History Khwaja Gharib Nawaz Birth And Early Life

These awe-inspiring events had a very deep impression on the mind of the young Khawaja Muinuddin, who was watching the whole barbarous drama objectively at his impressionable young age.

 

The 'Qarmti' and Baatani' intriguers had carried centuries-old grudges against the Hanafi Muslims, who held both temporal and spiritual powers in succession for more than 500 years after the death of the Holy Prophet (May peace of God be on him). Although it was an age-old grudge, as Islamic history shows, they utterly failed in all their designs to destroy their rivals. Islam has survived many vicissitudes of history, and the Quran has promised its survival up to the last day of judgement.

 

Defeat of the Sultan

 

In spite of all his best efforts to turn out the invaders from his country and to control the internal rebels, Sultan Sanjar unfortunately could not succeed. He was engulfed in mutual wars between himself and his unfaithful brothers on the one hand and the Fidayees and barbarous Tartars on the other. It was indeed a terrible situation for him, yet they fought the forces of evil to the bitter end, though he was ultimately defeated and had to run for his life.

 

General Massacre

 

After the defeat of Sultan Sanjar, the invaders had a free hand to plunder every town in Khorasan. Flourishing fields were destroyed, cities were razed to the ground, inhabitants, Ulama and Sufis were mercilessly murdered, the honour of the woman was brutally outraged, girls and boys were taken as salves, mosques, hospitals, and historic educational institutions were destroyed.

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Destruction of Neshapur

 

When the news of this terrible destruction reached the defeated sultan, he once again summed up his courage and collected his shattered army to save his country. But Sultan Sanjar was born under the most unlucky stars, and his luck once again betrayed him. He failed to check on the invaders, and this time he was arrested.

 

When this bad news reached Neshapur, the capital was plunged into indescribable grief. It was now at the mercy of the enemy. The invaders entered Khorasan and destroyed the cities of Tus and Mashhed, reaching Neshapur like a sweeping storm. Everything was destroyed, leaving this once flourishing city of Islamic culture and learning in a heap of rubble and ruin.

 

Death of Khawaja's Parents

 

Khawaja Muinuddin again saw all this ghastly drama at his early age. But this was not all for him. Just at this time, he lost his dear father (551 AD), and the worst part of it was that he had already lost his dear mother too. The young orphan was now left all alone to take care of himself in a world full of hate, murder, and greed.

 

Although, by virtue of his legacy, he had enough material resources to sustain himself in his traditional standard of living, the sack of Neshapur, coupled with the death of his dear parents, plunged him into deep thinking. At times, he was overwhelmed with grief and saw a very vague picture of this terrible world, though he bore it out with courage and exemplary forbearance. He was a hard-working youth and looked after his orchard, personally trimming and watering the plants with his own hands.

 

Yet Another Shock

 

Hardly a year had passed since the death of Khawaja Muinuddin's father, when the mischievous Tartars once again ransacked Khorasan and repeated the same bloody drama of murder, arson, and looting. This time, Sultan Mahmood, one of the brothers of Sultan Sanjar, came forward to check on the invaders, but he too failed to rout them. Neshapur was again the scene of the same ghastly tragedies.

 

And once more, Khawaja Muinuddin was overwhelmingly dismayed to see these scenes of terrible devastation. He often plunged himself into deeper thoughts about these ugly events in order to try to come to some definite conclusion about his own future course of life. The thought of helping the helpless humanity against all such persistent pillage always tormented his tender heart. Yet they could not come to any definite conclusion.