In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Forty Utterances [Malfoozat] of The Most Venerable Shaykh, Amir-

E-Millat, Hazrat Sayyid Jamaat Ali Shah Naqshbandi Mujaddidi
[May Allah sanctify his soul]

(Translated by Asif Jehangir Naqshbandi Jamaati)

He (may Allah be pleased with him) said:

1. If the name of Allah is uttered even once with the tongue, it is the Zikr
(Remembrance) of the tongue; if Allah is remembered once with the heart,
then that is equal to thirty five million Utterances (Zikr) of the tongue. Such is
the Zikr of the heart. There are 35 million blood vessels in the body, and all are
connected to the heart. If Allah’s name is uttered even once (with the heart)
then all the vessels utter it too.

2. In a river, a boat travels on the water and the greater the amount of water, the
more at ease the boat will be. However if that very water enters the boat, it
will capsize. The heart is as the boat and the sorrows and heartaches of the
world are the water; everyone’s boat has sunk except that of the people of
Allah - those who do Zikr, which always stays afloat.

3. Allah [May He be Exalted!] has created Hell for the enemies of the Holy
Messenger [sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam] and Paradise for those who are his
lovers. Those people who worry about whether they will go to Heaven or Hell
after death, should ask themselves whether they are lovers of His Excellency
(sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) or amongst his enemies.

4. "Kullu jadeedin lazeezun"; you may like every new thing of this world but in
your Faith [Deen] you must stick with the same, ancient, Islam as that of your
Predecessors.

5. If a man has bad (sinful) actions [‘Amal] so be it, but Allah forbid that his
Belief [‘Aqeedah] is bad. In a Hadith it is written that run from a leper as you
would from a lion; those with bad Belief are lepers of the heart - protect
yourself from them, in fact do not even sit where they have sat.
6. Constant contemplation [Fikr] about prayer [Salat/Namaz] is given the name
Prayer, i.e. a person is busy doing some work, but his heart is always thinking
about the (next) prayer so that sometimes he asks about the time, sometimes
he looks at his watch, at other times he looks at the (position of) the sun, to
make sure that he doesn’t miss the (correct) prayer time. Until such
contemplation is achieved, the prayer is just a ritual and a habit, which is being
performed. May Allah Almighty grant us such contemplation!

7. If a farmer uses a plough all his life but does not plant the seeds, can his crops
grow? Of course not! Using the plough is Fasting [Sawm], Prayer [Salat],
Pilgrimage [Hajj] and sowing the seeds is Charity [Zakat]. If one does not give
Zakat, then all his Praying, Fasting and making the Pilgrimage is in vain.

8. If two tasks need to be performed, one for the Faith [Deen], the other for the
World [Dunya], then perform the one for the Deen first. Through it’s blessing
[Barakah] the worldly task will also be achieved.

9. Every Supplication [Dua’] has two wings: lawful earnings, and a truthful
tongue. Whoever earns through Lawful [Halal] means and speaks the truth, his
supplication will definitely be accepted.

10. Whoever asks from you in fact does you a favour, for he asks you for a Paisa
[a hundredth of a rupee] and Allah rewards you for (giving) it seven-hundred
fold.

11. Saying, ‘Laa ilaha illal Allah’ (there is no god but Allah) makes one a
Muwwahid (Monotheist), not a Believer (Mu’min). So when will you become
a Believer? When you say ‘Laa ilaha illall Allahu Muhammadur Rasul Allah’
(there is no god but Allah (and) Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah). For us
the greatest Blessing (Ni’mat) is that of Iman (Faith). Even Satan recites ‘Laa
ilaha illal Allah’, but why is he still known as the Accursed? He (even) says,
‘Inni akhafullaha Rabbal aalamin’ (Verily, I have fear of Allah, the Lord of
the Worlds). All the different groups in the world are believers in the Oneness
of God [Tawhid], whether they be Christians, or some other group, but why
are they accursed (Mal’oon)? Because they only say, ’There is no god but
Allah,’ but omit ‘Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah’.
12. When the blessed name of the Chief of Both the Worlds (Muhammad, sal
Allahu alayhi wa sallam), comes on one’s tongue, all one’s lifetime of
Blasphemy [Kufr], Polytheism [Shirk], and all one’s sins are erased.

13. In this day and age it is common to hear that we do not praise His Excellency
Muhammad, sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, beyond one’s limit. But only one
who knows a limit can go beyond it. If someone does not know the limit, how
will he exceed it? Apart from Allah Almighty no one knows the limits of the
Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam); reading his noble Kalimah once is
enough to wipe out a lifetime’s sins! This much we do know about his limits:

Muhammad Mustafa, O Kaif, is praised by Allah

Forget about Man: no one can truly praise him!

Muhammad is the Divine Secret, his secrets who knows?

In Shar’iah he is a man, in Reality [Haqiqah] God knows!

14. In, ‘Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah’, there is Laudation [Na’at] of the
Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam; those who do not like the Prophet’s
Laudation [Na’at], should also refrain from saying, “Muhammad is the
Messenger of Allah.”

15. The earth does not eat the bodies of the Prophets, neither does it touch them.
The Prophets pray [perform Namaz] in their graves. Use Analogy [Qiyas]
then, and think what the state of the Prophet will be like (in his grave).

16. The Messenger of Allah, sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, said that whoever sends
salutations upon me, I will answer his salutations.

17. His Excellency Muhammad, sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, said that whoever
sends Blessings [Durood-e-sharif] upon me with love, I hear it with my own
ears.

18. The Holy Prophet sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam, after veiling himself from this
world, is, without doubt, alive and still upon his Prophethood (in his blessed
grave) and is pleased by the worship and good deeds of his Community
[Ummah] and saddened by sins and disobedience.
19. A loose, unbridled, camel never reaches its destination and wherever it goes it
is beaten and hit. A camel in a line (of camels) however, no matter how thin
and weak it is, definitely will reach its destination.

20. The body has been given to use, and not to nourish and make fat:

You must awake, so awaken now, whilst beneath the Heavens’ shadow, you
shall have until Judgement Day to sleep - beneath the earth’s shadow!

21. By putting one’s head on the dust (in prostration), a man becomes purified:

What right do we have to put our feet on the ground,

When, in prostration, we’ve never put our head on the ground?

22. Do not stay in the company of people with Incorrect Beliefs [Aqidah], in fact
do not even sit where they have sat.

23. Wherever the water touches during Wudu [Ritual Washing], that place will not
burn in the hellfire.

24. If after Poverty [Faqr], the Faqir becomes a dog of the World [Dunya] again;
The fool after being purified, has become embroiled in filth again!

25. In the verse of Surah Fatiha, ‘Guide us to the straight path, the path of those
whom You have favoured’, there is proof of Taqlid (Following) and its
necessity.

26. "Fatta bi‘u millata Ibraheema hanifan". There have been 124, 000 Prophets but
this command, "Therefore follow the religion of Ibraheem, who was separate
from every falsehood," proves that it is Obligatory [Fard] to do Taqlìd of an
Imam.
27. Everybody’s grave will be dark but the grave of those who pray the Tahajjud
Prayer (Night Vigil Prayer) will be full of light. The reading of the Ayatul
Kursi (Verse of the Throne) after each Prayer (Namaz), and the Sura
(beginning with) Tabarakallazee, each night will definitely result in there
being no punishment in the grave.

28. Just as it is Obligatory [Fard] to send Blessings [Durood] upon the Holy
Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) during the Prayer [Salat], likewise it is
also obligatory to send Blessings [Durood] upon his Family [Ahle Bait – may
Allah be pleased with them], otherwise the prayer will not be valid.

29. Nothing is had before it has been Destined [Qismat] and before it’s appointed
Time [Waqt].

30. Allah Ta’ala has created the Heart [Qalb/Dil] for His Remembrance [Zikr],
and has not created it for worries.

31. When people from previous nations sinned, their faces used to metamorphose,
but His Excellency, the Holy Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam), declared,
"Allah the Pure will not change the faces of those who believe in me."

32. The Day of Judgement [Qiyamat] will come when from amongst Allah’s
servants, no one remains to pronounce Allah’s name.

33. Respect the Great Men of Religion [Buzurg]. If they become angry (with you)
then there is no hope for salvation. To insult one is to insult them all. If a
chicken lays a rotten egg, then even if that one egg is placed beneath a
thousand other chickens, a chick will never emerge from that egg.

34. Read the Word of Allah (Qur’an) only for Allah. Reading it for Worldly
Reasons [Dunya], is like giving rubies in exchange for a few worthless
pennies; it is another matter if, after reading for Allah, Allah Himself gives
you worldly benefits for the sake of your reading (for Him).
35. He who has no Shame [Hayaa/Ghairat] has no Faith [Imaan].

36. To accept an Invitation (to dine) [Dawah] is Sunnah. His Excellency the Holy
Prophet (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam) said that even if someone makes you an
invitation, which is at a distance of three miles away, and invites you for
something simple, you should still attend.

37. At the time of entering Madina Sharif, you must pay full attention to its
Etiquettes [Adaab]. At the very least, one’s facial appearance should be that of
a Muslim: the latest fashions, and hairstyles, etc. should be avoided.

38. If one wishes to give anything in the way of Allah, one should do so in one’s
own lifetime. After we die, neither our wives nor our children will give
anything in our name; in fact, it will be difficult even for them to come to read
the Fatiha at our graves!

39. If there are ten people doing Zikr and one person who is abstaining [Ghaafil],
the Remembrancers [Zaakireen] will make the abstainer Radiant too
[Noorani]. Staying with Company [Suhbat] wherein Allah’s Zikr is performed
will bring contentment.

40. It is said that after death the dead person does not receive Spiritual Reward
[Thawab]. The situation is this, that the soul does not die; when the soul does
not die, why then will it receive no reward?