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Question: I
am studying your writings and am astonished that you remain engaged in work day
and night. You respond to thousands of letters, guide students, have authored
nearly twelve books. You are connected both within the country and abroad. You
have established a large spiritual center in Surjani Town, where hundreds of
people are treated free of charge every Friday. You also supervise large
meditation halls within and outside the country. Yet despite all this, your
face always remains blooming and fresh like a rose. You interact with everyone
with great manners and love. Whoever sits with you experiences a strange kind
of peace and tranquility of the heart. In contrast, we people—who are young and
continuously consume all kinds of powerful medicines, especially vitamins—even
after performing labor and hard work, fall victim to anger or irritability and
seek the support of tranquilizing drugs. Yet we are deprived of peace, and when
we reach your age, it is unknown what our condition will be. Not only I, but
every person deprived of peace and health surely wants to ask: what is that
practice and what are those conditions due to which, despite constant labor,
even in old age you remain healthy, active, and peaceful? It is hoped that you
will reveal the secret of peace and health.
Answer: The secret of my health and tranquility of heart is that I have realized that this world is nothing but an illusion of sight. No matter how much wealth you accumulate here, or build large and luxurious palaces—ultimately death will snatch all this from you. I see that each one of us will ultimately make every organ of our body the food of others. If we accumulate wealth against our conscience for our children, then after our death, these children will be of no use to us. The children will enjoy luxuries, and the people without conscience will be pushed by angels into the punishment of Hell. It is also within my observation that when a matter or incident becomes old, the world forgets it. It is merely our assumption that In more than sixty years of life, I have heard this: “what will the world say,” but never heard “what will God say.” I remain happy because my connection is with my Creator, Allah. All praise is for Allah, while living in the world, I have the belief that my life is temporary, and very soon I have to return to Allah, who loves me more than my dear ones and honorable ones.
Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi
Nearly three decades ago, the esteemed spiritual scholar and blessed guide, Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi (R.A), inaugurated a mission of public service with the objective of liberating humanity from afflictions, psychological distress, and physical ailments. For ten years, he remained in contemplative retreat, silently advancing this sacred commitment to the service of creation (khidmat-e-khalq). As the hearts of the people began turning toward him, he employed the medium of mass communication. In 1969, this initiative was formally introduced to the public through newspapers and spiritual journals. According to conservative estimates, through written correspondence and face-to-face interaction—particularly via national publications and the Roohani Digest—Hazrat Azeemi has extended spiritual guidance and healing to over 1.4 million men and women, addressing intricate personal crises and intractable medical conditions. Today, it is not uncommon that wherever a few individuals gather, and a seemingly insoluble dilemma or incurable illness is mentioned, someone inevitably suggests: “Establish contact with Azeemi Sahib—the matter will be resolved.”
Through the grace of Allah the Almighty, the spiritual affinity with the Prophet (P.B.U.H), and the continued beneficence of the blessed guide, four volumes of Roohani Daak (Spiritual Correspondence) have now been compiled. The first volume is hereby presented to you for contemplation and benefit.
