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    Hazrat Noor-od-Din (Nuruddin) Abdur rahman Jami

    Hazrat Noor-od-Din (Nuruddin) Abdorrahman Jami the son of Moulana

    Nezam-od-Din (Nizamuddin) Ahmad was born in Jam, a small town of

    Khorasan in 1414 AD (A.H. 817). Jam is now the Ghor province of Afghanistan. He diedin Herat on the 13th of Moharram in 1492 AD (A.H. 898). His poetic name is Jami, the

    word Jam means "wine goblet" in Persian and Nuruddin means "Light of Faith." His

    genius made the literary men of his time uncomfortable because no man is great unless he

    appears humble.

    When he was only a child, he learned the basic Persian and Arabic from his father. He

    went to a school at Herat (presently Afghanistan) and then to school in Samarghand

    (Samarqand). In Samarghand, he studied with Ghazi-zadeh Ruhm, one of the greatresearchers of the time.

    Hazrat Jami returned to Herat and studied mathematics and philosophy with

    Ala-od-Din Ali Ghoshchi. Hakim Jami later joined hazrat Khaja Saaduddin Kashghari

    , the chief of Naqhshbandis and became his disciple. It is said that

    when hazrat Khaja Saaduddin gathered with other dervishes at the Jame

    Mosque of Herat every time Hazrat Jami passed the mosque Hazrat

    Saaduddin said of Hazrat Jami , "I am fascinated by him, this

    man is truly worthy. I don't know with what trick and how to attract him to become a

    student."

    In 1472 AD (A.H. 877), Hazrat Jami started his pilgrimage to Mecca as every Moslem

    who can afford to is expected once in his life to do I will further explain what occured in

    the journey. Hazrat Jami was a staunch Sunni Moslem but it is Well documented that he

    respected Hazrat Ali The leader of all the saints, the brother and son in law

    of the prophet that just at the mere mention of Hazrat Ali's

    name he would weep oceans!!!, He spoke highly of the 'Household of Hazrat Ali

    ' several times. Hazrat Jami wrote a poem in honor of Hazrat Ali

    in Najaf and a poem in honor of Hazrat Imam Hussein in

    Kerbala. One of the praiseworthy characteristics of Hazrat Jami is that he

    had conviction in what he said and wrote. Hazrat Jami said,

    "There are many seekers but mostly seekers of personal improvement. There are

    very few real seekers after real truth."

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    Contemporary monarchs of his time made offers of large amounts of gold and other gifts

    for him to participate in their courts. These offers constantly annoyed and declined by

    Hazrat e Jami . He was also annoyed by people who wanted to make him a

    hero rather than do something about themselves. Hazrat Jami said

    "Ordinary human love is capable of raising man to the experience of real love".

    Hazrat Jami was well known for his playful sense of humor. Hazrat Jami paid special

    attention to Hazrat Sheikh Sa'adi and Hazrat Hazfez in poetry

    and followed hazrat Nizami in his masnavi. When Hazrat Jami was seventy,

    he wrote his masterpiece Yusuf and Zulaikha. Different people attribute Hazrat Jami to

    writing from 44 to 99 books of grammar, poetry, and theology. Some of his well knownworks include his prose works, "Nafahatul Uns" (Breaths of the Breeze of Friendship),

    "Beharistan" (Abode of Spring), and a collection of biographies of Sufi Saints. Baharistan

    is in the style of Hazrat Saadi's Rose-Garden and he wrote it for his son Ziao-od-DinYusuf. His major poetic work includes "Haft Awrang" (Seven Thrones of Grace), which

    consisted of over twenty-five thousand couplets. Some of the well known writings of"Haft Awrang" are tale of "Salaman and Absal.", a version of the story of "Leila andMajnun", "Khiradnameh Iskandar" (Alexander's Wisdom), and poetic masterpiece of

    "Yusuf and Zulaikha".

    According to the venerable hazrat jaami in his own words, "I never took

    lessons from anyone whom i saw as having me under his control, as having subjected me

    to his domination and decree. With my own understanding, i always surpassed myprofessors. No one can claim to have taught anything that was beyond me. I am really my

    father's pupil, not anyone else's."

    here is a short incident which happened to hazrat Jaami when he was in or

    near iran; on the pilgram road to the hijaz,

    A man of the desert noticed the venerable maulanas camel, and wanted to buy it from

    him. He was so admantly insistent and persistent, that Hazrat jami found hehad no option but to accept the camel dealer's offer.

    Hazrat sold his camel, but-who knows why?- the camel died soon afterwards, next to asandhill. The nomad went looking for the venerable hazrat. Once he had found him, he

    kept saying: "you sold me a camel that was sick, diseased! You robbed me! He cursed

    and swore, using the harshest words. The venerable hazrat jaami apologisedand repaid him his gold coins, and said when he had left: "i detected a change in this

    mans face. His death is probably near at hand." They buried the man next to the sandhill,

    where he had buried Hazrat jaami's camel.

    wise words from maulana jaami (ra) -

    The superior spirit is one that is always in a state of sorrow and contrition. The odour of

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    neglect is emitted by someone who has not experienced sorrow and contrition, while the

    perfume of composure emanates from a person who is sad and contrite. Sorrow and

    contrition are the emblems of those attached to this path.

    "it is related that Hazrat Jaami having composed the qaseedah in praise of

    the holy prophet decided to proceed for hajj. His further intention was tostand before the rauza mubarak(green dome in madina) and then to recite his poem to ya

    rasooallah .

    When he intended to leave from mecca to medina munawwara, after performing the hajj.

    The holy prophet appeared in a dream to the governor of mecca and toldhim, "do not allow maulana jaami enter madina munawwara." The governor prohibited

    him from going to Madina sharif, however his love and longing for Ya rasoolallah

    was such that inspite of the

    order, he secretly set off.

    Some how Hazrat Jami knew the governor was going to send people after him, so he

    decided to pay someone money to secretly carry him in a tabuk(chest made of metal).

    The governors men caught up with the caravan and asked, anybody know a abdul rehman

    jaami? They all remained quiet then a sum of money was announced as a reward,instantly the man carrying hazrat jaami gave him up. Hazrat jaami was taken back to

    mecca, where he was told to refrain from going to medina sharif. However that very night

    hazrat jaami set off again, this time he met a sheperd on his way to madina

    sharif with his livestock.

    Hazrat jaami asked if he could travel with his animals, the man said what happens if youtry and nick my livestock? Hazrat jaami said i am no theif i give you my money, the man

    was convinced and then they set off, Hazrat jaami crawled on all fours, hiding amongstthe animals so that he may not be spotted crawling, crawling like if he was a animal. The

    governor again was instructed by the holy prophet that jaami is coming

    hiding amongst a herd of animals. Hazrat Jaami was caught, and treated most harshly asthey arrested him and then cast him into jail. For a third time the messenger of Allah

    appeared to the governor angry and reprimanding him, "he is nocriminal. All that he is guilty of is that out of his love for me he had written some lines

    poetry which he had intended to recite in my presence. If he does that, my hand would

    protrude from the grave in order to shake his hand.

    Such a thing would cause great confusion (for that reason he was prevented) hazrat jaami

    was freed and told about this, and did not even try to go madina Sharif after that...

    When Hazrat Jaami was intiated into being the mureed of Hazrat sa'addin (Radi Allahu

    Ta'ala Anhuma) said; "A falcon of the sky has now been caught in our net, The Lionhas been tamed".

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    he also added, "In the sphere of religion, i could not believe that there could ever bea method of perfection superior to the formal sciences; not until Hazrat Jami ..........."

    At the command of Hazrat Sa'd-Din {Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhuma), Hazrat Jami

    embarked on a programme of rigorous spiritual exercises, involving the struggle with the

    lower self. He became competley reclusive, avoiding all contact with people and

    abstaining from public appearance. After going through his forty day period of trial, andonly then, he was able to relate to other people again. By this time, however, the situation

    had altered. It was as if he had forgotten the language of ordinary conversation. It almost

    seemed that there was no longer such a thing as common understanding. He was flying ina world of abstract phenomena, where concrete language was inadequate, to the point of

    expressing nothing but a dreadful absent mindedness. He could only speak to people in

    the context of two different personalties, one of them peculiar to himself, and the otherassigned to people and forced upon himself.

    After a while, he experienced a condition in which he seemed likely to lose his conscious

    awareness. Without knowing that he was doing so.

    Hazrat Syed Fakhr ad Din Luristani Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhuma was great Awliya who

    Knew hazrat jaami from his youth. In his Nafahat, Hazrat describes this meeting asfollows;

    "Hazrat Syed Fakhrad-Din sometimes stayed in a mansion belonging to our family. Heused to sit me on his lap. In order to test my intelligence and my knowledge, he would

    use his finger to spell such names as Hazrat Ali (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhuma) and Hazrat

    Umar (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhuma) in the air, watching my face to see if i could read. I

    read all the names, though they consisted of nothing but the movement of a finger, and hefound this quite amazing. I was just a little child, not yet at the age of reading, but my

    father had made me accustomed to reading early on. The beauty and grace of venerableSyed Fakhad Din had also fascinated me. From that day to this, loving affection for thesuperior guides of the path of the Masters of wisdom has been established within me.

    May Alllah revive me with their loving affection. May i die with their loving affection,

    and may i be included among their friends (in the hereafter) Amen"

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    Hazrat Jami before setting of for the famous pilgrimige, and before the incident when he

    was not allowed to go Madina sharif, went to Baghdad Sharif/karbala/najaf First... He

    became involved in a dispute with members of the Rafidi sect, who milled around himthere. Due to the wisdom and charismatic grace he displayed on that occassion, he

    quickly became a legendry figure. The people of the cities were so pleased with Hazrat

    Jami's rout of the Rafidis, that they mounted their leader on a donkey, back to front, andmade him and his followers parade through the streets.

    After a four month stay in Baghdad, Najaf, and Karbala, Hazrat Jami moved onto the

    Hijaz. On his way to the pilgrimige and on his way home after not being allowed intoMadina sharif, he visited the blessed sites and composed a great many lyric poems, odes

    and eulogies at every point along the road, he was recieved with honour by the local

    rulers, the cheiftains, the men of religion and ordinary people, He would sit for hours in

    the courtyard of Hazrat Imam Hussein Alaysalam crying to the blessed Imam about not

    being allowed to see their blessed grandfather... It is said that a vision appeared to him ofHazrat Imam Hussein alaysalam who said "O jami, are you not happy that my father

    loves you as much as you love him? O jami are you not happy my Baba sheds tears foryou just the way you do for him, O jami your burden is his burden relieve yourself of this

    burden," From that day never a tear was seen rolling down Hazrat's cheek, Every time

    Hazrat thought that if i cry my beloved will feel me in pain, So he refrained from cryingas he did........

    The following account is related by a religious scholar, who accompanied Hazrat Jami

    on his pilgrim journey:

    "I had fallen ill in Baghdad. My sickness had become severe. The venerable Hazrat Jami

    did not ask about me or seek me out, and that made me very sad. One day, a

    friend came in haste to tell me that Hazrat Jami was coming to see me, and

    that he was on the way. This news made me very happy, so i was greatly relieved. I

    raised my head from the pillow and sat up on the bed. The door was opened and Hazrat

    Jami appeared. He sat down beside me, asked ho i was, and remarked that

    my illness had lasted a very long time. I responded to him eith his poem, telling howardent lovers lie sick, yet in hope, for a hundred years. "Are you answering with a

    poem?" said he, then he devoted a moment to vigilant contemplation. I suddenly felt

    myself relieved all over. I was sweating profusely. When he raised his head fromcontemplation and looked at my face, he noticed the beads of perspiration on my brow,

    and he gave the order: "Do not sit up on your bed! lie down! i hope you will be well, once

    you have have finished perspiring like this! He felt at that point. After spending that night

    in a bout of intense perspiration, i got up full of life the next morning."

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    (Many incidents in which Hazrat cured people just by his mere presence)

    Another significant incident is the manner in which a shia died, Fathi was the chief of the

    Rafidi sect, who insulted Hazrat during his dispute with the Rafidis, at the time of hisarrival in Baghdad while on the pilgrim journey. When he realised that no barley was left

    in his horse's nosebag, the rascal stuck his index finger into the sack, and the horse

    snapped it off with a bite. The wound so inflicted carried Faathi to his death.

    This is a message for those that reject some things for acceptable reason's no doubt you

    are on the right path, but this secret is for some, please understand- it's the levels they

    reach, through their hearts..

    One day, the Sheikh ul Islam of Herat paid a visit to Hazrat Jami (Radi Allahu Ta'alaAnhuma) who had some religious scholars in his company at the time. After recieving

    him with gracious hospitality, Hazrat Jami provided a musical concert, with lyrics

    recitals, wind instruments and songs. A few days later, a person called Sheikh Shah madethis protest to Hazrat Jami: "Is it proper for you, as the guide of the scholars and the pilot

    of the mystics, to have the tambourine and the reed flute played at your meeting?" Hazrat

    Jami whispered a few words in the protestor's ear. The poor man fell to the ground in afluster. When he came to himself, he grasped Hazrat's knees and feet and sought

    forgiveness..

    Hazrat Jami (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhuma) tells us in his own words:

    "When i first embarked on this path, i saw visions of light; Obedient to the instruction ofmy spritual guide, Hazrat Syed Sad'ad Din (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhuma), i paid no

    attention to that light. I ignored it until it ceased to shine. It is necessary to know that

    visions, illuminations and marvels are not reliable. For the dervish, the greatest marvel is

    to experience ecstasy in the essence, and to be delivered from himself".

    According to Hazrat Abd al Ghaffar:

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    "I asked Hazrat Jami: "The mystic realms are disclosed to some members of this sufi

    community, while those realms are kept hidden from others. What is the wisdom inherent

    in this?" He replied: 'There are two ways of pursuing the spiritual quest. One is the

    method of tradtional training, which leads the seeker back to his source by retracing

    the path that brought him down into this world. The other is the special method

    known as the path of the masters of wisdom, on which the orientation of thespiritual traveller is not toward the cause, and is linked solely to the essence.' (Can

    you guess who or what that essence is?)

    "By tempramental dispostion, Hazart Jami was inclined to view things from thestandpoint of 'wahda fi'l-kathra (unity in multiplicity), rather that of ijmal (summary,

    epitome). His outlook is called 'the detailed (tafsili) point of view.' He used to say: 'if i

    confine myself to the stage of summary, i am overwhelmed. Our spiritual guide, the

    venerable Hazrat Syed Sad'ad Din, seldom went beyond summary to detailed exposition.

    For this reason also, he frequently experienced istighraq (total immersion in spiritualrapture). I have been so impressed by the secret of Unity (wahda) and the meaning of the

    affirmation of Oneness (Tawhid), that i am quite incapable of discarding that dominantimpression. In this respect, i have absolutely no personal volition. Nothing can overtake

    this concept within me, and in my spirit, this idea stands at the head of all thoughts and

    feelings."

    I hope you brothers and sisters understand what Hazrat Jami (Radi Allahu Ta'ala

    Anhuma) is trying to point out? if not some day you will InshAllah!!

    Once one of the son's of Hazrat Saydinna Jalaluddin Rumi (Radi Allahu Ta'ala Anhuma)

    came to Khurasan from the regions of Antolia, (near Turkey) in order to visit thevenerable Hazrat Jami, who welcomed his guest with great attention loyalty, and the

    highest degree of respect, and assigned them an apartment in his mansion. Hazrat Jami

    did not sleep through the entire stay, One of the attendees said to Hazrat Jami, o masterwhy dont you sleep, or lay down for a rest? Hazrat Jami began to cry and say How can i

    sleep when my beloved's son and my master is in my home? The attendee said lay down

    rest your legs stretch them out for you seem to have prevented from strecthing your legs?

    Hazrat Jami said, O, short sighted man, Would you strecth your legs towards the Ka'aba?would you stretch your legs toward the Quraan? This syed is my Ka'aba and my Quraan!!

    he may be moving around whilst i am asleep, and i can not bear to have my legs streched

    towards him..

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    One night they stayed awake in the fellowship from the late evening prayer until the early

    morning. Each of them was in a state of profound ecstatic silence. According to the the

    attendee he describes the night: "From the late evening prayer until the early morning,time passed as if a single breath had been inhaled and then exhaled".

    Here is one sentence from what the two masters said that night: "This is one specialfeature of the path of the masters of wisdom: Unless the great saints of this path are

    inclined to address the spiritual state of those who come to receive their bounty, and

    unless they are disposed to grant them attention and support, nothing can be gained

    from this path."

    Some sayings of Hazrat Jami

    - True nobility is not a matter of being descended from ancestors of high rank. Genuine nobility is aprecious quality inherent in a person's character, a sign of beauty and superior merit.

    - If you want circle of friends, throw away worldly tools, The seed of hearts unification is the

    divider of earthly matters..

    -A very intellectual man went to Hazrat Jami and asked him to take himas his pupil and give him initiation. Jami looked at him and said "Have you loved

    anybody?" This man said, , "No, I have not loved." Then hazrat Jami

    said, "Go, and love first, then come to me and I will show you the way."

    - Do not call me rend (a drinker) , Sufi , Aref or Jami, For I have got lost in

    (shahid)witness and can not tolerate names.

    -While seeking to count the faults of other people, the bad man expresses his own faults.

    -One must treat the destitute and the beggers with kindness and compassion. One must not withhold themorsel from anyone, from neither the good nor the bad. In situations like this, one must not consider who

    the begger may be, but look to his creator. One must not withhold benevolence from people like Hazrat

    Junaid and Hazrat Shibli , assuming that someone of high degree and loftyaspiration would never extend a beeging hand. How can one know that someone clad in rags and tattersis not endowed with chrarismatic grace? The saintly friends of Allah may dress themselves in this fashion,in order to conceal their spiritual state.

    -Composure and well being are not a matter of wrapping ones feet in a dustcloth and sitting in a corner.Well being means saved from one's own self. You must first be saved, then you may sit in a quiet nook, ifyou wish, or mingle with other people, if that is what you prefer!

    -The superior spirit is one that is always in a state of sorrow and contrition. The odour of neglect isemitted by someone who has not experienced sorrow and contrition, while the perfume of composureemanates from a person who is sad and contrite. Sorrow and contrition are the emblems of thoseattached to this path.

    -Essential affection means loving someone, but without knowing why. This kind of affection is verycommon among ordinary people. Such affection for Allah is called Essential love. This is the most exaltedkind of affection. Essential affection means loving with gentle kind-ness, and not weakning love by makinga nuisance of oneself.

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    -To write poetry in praise of the prophet salalhoalhewaslam is Sunnat e Elahi (Something which Allah hasundertook)

    To Listen to poetry in praise of the prophet sallalhoalhewaslam is Sunnah of the prophet

    !

    - The sacred words of the saints are gathered from the light of the Muhammadanreality. The speech of the saints deserves to be treated with the same respect as the Quran and theprophetic tradition (hadith). If someone seeks good fortune for himself, he must accord due reverence tothe speech of the saints. (those who don't are doomed, whatever they do is a waste of time and worthlessbecause they and Allah knows what is in their blackened hearts)