Jo Rang Rangaya Gūrha

Assalamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah

 

The color it dyed, is tinted so deep. The hue of my guide, o friend!

Cackle o heart, so the Lord hears. Seek the ache, to not miss the 'hū'.

Misery chokes this bosom of mine. Blazes within a flaring 'hū'.

Without cinder, a fire wont light. Without plight, there is no spark of 'hū'.

Entangling with the flames of a pyre. The poor ones burn by the amber of 'hū'! 

Loving the Supreme is quite a task. Watch your wings as you long o moth! 

Like a hawk I soar. Through the heights of the bounties of 'hū'!

Its 'kun' alone that my tongue knows of. Rest use their pen to talk of 'hū'.

Kinds of Plato, kinds of Socrates. Make no match to my 'hū'!

Countless are dregs like the wealthy Hatim. At the steps of Sultan Bahu who beg for 'hū'.

The black locks and the glowing hand. What marvels to witness, o friend!

Allah

Through the ocean of ardor and rapture.

How to float like a brave heart?!

Each vortex where it whirls the most. It is there that the loops break.

Of those wild beasts and demons and barrens.

Let not just the sight daunt you.

Why enshrine one self as a 'lowly humble faqīr'?

When the desires keep stealing the breath of 'hū'.

Lord

The cast out Bullehya came to me.

And capered dancing around, o friend!

Poem: Sultan Bahū (1630-1691)

Reciter: Madam Abida Parvīn

Translation: Not mine

Sealed with prayers for mercy, peace and love, amin!

Qadiri Complex in China : 靈明堂 Ling Ming Tang

Assalaamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah

Just few pictures from various websites...

Reporter Ibrahim Ma Weijun for China Muslim Youth Club and Imam Wang Shoutian

The reporter of China Muslim Youth Club and his friends warmly welcomed by the complex committee

Sources :

1. xaislam

2. muslimwww

3. china muslim youth club

Sealed with prayers for mercy, peace and love, amin! 

Chinese Muslim Figure: Hilaluddin Qi Jingyi

Assalaamu'alaikum wa rahmatullah

Ling Ming Tang Qadiri Order Complex in Gansu, China

Our Movement

First of all, I would like to highlight that my father family was not belonged to the Qadiri lineage but from another side of Yemenite and Egyptian order which remained in silence since we were once a closed community and I learned that they followed Shafi'ie madzhab for fiqhi sunnah but they are not really Sunni Muslim by today's classification due to that they recognized the guardianship of 'Ali k.w and the authority of this imam after prophet Muhammad s.a.w. I have great respect to honorable baba Abdul Qadir Jailani and regard him as one of us due to similarities in first few imams. Our lineage has the history from the Fatimid empire which was spread across the oceans but trying to tolerate the other schools. Anyway I am still an ordinary Muslim who perform all of the shari'a obligations like others and shifting to Hanbali fiqhi madzhab in term of sunnah angles since we faced many slanders from people around and that really affects our faith in Allah and our religion. So, after all of the past experiences... I turned to the strictest of fiqhi madzhab of "Sunni Muslim" if it is the classification for not being a deviant after I get the confirmation from the Saudi clerics in Mecca though I don't really like Saudi Arabia's government. And I received the kitabs for prayers from Qadiri mission teachers, because they gave it to me so I received it with smile and using them to respect them : )   

Ling Ming Tang interior side. Ling Ming Tang means the Hall of Spiritual Enlightenment : ) 

Hilaluddin Qi Jingyi

So, in this side I would like to introduce this figure from China and a Chinese master of tasawwuf teaching. His religious name is Hilaluddin and his native name is Qi Jingyi 祁静一 ...

His Life

Regarding the life of this figure, it was mentioned that when he was 16 years old, he met a master of Naqshabandi order known as Afaq Khoja in Xining around 1672. He begged the master to be his teacher but Afaq Khoja responsed that he was not the supposed teacher for Qi Jingyi. He mentioned more that his ancient teaching is not to be passed to Jingyi but by another teacher who has already crossed the Eastern Sea and arrived in the Eastern part of the land. He must quickly return home and he will be a well-known teacher in his land. Qi Jingyi studied under the supervision of Khoja Abdul 'Alla which is the 29th descent of prophet Muhammad s.a.w who happened to enter China around 1674. His mission order is under the circle of Qadiri lineage.

His Tomb and the Complex

Master Qi Jingyi was buried in Linxia city in Gansu province after his death. His tomb is among the center of ziyarat by the members of Qadiri lineage whether in the side of Sunni or Shi'a Muslims. It is located in the Hongyuan park. Another one is Ling Ming Tang Masjid complex like in the pictures.   

Sealed with prayers for mercy, peace and love, amin!