Not a single lantern was lit.
The lanterns of the heart were not lit. Darkness prevailed throughout.
From Masjid al Haram to the Bengali Mosque in Karachi.
All darkness and nothing but darkness.
There was no light anywhere.
Those whose hearts were not enlightened, for them, there were prayers, beards, recitation, glorifications, pilgrimages.
The lanterns of the heart were not lit, they simply and verbally sent benedictions upon the Prophet (s).
However, the attribute of the luminous lantern of the Prophet (s) is what HDE Gohar Shahi revived!
Who Revived the Sunnah of Sirajun Muneer?
Now, the Arabian Peninsula was enshrouded in ethereal darkness
and one personality arrives whom God refers to as the 'divinely-lit lantern'.
Because of his presence, the luminescence of divine light spreads out.
The Prophet (s) need not utter anything, he may just be sitting and not doing anything,
and yet the fountain of divine light from within him would be illuminating the atmosphere.
And due to that spiritually luminescent atmosphere,
all those hearts and souls who were destined to attain faith, gradually and automatically became awakened and enlightened.
The one who stood guard for the furnace of light (Mohammad (s)), Abu Talib,
Would he not have benefitted from the divinely-lit lantern the Prophet (s)?
And then that lantern of divine light, Muhammad (s), the one who raised Ali;
the Ali who had the opportunity to sit in the lap of the Prophet (s),
the one who would rest in the laps of Ali
Would he not find light from the furnace of light?
Slowly but surely, the furnace of light in the form of Muhammad (s), began to emanate and spread light.
Then, what happened?
Now, Gabriel opens up God's strategy and policy before the Prophet (s)
And says, 'O' Messenger of God, as a result of the prayers of Abraham, we protected the progeny of Hashim for centuries,
so it would be easier for you, instead of the progenies beyond your own, to illumine those of the progeny of Hashim,
the ones we have been protecting, for they shall be illuminated instantly'.
‘So be greatly benevolent upon your progeny for their lanterns shall be the most brightly lit for they are pure and noble,
as God has promised due to the prayers of Abraham'.
Therefore, the Prophet (s) was greatly benevolent upon the people of the Hashim tribe,
Even if they were his uncles, such as Amir Hamza, Ibn e Abbas.
They were all blessed.
The darkness of ignorance was unable to penetrate their hearts, because they were protected due to the prayers of Abraham,
because they were under the safeguard of the archangels and Gabriel.
Then, the progeny of the Prophet (s) was born about whom God declared,
‘O Messenger of God, you shall not have to make efforts for your own progeny, so be greatly benevolent upon them’.
Therefore, the progeny of the Prophet (s) was blessed.
And these lanterns began to be lit.
The lantern of Maula Ali was lit, the lantern of Bibi Fatima was lit.
And then, in the Qur’an, God began to glorify the house in which Maula Ali and Bibi Fatima resided.
God said, 'And beneficent are the houses that glorify the name of God'.
Which houses were they?
This was in regards to both the apparent houses in which both the blessed body of Bibi Fatima resided in,
and it also refers to the house of her body,
that house refers to the apparent house in which he resided and it also refers to the blessed body of Maula Ali in which his soul resides.
Such spiritually illuminated houses.
All these lanterns began to be lit, then Hassan Basri’s lantern was lit, the lantern of Abu Huraira was lit,
and on the other side, the lantern of Owais Qarni was also lit; he also began to light candles spiritually.
He would visit people far and wide and enlighten their spiritual hearts in their dreams.
And then the Taba’een and Taba Taba’een, and through the Prophet’s Household, all of these lanterns were being lit.
These lanterns were being lit and the esoteric Qur’an rendered to the Prophet (s), the Qur’an e Maknoon, began to find prominence in the hearts of human beings.
Sainthood was at its peak.
The Fakirs, Divine Lovers and Islamic Jurists that came [following the era of the Prophet (s)],
such grand personalities were born among whom, some said, I saw God 100 times’; another said, ‘I was God 70 times’;
another said, 'I can see God whenever I wish to'.
This blessed period of time continued
The lanterns were being lit and spiritual luminosity spread far and wide.
But then came the 15th century,
and what happened in the 15th century?
The same darkness and ignorance prevailed.
Allama Iqbal said a hundred years ago,
'The tavern of Hind has been closed for 300 years, it is now appropriate that your benevolence be made common'.
300 years, and now another hundred years have passed, so now, it is 400 years.
The Qur'an, its recitation, the glorification and love of the Prophet (s), Imam Hassan and Imam Hussain is all on the tongues,
but the lanterns are all void, they are all dark and ignorant.
Not a single lantern was lit. The lanterns of the heart were not lit.
Darkness prevailed throughout. From Masjid al Haram to the Bengali Mosque in Karachi.
All darkness and nothing but darkness. There was no light anywhere.
Those whose hearts were not enlightened, for them, there were prayers, beards, recitation, glorifications, pilgrimages.
The lanterns of the heart were not lit, they simply and verbally sent benedictions upon the Prophet (s).
However, the attribute of the luminous lantern of the Prophet (s) is what HDE Gohar Shahi revived!
HDE Gohar Shahi has revived the attribute of the luminous lantern of the Prophet (s) and enlightened the entire universe.
This is the sign of Imam Mehdi.
‘Da’aiyan illallah beiznihi sirajun muneera’ - This is the introduction of Gohar Shahi!
Then, the Prophet (s) is narrated to have said, '[In the 15th century] there shall be no lit lamps for great distances'
People assumed this to mean that an age without technology shall prevail,
however, there was no such technology at the time of the Prophet(s)
Were there any air-conditioners at the time? Did they have electricity and lights?
They were referring to the lamp of the heart, [that in the 15th century] they shall have everything,
they shall have beards, wear imamas and perfume, but the lamp of their hearts shall not be lit.
‘Light up the lamp of your heart for there is darkness therein’.
Then, what happened? HDE Gohar Shahi arrives as the luminous lamp.
What did HDE Gohar Shahi say?
HDE Gohar Shahi said that I am not here to speak of any of the rituals or the pillars, I am here to light your lanterns.
‘I have come to light the lanterns’.
And now, lanterns have been lit,
from the spectrum of India to Pakistan, to Bangladesh, to Australia, to America and Canada and many more places.
The entire map is lit up with lanterns.
This is the attribute of Imam Mehdi: Sirajun Muneer.
And then HDE Gohar Shahi said for themselves, 'Imam Mehdi is the sphere of light.
One who has the smallest spark of light, Imam Mehdi, the sphere of light shall pull them towards themselves!'
Light attracts light.
Therefore, the lanterns must be lit.
The lanterns have been extinguished so who is going to revive this sunnah of lighting the lanterns?
Prophet Muhammad (s) offered salah as an example, it became sunnah for you. He fasted, this is sunnah for you.
He kept a beard, this is sunnah for you.
He is Sirajun Muneer - so who’s responsible for following this sunnah?
He is a chandelier of light, why don’t you at least become a candle? You will still be following the sunnah.
He is a chandelier, why don’t you become a candle?
You must do this or you shall not become an Ummati.
Being Sirajun Muneer is a sunnah of the Prophet (s).
You must become a divinely-illuminated lantern.
Until and unless you become a luminous lamp, it is pointless.
It’s like handing you a navigation device after blindfolding you.
‘Move right here. Move left here’.
Although you know what left and right means, you don’t even know where left or right is.
Similarly, the Qur’an is instructing you but you do not know where the path is.
The direction of the Qur’an is for the heart,
'I direct the hearts' yet you are taking it for your brains.
This is what the Qur'an says, 'All those that bring faith upon God, God shall direct their hearts'.
God is to direct the hearts, but your heart is engaged in the world.
Your heart must be awakened so that it can take direction.
It doesn't matter how you pray, with your hands on your navel, your head, it doesn't make a difference.
What matters is whether your heart is enlightened or not.
A narration states, 'There is no prayer without presence of the heart'.
Don’t bother about the placement of your hands during prayer.
This makes no difference, forget about it.
Worry about whether or not your heart has been enlightened.
If your heart is not because the direction from God shall be received by the heart.
‘Your heart is involved with your wife and children and you claim to seek God’.
Your heart is engaged in the world and your head is bowing in the mosque.
God is not going to be guiding your head. God renders guidance to the hearts.
The fact that we affirmed HDE Gohar Shahi to be Imam Mehdi.
We affirmed so easily because HDE Gohar Shahi is a mammoth furnace lit by God,
due to whom the atmosphere of the entire universe is decorated, fragrant and enlightened.
Enlightened to such a degree that a person may be leaping towards the destination
without the need to worry of which direction to turn in, that’s how enlightened it is.
That’s how much ease there is, [that] one is leaping towards [the destination].
You may not like what I say,
but if Javed farts here, and then Zahir Shah then thinks, 'I've been holding on to mine for quite some time' and he farts.
Then Sadiq thinks, 'What's wrong if I do it, if nothing happened when they did it?' And he does it too.
People will then immediately smell the stench, will open up the windows or leave the room.
Similarly, there is a stench of hypocrisy in the ethereal atmosphere.
However, the common person is unable to sense or comprehend it.
So, they look at the beards, the mosques, the names of the sects. If they are Deobandi, they only go to another Deobandi mosque.
If they are Barelvi, they will only sit with other Barelvis.
The Shias only congregate with other Shias.
However, when your heart is awakened and illuminated, then you won't look at the beards or the sect,
then you will see where the fragrance of faith, of love and Ishq is coming from,
and where the stench of hypocrisy and ignorance is coming from,
and you shall run away from such a place
and people will ask you, ‘You’re a Shia, so why do you run from other Shias?’
And your heart will say, 'I smell the stench of infidelity and hypocrisy’.
When the stench of hypocrisy will enter your nose by sitting among the Barelvis,
and you shall run as far as you can despite being Barelvi yourself,
people will ask you, ‘You are Barelvi, why do you run from other Barelvis?’
Say to them, ‘Because my ethereal being has been enlightened.
Now, I cannot see any truth in sectarianism.
I can only smell the stench of infidelity and hypocrisy.
My soul is being suffocated here, which is why I am running'.
Then you shall find peace where you shall smell the fragrance of faith, where there are fragrant vibes of love.
Then people will say, 'What are you doing with the people of Gohar Shahi?!'
'Their faith is wrong!' You will reply, 'I no longer care for these things. I can smell the fragrance of love and faith here.
The atmosphere there is fragrant.’
The reason for one to come here and leave from here is the one whose heart is enlightened can smell the fragrance,
and the hearts that are void of light, they are looking at the beards, the abuse, the sects, they are unable to see within.
This is the reality .