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Mohammed Abdul Hafeez

My Guinness World Record

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Thank you for sending us the details of your recent record
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Guinness World Record.
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The details of two episodes

Owaise of Qarni.
Tipu Sultan.
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world record is:
A six page document entitled Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, produced by the United Nations in 1948, was translated
into 321 languages and dialects from Abkhaz to Zulu.
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adding of this book ‘Muslim saints and Mystics‘ (Tadhkirtal
Aliyah by Farid al din Attar) which is very famous in the
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Is a well-known author, some of his books are a fascination for

readers like in the Hadrat Khaja Shamsuddin Turk & Hadrat Bu
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Author’s Introduction

The publication note in the Second Episode by Mr. David

Rosenbaum of New York Times

Farid Al- din Attar is considered one of the preeminent

mystical poets of the Persian Literary tradition. The duration
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of his life is uncertain, though he can be placed in the 12th and

13th centuries c. e. born in Nishapur in what is today Iran,
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Attar apparently was a pharmacist, but little information about

his personal life is known. During his lifetime he is believed to
have written approximately 9 books, including such famous
works as the Manteq Al- Tayr ( the conference of the birds)
and the Ilahi- Nama (the book of god) . Muslim Saints and
Mystics is an abridgement, translated by A. J. Arberry, of
Attar' s only known prose work: Tadhkirat Al- Auliya ( the
memorial of the saints) , which he worked on throughout much
of his life and which was available publicly before his death.
In what is considered the most compelling entry in this book,
attar relates the story of the execution of Hallaj, the mystic
who had uttered the words “ I am the truth” in a state of
ecstatic contemplation. Arberry's translation is an abridgement;
the entry on Owaise Al- Qarani translated by Mohammed
Abdul Hafeez, B. Com. , Hyderabad, India, omitted in Arberry'
s text, is included in the following link: Owaise al- Qarani.
Kindly note this episode is very popular on the internet and no
other article of the same title is not meeting the reader’s
requirement and giving full details. So for the reason in many
countries, this article is very popular and added on many web
sites for the public reading as well for the reference and
research purpose. The detail on U.S.A. website on which the
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second episode is available as follows.

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Owaise of Qarni
113k - adobe pdf - view as html
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On him, which were explained by the prophet. Then Owaise of
Qarni . . . Translated from Urdu to English by Mohammed A.
Hafeez, B.Com. Hyderabad, India. , reference book . . .
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www.omphaloskepsis.com/ebooks/pdf/Owaise.pdf.And

Tadhkiratal-Auliya’ by Farid-AL-Din Attar

Introduction
Farid Al-din Attar is considered one of the preeminent mystical
poets of the Persian literary tradition. The duration of his life is
uncertain, though he can be placed in the 12th and 13th
centuries C.E. born in Nishapur in what is today Iran. Attar
apparently was a pharmacist but little information about his
personal life is known. During his lifetime he is believed to
have written approximately 9 books, including such famous
works as The Manteq Al-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds)
and The Ilahi-Nama (The book of God) Tadhkiratal-Auliya
(Muslim Saints and Mystics) is considered world famous
classical book of Persian literature which printed and re-
Printed in many countries.
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An abridgement, translated by A.J. Arberry, of Attar's

only known prose work Tadhkirat Al-Auliya (The Memorial
of the Saints) which he worked on throughout much of his life
and which was available publicly before his death. Arberry's
translation is an abridgement. The entry on Owaise of Qarani
translated by me which was omitted in Arberry's text is added
to the above web site. In Tadhkiratal-Auliya Sheikh Farid-Al-
Din Attar wrote many chapters and in those chapters there is
full information and details of the titles are available . His style
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of writing is most interesting and for this reason the readers

will remember the chapters from the above great book for a
longer time .
Due to many great chapters this book is very famous in the
world and it translations are available in many
languages of the world. Mr. David Rosenbaum’s email
message about the publication of the episode ‘Owaise of
Qarani’ on the website www.omphaloskepsis.com of U.S.A.
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On Jun 8, 2005, at 9:24 AM,
David Rosenbaum <[email protected]> wrote:

Attention : Mr. Hafeez,

I have received the RTF file.
Thank you.

Will post it during the next update of the site.

David Rosenbaum
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Thanks to Mr. David E. Rosenbaum of New York

Times

The second chapter Owaise Al-Qarani was published on

the following web site by Mr.David E. Rosenbaum as he was
the editor of the web site below. Mr. David E. Rosenbaum's
publication note about the entry on Owasie of Qarni. Muslim
Saints and Mystics is an abridgement, translated by A.J.
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Arberry, of Attar's only known prose work: Tadhkirat al-

Auliya (The Memorial of the Saints), which he worked on
throughout much of his life and which was available publicly
before his death. In what is considered the most compelling
entry in this book, Attar relates the story of the execution of
Hallaj, the mystic who had uttered the words "I am the Truth"
in a state of ecstatic contemplation.
Arberry's translation is an abridgement; the entry on
Owaise al-Qarani translated by Mohammed Abdul Hafeez,
B. Com., Hyderabad, India omitted in Arberry's text, is
included in the following link: Owaise al-Qarani.
====================
2. Owaise of Qarni (PDF)
will create 70,000 angels same as Owaise of Qarni
(Clone) and when ... Owaise of Qarni told him to stay
there and he went away and ...
www.omphaloskepsis.com/ebooks/pdf/Owaise.pdf - 113k -
View as html - More from this site –Save.
====================
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New York Times reporter Mr. David E. Rosenbaum was

beaten,robbed and dispatched to his death

On the Friday night of Jan. 6, 2006 in Northwest Washington,

when New York Times reporter Mr. David E. Rosenbaum was
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beaten,robbed and dispatched to his death. But in history of

the book TadhkiratAl-Auliya ( Muslim Saints & Mystics ) the
name of Mr. David E. Rosenbaum will be remembered
always as he had published the above article with the special
note with the following details. 1. Some details about the life
of Farid Al-din Attar . 2. The details of the works by Farid
Al-din Attar . 3. He also introduced the translator (
Mohammed Abdul Hafeez B.Com. ) and his work of
translation of the second main chapter Owaise of Qarni from
the above book. The above second episode is from Tadhkirat
Al-Auliya (Muslim Saints & Mystics ) by Farid Al-din Attar.
My works.
Some of my English translation works include the following
books.
1. Tadhkirtal Auliya (Muslim Saints & Mystics) - A.S.
Noordeen Malaysia.
2.Muslim Saints of Hyderabad
3.Gulzar Auliya
4.Kashaf-ul-Asrar
5.Bahar-E-Rahmat.
8. Hasth Bahist
9.200 kid books
10.The 100 names of Madina city
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11. The Muslim Saints of of Bider

12. The Muslim Saints of of Bejapur
14.Tadhkirtal Auliya (Muslim Saints & Mystics)
15.Biography of Hadrat Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani
16. Khair Majalis the advices of Hazrat Nasiruddin Chirag
Dehlavi
17. Biography of Hazrat Khaja Usman Haruni
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18. Biography of Hazrat Baba Tajuddin Nagpur

19. Anis Arwa by Hazrat Khaja Moinuddin Chisti
20. Biography of prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him)
21. Biography of Hazrat Mashooq Rabbani Warangal
22. Biography of Hazrat Shah Shah Afzal Biabani
23. Biography of Hazrat Syed Shah Sawar Biabani
24. Muslim Saints of Warangal
25.Muslim Saints of Chennai
25. Muslim Saints of Aurangabad

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which can be had directly the from the below address.
In this book three lengthy episodes of Farid al-Din Attar’s
book ‘Muslim Saints and Mystics’are added and in which
world famous episode about Sheikh Abul Hasan Qarqani is
available and it is informed of the general public and other
learned persons of knowledge of saints and mysticism that the
biographical details of Sheikh Abul Hasan Qarqani are not
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The author wept very much at the Kazipet grave yard

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The author upon his return from his service of the foreign
country visited Kazipet after a gap of many years the grave of
his grandfather and grandmother at Kazipet recently in the
month of May 2014.
When he visited the grave of his grandfather, which is under a
big Neem tree and its shed is spread over large areas of the
graveyard and my grandmother’s grave is situated beside the
grave of my grandfather. Both graves are well maintained so
are available in the good condition.
As the both graves are under the big old Neem tree so there is
too much shade as well as so much cold and peaceful
atmosphere and comfort is available there. So an atmosphere of
peace and comfort is available there too much due to the
coolness of the branches of Neem tree which is prevailing in
the grave yard. For this reason an atmosphere of coolness and
peace condition is there and due to this reason there will be
thinking arise in the mind of the author that both of them
living in the peaceful condition.
However the author wept too much there because his
grandfather who was administrator of the shrine of Kazipet for
many years and his grandmother who lived in Kazipet village
for many years and she did many endeavour there and she
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helped many needy women and children there so now both of

them are buried in the graveyard of Kazipet shrine and
nobody is not there in the village to visit them from their
lineage but many unknown visitors are visiting their graves
there and the author have personally seen many flowers on the
graves which were placed by those unknown persons.

Connection of the author’s family members with Kazipet

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When my grand dad Sheikh Dadan retired superintendent of the

police department reached Kazipet Jagir on his transfer from
another place and he was attracted by the teachings of Sufi
Center at Kazipet Jagir during the period ofHazrat Syed Shah
Sarwar Biabani Radi Allahu anhu the successor and son of great
Sufi master Hazrat Syed Shah Afzal Biabani Radi Allahu anhu.
When my grand dad became his disciple and he left immediately
the following things.
1 .He left his superior job in the police department. 2. He left
his native place of Medak. 3. He left his big house in Medak.
Due to the kindness and favour of Hazrat Syed Shah Ghulam
Biabani Radi Allahu anhu my granddad had got the job of
estate administrator of Dargah Sharif and a plot of land of 1000
yards from the center of Kazipet village. On this plot my
granddad had constructed a big house (Gulshan Manzil) on 500
yards and one big garden on 500 yards.

Bio, links of the author

My name is Mohammed Abdul Hafeez and I have graduated in

commerce from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. I am a
Translator of Islamic books and interested in Sufi books and
have translated 58 chapters from the famous Sufi book
‘Tadkiratal Awliya’ by Farid El din Attar in the year 2009 from
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Urdu to English and some chapters of the book were published

on the below web site and due to kind grace and help of Allah
there is good response from its readers in large numbers on so
many web sites.
The book ‘Muslims Saints and Mystics’ was already published
by A. S. Noordeen Malaysia and in this book available 55
episodes in the year 2013 and another book Muslims Saints
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and Mystics also published by Kindle, Amazon U. S. A., and in

this book lengthy three episodes are available in the year 2014.
I am a retired secretary and worked in a Gulf country for many
years and having one son and his name is Mohammed Abdul
Wasi Rabbani , who was studying in St. Domnics school
Salimnagar colony Hyderabad and at K.B.N. Engineering
college Gulbega and he is an IT Engineer and working abroad .
We are having four little grandchildren and their names are as
follows and among them Shehzan is very smart boy and my
wife’s name is Ather Fatima and my daughter in law’s name is
Juhi Yasmeen and she was educated in St. Domnics school
Salimnagar colony Hyderabad , Vani Girls College and Madina
Girls college as an extra-ordinary and brilliant student of these
educational institutions.1. Mohammed Sulaiman 2.
Mohammed Osman 3. Mohammed Shehzan 4. Sahrish Fatima
I enjoy doing translation of Sufi works and my translated first
episode are available with the following publication note of
Mr. David Rosenbaum of New York Times which is available
on the above mentioned famous U.S.A. website.
At Kazipet Jagir my dad, Mohammed Afzal and my brother
Mohammed Abdus Samad and Me Mohammed Abdul Hafeez
and my sister Meher Unisa were born there. In Qazipet my
father married to Akthar Begum, daughter of Mr. Abdul
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Majeed of Bidar district who was working at that time in the

education department as an education officer. After many years
of service at Qazipet Dargah Sharif (shrine ) with great fame
and good name my grand dad passed away and upon his death
our big house was deserted as all members of our family
migrated to Hyderabad and some other places, but my grand
mom stayed in the big lonely house with her maidservant as
she never thinks to leave the place of his great Sufi master.
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Upon living many years there she had been shifted to

Hyderabad when she became ill due to the fracture of her foot,
but due to her great love for the great Sufi Center at Kazipet
upon her death, we had taken her dead body to Kazipet from
Hyderabad and she was buried at the back side of the tomb of
her Murshid (spiritual master) Syed Shah Sarwar Biabani.
During the 1986 I had tried my best to re-settle my family
members from Hyderabad to Kazipet Jagir but I was not
successful in this matter as my son's (Mohammed Abdul Wasi
Rabbani) application for admission in St. Gabriel school
Fatima Nagar was not accepted there due to late submission.
We are staying in Hyderabad with our family members, but we
never miss any chance to visit the holy shrine of Hazrat Syed
Shah Afzal Biabani R. A. And Hazrat Syed Shah Sarwar
Biabani R.A. At Kazipet Jagir on regular basis.
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An event of the theft during the service of period of my

grandfather at Kazipet shrine

During the period of Syed Shah Ghulam Afzal Biyabani this

event was happening. At that time there was a grant of Rupees
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fifty towards the salaries of the staff of Noban Khana (the place
from where time is announced by the beat of the drum) in
which there were some staff members used to work there and it
was headed by the supervisor. By the government of
H.E.H.The Nizam of Hyderabad there was every month the
royal grant which was used to reach to the custodian of the
Qazipet shrine through the supervisor from the government
treasury. From there it will reach to the administrator of the
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estate and who will used to distribute the amount of salaries to

all concerned staff.
As per reference by Tufazal Hussain advocate that one
month the supervisor of Nobat Khana who was obtained the
amount of Rupees fifty towards the salaries from the Royal
treasury office and he was fled to Hyderabad. But in the shrine
building the staff members were waiting for him to receive
their salaries from him and but at last they were able to know
that the supervisor was fled from Qazipet and he was reached
to Hyderabad.
At that time the custodian of the shrine of Kazipet was in
Hyderabad. So the estate administrator Sheikh Dadan, who
was grandfather of the translator of this book was informed the
details of this case to Tufazal Hussain advocate and this event
was mentioned by Syed Khaja Sadat Hussain Biyabani in his
Urdu book ‘Lemat Biyabani’ (This book was already
translated by me with the title of Biographyof Hazrat Syed
Shah Ghulam Afzal Biabani and has been posted by in the
paperback and electronic book formats on amazon.com) and
he was mentioned the details of this event on the pages 110-
111 of his book and he was requested to take action against the
supervisor of the police department. In his reply Tufazal
Hussain advocate wrote him that as the custodian of the shrine
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is present in Hyderabad and if we start action against him, so

due to kindness if the culprit will be forgiven by him then it
will be not proper in this matter to initiate the case against him.
So it is better to take the approval of the action from the
custodian of the shrine first so that it is proper to take further
action in this matter.
It was learnt by me that the estate administrator Sheikh
Dadan was sent the letters by the post to Hyderabad for the
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kind perusal of the shrine custodian there.

The estate administrator Sheikh Dadan who is the grandfather
of this translator and in whose memory this event was
especially translated from the following book for the
information of the readers of the International Internet
Libraries in U.S.A. especially for the readers of these two
websites as follows. www.calmeo.com and www.scribd.com
Upon this it was happened that supervisor of Nobat Khana
after spending of the amount was reached to see the custodian
and he told him all details in this matter and he requested him
to forgive his mistake and he made loud and cry in this matter
and he requested him to allow him to join back in his post.
It was learnt later that the custodian of the shrine was kept the
supervisor at his residence in Hyderabad for a period of three
days. During that period the letters of the Estate Administrator
and the advocate was reaching for him. Upon this he was given
the travel expenses from Hyderabad to Kazipet to the
supervisor of the Nobat Khana and was sent him from
Hyderabad to Kazipet and he was given the instruction to the
estate administrator which is as follows.
“ That the supervisor was presented in his service and he
ashamed of his bad deed so he was forgiven his mistake in this
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matter.So you also forgive him and allow him to join on his
duty. Otherwise, he is poor person having small children with
him so they will become economically poor and will be
destroyed in this matter. Arrange the salary of Nobat Khana
staff members from another fund.”
So after some days the supervisor was coming back to Qazipet
from Hyderabad and he was allowed to join in his post as per
order the custodian of the shrine of Kazipet and the staff
members of the Nobat Khana was paid their salaries from the
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other fund by the administrator of the estate.

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Reference: from the Urdu book ‘Lemat Biyabani’
By Syed Khaja Sadat Hussain Biyabani

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Translated by
Mohammed Abdul Hafeez, B.Com.
Translator ‘ Muslim Saints and Mystics’
(The Tadhkirah al-Awliya of Farid)

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In the last I request the readers of this article to pray for our
grandmother and grandfather for which the author will be
obliged to them for their kind help and cooperation in this
matter. I am also obliged to the unknown visitors of the graves
of the my grand father and grand mother at the graveyard of
Kazipet Dargah for their kind visits and placing of the flowers
on the graves and for which I could not forget this favour and
attention so I will pray for them in this matter to extend my
heartfelt thanks in this matter.
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Mohammed Abdul Hafeez, B.Com.

Translator ‘ Muslim Saints and Mystics’
(The Tadhkirah al-Awliya of Farid)
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Dear Mr. Hafeez Sahib
Wa Alaykum Assalaam,
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Jazakallah for your sincere time and efforts it is an impressive

contribution Indeed, it is a nice English Translation and will
help us to share with English speaking people. There are
certain places need to be updated in your translation. May
Allah swt bless you with the spiritual support of Hadrath Syed
Jalaluddin Jamalul Bahar Mashooq Rabbani.
I believe we should enhance the compilation done by Hazrath
Syed Aulia Quadri RA around some 55 years ago-- there are
other historical books (should be available in
A.P. Archaeology and State Central Library and
other libraries .I know some books such as Mishkat un
Nubuwwah by Hazarath Syed Ghulam Ali Shah R.A.,
Mahboob-zil-Menon - Tadkiray Aulia Deccan page 248 and
Tawariqul Auliya second part page 528.
Insha Allah, Ali pasha will gather the information on Hadrat
Mashooq Allah R.A from above mentioned books and from
other sources and we will print a revised edition soon.
Once again, thank you and our heartfelt appreciation for your
translation work.
Wassalam.
Kind Regards,
Syed Jalal Quadri
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In the loving memory of my mother
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Mother you lived long and left us on 3rd November 2016

And showed us a life by drawing a good road map of life

You protected us since childhood till present time of life

So we cannot ignore you during our entire period of life

Your life was not at all dull in the wasteful ways

It was an example of the struggle for the happy life

Your determination was so great to fight the life

By such you have good benefits you have gained

You acted in the world, but also active in the religion

Your presence was a grace due to the kindness of God

After your demise, was a loss and damage in the house

Her name Akhter, she was a star of the luck in her life

Her life journey was ended in 6 days in the hospital

Left on us an impression which cannot be removed
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Oh God, you have been given a position in the world

Kindly bestow the mercy on her final resting place

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Mohammed Abdul Hafeez
Email: [email protected]
Translator ‘ Muslim Saints and Mystics’
(The Tadhkirah al-Awliya of Farid Al-din Atta
THE END.
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