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THE BELOVED PROPHET LOVES HIM

For the sake of Bismillah, Allah Ta'ala made Shaykh 'Abdur Rahman Chohravi a Qutb, a great saint in Tariqa tu'l Qadiriyya. His amamah (prayer turban) was of Asma u'l Husna, his fingerprints were of Salawaat u'r Rasul and his lips and tongue were an unceasing chant of dua. The Holy Prophet Sallallahu 'alaihi wa Sallam made him his very own, Shaykh 'Abdulqadir Jilani QaddasAllahu Sirrahu'l 'Azeez embraced him, and Nabi Nuh Alaihi'ssalaam lent him his Ark and taught him the verse:

Bismillahi majrayhaa wa mursaahaa

In the Name of Allah shall be its course and its anchoring (11:41).

He could see that on the Ark was written:

Laa Ilaha Illallah Muhammad u'r Rasulullah

None is to be worshipped but Allah. Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.

He boarded the Ark with Bismillah and at once inscribed Asma u'l Husna on its sails, Salawaat u'r Rasul on its oars and dua on its masts. The saints who were gathered at the riverbank all joined in the dua together with thousands of angels. The anchor was drawn up after the recitation of Asma u'l Husna which filled 14 pages. The fishes joined in the Salawaat and Salaams and the birds chanted Allahu and Ahad, the blessed Names of Allah most dear to the Shaykh. The river was smooth and swift flowing and when it came to a gorge, the Shaykh was in full control, the only one who understood such deep spiritual mysteries. As the Ark splashed into the sea, with waves rising on both the sides, it formed the Name "Allah" in Arabic and all aboard were drenched with river and sea water all together and the drenching was Rahmah (Mercy) of Allah Ta'ala, each drop representing a thousand salawaat. The sea would not be left out either and offered Hizb u'l Bahr of Imam Abu'l Hasan Shazili Rahmatullahi 'alaih, the malaika (angels) hummed the hamd, azkaar and awraad from Wird u'l Latif and the Ratib of Mawlana al-Haddad, Naf'anAllahu Bih and the blood in the veins of the rowers flowed with dua. Enough Asma-Allah, Salawaat and Dua was recited to fill 1410 fullscap pages in 2 volumes of 15 chapters each. The Ark came safely ashore with the following salaat:

Sallallahu 'alaihi wa 'alaa aalihi wa azwaajihi
Wa dhurriyyaatihi wa 'itratihi wa as'haabihi ajma'een.

Allah's blessings on him, his family, his wives,
his descendants, his offspring and his companions, all of them,
Rady Allahu 'Anhum.

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