The following is an excerpt from His Holiness Younus AlGohar's speech on YouTube (via www.rariazgoharshahi.blogspot.com)
The Existence of God and Ahadith
We all know God exists, but who knows for sure? Muslims say that it is written in Quran, but what is the authenticity of the Quran? God said it, but what God said has been prevailing for many thousand years. The Bible has been modified and adulterated; the Torah has been modified and adulterated. Most probably you will say that the Quran said, ‘We have sent down this book and we ourselves keep it secure.’ But there is a question mark: what is the authenticity of the Quran? If you want to establish the truth, you have to prove it with something greater than what is already questionable. Today’s Islam is not in accordance with Islam, and the Ahadith we have available in printed form have been rearranged, deranged, and rearranged many times. For example, the collection of Ahadith by Imam Bukhari at one point in time used to be called Bukhari Shareef, and the collection of Ahadith by Imam Muslim was called Muslim Shareef. But then it was rearranged and some of the Hadith were removed. The question is, why did you remove it? They say, ‘It didn’t reach the standard of authenticity, it was unauthentic.’ Mark it as unauthentic, but why did you remove it? On what authority did you remove the Ahadith? Many Ahadith have been omitted forever and when they removed a considerable amount of Ahadith, Bukhari Shareef became Sahih Bukhari Shareef. So what about the thousands of Muslims who definitely must have believed in those wrong Hadith and would have shaped their Aqeeda (tenet) in accordance to those Hadith which have been removed? Now who is responsible for their misguidance? Muslims can believe it or reject it; it doesn’t really make a difference. One thing is quite clear: Ahadith no matter if it is the collection of Imam Bukhari, Imam Muslim, Ibn-e-Majah, and so many other narrators, the authenticity is questionable. More than 300,000 Ahadith have been added to the collection of Ahadith and more than 300,000 Ahadith are fake Ahadith.
According to His Divine Eminence Imam Mehdi Gohar Shahi, what is the necessity of Ahadith in Islam when you already have Quran? Most Muslims want to see a reference from the Quran; they do not give much importance to Ahadith. The Quran itself relies on the Ahadith because,
His Divine Eminence Imam Mehdi Gohar Shahi says, ‘Most of the words of the Quran are not Arabic words; they are Suryani words.’
When Quran was revealed, everybody knew fluent Arabic. Abu Jahal’s Arabic was really fantastic. They spoke Arabic well and all the Companions of the Prophet, their mother-tongue was Arabic; but even then they did not understand the Quran fully because some of the words were not in Arabic, but in Suryani. They asked the Prophet Mohammad what they meant and Prophet Mohammad explained the Quran which became Ahadith. Those who raise a slogan of believing and trusting in Quran and putting Ahadith aside are losers. Without Ahadith, the Quran is not comprehensible, because Ahadith are the first explanation and true interpretation of the Quran. Nobody can interpret the Quran better than the one who received the Quran in his heart. So Prophet Mohammad's interpretation of the Quran is not only the most authentic but the most accurate one. Nobody knows God more than Prophet Mohammad. If you put aside Ahadith and you want to find guidance in the Quran, you will only end up falling into the mischief of another sectarian denomination. So my friends, the fact that God exists is a piece of information.
Like a criminal is not to be called a criminal until he is tried in the court of law and a judgement is passed against his criminology, in a similar way, God exists but it will become reality only when somebody has seen this truth. God does exist to those only who have seen his existence, and others who have just heard it on the grapevine or read it, for them it is not reality. God has just one type of existence. He exists in his domain. It is called Alam-e-Ahdiyat. Then, he appoints human beings on earth, he anoints them, and he invests in them with some portion of his true existence. As a result of which, individuals like Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaz, Data Ali Hajweri, Nizamuddin Auliya, Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani, Laal Shahbaz Qalandar, Imam Abu Hanifa became the true embodiment of God and true vicegerent of God, who not only represented the divine message of God but at the same time they represented God’s presence and existence on earth. The first fundamental and basic existence of God is to be traced in the Domain of God which is Alam-e-Ahdiyat. And sub-existence, partial existence, a drop of existence from the mammoth river of the divine existence is given to his friends and through them he exists and that is called the sub-existence.
According to the a tradition of the Holy Prophet Mohammad (Hadith-e-Qudsi), God said, ‘When my servant enters my proximity, I become his tongue with which I speak through him, I become his legs with which he walks on earth, I become his arms and hands, his eyes.’
This is the Divine Union between God and man, amalgamation of the soul, a very profound dip in the divine ocean. As a result of which, spiritual union is established and the man begins to live in God's life.
Existence (Wajood) of His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi
Sayedna Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi is the full name that His Divine Eminence has used. Gohar Shahi comes from the family; Ahmed is added to the name of HDE because of the souls, spirits of Prophet Mohammad.
Riaz - before I enter into the lengthy details on the subject, I would like to clarify this point to all listeners that HDE Gohar Shahi is not like any human being. Talking about the existence of HDE Gohar Shahi, the first and foremost thing we need to understand is to know whether HDE Gohar Shahi is a human being. If HDE Gohar Shahi is not a human being, then how did He come into this world? Human beings are born through the sexual reproductive system - mother and father, their eggs are fertilized; a woman becomes pregnant, she keeps the baby for 9 months in her belly and at the fixed time she delivers the baby. Is this what happened when HDE Gohar Shahi came into this world? The answer is no. HDE Gohar Shahi was not born to anybody and He did not spend a single microsecond in a human belly.
The commonly known mother of HDE Gohar Shahi said, ‘I never had any labour pains and one morning I woke up from deep sleep because a baby was crying.’ HDE’s mother (as they say it) was sleeping fast and she woke up because of the noise of a baby crying. Is it possible that a woman goes through delivery and she does not wake up? You know in Pakistan, when a woman goes through labour the entire locality wakes up. They scream and it’s like the Day of Judgement is around the corner. Now they have found a quick way out, C-section. In the olden days such a facility was not available. So, it is not possible that the mother is sleeping and she delivers a baby and even then she does not wake up. Therefore, HDE Gohar Shahi was not born.
HDE Gohar Shahi is the Last Caliph of God on earth, being Imam Mehdi. Imam Mehdi is the Last Vicegerent of God on earth and Adam Safi Allah is the First Caliph of God on earth. The First Caliph was not born and the Last Caliph was not born. Adam Safi Allah descended on earth in Sri Lanka. Can we call him Sri Lankan? HDE Gohar Shahi descended in Gujar Khan. Can we call HDE a Pakistani? The prophets, the saints and deputies of God have no tribe, they have no nation. All Momineen are their nation and their tribe is the set of beliefs they establish. Prophet Mohammad's tribe is Islam and his nation is his Ummah. Don’t think HDE Gohar Shahi descended in Pakistan so He is Pakistani or that His language is Potohari. HDE Gohar Shahi’s language is Suryani and He was not born, rather He descended on earth.
His Divine Eminence Ra Riaz has always existed and the permanent and primary domicile of that existence is Riaz al Jannah, Alam-e-Ghaib. But branches have been derived out from the primary existence. God exists in Alam-e-Ahdiyat, but at the same time he also exists in the body of Prophet Mohammad. These are the branches of existence. God exists in Alam-e-Ahdiyat but at the same time Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani represented the existence of God on earth. That was the branch of existence. If God is an ocean, then Prophet Mohammad is the same wave from that ocean.
HDE Gohar Shahi comes from the Unseen World. His Divine Eminence is not a human being and does not need a body to be here in this world. Then why does HDE Gohar Shahi have a body? If you do not have a body, can people see your soul? No. This is why HDE Gohar Shahi has to have a body. A container was given to Him to contain his existence and that container is the same container that contained the soul of Prophet Mohammad. This existence belongs to the rank of Imam Mehdi, but prior to this newly introduced existence of HDE Gohar Shahi, the very essence of Lord Ra Riaz pre-existed.
You say Prophet Mohammad was born, and he had a genuine father and mother - that is what people talk about and what is being said but nobody knows who said it. But here, we tell you something which is not knowledge, it is a fact. Prophet Mohammad, apart from what the Quran said in a very vague way –
قُلْ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُكُمْ
[18:110]
Can anybody prove that Prophet Mohammad is a human being? If Muslims say, ‘Prophet Mohammad is a human being,’ then they will have to deny the event of the Night of Ascension. Before the Night of Ascension, the body of Prophet Mohammad had a shadow but after this event why was there no shadow? Prophet Mohammad is not a human being; he is the Noor (Divine Light) of God. Prophet Mohammad is not a human being and this is the problem with Muslims. When Muslims found out the Prophet Mohammad came to this world two years after the death of Abdullah (the husband of his mother, Amina Bibi) they did not have any explanation for this. Therefore, they added this law into the Sharia that any child born 2 years after the separation of a mother and her husband would still be considered to be the husband’s child. This is their self-made Sharia. Prophet Mohammad, however, is not the son of Abdullah; rather he is the Divine Light of God.
His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi said, ‘Gabriel gave the mother of Prophet Mohammad a white milk-like liquid mixed with a seed of light from the Shajarah tul Noor, which she drank and became pregnant.’
The physical body of HDE Gohar Shahi has the Arzi Arwah (terrestrial souls) of Prophet Mohammad, but within it resides the Zaat of Riaz. There is no celestial soul and the main existence in the physical body is the Essence of Riaz. When we say Rab al Arbab, we point to the Zaat of Riaz. And the Zaat of Riaz came into this world in the guise of Imam Mehdi. Like Prophet Mohammad is Noor (Divine Light) in the guise of Bashar (man). Like the angels Harut and Marut came into this world in the guise of men; but you cannot call them men, they are angels. Gabriel came in the guise of a Companion of the Prophet; does it mean he is a human being? No. Prophet Mohammad is the Noor of God but in the guise of a prophet. Rab al Arbab is Zaat-e-Riaz and came into this world in the guise of Imam Mehdi. Now can we call His Divine Eminence Gohar Shahi Rab al Arbab? You cannot see Rab al Arbab if you are not related to Rab al Arbab. If you can see Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, you see the body only. You are allowed to say Rab al Arbab to call upon Zaat-e-Riaz when you can see Zaat-e-Riaz.
The Eminence of Imam Mehdi
For a moment, become naïve to HDE Gohar Shahi and let’s talk about the concept of Imam Mehdi. According to narrations, we learn that Imam Mehdi is greater than all the prophets. This is according to the narrations of Prophet Mohammad, Aima-e-Akram, Ahle Bayt, Auliya and Fuqra. This greatness of Imam Mehdi which entitles Him to be greater than prophets and messengers comes from God. Now, due to the fact that Imam Mehdi is assisted by the Zaat of Riaz, this takes the rank of Imam Mehdi to unimaginable spiritual heights. With the help of the flavour of Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi’s personality to the rank of Imam Mehdi and with the help of Lord Ra Riaz Gohar Shahi’s association with Imam Mehdi, human beings can now enter the Unseen World. If HDE Gohar Shahi had not been Imam Mehdi, than anybody else being Imam Mehdi would not be able to say such things or possess such power or authority to take anybody into the Unseen World.
Quran: O’ Prophet, say it to the people, Ghaib (Unseen) is for God only.
Even prophets and messengers cannot enter the Unseen World. But Imam Mehdi will take whatsoever number of human beings he would like to.
