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    Abu Anees Barkat Ali: An Erudite Sufi Saint

    A man well known as Abu Anees Muhammad Barkat Ali, addressed lovingly as Babbaji,

    was born in 1911 in the District of Ludhiana (East Punjab) and died on 26th January1997. He was an embodment of all the qualities and character-traits of the great sufi

    masters and the pious of the past (salf salehim). Once again he revived, practised and

    displayed the essential of the Faith, living the while a simple and meaningful life that his

    devotees take pride in. As a young army of ficer in Royal Indian Engineers (Roorkee

    Cantt) he served for thirteen years only and was boarded out honorably in 1945 for his

    hermetic practices that he had sensed and perceived irretrievably form Makhdum Ala -

    ud-Din Ali Ahmad As-Sabir (d. 1290 CE) by his regular attendance at his khanqah in

    Kalyar on the bank of a canal , some six miles due North-East of Roorkee. Having been

    duly rewarded and blessed spiritually there, he took his baiyat (allegiance) at the handsof a living Shaikh, Syed Amir Al-Hssan Ambalvi (d. 1955) whom Babaji often referred to

    as Shah Walayat (Sultan of Mysticism), reaping and enhancing further his erudition and

    knowledge under his tuition and in his company. Command by his Sahikh, Babaji and

    his family migrated to the new homeland in Pakistan in 1947 and after initial wanderings

    for a year or so finally settled at Salarwala in District Faisalabad where he founded an

    institute called Dar-ul-Ehsan and wrote and published his master pieces:Kitab Al-Amal

    Bis-Sunnah Al-Maroof Tartib Sharif Volumes 1-6; Makshoofat Man azil-I-Ehsan

    Volumes 1-5 ; Asma Al-Nabi Al Karaim (PBUH). He completed his saying, Maqalat-I-

    Hikmat volumes 1-30, at Camp Dar-ul-Ehsan, an other convent, a prototype of hismentor Al-Kalyaris , he founded after his still another migration in 1983 to an open

    farraland on the bank of a canal situated some six, miles away form the City of

    Faisalabad on Samundri Road.

    Some of Abu Anees Muhammad Barkat Alis

    monumental works have already been translated into

    English and are published and distributed free of

    charge by Dar-ul-Ehsan Publications based in

    Huddersfield, UK, and registered as an international

    religious charity with the Charity Commission

    (London). The books in Urdu, Arabic and Persian

    original have been scanned on to CDs and DVDs for wider distributions to the benefit of

    the Muslim Ummah of the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in particular and interested non-

    Muslims in general.

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    Even during his life time his publication reached all over the world and people visited

    him from far and wide. His scholarship was acclaimed by leading scholars of his time.

    Dr Abdul Alim, the Rector of Al-Azhar University (Cairo) and Professor Hussain Nasr,

    the Vice-Chancellor of Tehran University in 1387 AH, later on the Shah of Irans rov ing

    ambassador on Iranian Culture, and the author of several voluminous and celebratedbooks on contemporary Islam, both visited him to pay their homage. Babaji wrote and

    honoured Professor Hussain Nasr with a stunning spasname (welcome address) in

    Persian that was also published in one of his monthly issues of Dar-ul-Ehsan. The

    address portrayed Babajis deep devotion to and respect for the descendants of the

    Holy Prophet of Islam (PBUH) on the one hand and appreciation of the Professors

    contribution to Dawah-o-Tabligh AlIslam on the other. One of the couplets of the

    address reads thus.

    A voice came to me from the quarters unknown;

    Beware! O the dwellers of (Pakistan) the land renown,

    The Honorable visitor, the offspring of the Prophets Crown (PBUH),

    Is Hussain Nasr, the Spirit of the Faith, wearing the dans gown.

    Professor Sayed Hussain Nasr currently holds the Chair of Cultural Studies in one of

    the leading American Universities.

    Dr Hakim Ghulam Muin-ud-Din Chisti, and American

    convert to Islam and Shaikh Al-Chistiyyah of America, has

    described Babajis religious practices in the following

    words: He is truly the embodiment of heart and soul of

    the Din of Islam, and all people should strive to emulate

    him as he is one who comes so to fulfilling the sunnah of

    our beloved Prophet (PBUH). It was much less to do with

    his clairvoyance and miraculous utterance than his

    magnetic person and charming disposition that people

    visited him. His was so captivating a smile that a visitor

    said goodbye to him alright, but left his heart and mind

    behind with Babaji, longing to come back for his blessings

    again and again. When another American visitor was

    asked, he replied: In Babajis company I found myself spiritually invigorated and

    physically elevated in peace with myself.

    The sick were treated free of charge at Babajis hospitals where he administered at both

    Camp and Dar-ul-Ehsan campuses twice a year eye camps for hundreds of thousands

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    blinds suffering from cataract fand other eye ailments. The hospitals are carrying out un-

    stintingly and continually the selfless and free services to the less privileged, deprived

    and disadvantaged members of the public. To this kind of community development

    spirit, Babaji alludes in his foreword to The Book of Sufi Healing: Not even the highest

    degree of dedication to worship may earn anybody the claim of divine forgiveness orrecompense in any other form, yet there is one thing that everybody should make sure

    of, which shall not go unrequited under any circumstances by Allah the Almighty, and

    that is the selfless service to the ailing humanity.

    Babaji set up a madrassah in his sanctuary for the education of the children of the new

    converts to Islam. He devised courses and wrote primers/books of his own which are

    these in wide use in mosque schools. For the converts themselves, who were primarily

    nomads, he had the houses built with the moneys received from his friends. His life has

    been an exemplary model of the fiscal propriety in Islam for emulation by individual and

    collective life stances in Pakistan.

    These words in his memory are our token of love for him as also invitation to the

    readers to delve into his writings for the good of our souls and welfare of the collective

    life in the motherland whose security and prosperity were upper in his mind and

    embedded deep in his heart. A couple of years before his demise, he is on record with

    the Pakistan TV interview, having prayed passionately for the good of Pakistan, her

    integrity, prosperity and glory amongst the comity of world

    nations.

    For those who had a calling for it, Babaji imparted spiritual

    knowledge in some fourteen different mystical Orders,

    including most importantly the Mustafwiyyah and

    Qadariyyah. His scholarship would have us believe his deep

    study and reading of the mystical literature. For example, the

    sufi masters in the mystic orders stand divided over the

    Nature and Dhat (Being) of Allah the Almighty the one called

    the Wujudiyyah (everything is with Him) and the other the

    shuhudiyyah (everthing is with Him). Muhiyyid-dinMuhammad Ibn Al-Arabi(d. 1240 CE), the Shaik Al-Akbar of

    Sapin, is the well-known exponent of the former and Shaikh

    Badar-ud-Din Ahmad As-Sirhindi (d. 1624 CE), Mujaddad

    Alif-Thani, of the latter. Reconciling the two Babaji writes that it is the same light (nur) of

    Allah the Almighty that permeates and pervades the dry blade of grass as it does in a

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    rose referring at the same time to the saying of the Holy Messenger (PBUH) ponder

    over the shuyunat (qualities/attributes) of Allah the Almighty and not His Dhat). He laid a

    great deal of stress on character building and strong moral ethics. In this regard, his

    Makshoofat Manzal-Ehsan is a dossier and sum total of Maqaram Al-Akhlaq (the praise

    worthy morals) and Makhraj Al-Akhlaq (the desultory or derogatory conduct)

    In fulfillment of the fivefold cardinal sufic parameters above the daily sessions of dhikr

    ere held uninterruptedly in his life time and still are at his seminaries and at the

    households of some of his devotees. The dhikr has been commanded by Allah the

    Almighty; the Holy Prophet (PBUH) performed it as it is the cure for the ailments of

    physical body and ills of the society. Babaji ate and slept little, dressed simply and wrote

    profusely. He gave away by the evening the daily donations and presents that he

    received from his friends and devotees, lived like birds with trust in Allah the Almighty.

    He died on 16th Ramadan Al-Mubarak, the day when his shrine in Camp Dar-ul-Ehsan

    is jam packed with thousands of his devotees from throughout Pakistan and abroad

    thus paying homage to their dear mentor at the anniversary__contributed by Dr

    Muhammad Iqbal, Senior Lecturer, The University of

    Huddersfield United Kingdom.

    Birth and

    early life

    Hazrat Muhammad Barkat Ali (QSA) was born in to a pious Muslim

    family belonging to theDhariwalJattethnic group.[1]

    Hisfather,MianNigahi Bakhsh (RA), was an employee in theBritish

    Army.[2]

    Like the otherMuslimshe learned the reading of the Holy Book of

    God Al-Quranin his village Brahmi and then went for education tothe nearest available schools in the towns of Halwara, a famous town

    for itsIndian Air Force baseand Rai Kot.

    He has given various interviews to Pakistan Nation TV ChannelPTV[3]

    .On September 25,

    2008Dr Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadripraises the founder ofDarul

    Ehsan,HazratAbu AneesMuhammadBarkatAli,and his work in greatwords while talking to the participants.[4]

    Professional Life

    At the age of 19, he joined the RoyalBritish Armyas a commission

    officer in the engineering core on the 9th

    of April 1930. A specialcertificate of education from Dehradun, Academy India was awarded to

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    him along with the selection of Voy cadet in Military Academy.His duty was meant for

    efficiency, activeness and punctuality. His tenure in the army was spent in the Roorki Cantt. He

    served the Royal Engineering Core for thirteen years only and was boarded out honorably in1945.

    Visits to Kalyar Sharif toSabir Piya

    Visits toKhanqah-e-Sabir(the Holy Sanctury of HazratSabir(RA)) at Kalyar some 6 miles

    away from Roorki Cantt was a regular habit ofHazratMuhammadBarkatAli(QSA). He wasspiritually blessed by God for his efforts at Kalyar Sharif.

    Married Life and Family

    He married at the age of 16 with Barkat Bibi in August1927, who died on 9 January 1978.HazratBabaji's

    family consists of 5 daughters and one son. HissonMianMuhammadAnwar died at the age of 45 on 26April 1981.

    Bay'ah

    He took hisBay'ahat the hands of hisPir('spiritualguide') Hakeem Syed Amir-ul-Hassan Saharanpuri (RA)

    on the 19th

    ofRabi' al-thani1363 A.H. at Peeran-e-

    Kalyar Sharif. His spiritual guide commanded him tomigrate toPakistanat the time of the partition of

    theIndo-Pak subcontinentand then the people startedcalling him as an emigrant to Allah (Arabic: 'Muhajir-il-

    Allah').

    Basic Teachings

    He always guided his followers to perform three tasks

    which forms the basis of his preachings. These are:

    1.Dhikrullah(invocation or remembrance ofAllahtheAlmighty)

    2. Dawat-o-tableeg-ul-Islam (invitation to and spread

    ofIslam)

    3. Belaus-khidmat-e-khalq (selfless service to mankind)

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    He himself made the role model for his words and spent his whole life in the above mentioned

    tasks.

    Charity Works

    Two free eye camps are held biannually at two differentplaces

    1.Darul Ehsan

    2. Camp - Dalowal

    Following major operations are performed twice in a year

    with 100% success by theMuslimdoctors coming from allover the world at no cost:

    1. Removal of cataracts

    2. The wretched eye ailment

    the hospital area is about one hundred and twenty five

    thousand square feet of space affording some twelvehundred beds. Between the two hospitals hundreds of

    thousand more procedures have been undertaken during the last decade.[5]

    Literary Work

    In order to convey the message ofAllahand guidance of theProphet Muhammad(S.A.W.) to thewhole world, Hazrat Babaji wrote more than 400 books on different themes including religion,

    ethics, metaphysics, hierology, philosophy and psychology etc. These books are distributed

    worldwide free of charge. Notable publications of Babajis work are listed below:

    Makshoofat Manazal-e-Ehsan[6]

    ,5 volumes

    Kitab-ul-Amal Bis-Sunnah[7]

    ,5 volumes

    Asma-un-Nabi-ul-Kareem[8]

    ,6 volumes

    Maqalat-e-Hikmat 30 volumes

    Zikr-e-Elahi[9]

    ,1 volume

    Yusaloona-alan-Nabi, 1 volume

    Altobato Wal Astaghfar, 1 volume Al-Sammat, 1 volume

    Jism-ul-Wojood Al Barkat Ali, 1 volume

    Famous sayings

    "Qul ishqu Muhammadin (S.A.W.) madhabi,

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    Wahubbuhu millati,

    Wa ta'atuhu manzili"

    ("Say: Devotion to the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) is my Faith,

    His love my way of life,

    And obedience to him my goal.")

    "Every city has a speciality. The speciality ofDarul Ehsanis the remembrance of Allah."

    "Everything revolves around an axis. The axis ofDarul Ehsanis the love of the Holy

    Prophet (S.A.W.) and the unity of theMuslims.And this is the call of the time."

    "The time is not far off when the decisions of the world will based on the 'yes' and 'no'

    ofPakistan."[10]

    Tribute by Non-Muslims

    Assistant Professor ofCultural AnthropologyatDuke University,USA,Katherine Pratt Ewing,

    visitedDarul Ehsanin 1977 for her research study wrote a tribute to the Shaikh: "The presence of

    a living representative of thesufitraditions, who possesses all attributes of theoriginalsufipirsfurther reinforces the position that thepirswere not mysterious, magical figures

    of the mystical past, but were pious men. They performed for their era what livingsufiscan do to

    day for ours."[11]

    Death

    HazratAbu AneesMuhammadBarkatAli(QSA) died on

    Sunday the 26

    th

    of January 1997 (16

    th

    Ramadan-ul-Mubarak1417 A.H.) at the time ofZuhr salah,aged 85 years and 9months . He is buried at Camp Dar-ul-Ehsan Chak # 242

    RBFaisalabadand his mission is continuing through the

    efforts of his devotees.

    Urs Mubarak

    TheUrsMubarak ofHazratAbu AneesMuhammadBarkatAli(QSA) is held every year on the

    16th ofRamadan ul Mubarakat Camp Dar-ul-Ehsan Chak # 242 RB (Faisalabad,Pakistan)with

    attendance in the tens of thousands.

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