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5308AGE WEEPS AGAIN1968

Baba commented:

These lines show that Asrar left out nothing in showering praises on Hafiz and the beauty of his couplets. In short, he was Hafiz-mad!

As is known, Hafiz was a Persian poet of great renown and a Perfect Master of his time. And in his concluding lines, Asrar wants to glorify Hafiz by laying down his heart and soul on the dust trodden upon by Hafiz's doorkeeper, extolling his worth, as he was fortunate to serve a person like Hafiz, Asrar's idol!

Baba then gave a short description of Hafiz's life, saying:

Hafiz lived about 700 years ago [1325–1389]. One who knows the Koran by heart is called a Hafiz, that one whose heart and soul is dedicated to the service and thoughts of God alone.

Once in his youth, Hafiz encountered a very beautiful girl of a wealthy family. That very instant he fell in love with her; it was not in the carnal way, but he loved her beauty. At the same time, he was in contact with his Spiritual Master, Attar, who himself was a great Persian poet. Hafiz, being Attar's disciple, used to visit him daily for years. He used to compose a ghazal a day and sing it to Attar, and the Master was thereby keeping him happy and content. 

Baba elucidated that Nizamuddin Auliya, Buali Shah Qalander and Chishti of Ajmer were all Sufi Perfect Masters.  He mentioned that Chishti was even considered to be on the same level as Muhammad; however, he was not equal to the Prophet, but the Qutub-e-Irshad of his time — the head of the spiritual hierarchy. Chishti established Sufism in India, and his tomb-shrine in Ajmer is a greatly revered place of pilgrimage.

These Perfect Masters and other Muslim Qutubs always liked listening to ghazals, which have been preserved in the various Divans of Hafiz.

Now, for a Perfect Master to write poetry — what is it [for him] when the whole world is in his hands? But as Tukaram, the Sadguru, explained, one's original nature persists even after Realization. It is the nature of Mohammedans to enjoy ghazals. And so, Mohammedans who attain Realization continue to enjoy them.

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