Sittings of December 1959 — Part I

مجالسِ دسمبر ۱۹۵۹ — حصہ اول

12 December 1959 (Saturday / 11 Jumada al-Thaniya 1379 AH)

Topics 144–147: Do Not Remain Compelled; Hazrat's Poetry; Literature and Logic; Wrestling and Strength

"Do Not Remain Compelled and Do Not Remain Fixed in Any One Form" — Hazrat said: 'No hope — some are left compelled by some — every one's right is with me, mine is with no one — this means — I am kept by you — I shall give up, God alone remains — suffering remains — I must not feel that I have my own life and feel my own servitude — this means: until afternoon I shall keep talking (i.e., I am so in state — God Alone, God Alone).'

"Hazrat's Poetry" — Hazrat said: 'I am a complete poet — I have written elegies too — I have written them in every form (i.e., ghazal/poem, mathnawi, ruba'i and others) — I have also written poetry of Sufism — I have written one per rhyme, people do not consider me a poet — but in my knowledge poetry has declined' — (Professor Qateel Sahib asked Hazrat what he felt — in faqiri his knowledge of poetry had declined.)

"Literature and Logic" — Hazrat said: 'I have two good qualities — one quality of literature (adab), one quality of logic (mantiq) — with these two qualities I can speak in a good way and understand them.'

"Wrestling and Strength" — Hazrat said: 'Shihab al-Din — a wrestler — earned thousands of rupees — I, though — I called him — when he came beneath me like this, I put my hand (i.e., right hand) on his neck — he came close — like an electric fish — now we have even wrestling. A maulwi sahib saw us in the compartment — Wow! We showed them — a wrestler before us — again, one more time, three times he fell (i.e., was thrown). A wrestler was taught to do hands (i.e., moves)! — they were disturbed — why? — this is — he is the one here.' (One of Hazrat's strong early physical abilities was recalled.)

19 December 1959 (Saturday / 29 Jumada al-Thaniya 1379 AH)

Topic 148: Recitation and Tajwid of the Qur'an

Hazrat said: 'Those who come to me — (i.e., to read the Qur'an) — they, having read it, serve Allah. This is the most famous qari among them — he has read more from me than all others — other people give some things from memory — I teach them the principles and rules (of Qur'an recitation) — and also give recitation... A special thing is that the principles of tajwid are not only from Hazrat Qibla's teaching — but he also gives the Qur'an's evenness and voice harmony and the sense of music — this awareness also comes by the grace of Allah.'