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Sallay‘AlaaNoorinaa,Sallay’AlaaMuhammadin-Salutationsbe
uponourLight!SalutationsbeuponMuhammad!

Sallay‘AlaaHuzoorinaa,Sallay’AlaaMuhammadin-Salutations
beuponourHonourableOne!SalutationsbeuponMuhammad!

Sallay‘AlaaRahmatinaa,Sallay’AlaaMuhammadin-Salutations
beuponourMercy!SalutationsbeuponMuhammad!

AllahummaSalli‘AlaaSayyidinaaMuhammadin-in-Nabiyyil-
Ummiyyiwa'alaaAaliheewaSahbiheewasallim -OAllah!Send
SalutationsuponourLeaderMuhammad,theUnletteredProphet,
andupontheFamilyandtheCompanions–andpeace!

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ableProphet(SallAllahuTa’ala‘AlayhiwaSallam)havemademe
intoxicated;
Thisworldwhichisanillusionanddream –theHonourableProphet
(SallAllahuTa’ala‘AlayhiwaSallam)arrivedandawokemefrom it.

5.Dekhaajoinkobaant–thay,maynnaybheebar(h)karshawq
say;Dast–e–’ataasaamnay,dast–e–talabbar(h)aadiyaa.
WhenIsawthem distributing–Ieagerlytookmyfillalso;Withtheir
givinghandbeforeme–theyfilledmyseekinghand.

6.Jiskochaahadarpaybulaaliya,jiskochaahaapnaabanaa
liya;Yaybaraykaram kayhai(n)fayslay,yaybaraynaseebkee
baathai;Koiaayaalaykarchalaagayaa,koi‘umarbharbhee
napaasakaa;MayrayMawlaatujhsaygilaanahee(n),yayto
apnaaapnaanaseebhai.
Whoeveryouchooseyoucalltoyourdoorstep–whoeveryou
chooseyoumakeyourown;Thesearedecisionsofagreatfavour–
thesearemattersofagreatdestiny;Somecameandtook(spiritual
blessings)andleft–othersstayedforalifetimeandcouldnotgain;
OmyMasterIdon’tcomplaintoyou–thisisjusteachandevery
person’sindividualdestiny.

7.Aaqaatayreemehfilka,hairangjudaagaanaa;Ham nayto

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jisaydekhaa,dekhaatayradeewaanaa;Nazro(n)saymilaa
nazre(n),bhardaymayrapaymaana;AabaadKhudarakhay,
Saaqeetayramaykhaana.
OMaster(SallAllahuTa’ala‘AlayhiwaSallam)!Thecolourofyour
gatheringisunique!
TheonewhoIhaveseen–HazratKhwajaSufiArshadMahmood–
Indeedinthem Ihaveseenyourmadlover!OKhwaja!Meetyour
eyeswithmine!FillmyemptygobletwithyourwineofDivineLove!
OServerofperfectwine!MayAllahforeverpreserveyourtavern
(theendlessoceanofsecretknowledge–Darbaar–e–’Aaliya
SalyaalShareef)!

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