If reincarnation is not believed in, then Islamic spokespersons do not have the answers to the following questions: -
In the complexity of life, some are born into poverty, while others inherit wealth. Some experience the joy of parenthood, while others yearn for children. There are those who toil as peasants, and others who reign as Maharaja Sultans. Some navigate the world sightless, while others confront physical limitations. Amidst these varied destinies, it becomes essential to ponder the origins of such disparities. For those who embrace the concept of reincarnation, this enigma finds resolution, offering a deeper understanding of life's intricate tapestry. Sant Garibdas ji has said that: -
Pichhle jap-tap se hot hain, poorn hans muraad
Meaning - O Devotee soul! The fulfillment of wishes is attributed to the recitation of mantras and penance carried out in past lives. Depending on the extent of these practices, along with meritorious deeds and transgressions committed in previous incarnations, individuals may ascend to positions of authority, amass wealth, or experience various states of well-being or adversity. From kings to paupers, affluent merchants to destitute beggars, the spectrum of human existence encompasses a wide array of circumstances. Some may enjoy robust health while others grapple with illness; some may hold positions of power while others serve in subordinate roles. These diverse outcomes are intricately tied to past actions and the cosmic law of cause and effect, guiding the trajectory of each soul's journey through successive lifetimes.
Sultan Ibrahim ibn Adham Balkhi once beheld Al-Khidr, from whom he gleaned profound wisdom. Inspired by this encounter, Ibrahim relinquished his throne and dedicated the remainder of his days to worshipping Allah. Rumi eloquently portrays Ibrahim's transformative journey in his seminal work "Masnavi," crafted in the wake of his spiritual communion with his mentor, Shams Tabrez.
Al-Kabir encountered Sultan Ibrahim ibn Adham, ultimately persuading him to forsake his worldly dominion in pursuit of spiritual liberation. Explore the divine intervention that liberated Sultan Ibrahim from the clutches of Kaal, as recounted in the scriptures.
During Supreme God Kabir's divine manifestation in Kashi for a hundred and twenty years, a resident of Delhi named Samman, belonging to the Maniyaar caste, along with his wife Neki and son Shiv (Seu), received initiation from the Supreme God. Despite their humble financial circumstances, they steadfastly adhered to God's teachings, nurturing unwavering faith in Him. Earning their livelihood by selling bangles door-to-door, they fervently extolled their Gurudev Kabir Ji.
They recounted tales of their Satguru's miraculous deeds, citing instances where He had bestowed blessings to heal the incurable ailments of Emperor Sikandar Lodhi and even resurrected Swami Ramanand Ji after his beheading. One poignant narrative involved the revival of a boy named Kamaal, whose lifeless body had been set adrift on a raft in the river for his final rites. Shekhtaqi, the religious advisor to Emperor Sikandar, harbored doubts regarding Kabir Ji's ability to resurrect Swami Ramanand Ji, even after his beheading. He would often assert to the king that Kabir possessed mere incantations, insisting that the dead could never be brought back to life. Shekhtaqi declared that he would only acknowledge Kabir's power if he could witness the revival of a deceased individual before his very eyes.
Emperor Sikandar placed unwavering trust in Kabir Ji, having experienced profound distress due to illness and even committing the regrettable act of killing Swami Ramanand Ji himself. Kabir Ji's miraculous resurrection of Ramanand Ji in his presence solidified Sikandar's belief in his divine power. On that day by the river, Shekhtaqi bore witness to the scene. Observing the lifeless body, he declared, "If Kabir can bring this corpse back to life before my eyes, I will acknowledge him as the prophet of Allah."
Kabir Ji addressed Shekh Ji, stating, "O esteemed Pir, perhaps you should attempt it first, or else you may later claim, 'I could have accomplished it as well.'" The assembled ministers and Emperor echoed similar sentiments, urging Shekh Ji, "Indeed, you are not without stature. Give it a try."
Shekhtaqi, overwhelmed by shame, attempted incantations, but to no avail. Asserting that the dead could never be revived, he suggested that Kabir's intervention was merely to save face as the corpse drifted away. However, Kabir Ji's hand signal commanded the corpse to return, and it complied as though propelled by an unseen force. With a command from Kabir Ji, the soul was summoned back into the body, and the 12-year-old boy emerged from the river, miraculously restored to life. Witnessing this extraordinary event, the spectators marveled at Kabir Ji's miraculous feat. The revived boy, aptly named Kamaal, was subsequently nurtured by Supreme God Kabir as His own. Despite witnessing this divine miracle, Shekhtaqi remained obstinate, suggesting that the boy had merely been in a state of shock and mistakenly presumed dead. He insisted that he would only believe if Kabir could resurrect his daughter, who had been buried for several days.
Supreme God Kabir declared, "I will revive your daughter after two days. Spread the word in the nearby villages and in Delhi for all to witness." Accordingly, the deceased was exhumed, and Kabir instructed Shekhtaqi to attempt revival to preempt any skepticism. Onlookers urged Kabir to intervene, questioning why Shekhtaqi had allowed his daughter to perish if he possessed such powers.
Kabir addressed Shekhtaqi's daughter, commanding her to return to life, but she remained inert despite repeated attempts. Rather than grieving her non-resurrection, Shekhtaqi jubilantly celebrated Kabir's apparent failure, dancing and clapping in merriment. Undeterred, Kabir invoked the girl's soul to reanimate her body, and to everyone's amazement, she arose from the grave and humbly bowed before Kabir.
Supreme God Kabir instructed, "Daughter of Shekhtaqi, return home with your father," prompting Shekhtaqi to eagerly lead his revived daughter home. In commemoration of the miraculous event, the girl was named Kamaali, signifying the awe and wonder expressed by witnesses with the exclamation, "Kamaal hai, Kamaal hai" (It is a miracle).
Kamaali declared, "Regarding Shekhtaqi, I had a glimpse of Yamraj's realm. Now, I am the daughter of Allah Akbar. This Kabir is none other than Allah Himself." With the divine grace of Supreme God Kabir, Kamaali spoke for 1½ hours, revealing insights into her past lives. She recounted, "Once I was Rabia, encountering Kabir ji at the age of 12. I devotedly practiced His teachings for four years before adopting the futile religious practices of Islam. In my subsequent life I was a girl named Bansuri. I had even severed my body and offered it in Mecca. In another incarnation, I lived as a prostitute. However, due to those four years of sincere worship, I earned 2½ human births. Exhausting my human life, I was destined to reincarnate as an animal. At that juncture, God Kabir interceded with Dharmraj to secure my release and reinstated me into this human form through His benevolence. I am now privileged to dwell with my true Father, Allah Kabir."
Kabir Ji nurtured Kamaali as his own daughter, embracing her within his household. Witnessed by throngs of spectators, Supreme God Kabir initiated countless souls, imparting the first five mantras to each individual. {Thus, Kabir Ji amassed 64 lakh disciples during that epoch, all seeking refuge in Him after witnessing His miracles.} Women in Delhi, upon hearing these extraordinary accounts from Neki and Samman, engaged in subsequent discussions, pondering the plausibility of such occurrences. Some remarked, "Even my husband was present when Shekh's daughter was resurrected from her grave, yet he was perturbed by Kabir's action of taking the girl away. He felt she should have been returned to her rightful guardian." While some regarded these tales as mere jests, many women remained taciturn in their contemplation.
Once, Lord Kabir made a surprise visit to his devotee Samman with two of his disciples (Kamaal and Sheikh Farid). There were in all three members in Samman’s family. Samman, Samman's wife Neki, and Samman's son Seu (Shiv). Devotee Samman was so poor that at times there was not even a grain of food at home. The entire family used to go to bed hungry. Today was a similar day. Devotee Samman asked his Gurudev Lord Kabir, “Lord, please tell me your plan - when would you like to have food?”
Lord Kabir said, “Brother! We are feeling hungry. Prepare food.” Samman went inside the house and said to his wife, Neki, “Our Gurudev God has come to our house. Quickly prepare food.”
Neki said, “There is not even a single grain of food at home.”
Samman said, “Borrow some from the neighbours.”
Neki replied, “I had gone and asked, but no one lent me any flour. Despite having the flour, they deliberately did not give it to me, and are saying, “Today, your Guru ji has come to your house. You used to say that our Guruji is God. If your Guru ji is God, why do you need to borrow? He alone will fill your house.” They started ridiculing me by saying such things.”
Samman said, 'Give me your rag (old cloth). I will pawn this and bring three ser (around 1 kg) flour.”
Neki said, “This rag is torn. Nobody keeps it in pawn.” Samman gets lost in thought, and cursing his misfortune, he says, “How unfortunate I am! Today, God has come to my house, and I cannot even feed him. O God! Why did you send such a sinful creature to the earth? I must have been so evil that I did not perform any meritorious deed in my previous life. What face should I show Satguru now?” Saying this, he went inside the storeroom and started crying bitterly.
Then his wife Neki said, “Have courage. Do not cry. God has come. He will be hurt. He will think that Samman is weeping because he is troubled by our arrival.” Samman stopped crying. Then Neki said, “Tonight both of you, father and son, go and steal three ser (approximately 1 kilogram) flour, only for the saints and devotees.”
Then the boy Seu said, “Mother, Guru ji says that it is a sin to steal. You also used to teach me, “Son! One should never steal. Those who steal are doomed.” What are you saying this today, Mother? Shall we sin, Mother? Our earnings of worship will be destroyed. Mother, we will suffer in the lives of eighty-four lakh species of living beings. Do not say this, Mother. Mother! Swear to me.”
Then Neki said, “Son! You are right. It is a sin to steal but son, we will not do it for ourselves but for the saints. The city in which we have lived, we will steal to protect it.” Neki said, “Son, the people of this city are jealous of us. We had told them that our Gurudev Lord Kabir (Complete God) has come to earth. He had revived a dead cow and its calf, whom Sikandar Lodhi had got severed. He resurrected a boy and a girl. He cured the burning pain of Emperor Sikandar Lodhi. Sikander Lodhi had assassinated Shri Swami Ramanand ji (Gurudev of Lord Kabir) with a sword; Lord Kabir resurrected him too. The people of this city are making fun of this. They say, “Your Guru Kabir is God; he will also fill your house with grain. Then why are you wandering from house to house for grain (flour)?”
Son! These are innocent creatures. If today Lord Kabir leaves without eating the food of this city, then even Kaal God will be so angry that he may destroy this city. O Son! To save this calamity, we have to steal flour. We will not eat. We will prepare food and feed it only to our Satguru and the devotees who have come. Saying this, Neki's eyes filled with tears, and she said, “Son! Do not refuse.”
Wiping the tears from his mother's eyes, Seu said, “Mother, do not cry. Your son will obey your orders. Mother, you are very good. Aren’t you?”
At midnight, both, the father (Samman) and son (Seu) went to steal. They drilled a hole in the wall of a Seth's (merchant’s) shop. Samman said, “Son, I shall go inside. If anyone comes, inform me quietly. I will hand over the flour to you, and you may run away with it.”
Seu said, “No, father, I will go inside. Even if I get caught, I will be forgiven as a child.”
Samman said, “Son! If you get caught and killed, how will your mother and I survive?
Seu, while requesting, enters the shop through the hole. Then Samman says, “Son! Only bring three ser (1 kg) flour, not more. As soon as Boy Seu, after tying about three ser (1 kg) flour in his worn-out sheet, was about to return, he stepped on the scales in the dark. There was a loud sound which caused the shopkeeper to wake up. He shouted, “Thief, thief”, and catching Seu, ties him with a rope. Prior to this, Seu throws that flour tied in the sheet out of that hole and says, “Father! The merchant has caught me. Please take the flour and feed Satguru and the devotees. Do not worry about me.”
When Samman came back home with the flour, Neki, on not finding Seu with him, asked, “Where is the boy?” Samman said, “The merchant caught him and tied him to a pillar.”
Neki said, “Go back. Behead Seu and bring his head home, otherwise after identifying the boy, they will bring him to our house. Then on seeing Satguru, the people of the city will say that he is the one who gets the theft done. They may trouble Satguru Dev. We sinners, instead of offering food to our Lord, might get him imprisoned.” Saying this, the mother is asking her husband to behead her son, that too for Gurudev ji.
Samman took a kard (long knife) in his hand and went to the shop, and said, “Son Seu! Put your head out once. I have to tell you some important things. We will not be able to meet tomorrow. They might get you killed.”
Then Seu said to that merchant, “Seth ji, my father is standing outside. He wants to tell me something important. Please loosen my rope so much so that my head can go out of the hole.”
The merchant accepted his request and loosened the rope so that his head easily got out.
Seu said, “Father, behead me. If you will not behead me, you are not my father. After recognizing me, the merchant will reach our home. He has access to the king. He will get our Gurudev killed. Father! what face will we show?” Samman instantly beheaded his son with the knife and took his severed head home.
On seeing that the boy has been murdered, the merchant dragged his dead body to a nearby kiln (for baking bricks) and put it in its chamber.
Neki told Samman to go back and bring the boy's body which would be lying outside. By the time Samman reached the shop, the merchant had closed the hole in the wall of that shop. Following the marks of the dragged corpse, Samman traced the corpse and brought it home. After bringing it home, he put it inside the storeroom, and covered it with old clothes. He kept the head in one part of a cupboard and shut its door.
After some time, the sun rose. Neki took a bath. She cooked food for the Satguru and the devotees. She prayed to Satguru Lord Kabir to have food. Neki respectfully served food in three earthen bowls in front of Lord Kabir and both the devotees (Kamaal and Sheikh Farid). Lord Kabir said, “Put it in six bowls. The three of you may also join us and have this blessed food prepared with love. When even after repeated prayers, Lord Kabir did not agree, then the blessed food was served in six bowls. The five sat down for the food.
Then Lord Kabir said:-
Aao Seu jeem lo, yeh prasaad prem |
Sheesh katat hain choron ke, saadhon ke nitya kshem ||
Lord Kabir (Allahu Akbar = Al-Khijr) said, “Seu, come and have food. Thieves are beheaded, not saints (devotees). They are protected. They are forgiven.” As soon as Lord Kabir said this, Seu's head got attached to his body. There was not even a scar of the cut on the neck. He sat down in the row and started eating. Say- “Glory be to Lord Kabir!” (Kaviramitauja) (Words of the Vedas: - Kavir = KavirDev = Supreme God Kabir, Amit + Auja = whose power is boundless.)
Samman and Neki saw that there was no scar on Seu’s neck. They thought, “How did the boy come back to life?” When they went inside and saw, there was no dead body or head. There were only splatters of blood which was the evidence to dispel the doubts of this sinful mind. Sat Sahib (Eternal God).
Lord Kabir (Kaviragni) has performed many such divine acts, from which it is self-evident that He alone is the Supreme God. It has been stated in Samved Sankhya no. 822 and Rigved Mandal 10 Sukt 162 Mantra 2 that KavirDev increases the life of his worshipper, companion who worships according to the rules. Even if he has died, Lord Kabir releases him from Dharmraj and gives him a hundred years of life.
|| Glory be to Supreme God Kabir Bandi Chhor (Al Khidr)! ||
Neki and Seu attained salvation in the same birth, but Samman took it to heart that if I had money, I would not have had to behead my son. God had made Samman-Neki-Seu extremely wealthy in the same birth. They were not poor anymore. Samman had become an eminent, affluent man of Delhi, however he did not develop the desire for salvation. Due to which, because of sacrificing his son for the Supreme God present in the form of Satguru, he was born in the house of the king of Nausher Khan city in the next birth. He became an emperor. He had 80 treasures full of diamonds and pearls, but he did not perform any charitable acts, nor did he remember God.
Supreme God Kabir in the guise of Jinda Baba (Al-Khijr) went to Nausher Khan's emperor Nausher Khan and preached to donate. The Emperor said, “I am a poor king.” Jinda said, “There are flags on the top of 80 treasures of yours. (It was the identity of the king that he used to raise as many flags as the number of treasures he had.)
The Emperor said, “These are coals.” Jinda said, “If that is what your intention is, then they will become coal.” When the emperor opened the treasures and saw, they had really turned into coal. The emperor apologised by holding the feet of the Supreme God. Supreme God said, “If you donate majority of the wealth, then they will again turn into diamonds and pearls.” The emperor said, I will do as you order.” The treasures were again filled with diamonds. Emperor Nausher Khan donated a large amount of wealth. As a result of this and as a result of the worship and service of Satguru in the previous birth, he became the king of a city named Balakh in Iraq in the next birth.
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