Guru Nanak at Mecca and historical evidence on turning of Kaaba

On demand of authenticated copy of eye witness account of Guru Nanak from Madain Project which looks on Abrahamic History & Archaeology of Islamic Archaeology, they referred my article to be accepted as its soft copy. The original script is available in Medina University.

Now all the critics need to hide their face in shame, someone may copy it and send it to fake historian Harjinder Dilgeer and Khalsa News too;

Evidence from Bhai Gurdas ji di war, writer of Sri Guru granth Sahib ji.

Dr. Zakir Naik once questioned and objected on turning of Kaaba by Guru Nanak ji. (Many others also object and say that non Muslims could never enter Mecca but they forget in 16th century, it was a desrted town and Guru Nanak ji was in guise of Muslim.

I may clear his doubts and all other curios readers that Kaaba has also turned thrice not only once  before visit of Guru Nanak ji.

An eyewitness account based on the diary of an Arabic writer who accompanied him

 Babania Kahania – Translator’s Note

During Guru Nanak’s journeys in the Middle East, a local author, Taajudin Naqshabandhi, joined Guru Nanak and remained with him for roughly one-and-a-half to two years. Taajudin documented his time with Guru Nanak in great detail. Four centuries later, a young man from Kashmir, Syed Mushtaq Hussain, chanced upon Taajudin’s handwritten manuscript while studying to become an Islamic scholar. This manuscript changed Mushtaq’s life. He converted to Sikhism and went on to become the renowned Sant Syed Prithipal Singh.

 In the absence of any facility available for copying the book in facsimile, Mushtaq Hussain took notes from Taajudin’s manuscript. He also took notes from another book, Twarikh-e-Arab, written by Khwaja Jainul Abdin, a Muslim author who also accompanied Guru Nanak during his travels to Mecca. Mushtaq’s notes later formed the basis of the Punjabi book,

Khwaja Jainul Abdin, the author of Tarikhe Arab, wrote the first-person account of Guru Nanak Dev ji’s Arabian journey. In his Arabic book, he writes, “I was with Guru Nanak Dev Ji when Guru Ji met Qazi (an Islamic religious judge) Rukn-ud-din.” As they came face-to-face, Rukn-ud-din offered his Salam, and the Guru replied, “Sat Shri Akal, Gurbar Akal” (The Lord immortal is the sole truth; the all-powerful timeless God). Rukn-ud-din asked, “Fala Alla Mazahbu,” meaning “which religion do you belong to?” The response was, “Abdulla Allah La Mazahabu,” meaning “I am God’s servant; I have no religion.”

When Guru Nanak was sleeping near Kaaba, his feet were in direction to Kaaba. The attendents when noticed, they informed Qazi Rukunudin. He came there and pushed a kick in waste of Baba Nanak and asked, “who is this infidel (Kafir) sleeping by keeping his feet towards god’s home? At this the Guru replied,” I am an old man and tired. I do not know which side Alalh lives. kindly turn feet where Allah doesn’t reside.”

At this the Qazi hold his feet and turned his body but he was surprised to see that in whichever direction he turned feet of guru, the Kaaba was also turned.

 

Bhai Gurdas ji gives account of visit of Baba Nanak at Mecca.

His sixth sense immediately warned him that this man is no ordinary person. And then he bowed before Guru Nanak.

Many Muslims take offense with the reference that Jeevan (Qazi Rukunudin) saw the Kaaba move as he moved Guru Nanak’s feet to point them in a direction away from Kaaba. They claim that this could not have happened. However, there are many famous references in Islam which talk about the Kaaba moving.

1*****Hazrat Iban writes in his book Fatuhat Makih that he saw the Kaaba rise to crush him when he thought inappropriate thoughts about the Kaaba during the Hajj (Israr Shariat, part 2, page 74)

2*****Rabia, when passing through a forest on her way to the Hajj for the second time, saw the Kaaba coming towards her to welcome her. Rabia said, I was hoping to see God. I have no need for God’s house. If he were to walk towards me a length of a hand, I will advance a yard towards him. What do I do with the Kaaba? This doesn’t please me.

3*****Hazrat Ibrahim Azam went to Mecca, and was surprised to see the Kaaba missing. He thought his eyesight was failing him. He heard a voice which said, “there is nothing wrong with your eyesight, the Kaaba has gone to welcome a lady who is too feeble to walk to the Hajj” (Tazkiratul Awliayah, page 62).

4***** more evidences provided by Dr. Tarlochan Singh in his book ‘The Panjab Past and Present, Vol III, 1969. (Part I and II), The page is scanned to be viewed as follows:

I may remind you that When Mohammad Sahib was proclaimed to be the last prophet, his wife Aisha protested and said to people, “say that he is the ‘seal of prophets’ but do not say there is no prophet after him.”

♣….About a  Hindu devotee Bhagat Namdev, it’s said that when he recited Lord’s name and turned his face in any direction, the DEODI, entrance of temple turned towards that direction wherever he turned his face.

A holy hymn in Sri Guru Granth Sahib ji narrates this historical evidence as JION JION NAAMA HAR GUN UCHRE BHAGAT JNA KAO DEHURA PHIRE !!

♣…..AND IN RAMAYANA, THE MOTHER SITA WHEN CRIED AND PRAYED TO MOTHER EARTH, a gorge was suddenly appeared, Sita entered in it and then it disappeared. That also proves that the nature is under control of Prophets/devotees or the Godman and works at their will.

♣…..In Tibet, Master Padmasambhav had placed the mountains on his left to the right and……..read here excerpts from the history and biography of master Padmasambhav written by his female disciple Yeshe Tsogyal, an authenticated source from the book,”THE LOTUS BORN”.(Page-60)

When the king Trisong Duetsen sent five emissaries to invite master Padmasambhav at Cave Yanglesho at the border of India and Tibet to tame the demons obstructing in building the Samye Monastery, master Padmasambhav received the message and went to Mangyul at the border of Nepal and Tibet where he met these emissaries who offered him Gold dust and circumbulated him in respect. 

The master was pleased by this and said, “i was checking whether or not the faith of Tibetans is fickle. For me all appearances are gold.” While saying this he stretched out his right arm in the direction of Sky Plain in Mang-yul, and the mountains on the left side shifted to the right. When he stretched his left arm to the west, the earth and rocks all turned into zi stones, agate, coral, gold, and turquoise, some of which he gave to the emissaries. Assuming a gaze, he made the Sun and Moon sink to the ground and, with a threatening gesture, he made the rivers reverse flow…….*

♣…..The Prophet Mohammad was also questioned to prove his Propecy by few Jewish, than he split the moon into two.

If the moon could split into two, mountains could shift from one side to other, the earth could split, allow Sita to enter and than gets normal as nothing happened, or the temple could move for Bhagat Namdev, why the Kaaba couldn’t turn to welcome the man of God Baba Nanak?

♣…..4. The Makkah Moved:

 

                                      Old map of Baitul Muqadass

The author of Sihayto Baba Nanak Fakir writes, “after bestowing the limitless flow of Naam in Baitul Muqaddas for three days, the master handed the preaching responsibility to Ibne Wahid (mentioned earlier), the respected member of the Sibi tribe. The master, Mardana and I then set out for Makkah. After several days we reached Kaaba in the evening. Kaaba is built outside Makkah, on one side.

At night, priests and caretakers go home.

The Baba (Nanak) circumambulated the deserted Kaaba14 carefully and then sat down on the great mussala15 of Sunni sect and started kirtan (spiritual singing).

14 Kaaba, is the small black structure in the depiction above, the large compound without a cover is Masjid Al-Haram. The dimensions of the Kaaba at 10m by 15m have not changed significantly over the history although it has been rebuilt around twelve times. The Masjid has gone through a lot of expansion. It started out at roughly 35m by 50m at the time of the Prophet, and currently it is oblong shaped at around 124m by 164m. At the time of the Guru the Masjid was roughly 50m by 150m .

In the third quarter of the night (around 3 am), the Lord ordered Mardana: “Brother, do not stop the kirtan.” The Guru then lay down pointing his head away from the Kaaba and
rested his feet against the wall of the Kaaba and fell asleep. All of us were surprised; if the Guru was going to fall asleep, why didn’t he also permit us to sleep?

The purpose of this instruction got apparent later: the master was going to wake up the masses of Makkah who had fallen into a deep slumber of delusions and superstitions.” At the end of the third quarter of the night, a caretaker16 with a broom approached from the city and started cleaning around the Kaaba. He was absorbed in singing kalma (verses of the Quran) at the top of his voice while sweeping the “House of
Allah” in service.

All of a sudden, he came across a man sleeping with his feet touching the walls of the Kaaba.

With a hoarse voice quivering in anger he shouted,

15 Mussala is the name of open space for prayer outside a mosque

16 In Vaaran Bhai Gurdas and in Janamsakhis, this caretaker is named “Jeevan”. Based
on the name, Bhai Vir Singh ji thinks that Jeevan was probably of Indian origin, and
either he or his parents settled in Makkah.

,“Azim Biazbun Kufrahu Haza Kufaruna كفارنا هذا كفرهم ذنب عظيم ” meaning, “These kafirs  (non-believers) are blasphemous beyond belief.”

He continued shouting more and more intolerable insults. But thinking objectively; he was right, as a Muslim, he was witnessing an ultimate sacrilege to the house of Allah.

When ignorance started crossing all limits, the merciful Guru sat up and addressed the caretaker in a loving voice:
“my dear good man! Why are you so angry with me? What have I done which is so bad that you are threatening me with fatwas of blasphemy?”

The caretaker thundered, “You Indians appear to be kafirs. Kafirs will definitely be put to death. You insult the house of Allah, and then you ask what you have done wrong! Mark my words! When the head Qazi (Islamic judge) shows up, he will tie you to these pillars and will tear your flesh with lashes. Then you will understand what you have done
wrong.”

The Guru tried explaining to him, but there was no effect on the caretaker’s soul which was soiled by hatred. Once the Guru realized that no words would permeate the man’s fouled intellect, he simply put his feet back and lay down again as before.

Taajudin writes that the caretaker started burning in rage and said, “Before I thought you had made an innocent mistake, now I know that you are committing this blasphemy on purpose to hurt my feelings. Remember! I will get the Qazi to put you to death unless you admit your guilt and ask for forgiveness.”

The embodiment of compassion the Satguru said very patiently, “Oh man of Allah! I didn’t do this to hurt your feelings. Instead, I am seeking knowledge from you. My friend, please move my feet in the direction where you don’t see Allah?”

The caretaker dropped the broom, and furiously dragged the Guru’s feet and spun his body until his head was touching the wall of the Kaaba and his feet were pointing in the other direction. Then he thanked Allah and said, “This is the house of merciful Allah. You ought to show respect here.”

Pleased with himself as if he had won a battle, the caretaker grabbed the broom, started reciting kalma loudly again, and resumed sweeping.

When he turned around, he found Guru’s feet touching the Kaaba again.
He was perplexed and started thinking that the Guru and his companions are harassing him, and the Guru has moved his feet again.

Ignorance is like a dark night. The caretaker leaped and dragged the feet away again. Once he picked up his broom and turned around, he saw the feet touching Kaaba again. Now he was beyond upset and said, “This time, I am going to drag you and throw you in that hole over there.”

–Listening to his ignorant diatribe, we started worrying that driven by his fire of hatred; the caretaker would commit some disrespect.

Burning in anger, he grabbed Guru’s feet and started dragging. Before, Kaaba moved when the caretaker was not looking. This time, the caretaker saw with his own eyes that Kaaba followed the Guru’s feet

17 I too saw this amazing sight three times with my own eyes. Having witnessed the miracle, the caretaker fell on the Guru’s feet and started begging,
“Taharana Ya Rabi Alaklubu Zulhalu” meaning, “Oh man of Allah, please grant me inner strength so that I can recognize you.”

The Guru sat up and said, “May you remember Allah”, and then went
into a trance.

The caretaker bowed again, hoping that the Guru would talk to him, and he could beg forgiveness for his mistakes. He tried a few times, but the   Guru remained in a trance.

Mardana started singing on his rebab (a string instrument),

17 Some Muslims take offense with the reference that Jeevan saw the Kaaba move as he moved Guru Nanak’s feet away from Kaaba. They claim that this could not have happened. However, there are many famous references in Islam which talk about the Kaaba moving:

 Hazrat Iban writes in his book Fatuhat Makih that he saw the Kaaba rise to crush him
when he thought inappropriate thoughts about the Kaaba during the Hajj (Israr
Shariat, part 2, page 74)

 Rabia, when passing through a forest on her way to the Hajj for the second time, saw the Kaaba coming towards her to welcome her. Rabia said, I was hoping to see God. I have no need for God’s house. If he were to walk towards me a length of a hand, I will advance a yard towards him. What do I do with the Kaaba? This doesn’t please me.

 Hazrat Ibrahim Azam went to Makkah, and was surprised to see the Kaaba missing. He thought his eyesight was failing him. He heard a voice which said, “There is nothing wrong with your eyesight, the Kaaba has gone to welcome a lady who is too feeble to walk to the Hajj” (Tazkiratul Awliayah, page 62). [52]

“As long as he says mine-mine, not even a single thing works. Once you give up I and mine (ego), the Creator comes and resolves all affairs – SGGS 1160.”
At some point, the Guru’s silence and the piercing message of Mardana’s singing overwhelmed the caretaker, and he got up and started running towards the town.
We got worried – what if he goes and incites a religious mob or a Mufti from the town?

I (Taajudin) started following the caretaker. He went to the Jama Masjid and climbed the tall minaret and started shouting in Arabic.

“Hear Ye Arabians; you have been claiming for centuries that the chamber of Kaaba is the house of Allah. Come and see today, Allah is sitting in his abode. Come behold his vision and fulfill your heart’s desires.”

The announcement worked like a talisman on the Arabs who are known to admire miracles and power. In no time, all the town’s men and women congregated in the masjid.

Soon Rukan-ud-din, the senior Qazi of Amir-e-Makkah (The Islamic Judge appointed by the ruler of Makkah) joined the crowd with his entourage.

After a quick religious hearing, the mullahs issued a fatwa of blasphemy. The decision was that it didn’t matter if the person in Kaaba was holiest of the holy. Once he made the Kaaba circle around himself, he committed the gravest blasphemy.

Upon hearing the fatwa, Arabs grabbed knives and axes and started screaming hack him! Kill him!

The caretaker, upon seeing the flames of ignorance got distressed. He ran through the mob and reached Rukan-ud-din at the front and pleaded “O great Mufti, I know that your decision will be correct. But please be mindful lest you commit a sacrilege. Indeed, he (Allah) himself is sitting in his own house in person.”
Jeevan’s devotion-filled words left a mark on Rukan-ud-din’s soul. The Guru’s blissful words to Jeevan “May you remember Allah” had cut through his ignorance and had washed his mind clean. Words coming from Jeevan’s hallowed mind were affecting Rukan-ud-din.
Rukan-ud-din asked Jeevan politely, “When you beheld the Creator, was he in a human form? Would I be able to see him and recognize him with my own eyes?”
Jeevan became emotional and said with tear-filled eyes. “Sire, it’s beyond my abilities to describe the majesty and glory of the Master. You have to see it to believe it. But, go there with love and respect. This mob, which is rushing there armed with ignorance, please
don’t take them with you.”
Rukan-ud-din agreed and said, “I am the authority here. I will order this mob disbanded. My good man Jeevan, I will take just a few pious men with me.” Taajudin wrote that Rukan-ud-din limited the group to one hundred fifty towns people and set out to Kaaba.

Zain-Ul-Abidin, the author of Twarikhe Arab (Arab History), wrote that when the group was walking towards Kaaba, somebody said, “The fakir at Kaaba should be crushed in an oil press.”

A Qazi named ‘Syed Ibne Walid’ quoted from the great book and said, “A person like that should be stoned to death.” Another Qazi added, “It would be appropriate to get him ripped apart by dogs after stoning.”

Rukan-ud-din kept listening to these men quietly.

Taajudin, the author of Sihayto Nanak Shah Fakir wrote, “I was there, I witnessed everything, and I heard everything.”

When the group was roughly a hundred steps from Kaaba, they stopped for further discussion. When they tried to walk again towards Kaaba, only Rukan-ud-din proceeded, the other could not, as if the ground had grabbed hold of their feet. Janamsakhi Bhai Bala also writes that earth had frozen the group’s feet lest they do something in disrespect and that only Rukan-ud-din got to Kaaba. Jeevan’s enlivening words were not lost on Rukan-ud-din his soul had started to soften up. Rukan-ud-din was not yet fully convinced, but definitely, some respect had taken hold in his heart.

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