Dear Islamic brothers! اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, the sacred month of Rabi’-ul-Aakhir is going by. It is the sacred month on the 11^th of which the ‘Urs of Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه is celebrated. It is also called ‘Bari Giyarhween’ by the devotees of Ghaus-e-A’zam. With reference to it today we are going to listen to Zikr of this sacred personage, in particular, about his scholarly status. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه is known to the world by the name ‘Ghaus-e-A’zam’. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ bestowed upon him the great crown of sainthood, that is, he has been declared to be the chief of all the saints. Let’s, first of all, listen to the faith-refreshing parable about the scholarly glory of Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-Pak رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه.

Sea of great knowledge

Sayyiduna Hafiz Abul ‘Abbas Ahmad رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has said: I once went to the Ijtima’-e-Ghausiyyah of Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-Pak رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه along with ‘Allamah Ibn Jawzi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه. A Qaari recited the Holy Quran. After the recitation, Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه started the sermon and the Holy Quran was recited. Mentioning the commentary of one of the Ayahs he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه mentioned the meaning of one Ayah. I asked ‘Allamah Ibn Jawzi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه: Did you know about this commentary? He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه gave a positive reply by saying this that he had that commentary in his knowledge. Afterwards, Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه mentioned 11 commentaries one by one. Upon my asking ‘Allamah Ibn Jawzi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه kept saying that he also knew about the commentaries. Hafiz Abul ‘Abbas رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said that Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-Pak رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه mentioned 40 commentaries of that blessed Ayah and also mentioned the name of the [Quranic] commentators of every commentary, but after 11 commentaries for every commentary ‘Allamah Ibn Jawzi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه gave a negative reply by nodding his head that he didn’t know about that commentary. (Akhbar-ul-Akhyar, pp. 11)

Dear Islamic brother! From the above-mentioned parable the status and rank of Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-Pak’s knowledge can easily be judged as he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه mentioned 40 commentaries of only one Ayah at the same time; 29 out of those 40 commentaries even were not in the blessed knowledge of ‘Allamah Ibn Jawzi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه who was a very great Islamic scholar and Imam of his time. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه wrote valuable books on many other arts and sciences