The Oath of the Khudai Khidmatgar

I am a Servant of God, and as God needs no service, serving His creation is serving Him,

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I promise to serve humanity in the name of God.

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I promise to refrain from violence and from taking revenge.

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I promise to forgive those who oppress me or treat me with cruelty.

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I promise to refrain from taking part in feuds and quarrels and from creating enmity.

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I promise to treat every Pasthun as my brother and friend.

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I promise to refrain from antisocial customs and practices.

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I promise to live a simple life, to practice virtue, and to refrain from evil.

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I promise to practice good manners and good behavior and not to lead a life of idleness.

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I promise to devote at least two hours a day to social work.

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I put forth my name in honesty and truthfulness to become a true Servant of God.

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I will sacrifice my wealth, life, and comfort for the liberty of my nation and people.

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I will never be a party to factions, hatred, or jealousies with my people; and will side with the oppressed against the oppressor.

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I will not become a member of any other rival organization, nor will I stand in an army.

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I will faithfully obey all legitimate orders of all my officers all the time.

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I will live in accordance with the principles of nonviolence.

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I will serve all God's creatures alike; and my object shall be the attainment of the freedom of my country and my religion.

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I will always see to it that I do what is right and good.

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I will never desire any reward whatever for my service.

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All my efforts shall be to please God, and not for any show or gain.

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Ghani Khan POETRY

1 ) Eyes, two in love, Load with scores of vision bright
Enriched my universe with Eye-appealing flowers, Giving in this world a draught of wine of Paradise. Loading my dreams with life, flooding life of mine with dreams Handfuls and handfuls of lustrous moon’s white

Lightning you splashed and sprinkled devotedly into my feet.
You showed me God, the Almighty, Hidden in Love deeds.
And threw heaps of stars in to shallow apron of mine.
I hear nymphs’ hustle bustle in your shining beauty
You showed me God, the Almighty, hidden in Love deeds.

2) O'Lord! What a mad I were to love just an idea,
Being drowned in the sea just for a ruby that I love.
O'Lord! What a rapture is this that I lost my sweetheart,
Or, I was charmed by the broker of the eyes of my beloved.
I couldn't gulp down the sea, so I had a hand-cups of it,
Since I was incapable to love the sun, I loved the crescent.
As my bosom couldn't store, I put them up in my dreams.
When I faced my beloved, I was charmed by the tastoo-mark
Neither excitement of the youth, nor delight of the wine.
I have, infact, fallen in love of an idea of my beloved's eyes
Did I hear laila calls for the prayers, or the Praise of Bilal,
Or I loved the lingling of the anklet bells of my beloved
Was it the moth delighted in darkness the name of candle;
Or I have fallen in love of an idea of my beloved's eyes.
Whether the grasshopper saw the shadow of sun in a dewdrop;
Or my sweetheart smiled at me in any dreams?

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hamza baba poetry

Why my love's face wrinkles in smile in the mirror,
Her loveliness increases and excels tremendously.
Since the inducement of her face is similar to spring,
The amazement of the mirror changed into a garden.
The devout seem sorrow stricken externally,
But he doesn't have any sorrow in the heart.
The human beings have to face some constrains,
On the way of their free will.
You can see glimpses of the beauty in my amazement,
You don't need to have a mirror.
Is it the effect of cosmetics or thy own youth,
Which radiates in thy rosy cheeks.
Since you can't determine the standard of thy adornment.
You, therefore, look at the mirror off and on.

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