Muhammad, who hails from Khairpur
Mir's in Sindh, Pakistan, was in Mumbai recently." Logic
and reason do not in realizing the Almighty. Jo labzon ke
Chakkar main pada
.Allah tak nahi pahunchega.(One can
not realize God with reason or logic)," he said.
He delved at length about the similarities in all faiths."
Any from of unrest in the world, be it terrorism or turmoil
within a person, is because of the deviation from the path
of godhood," he said.
The Sufi's talk, which ware held in the city, were woven with
musical interludes that transported the audience to higher
realm. Speaking about the mystic's philosophy, he said, "We
believe in the conversion of the soul and not body.
"Sachal Sarmast - one of the greatest mystic's of Sindh
who brought the 304-years-old tradition to life by was soulful
Kalams (devotional songs)-was against rituals and rigidity
in faiths and his philosophy was based on the doctrines of
"Ana'al-Haq", which means "I am the truth".
Heaving done his Ph.D in Vedanta and Sufism, Muhammad correlates
the philosophy with the teachings of the Gita, the Koran,
the Old and New Testaments with amazing ease. The Khan-i-qah
of Shah Daraza has a following of 40 lakh people across the
world and 0.5 lakh disciples in India alone.
He said that people need to maintain a balanced state of mind."Tareef
se khushi na ho aur gilah se gham na ho," (One should
remain neutral to both praise and criticism), he explained.
Interestingly, his education stared only when he was 16 and
he become a professor at 32.He has authored several books."Degrees
are not a measure of knowledge and it is the knowledge of
the supreme self that is imperative for every human being."
He said. "Allah once said:"I am a concealed treasure.I
wish to be known.".