Sayyidi wa sanadi Hadhrat Mawlana Mohammad Taqi Usmani (may Allah preserve him) said,
I t remains unclear what innovations, absurdities and presumptions people have put into the understanding and practice of Tasawwuf. The reality is that going to a friend of Allah (Ahlullah/Shaykh) is to get one’s heart, ego and internal morals rectified.
From Hadhrat (Mawlana Qasim) Nanotwi رحمه الله تعالى till Hadhrat (Mawlana Husain Ahmed) Madni رحمه الله تعالى and Hadhrat (Shabbir Ahmed) Usmani رحمه الله تعالى there was not a single individual (from amongst the scholars of Deoband) who after graduation did not approach a Shaykh (Ahlullah) for his moral reformation (islah).
In our atmosphere these things have become strange. Nowadays if anyone is practicing this (the akabirs’ way), he is said to have become a sufi (in some degrading sense). The result of this lack of self-reformation (islah) is that the hearts are completely filled with love of worldly/materialistic (dunya) issues, especially love for fame (hubb e jah) and love for wealth (hubb e maal).This is reason that the preacher’s (da’ee) call is ineffective.
In conclusion, a very big reason for the failure of all our struggles and efforts is the abandoning of this concern (fikr) of self-reformation (islah).
[“Islahi Mawaiz: ‘Ilm Par Amal Karen” ]
From: at-Tazkirah (edited to make it easier to understand)
Jazak’Allah khairan.
Insha’Allah, I’ll wait for more corrections and then brush up the poor translation.
JazakAllah for the translation of this beneficial extract.
It is neither poor nor incorrect at all.
However, in translation a common pitfall is literal word to word translation, i.e. = tarjuma. To make it more understandable for all ‘tarjumani’ is required, i.e conveying the meaning/message.
Please, continue the good beneficial effort at your blog.