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This is the picture of Abdul Baba's cottage which is across Chavdi.The name of
Abdul Baba is prominent amongst the Muslims who were ardent devotees of
Sadguru Shri Sai Maharaj. It was around 1989-90 that Abdul Baba first arrived in
Shirdi. His age was around 19-20 years. The moment Abdul Baba set his foot in
the Masjid, Sai Baba was overjoyed and spontaneously uttered, „„Mera Kauwa
Aaya (My crow has come) !” This appears to have some relation with the story of
Dr. Pillay which appears in Adhyay 34 of Shri Sai Satcharita. The doctor‟s leg had
contacted a disease called Naaru. Sai Baba had told the doctor that “Now the
crow will come and nibble with his beak.” And so it happened - Abdul Baba
accidentally stepped on the wound, it burst open and the contaminated blood
flowed out. The doctor was confused and asked Baba, “Will a crow again pierce
the wound with his beak ?” Baba replied, “No ! He came just now and touched
your wound with his leg.”
Abdul Baba had a earnest desire that, every moment of his life, he should be able
to use his mortal body in service of Sadguru Shri Sai Nath. To achieve this goal of
his life, he was willing to do any sort of work. Dasya Bhakti was seeped in every
pore of his body. It was the only aim of his life. While Shri Sai Baba was in the
mortal form, there was a tremendous strain of work on Abdul Baba. But, he did
all the chores with pleasure - washing Baba‟s clothes at the village brook, cleaning
the path on which Baba traveled, cleaning the Masjid and Chavdi, fill oil in the
lamps and light them, bring water for Baba‟s bath as well as for Him to drink etc.
At times, Abdul Baba even cleaned the toilets. Therefore, with great affection,
Baba sometimes referred to him as Halalkhor (Bhangi)/ Mariambi.
Abdul Baba looked after the maintenance of Nandadeep at the Lendi Baug. Baba
followed a practice of sitting behind the lamp. Abdul Baba always accompanied
Baba there. He then filled water in to Ghagari. Baba watered the garden with
these. Only Abdul Baba alone accompanied Him at such times.
Abdul Baba‟s was steadily progressing on the path of Vairagya due to the Sahavas
of his Sadguru and the Adhyayan carried under His guidance. In those days, he
resided in a stable near the Masjid. At nights, he slept with Baba in the Chavdi.
During the day time, besides carrying out his daily chores, he sat in the Masjid
and recited the holy Quran. Many times, Baba directed him to recite specific parts
of Quran while sometimes, - as Baba knew Arabic language - Baba taught or
reeled out the part by heart.
Throughout the night, Abdul Baba slept very lightly - as he wanted to be alert and
promptly attend to Baba‟s needs. Therefore, during the day time, sometimes he
was unable to control his sleep and dozed while reciting Quran. Baba used to say
- “Abdulla, control your sleep ! Eat a little less ! Think over the part you are
reading ! Think who you are !”
Abdul Baba narrated a very touching incident in this regard. “One night, I was
extremely tired and was unable to control my sleep. I held my head in both hands
and tried to get over my sleep. Seeing this, Baba said, „Are you trying to see the
moon ?‟ That night ultimately I almost collapsed on Baba Who was sleeping on a
mattress. Baba affectionately patted me on my leg. I woke up. Next night, to wash
my face I took some water in my palms and I really saw the moon in that water.
Whatever Baba had said earlier had come out to be true.”
Abdul Baba had great faith in each and every word uttered by Baba. Therefore, he
noted down (in Devnagari or Modi) several sentences spontaneously uttered by
Baba from time to time, with Baba‟s prior permission in his diary of 137 pages.
That is his gospel known to us as Sai Quaran . Later on, if someone posed a
question or was in difficulties, Abdul Baba referred to one of the pages of his Sai
Quran. He always got the answer that he was seeking.
This is an event after Baba‟s Mahasamadhi. A well had been dug in Baba‟s
Mandir; but its water was muddy. Some one posed this question to Abdul Baba.
As per his usual practice, he opened a page of his diary and said, “Dig further two
feet deep and you will find sweet water.” And so it happened.
One more such experience. Barrister Annasaheb Gadgil‟s son had gone abroad.
The father enquired, “Whether my son will return back to India ?” Abdul Baba
referred his diary and replied, “He will return.” And really he returned with his
wife and children within no time.
After the Mahanirvan of Shri Sai Baba, Abdul Baba lived for 36 years and passed
away on 2nd April 1954.
During his lifetime Shri Abdul Baba had attained Sahaj Samadhi Avastha. After
demise, he continues to be in the Sahavas of Sai Baba, as his Samadhi is at the
entrance to Lendi Baug.
In these past couple of days, I have received many emails from Sai
devotees who wanted to know more about Abdul Baba's Sai Quran. At
first, I did not have much info abt it but just when I sat down to
compose this mail- I started doing some research and one by one it
was like Sai himself showing the light towards the information abt the
very sacred writings of the Sai Quran.
Its true whether one believes it or not but every moment, every new
step, every new lesson, every emotion, every new day and much more
that we witness in our lives is a Sai leela . It is Baba who at every step
shows us that He is always with us but it is we who try to act
oversmart and fail to notice Him and His miracles around us.. The
below mail and the pictures are one of the leelas that I witnessed
today.....
The above pic is of Shri Shirdi Saibaba with His devotee Abdul Baba
Here is more info abt Sai Quran-
Now first of all what is Sai Quran?
You might have read & heard that Abdul Baba was told to read Quran daily/
regularly.... He used to read it sitting beside Baba... When Baba used to sleep in
the Chavdi or in Dwarkamai.. Ok??... Now Baba used to tell him meaning of lines
from Quran OR How to read them... understand them... You got it till now???
Now what Abdul baba used to do when Baba used to tell him the meaning of
lines???.... He used to write down/pen down instantly what Baba has said on the
pages of the Quran itself just beside the lines which Baba had explained
Later Abdul Baba's Quran was very helpful in solving the problems of bhakt's
who went to shirdi even after Baba's Samadhi..Baba's bhakts used to ask for
solution to their problems & Abdul baba used to just turn the page of his
Quran.And whatever written on that page was considered as answer from Baba
itself. According to Sri Narasimhaswamy, This was the 'Book of Prophecy'
through which Sai Baba's message and guidance could be obtained.
Later somebody published the lines/quotes from Abdul baba's Quran and named
that book as SAI QURAN.It is a very rare book..You won't find it easily
anywhere..Because I think after 2 or 3 editions the publishers stopped publishing
it.Half of that book is in Urdu and half in Hindi..But then Thanks to the efforts of
Dr. Marianne Warren, Abdul's notes have been fully translated and published in
her book - "Unraveling the Enigma - Shirdi Sai Baba in the Light of
Sufism" published by Sterling Publishers, India. In foreword to the book
Dr. N.K.Wagle of University of Toronto says: "Dr. Marianne Warren's work is the
first scholarly attempt to provide a historical context to Sai Baba's teachings. An
equally original point argued convincingly by Dr. Warren concerns Sai Baba's
knowledge of Islamic Theology. Dr. Warren has translated the Saibaba
manuscript in which Sai Baba gave discourses on Islamic history and thought to
his pupil, Abdul, his personal attendant, whose tomb rests near Sai Baba's
shrine". For Devotees who want to advance spiritually, and are looking for gems
to collect as Baba used to say, these sayings are invaluable and should be taken as
word personally spoken to each one of us without any prejudice, argument,
discussion or controversy.
I did some research and found that this book can be found at
http://www.infibeam.com/Books/info/marianne-warren/unravelling-
enigma/9788120721470.html or you can get it at L-10 GreenPark Extn New Delhi
-110016 Ph:011-26191784 Email: ghai@nde.vsnl.net.in
You can also read Short Review of the book -Unravelling the Enigma Shirdi Sai
Baba in the Light of Sufism at:::
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30577372/Short-Review-Unravelling-the-Enigma-
Shirdi-Sai-Baba-in-the-Light-of-Sufism
As per my Knowledge - SAI QURAN is not approved/recognized by Shirdi Sai
Sansthan as it is not available for sale at Shirdi or at the Sansthan's Mumbai
office... I myself have not seen this book on the charts of the Sansthan's Library in
Shirdi/ Mumbai
Since many yrs, I have been getting a lot of mails from Sai devotees ,
requesting to share my experiences regarding Shri Shirdi Saibaba and
I always replied back that I will surely do so the day Sai permits me ..
With Sai's permission, I am sharing some of the leelas that I
witnessed during my trip to Shirdi in 2010...
For those who missed the first part -Here is the link
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30411550
Below is the continuation of that mail....
It is believed that No one can leave Shirdi until Baba Permits and
ofcourse, I have witnessed that in my life many times .This time
during my visit to Shirdi during Ramnavami of 2010 ,a similar thing
happened.I had a very nice darshan on the Ramnavami day and I was
also lucky enough to attend the aarti.On the next day, with the grace
of Sainath- I was also able to do the Satnarayan pooja and get a couple
of chaddars from the auction as requested by a couple of Sai devotees.
I had finished all my work and headed to exit the Sansthan gate and
leave for mumbai but on that last day, I did not go to Dwarkamai or
Samadhi mandir.
However, Sai had not yet given me permission to leave the premises. I
exited from the Shirdi Sansthan gate and the second I did that--
something in my heart said that I have to go back in since I did not get
anything from Shirdi for my best friend.The voice inside me was so
loud that I could not stop myself- I turned back to get in but that was
the exit gate near the Samadhi mandir so no one was allowed to get in
from that gate. But I requested that havaldar that I just came out and I
have forgotten something so it was very kind of him to let me in once
again.Anyways, Things have changed a lot in Shirdi now and the gates
really confuse me-as I was heading back in the opposite direction of
the crowd-By mistake , I entered another entry which led me straight
to the steps which led to the Samdhi Mandir.It was the very end of the
Samadhi mandir where people were doing just a quick darshan and
tears started rolling down my eyes when I noticed that even though I
am standing way in the end but I am in Samadhi Mandir paying my
respects to Baba and asking him the permission to leave Shirdi.
Although I had already exited from the gate but Sainath called me
back to give me His Blessed Darshan.
Anyways, that very same gold pendant was in that lucky token small
purse of mine along with a sterling silver coin which one of my well
wishers had given from Siddhi Vinayak abt 15-16 yrs ago.In that lucky
token purse,there was also a 1 Rupee note with the numbers 786
written in the serial number which was given to me by this very same
best friend many many yrs ago whom I had got the chadar for...786 is
believed to be a lucky number for any muslim .Neither my friend nor
me r a muslim but since we both have been a Sai devotee since our
child hood days-- We have faith in all religions. Baba always said
'Allaah Maalik hai' .. Anyways, that small lucky token purse which had
some other stuff besides this- had got stollen last year. Since the time,
that purse was stollen, I had become so scared that all my confidence
had started wearing off.I would start crying on the smallest problem.
I am in the medical field and seeing blood was so normal for me but
after that lucky token purse got stollen -the sight of blood made me
nervous. I was sentimentally attached to that purse because it was
filled with blessings and well wishes of my loved ones.It always made
me feel protected and it gave me all the confidence and showed me the
light that lead to the path of God.
May the Merciful Sri Sai Baba always shower His grace on us and our families
and remove our problems and anxieties by giving us all - strength , goodluck,
success and happiness with peace of mind.
Sai bhakt,
Deepa H
Email:: debu7366@yahoo.com