Dear Islamic brothers! اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, we are in the sacred month of Rabi’-ul-Aakhir. It is the blessed 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. Today we are going to listen to the Zikr of this sacred personage especially about his scholarly status in relation to it. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه is known to the world by the name of ‘Ghaus-e-A’zam’. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ has blessed him with a great status of sainthood, that is, he has been declared to be the chief of all the saints. Let’s, first of all, listen to a faith-refreshing parable about the scholarly glory of Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-Pak رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه.

Sea of knowledge

Sayyiduna Haafiz 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 Bayan and the Holy Quran was recited. Mentioning the Tafseer (exegesis) of one of the Ayahs he رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه mentioned one meaning of the Ayah. I asked ‘Allamah Ibn Jawzi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه if he knew about that Tafseer. He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه made a positive reply by saying that he had the knowledge of that Tafseer. Afterward, Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-A’zam رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه mentioned 11 Tafaseer (exegeses) one by one. Upon my asking every time ‘Allamah Ibn Jawzi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه kept saying that he also knew about the Tafseer. Haafiz Abul ‘Abbas رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه said that Sayyiduna Ghaus-e-Pak رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه mentioned 40 Tafaseer of that blessed Ayah along with the name of the Mufassir (exegetist) of every Tafseer, but after 11 Tafaseer for every Tafseer ‘Allamah Ibn Jawzi رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه gave a negative reply by nodding his head that he did not know about that Tafseer. (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 Tafaseer of only one Ayah at the same time; 29 out of those   40 Tafaseer were even 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 in addition to the knowledge of Holy Quran, Hadees, Fiqh, geography, medicine, history,