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He showed us respect, will not be offered; it has to be earned. |
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Written by Umm Zahid Qadri
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Sunday, 02 December 2007 |
Let me say, without hesitation, that the One God has sent a blessing to us all, Muslims and non Muslims, in the person of Sultan Mohyuddin Syed Mubarik Ali Shah Gilani. The line between Muslim and non-Muslim was slim. We had shahada (affirmation of the Oneness of God), we wore different clothes, but the ghetto was still in us -- our behavior did not reflect our professed "way of life", Islam. The Creator sent us the answer to our du'a--someone to teach us and correct us and allow us to be a reflection of what we were meant to be. He did not come to us asking -- he came giving. His suitcases were emptied as he paid off credit card debts; delinquent rents and utility bills. He showed us respect, will not be offered; it has to be earned. We left the welfare rolls. We raised money by selling our entrapments. We left the tenements and the ghettos. We took our children from schools where they were being taught how to fornicate, end up single parents back on welfare, and took responsibility for their education. Now we have nurturing two-parent families, doctors, lawyers, teachers and engineers — productive, tax paying members of society. We've learned to bond, share, give, give back and not ask. Maybe that's why he's so hated. We are no longer satisfied with the bottom run of their ladder. We're climbing our own ladder.
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El-Sheikh Gilani