Let go of the false supports in life and seek the support of the Satguru. Remove the filth of the vices and destroy the cycle of birth and death.
Sri Bala Sandhur Vaach..
Now listen to what happened to Jalal, oh Sri Guru Angad Dev ji, the Virtuous One. Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji stayed at the Peer’s home. The Peer Jalal had left to Mecca. As he came to the shores of the ocean, a ship came to take him. He boarded the ship and sat down. The ship sailed off and soon touched the other shore. Jalal got off the ship and climbed a mountain. He wanted to see the mountain. He saw many beautiful homes on the mountain. The homes had beautiful beds in them. He didn’t see any people though. He was confused in his mind about this. He thought to himself: “I will see in the evening. I will sleep on the bed and eat good food.” He came to the shore of the ocean and sat down. He saw an interesting thing there: he saw a sinking ship. As the ship was sinking, there were a lot of people shouting and yelling on it. The Peer heard this. Many people were yelling. At that time, Jalal folded his hands and made a request to Khuddah: “there are many people on this ship from many lands. Some left their sons and some left their daughters to do business. Oh Khuddah, why are you sinking them? They will all die with their families.” As the Peer said this, the ship was saved from sinking. The Peer spent the whole day thinking. He thought to himself: “let’s go to the homes with nice beds. Who knows who the owners are who sleep on those beds at night.” The Peer went to the homes. As he came into the home, he saw saints and great beings sitting on the beds. He went to one of the saints and sat down with humility. As he sat, food from nature came for everyone from the sky. Sweet and delicious foods came. They were like honey. The Peer didn’t get any food. Nothing came from the Parmeshwar for him. The saints saw this and said: “why didn’t you get food from the Parmeshwar?” One of the saints went to the Mahant of the saints and said: “there is a Fakir sitting next to me who didn’t get any food. Oh Master, how can we eat without him eating? Please tell us your command. You should request food for the Peer.” The Mahant heard this and said: “the Jeevs, walking and standing; the Kartaar is everyone’s master. He gives food to all. He never forgets. Know this. The Peer must have done something wrong. You shouldn’t be worried about anything. The giver is not unwise. He knows everything. You got food. Go and eat it. If food comes to him, he will eat.” The saint heard the Mahant and came back to his place. He sat and ate his food.
Jalal spent the night hungry. He thought to himself: “I haven’t seen these saints come back. I will see where they go. I wonder where they go.” He thought about this all night long. He didn’t sleep during the night. As the morning came, the Peer fell into a deep sleep. The saints left and Jalal had no idea where they all went. When he woke up, he was amazed. As the sun came up, the Peer came to the shore and saw another drama. He saw rain in the ocean. It wasn’t raining in any other place where the land was dry. The Syed Peer spoke to Khuddah: “where rain is not needed, you are making it rain. Where the rain is needed, you didn’t make it rain there. The people are asking you for rain but you are not making it rain there.” As he said that, it stopped raining in the ocean. He thought in his mind with ego: “whatever I say comes out to be true.” He thought to himself in the evening: “I will see where the saints come from. I didn’t see them leave in the morning.” He saw the evening time and went to where the beds were. When he went inside the homes, he saw the saints sitting down there. He couldn’t tolerate their radiance. He sat in the same place he sat the day before. Food came from the sky for the saints. Jalal was really hungry. He looked towards the faces of the saints. The saint near him saw Jalal as hungry. He got worried and thought to himself: “he is hungry. Food didn’t come to him again.” He went to his Mahant and told him the whole story. The leader of the Rishis said: “bring him to me.” The saint came to Jalal and took him to the Mahant. As the Peer sat down, the Mahant said to him: “where did you come from and where are you going? What big sin did you do? You spent two days without food.” Jalal heard this and said: “I came from a far away land. I didn’t do anything wrong. If I did, I would have told you.” The Mahant said: “Kartaar is the greatest giver. It is not good to call him wrong. Decide for yourself if you made a mistake. You haven’t received food for two days now. Have you been hungry before? Have you sat and done this before?” Jalal said: “how? I’ve never been hungry before. I sat near the shore yesterday and saw an interesting thing: one ship was about to sink. The people yelled for help. I then said out loud: “what are you doing Khuddah? These people will die and so will their families. Save them!” The ship didn’t sink then. Today, I saw another interesting thing: I saw rain in the ocean but no rain on the dry land. It was raining where it was not needed. Not a drop fell where it was needed. Seeing this I said: “it is not raining where it is desired. Without the wish, it is raining in the ocean. It is raining where there is already water. Khuddah, you did an unorthodox thing.” As I said this, it stopped raining. I saw both things as unorthodox. I fixed both things with my words.” The Mahant heard this and spoke in anger: “you are a Bemukh! There is no place for you to stay here! Leave here at once! Your wisdom is bad. Your life is useless!” The Peer got scared when he heard this. He trembled in fear. He folded his hands and said: “what did I do that was wrong? Please tell me Sant ji.” The Mahant said: “Parmeshwar does as he wills. You stopped him and became happy because of that. You think your words are followed by Khuddah. You have ego in your heart. You erased the command of Prabhoo. You are trying to be his relative. You are unfortunate. The people had sinned in many births. You didn’t let the Parmatma give them their punishments. There are many life forms in the ocean who don’t drink the salty water of the ocean. It was raining for them. You stopped that. The life forms will die of thirst. You will go to Hell for that. You saw the Parmeshwar as unwise. You think you are wiser. You are a Bemukh. Get up and leave at once. There is no place for you to stay here.” Jalal heard this and understood everything. He regretted his actions and said: “the ones who obey His will, how are they? Tell me the answer.” The Mahant said: “the ones who accept His will, they are Gurmukhs. They are really wise. The ones who try to erase His will, they are Bemukhs and suffer great pain.” Jalal then said: “I understand the meanings now. I don’t need to go to Mecca anymore. I am satisfied by coming here. I met a Darvish at my place. He spoke about the Gurmukh. I was on my way to Mecca to understand the meanings of his words. I received the answer from you.” The Mahant said: “that Darvesh you speak of, he is the Complete Purakh Jagtesha. He is omnipotent and omniscient. He knows every heart. Go to his shelter with your mind and words.” Jalal heard this and understood the secret. He saw Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji as Khuddah. As soon as he understood everything, food came for Jalal from the sky. He ate the food and spent the night in joy.
In the morning, he wished to cross the ocean. As he came to the shore, a ship came for him. He boarded the ship and sailed across. He came to the next shore quickly. He came back to where Sri Guru Nanak Dev ji was sitting. He grabbed Guru ji’s feet with humility and said: “you are Khuddah. You are omnipotent.” He praised Guru ji and sat by him. Sri Guru ji said: “tell me the meanings that you have heard. Tell me Jalal what you heard.” The Peer folded his hands and said: “you know everything. If you didn’t know then you could ask me. You know every heart.” Sri Guru ji said: “tell me of what happened to you.” Jalal obeyed and said everything: “the one who accepts the will of Khuddah is the Gurmukh. The ones who erase the will are the Bemukhs. I was unwise about this before. I understood this after meeting you.” Guru ji gave wisdom to the Peer of Uch, Jalal. The Master of the Universe got ready to leave. The Peer bowed and said: “I am your servant by my actions, mind and words.” Sri Guru ji gave him hope and then left. Guru ji’s mission was to save the people by giving them the wisdom of Bhagti, Gyaan and wisdom. Till today, the Peers of Uch still follow Guru Nanak Dev ji’s teachings. They do not cut their hair. It has been their tradition ever since, not to cut their hair.