Hum Raaste Dhoondhte Rahe, Rahbar Kho Baithe

Mobile screen roshan thi…
Ungli naqshay par chal rahi thi…
Google Map har mod, har gali, har raasta dikha raha tha…
Kahan murhna hai, kahan rukna hai, kahan pohanchna hai — sab kuch wazeh tha…

Achanak dil mein ek sawal ubhra:

“Gar duniya ke raaste ek app bata sakti hai…
To Jannat ka raasta kaun batayega?”

Google Map to manzil tak pohancha deta hai…
Magar qabr ke baad ki manzil?
Pul Siraat?
Meezan?
Hisaab?
Jannat?

Us ka raasta kaun dikhayega?

Wahan koi app nahin chalegi…
Wahan sirf ek cheez kaam aayegi:

“Google Map se duniya ka har raasta mil jata hai…
Magar Jannat ke raaste ke liye sohbat-e-Shaikh zaroori hai”

Duniya ke raaste app se,
Aakhirat ka raasta adab se.

Sohbat-e-Ahl-e-Allah…
Rehnuma-e-Shaikh…
Aur sachchon ka saath.

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Allah Ta‘ala farmate hain:

Ya ayyuhal-lazeena aamanu ittaqullaha wa koonu ma‘as-sadiqeen
(Surah At-Taubah: 119)
Tarjuma: Ae imaan walon! Allah se daro aur sachchon ke saath raho.

Yeh “Koonu” amr ka sigha hai…
Yani hukm hai…
Yani laazim hai…
Yani ikhtiyar nahin, farz hai…

Allah ne sirf taqwa ka hukm nahin diya…
Balkeh taqwa walon ke saath rehne ka hukm diya.

Kyunke tanha insaan aksar bhatak jata hai…
Aur sohbat insaan ko sambhaal leti hai.

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Phir Allah Ta‘ala farmate hain:

Ulaa’ikal-lazeena sadaqoo wa ulaa’ika humul-muttaqoon
(Surah Al-Baqarah: 177)
Tarjuma: Yehi log sachche hain aur yehi muttaqi hain.

Yani sachche wahi hain…
Jo muttaqi hain…

Aur muttaqi wahi bante hain…
Jo Ahl-e-Taqwa ki sohbat mein palte hain.

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Taqwa kya hai?

Ulama farmate hain:

Kaff-un-nafs ‘anil-hawa
Yani nafs ko khwahish ka ghulam banne se rok dena.

Yeh kitaab se nahin aata…
Yeh lecture se nahin aata…
Yeh sirf:

Nigaah se aata hai…
Qurbat se aata hai…
Sohbat se aata hai…

Jaise loha aag mein ja kar aag ban jata hai…
Waise hi dil Ahl-e-Dil ke paas ja kar zinda ho jata hai.

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Hadees mein aata hai:

Wa khaalit-ul-hukamaa
(Al-Jaami‘ As-Sagheer: 3577)
Tarjuma: Hukama se mail-jol rakho.

Hakeem-ul-Ummat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi رحمه الله farmate hain:
“Is se murad Ahl-e-Allah hain.”

Yani sirf kitaab wale nahin…
Dil wale…

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Ek aalim Hazrat Thanvi رحمه الله ke paas aaye aur bole:

“Hazrat! Tazkiyah farz hai, maanta hoon…
Magar Shaikh ki kya zarurat?
Main khud kitaab parh kar apna tazkiyah kar loonga.”

Hazrat ne farmaya:

“Molvi sahib! Tazkiyah fi‘l laazim hai ya muta‘addi?”

Kaha: Muta‘addi.

Farmaya:
“Phir baghair fa‘il ke kaise poora hoga?”

Allah farmate hain:

Yuzakkihim
(Woh un ka tazkiyah karta hai)

Yani Rasool ﷺ Sahaba ke dil paak karte thay.

To phir aaj hum kis se paak honge?

Kitaab se?
Ya kisi paak dil se?

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Hadees mein aata hai:

Inna rajulan kharaja min baitihi zaa’iran…
(Mishkaat, Kitaab-ul-Adab)

Tarjuma: Jab koi Allah ke liye kisi se milne nikalta hai to sattar hazaar farishte us ke saath chalte hain.

Aur dua karte hain:

Rabbana innahu wasala feeka fasilh
Ae Allah! Yeh tere liye ja raha hai, tu ise apna qurb ata farma.

Socho…

Jab koi Allah wale ke paas jata hai…
To aasman ki fauj saath chalti hai…

Aur hum kehte hain: “Faida kya?”

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Hazrat Thanvi رحمه الله farmate hain:

“Istifada ke liye munaasibat zaroori hai.
Agar dil na mile to nafa nahin hota.”

Aur yeh bhi farmaya:

“Islah ke liye bai‘at farz nahin…
Magar islah farz hai.”

Yani maqsad Shaikh nahin…
Maqsad islah hai…

Aur yeh baghair sohbat ke mushkil hai.

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She‘r:

Qareeb jalte hue dil ke apna dil kar de
Yeh aag lagti nahin, lagai jaati hai

Khwaja Majzoob رحمه الله farmate hain:

Jo aag ki khasiyat woh ishq ki khasiyat
Ek seena ba seena hai, ek khana ba khana hai

Yeh aag kitaab se nahin lagti…
Yeh dil se dil ko lagti hai.

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Allah walon ke paas jaane ka adab bhi sikhaya gaya.

Hazrat Umar رضي الله عنه farmate hain:

Ek shakhs aaya…
Kapray safed…
Baal siyah…
Nabi ﷺ ke saamne adab se baitha…

Yeh Jibreelؑ thay…

(Sunan Nasa’i: 4996)

Yani adab ke baghair ilm nahin…
Adab ke baghair islah nahin…

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Ulama farmate hain:

Allah walon ki majlis mein:

▪ Khuloos se jao
▪ Duniya na maango
▪ Adab se baitho
▪ Qareeb baitho
▪ Pehle tauba karo
▪ Dil saaf karo

Jaise ainak saaf kiye baghair kuch nazar nahin aata…
Waise hi dil saaf kiye baghair hidayat nahin milti.

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Hazrat Dr. Abdul Hai Aarifi رحمه الله ka she‘r:

Un se milne ki hai yahi ek raah
Milne walon se raah paida kar

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Nabi ﷺ ki dua:

Allahumma inni as’aluka hubbaka wa hubba man yuhibbuk
(Tirmizi)

Ae Allah! Mujhe apni muhabbat ata farma, aur un ki muhabbat bhi jo tujh se muhabbat karte hain.

Yehi dua hai sohbat ki…
Yehi dua hai raaste ki…

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Aaj ki misaal dekho:

Google Map na ho to shehar mein aadmi gum ho jata hai…
Ghalat mod, ghalat raasta, ghalat manzil…

To roohani safar mein baghair rahbar ke kaise chalenge?

Nafs hai…
Shaitan hai…
Khwahish hai…
Duniya hai…

Yeh sab raaste badal dete hain…

Sirf ek cheez seedha rakhti hai:

Ahl-e-Allah ki nazar.

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Hum samajhte hain:

Hum khud kaafi hain…
Hum parh lete hain…
Hum jaante hain…

Yeh sab dhoka hai…

Shaitan sab se pehle yahi kehta hai:

“Tumhein kisi ki zarurat nahin.”

Aur yehi sab se bada fitna hai.

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Aakhir mein…

Socho…

Qabr mein jab andhera hoga…
Jab a‘maal saamne honge…
Jab koi Google Map nahin hoga…
Jab koi dost nahin hoga…

Tab sirf ek sawal hoga:

“Tu ne raasta kis se poocha tha?”

Kitaab se?
Ya kisi zinda dil se?

Internet se?
Ya kisi Allah wale se?

Apne nafs se?
Ya kisi Murshid se?

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Ae Allah…

Hamein raasta dikhane walon ke saath jor de…
Hamein gumrahi se bacha le…

Warna hum duniya ke raaste to dhoondh lenge…
Magar Jannat ka raasta kho baithenge…

Aur us din…
Sirf aansu honge…
Sirf hasrat hogi…
Aur sirf yeh faryad:

“Kaash…
Hum ne kisi Allah wale ka haath thaam liya hota…”

We Kept Searching for Routes, but Lost the Guide

The mobile screen was glowing…
The finger was moving on the map…
Google Map was showing every turn, every street, every road…
Where to turn, where to stop, where to reach — everything was clear.

Suddenly, a question rose in the heart:

“If an app can show the roads of this world…
Then who will show the road to Jannah?”

Google Map can take us to a destination…
But what about the destination after the grave?
The Bridge of Sirat?
The Scale?
The Reckoning?
Paradise?

Who will guide us there?

No app will work there…
Only one thing will matter:

“Google Map shows the roads of this world,
but the road to Jannah needs the company of a true guide.”

Worldly roads come from apps,
The road of the Hereafter comes from respect and guidance.

The company of Allah’s friends…
The guidance of a spiritual mentor…
And the company of truthful people.

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Allah says:

“O believers! Fear Allah and stay with the truthful.”
(Surah At-Tawbah: 119)

This is not advice only…
This is a command…
This is an obligation…

Allah did not only command us to fear Him,
He also commanded us to stay with those who fear Him.

Because a person alone often gets lost…
And good company saves him.

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Allah also says:

“These are the truthful ones, and these are the righteous.”
(Surah Al-Baqarah: 177)

Truth and righteousness grow together…
And they grow in the company of the righteous.

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What is Taqwa?

Scholars say:

“To control the self from following desires.”

This does not come only from books…
Not only from speeches…
It comes from:

Eyes that inspire…
Hearts that touch…
Company that changes.

Like iron becomes fire when placed in fire,
A heart becomes alive when placed near living hearts.

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The Prophet ﷺ said:

“Mix with the wise.”
(Al-Jami‘ As-Sagheer)

The scholars explained:
“The wise are the friends of Allah.”

Not only people of books…
But people of hearts.

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Once, a scholar said to Hakim-ul-Ummat:

“I accept purification is necessary,
but why do I need a guide?
I will improve myself by reading books.”

He replied:

“Purification is an action that needs someone to do it.”

Allah says:

“He purifies them.”

The Prophet ﷺ purified the hearts of his companions.

So today, who will purify us?

Books?
Or pure hearts?

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The Prophet ﷺ said:

“When someone goes to meet a person for Allah,
seventy thousand angels walk with him.”

And they pray:

“O Allah, he went for You,
so give him Your closeness.”

Think…

When someone goes to an Allah-loving person,
the angels walk with him…

And we say: “What benefit is there?”

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Hakim-ul-Ummat said:

“Benefit depends on connection of hearts.”

And he also said:

“Taking pledge is not compulsory,
but self-reform is compulsory.”

The goal is not the guide…
The goal is purification.

And it is difficult without company.

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A couplet says:

“Bring your heart near a burning heart,
Fire does not spread by itself.”

Khwaja Majzoob said:

“The nature of fire and love is same,
It spreads from heart to heart.”

This fire does not come from books…
It comes from hearts.

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We are also taught manners.

Hazrat Umar narrated:

A man came…
White clothes…
Black hair…
Sat respectfully before the Prophet ﷺ…

It was Jibreel (Gabriel).

(Sunan Nasa’i)

Without manners, no knowledge…
Without manners, no reform.

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Scholars say:

When you go to righteous people:

Go sincerely
Do not seek worldly gain
Sit with respect
Sit close
Repent first
Clean your heart

Like glasses must be cleaned to see clearly,
Hearts must be cleaned to receive guidance.

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A poet said:

“There is only one way to meet them,
Create paths through those who meet them.”

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The Prophet ﷺ prayed:

“O Allah, grant me Your love,
and the love of those who love You.”

This is the prayer of guidance…
This is the prayer of the right path.

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Look at today’s example:

Without Google Map, people get lost in cities…
Wrong turns, wrong roads, wrong destinations…

So how can we travel spiritually without guidance?

There is ego…
There is Satan…
There are desires…
There is the world…

All of them change directions.

Only one thing keeps us straight:

The gaze of Allah’s friends.

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We think:

“We are enough…
We read…
We know…”

This is a lie.

Satan first says:

“You don’t need anyone.”

And that is the biggest trap.

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In the end…

Think…

When the grave is dark…
When deeds are open…
When no Google Map exists…
When no friend remains…

Only one question will remain:

“From whom did you ask the way?”

From books?
From the internet?
From your ego?

Or from Allah’s friends?

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O Allah…

Connect us with those who show the way…
Save us from going astray…

Otherwise,
We will find the roads of this world…
But lose the road to Jannah…

And that day…

There will be only tears…
Only regret…
Only this cry:

“If only…
We had held the hand of an Allah-loving guide…”