تُو عَطا حِلم کی بھیک کر دے              میرے اَخلاق بھی ٹھیک کر دے

تجھ کو فاروق کا واسِطہ ہے                 یا خُدا تجھ سے میری دُعا ہے

عِشقِ احمد میں آنسو بہاؤں                 حُبِّ دُنیا سے خُود کو بچاؤں

ایسی تَوفیق دے اِلتِجا ہے               یاخُدا تجھ سے میری دُعا ہے

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Name, family and date of birth!

Dear Islamic brothers! We were listening to the blessed life of Sayyidi Qutb-e-Madinah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَـالٰی عَـلَيْـه. His name is Ziyauddin Ahmad. He رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَـالٰی عَـلَيْـه himself used to say: My birth name was ‘Ahmad Mukhtar’. My paternal grandfather Shaykh Qutbuddeen Qaadiri named me ‘Ziyauddin’ later on. He رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَـالٰی عَـلَيْـه was born in 1877 (Rabi’-ul-Awwal 1294 AH) on Monday at a town ‘Kalaswala’ of district Ziyakot (Sialkot). (Sayyidi Ziyauddin Ahmad Al-Qaadiri, vol. 1, pp. 164)

Blessed appearance!

He رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَـالٰی عَـلَيْـه was a little taller than the average height, with a fair complexion and a man of awe-inspiring and attractive personality. He          رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَـالٰی عَـلَيْـه had an oval face, broad and luminous forehead in the middle of which a thin vein always remained visible. He رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَـالٰی عَـلَيْـه had a prominent nose, dark, big and very bright eyes, long and thin eyebrows almost connected to each other, long and thick eyelashes, red and fleshy cheeks with a mole on the right, thick and curved beard equal to the length of a fist, long neck, broad chest, long fingers, fleshy and extremely soft palms.

(Sayyidi Ziyauddin Ahmad Al-Qaadiri, vol. 1, pp. 567)

In short, he رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَـالٰی عَـلَيْـه was extremely handsome and had attractive appearance.

Early education

He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه received his early education from his paternal grandfather, then from a renowned Islamic scholar and ‘Aarif of Ziyakot (Sialkot) ‘Allamah