GANJ-UL-ASRAR
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Date
2015
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Sultan-ul-Faqr Publications
Abstract
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The literal meaning of Ganj-ul-Asrar is “The Treasure of Divine
Secrets”. The writer Sultan-ul-Arifeen Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo
has very conveniently and interestingly disclosed these secrets in
the book. The most impressive aspect of Hazrat Sultan Bahoo’s
writing is that he follows an entirely different style of writing in
all his books, which is always pleasing and captivating. Every
reader derives spiritual beneficence from his words, at whichever
mystic level he maybe. In this particular book Hazrat Sultan
Bahoo has explained the marvels of his Sarwari Qadri Order in a
very easy to understand manner and described the grandeur of
Sarwari Qadri Spiritual Guide and his disciples.
Originally Ganj-ul-Asrar is written in Persian language. I am
having the honour of translating it into English on the order of
my Murshid Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Mohammad Najib-ur-Rehman
Madzillah-ul-Aqdus, who is the spiritual descendant of Hazrat
Sultan Bahoo and the Sarwari Qadri Perfect Spiritual Guide in
this era. For this translation he provided me the Persian
manuscript of Ganj-ul-Asrar written by Khalifa Gul Mohammad
Sindhi in 1323 Hijri (1905 AD). There are a few other manuscripts
of Ganj-ul-Asrar available which are written by:
1. Ameer Haider son of Syed Shah Mohammad, in 1206 Hijri
2. Mohammad Raza, in 1306 Hijri
3. Mohammad Bakhsh, in 1370 Hijri
4. A manuscript of Ganj-ul-Asrar is available in Iran Pakistan
Institute of Persian Studies (Ganj Bakhsh library, Islamabad)
which was written in 1303 Hijri but the writer’s name is not
mentioned on it. It is in fact a script which includes four books
of Hazrat Sultan Bahoo i.e. Ganj-ul-Asrar, Majalisa-tul-
Nabi, Risala Roohi Sharif and Taigh-e-Barhana. The series
number of this book is 12473.
5. There is another script available in Iran Pakistan Institute of
Persian Studies (Ganj Bakhsh library, Islamabad) which
includes three books of Sultan Bahoo i.e. Majalisa-tul-Nabi,
Ganj-ul-Asrar and Noor-ul-Huda, written by Hakeem Ghulam
Hussain in 1322 Hijri. The series number of this book is
12830.
The printed script of Ganj-ul-Asrar is available in “Nuskha-eMutabarika”
which consists of four books by Hazrat Sultan
Bahoo i.e. Risala Roohi Sharif, Ganj-ul-Asrar, Mohabbat-ulAsrar
and Majalisa-tul-Nabi. It was published by Itehad Press
Lahore on the request of Haji Mohammad Siddique who was a
book trader at the shrine of Hazrat Sultan Bahoo. This printed
script is found from Masood Jhandir Research Library Mailsi.
The only English translation of Ganj-ul-Asrar till now is done
by Zaheer Gondal which he has not done directly from Persian
text but from the Urdu translation of Ganj-ul-Asrar done by K.B
Naseem. This English translation is available on internet but
without the original Persian text of Ganj-ul-Asrar.
This translation would not have been possible without the
guidance of my Murshid Sultan Mohammad Najib-ur-Rehman
who is always a source of inspiration and spiritual help for me.
Whatever skills I have, owe to his favour and kindness. All my
gratitude cannot be enough for his limitless blessings.
I am thankful to my husband Mohammad Moghees Sarwari
Qadri and my dear fellow disciple Mrs. Yasmeen Khurshid
Malik Sarwari Qadri who reviewed this book and gave
suggestions to improve it.
Keywords
sufism, islam, GANJ-UL-ASRAR, Sultan Baho