THE DEVOTEE ATTAINS HIS OBJECTIVE

Hadhrat Abdul A’laa (rahmatullah alayh) narrates: “I wandered in the mountain range of Libnaan in search of someone who would teach me adab (respect – moral and spiritual reformation). Allah Ta’ala united me with a Buzrug who was living in a small cave. His face was radiant with noor and tranquillity.

     I made Salaam to him, and he responded beautifully. He said to me: ‘A condition for the servants (of Allah) is that they adopt obedience and humility. When the heart is consumed by the fire of yearning, then understand that it is filled with divine love. Every calamity which befalls the devotee is a bounty. Look at Hadhrat Aadam (alayhis salaam). He was apprehended by divine wrath, but he was not rejected. Therefore the apprehension and the wrath were bounties for him.

     The body is weak, and tears are flowing. Desire is the killer and the heart is indisposed. The illness of preparations for the Aakhirah is chronic. O Beloved of the Hearts! My heart is ill. My desire is killing me. My tears are flowing.”

     While the Buzrug was reciting his poem of divine love, he let out a piercing scream and dropped down dead. Hadhrat Abdul A’laa says: ‘I went out of the cave to find someone to assist me with the burial of the Buzrug, but I could find no one. When I returned inside the cave, there was no sign of the Buzrug’s body. It had vanished. While I stood there in bewilderment, I heard a Voice proclaiming: “The lover has been raised to his Beloved. He has attained his Objective (Allah Ta’ala).”