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Book Cover of Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Geelani (R.A.) {The Sultan of the saints}
THE ROSE OF BAGHDAH......


Here the Promised Messiah (as) talks of the magnificent friend and lover of Allah (swt)
Hadhrat Sayyed Muhyidin Abu Mohammad Abdul Qadir al-Jilani (ra). Anyone who has
the fortune to come across the life and works of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani (ra) will be in
no doubt as to why the soul of the Promised Messiah (as) had such a close affinity with
that of Sheikh Abdul Qadir (ra). His every pour yearned to serve Allah (swt) and he is
indeed to be counted from amongst the greatest of the Awliyaa Allah (friends of Allah).
Commenting on his complete subservience to the will of Allah (swt), Hadhrat Khalifatul
Masih II (ra) writes2:
‘’Hazrat Abdul Qadir Jilani in one of his books says: ‘‘There is a time when I do not eat
until God is pleased to say: Abdul Qadir, get up and eat for My sake, or wear these robes
to please Me.’ It is men like him who would do even their daily chores only when God wants
them to; of course, not for their own sake but for the sake of God, for whatever they do, they
do it to please Him.’’
Both the Promised Messiah (as) and Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al-Jilani were
consumed with the love of the Holy Prophet (saw) and it is the great blessing
of Allah (swt) that both of these great champions of humanity shared both a
spiritual and blood affinity. For they are related to each other through the line
of the Holy Prophet’s (saw) beloved daughter, Sayyeda of the women of the
worlds, Hadhrat Fatima Az-Zahra (ra)3.