Nasir-i Khusraw

Wajh-i Din 

             Wajh-i Din

This world is the first destination and the life of man is like a path and man travels on this path towards the desired destination so that Pir Nasir-I Khusraw may reach the presence of the Creator of the universe. Thus in this noble and exalted book of Hazrat Pir Nasir-I Khusraw, there are countless wisdoms to describe which, let alone this small article, it would be difficult to do even in an encyclopedia. 

Wajh-I Din

Although it is a bright and well established fact that every book of Pir Nasir-I Khusraw is a precious and everlasting treasure of knowledge and wisdom, nonetheless his Wajh-I Din, in many respects, is the quintessence and compendium of all his books. Thus we can rightly say that this book stands for the treasure of treasures, because it is his final work. 

Examples of the Wisdom of this Book:

I am very fond of books and I have enjoyed and benefitted from the study of various books as much as possible, yet the books of Pir Nasir-I Khusraw are full of wonders and marvels, particularly the Wajh-I Din. Because this book is so amazingly comprehensive and full of the kernel of wisdom that, despite constant struggle, the blessings of its knowledge never come to an end. And the reason for this is that it specifically deals with the ta’wil of the Qur’an and hadith and the knowledge of Imamat and all this is the result of the inner and spiritual path. That is, there is the world of unveiling and spiritual miracles in this book. 

Even through you may have studied the Wajh-I Din for a long time. You can be sure that there are still may ta’wali secrets which have not been revealed. For instance, in the eighth chapter of this book, read the passage regarding the six directions of the planet earth carefully and experiment with it and answer how can its six directions, namely, front. Back. Right. Left. Above and below be determined while it is always rotating? So that we may be sure that the inhabitants of the earth have six directions and God has sent them a great Prophets from every direction. But nobody, by marking the six places of the globe of the world, can establish that from these six directions six great Prophets have come to the people, because they do not live only in a particular city or country, rather they are scattered in different continents and therefore, they do not have collective directions except the above. 

The spiritual example and recognition of how the six Prophets came to the people from the six directions is found in the personal world (microcosm). Thus in the personal world, without any doubt, there are six directions of the human body, Thus, Hazrat Pir alludes that in the personal world the light of Hazrat Adam comes from above the head, the light of Hazrat Nuh from the left ear, the light of Hazrat Ibrahim from the back. The Light of Hazrat Musa from the feet, The light of Hazrat Isa form the Right ear and the light of the Holy Prophet enters from the forehead, as Imam Jafar as-Sadiq has said in his prayer: 

“O Allah! Make for me a light in my heart, and a light in my ear, and a light in my eye, and alight in my tongue, and a light in my hair, and a light in my skin, and a light in my bones, and a light in my nerve, and a light in front of me, and a light behind me, and a light on my right side, and a light on my left side, and a light above me and a light below me.” (Da a imu l-Islam, Vol. I, Dhikr after the salat).

Subjects of the Wajh-I Din

In this blessed and miraculous book there are 51 Major subjects and there are 24 sub-subjects. However, the subjects which are spread throughout the book are more than this, such as the recognition of God, science of Tawhid, Prophet hood, Imamat, Science of Hudud, spirituality, resurrection, Hazrat Qaim, Hujjat of Qaim, Science of Ta’wil, Numerical Ta’wil, Ism-I Azma (Supreme Name), Physical world an spiritual world, prophecy, secrets of spirituality, roots of religion, branches of religion, keys of wisdom, self-recognition, the chain of guidance, law of wasayat (legateship), secrets of the Qur’an, etc. 

A Miracle of Wajh-I Din:

Long ago one of the devoted and knowledge loving students of the late eminet Sayyid Munir Basakhsahni told me that he begin to gain tremendous pleasure form the study of Wajh-I Din, therefore it became a daily practice for him to study it. His happiness increased more and more and consequently his inner eye opened. This was a miracle of the exercise of knowledge of Wajh-I Din. It should be remembered that if you get tremors of happiness from knowledge and wisdom, this is a glad tiding of the grace of the Holy Spirit. 

Key Ta’wil:

There is a great treasure of ta’wil of a practical and key nature, due to the blessings of which are removed not only doubts and ambiguities of the readers, but answers to countless questions are also provided. The disease of ignorance can most effectively be cured only by ta’wil and ta’wili wisdom is the honey about which God says: “in it there is healing for men (from diseases)” (16:69).

Nasir al-Din Nasir Hunzai,

Day of id Miladu n-Nabi,

12 Rabi I 1411/3rd October, 1990

Translated from Urdu into English 

by Faquir Muhmmad Hunzai

Rashida Noormohamed Hunzai