
Ethereal chants of ‘Mohiuddin! Mohiuddin!’ filled the atmosphere.
It means ‘Reviver of the Religion’. He revived the religion.
So then in his era, he had two seats.
One was in the line and the other was in the front.
So then what happened? Then the saints who witnessed the divine splendour, they actually witnessed him (Ghaus e Azam).
This is why Sultan Haq Bahoo said, 'I beg for the alms of the City of Baghdad'.
He himself is a Sultan ul Fuqra and he declared it is acceptable to call him God. So why did he beg for the alms of the City of Baghdad?
It was for this reason depicted here. It was Sultan Haq Bahoo who said, 'I beg for the alms of the City of Baghdad…’.
So (the one whose era it is), his seat is in the front.
So that day when I said to HDE Gohar Shahi that I desire them alone, they didn't reply. They remained silent.
The following day, or the day after, they spiritually took me to this station.
HDE Gohar Shahi asked me, 'What will you do with me?
Look, I’ve brought you to such an elevated place, would you wish to stay here instead?'
Listen attentively.
So we were standing here, they depicted the first seat and asked, ‘Would you like to stay here?’ I said, ‘No, I do not like that’.
The first seat was then removed. The entire scene before me was removed and then I was shown the second arsh.
They asked, ‘What about here?’ I said no and that too was removed.
‘Here?’ No. ‘Here?’ No. ‘Here?’ No. ‘Here?’ No. ‘And here?’ No.
'Then, what do you desire?’ I said, 'You'.
So then what happened?
When it is said that sainthood will be terminated upon the arrival of Imam Mehdi, this entire set (on the empyrean of God) was removed.
Believe me, I swear by the honour of God.
There is now only one seat there.
Sometimes, upon the seat is 'Alif Laam Meem' and sometimes, 'Alif Laam Ra'. Nothing else.
Then what happened?
When 'Alif Laam Meem' is upon the seat, then the colour of it is, let's say, yellow.
It is not actually yellow, I'm just saying it for you to understand.
So, let's say, its colour is now yellow. So when the colour is yellow, it means that the passage is open for the people of 'Alif Laam Meem'.
And, for example, let's say, when the colour is red, the passage for them is also open,
and a [side door] is also open, for them to pass and go beyond.
So, when there were seven seats, the colour was yellow, and there was nothing beyond that seat.
Then I was shown the other side, and I was told, "Now, look again."
This time when looked, I was able to see beyond the seat.
And I was told to come around from the other side.
When I crossed over to the other side, the Lord smiled in the morning and said, ‘Alright, that’s fine.
There is much I wished to reveal, however, I have been told to wait.
I really wanted to explain it; these secrets were constantly coming to the tip of my tongue,
however, let me tell you this much, all those that claim to have seen God, no one knows whatsoever who they actually saw.
They’ve no idea who they’ve actually seen because all the Sultans resemble God.
God and the Tifle Noori are identical in appearance. Ditto copies.
This is between us, if there is anyone that has actually seen God, then it either is Prophet Mohammad (s) or Imam Mehdi.
All others have seen the Sultans of the seats.
We have been rendered by HDE the knowledge through which we are able to discern who is seated just from the seat or the throne.
We know who it is if we see a seat or a throne.
If you see a throne, then you should go there.
Because [God] must allow some kind of a differenciation.
And the Qur'an says, 'the sign of the seat' - this here is the secret behind Ayat ul Kursi.
‘The sign of the seat’ - who is behind the seat?
Now, because we are also speaking about witnessing the divine splendour, so we are revealing [these secrets],
because you’ve to arrive at this destination one day.
Ghafoor bhai once asked me a question, the answer to which, I did not give.
He dug quite a lot, however, I did not budge.
He said to me one day, 'There is a narration that when the Prophet (s) reached the empyrean of God, he heard a voice,
'O Messenger of God, wait here, God is offering namaz’.
Now, I’ve translated it as namaz but the word used was salah.
Muslims in India and Pakistan assume this word to be 'prayer'.
So this caused confusion, people began to wonder who is God praying to?
So, I did not reply to him. So, what was the real story?
The Tifle Noori that are present on the seven seats, they too are engaged in the Zikr of Allah,
although they look just like God to whoever comes to see them, however, they are constantly engaged in the glorification of God.
So, when the Prophet (s) arrived there, the Tifle Noori were engaged in Salah (Zikr) of God.
They were engaged in the Salah of God. In other words, the images (Tifle Noori) of God were in Salah of the original essence of God.
And these seven seats that are placed here are in the same formation as when God said, 'One day, I wished to see my beauty,’
and a reflection [of God’s beauty] materialised before him. When he looked at his reflection, he jumped in ecstasy seven times.
Each time, a Tifle Noori was formed. One after another. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7.
God moved rhythmically seven times in ecstasy and so seven souls were formed. And their ranks and formation are exactly the same today. This is how it is.
Now, you’ve only ever read about the Divine Empyrean in books, or those who have seen it have ascended to the Station of Mehmood.
For example, those that are watching me live don't know what this place is really like. They can only see me and the background.
But those that come here, they'll know that it's a room.
Similarly, when people see God at the Station of Mehmood, they just see God sitting on the throne, nothing else.
And all these things are in the same formation.
Some have access to the first empyrean, some others the second, some the third.
Then, the reflection of God, which became beloved to him came into Imam Mehdi’s body, and Imam Mehdi came onto Earth.
Those who became associated with Imam Mehdi,
for them it was said, ‘All seven skies have been made accessible to you.
Due to this personality, you were given the seven seats
thus there won’t be any restrictions when his people come [to you]’.
There shall be no restrictions placed on the followers of Imam Mehdi because they are connected to the one,
the reflection that God saw and fell in love with, and danced in ecstasy, and that’s when you came.
Who came?
You, the people of the seven seats. That’s when you came into existence.
But we are connected to Him [the Foremost Reflection].
So if we ever come to see you, you should thank us.
Otherwise, what would we need to go there for?
What would we need from there?
God went into a state of ecstasy upon seeing that reflection, and that reflection came to Earth,
so now what will be the state of those who see that reflection?
If even after this they give importance to religions, it simply means they are blind.
The beauty of that reflection had God dancing in jubilation and ecstasy, he moved rhythmically seven times.
Who knows the state of [his] jubilation, pleasure and intoxication!
The saints are unable to forget the jubilation and ecstasy of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar, so what about the ecstasy of God?
Who knows what God’s jubilation looks like?
There must be something that intoxicates God too.
Now, tell me, the beauty which enthralled God,
when that reflection came on Earth, and He displayed a visual of his beauty to someone,
Now how can such a person be of any use?
Such a person would be of no other use.
Such a person then remains lost in the Person [of the Lord] and remains in servitude and subservience of his reflection,
he remains in worshipping and revering Him.
Then what happened?
The unseen manifestations came, and when they were shown, then one became heedless of everything else.
What does 'heedless' mean? Let's say, you are hanging off a mountain by a rope.
You are secured by that rope,
and then you are secured by another rope and the first is severed.
So you’re still hanging by the second rope.
So first, we were attached to that Reflection and when the other manifestations arrived,
those unseen manifestations have given us refuge and there is nothing more powerful than them.
Nothing is more powerful than them. So then the unseen manifestations came.
I just want to say one thing.
We said that we are preparing you to witness God - don't think this is a very great feat.
Don’t think it is a great feat.
If we have publicly said that we will have you witness God, then you can understand how great it really is.
It can’t be that great, can it?
Yeah, it used to be great, however, the era (in which it used to be great) has now passed.
This is not the era of the saints, this is the era of HDE Gohar Shahi!
Nothing is too great or impossible for HDE Gohar Shahi.