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Petama Counsellor April 'Advice to a Friend' from Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti (13th Century) to Hazrat Qutub Saheb |
Love all and hate none. Merely talking about peace will not benefit you. Merely talking about God and religion will not take you far. Bring forth all the dormant abilities of your being and reveal the full deliciousness of your immortal 'Self'. Be an overflowing fountain of peace and joy, and pour it out wherever you are and wherever you go. Be a blazing fire of truth, be a beautiful blossom of love, and be a soothing balm of peace.
Dispel the darkness of ignorance with your inner light; dispel the clouds of discord and war, and spread peace and harmony among people. Never seek help, alms or favours from anyone except from God. Never go to the courts of kings, but never refuse to bless and help the needy and poor, the widows and orphans, when they come to your door. This is your mission of peace, to serve the people of Hindustan. Carry it out dutifully and courageously, so that I, as your Pir-o-Murshid, must not be ashamed of your imperfections before Almighty God and our holy predecessors in our work on the Day of Judgement.
(Maheboob Khan, Hazrat Inayat Khan‘s brother, has composed music to a row of aphorisms of Hazrat Inayat Khan in the middle of last century, as this ‚How Shall I Thank Thee‘. Mohammed Ali Khan, Hazrat Inayat Khan’s cousin, has sung this song around the year 1956 in a concert in Zürich – here you can listen to it) (these E-book are free of all charge - use their treasures well!) |
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