Causes & Consequences Of Guru Jee's Shahidi -part2

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AURANGZEB’S STATE POLICY AND PERSONAL LIFE

Dara Shikoh, the elder brother of Aurangzeb and favourite son of his father Shah Jahan, was being prepped up to become the next ruler of India. He was a very mild and open-hearted person and was very close to Guru-ghar. He had faith in the greatness of Siri Guru Nanak Dev jee Maharaaj. He kept contact with Siri Guru Har Rai jee Maharaaj.

Aurangzeb was least liked by his father and for this reason, he was sent off far from Delhi, first to South India and then to Afghanistan as a governor. Aurangzeb had religious tendency from the beginning and as Shah Jahan was getting old, he started lobbying the hardcore and strict Muslims sections, to gather support. He painted himself as protector of Islam and Dara Shikoh as an infidel. With his constant preaching and lobbying, most fundamentalist Muslims started supporting him.

Aurangzeb led his life strictly according to the code of conduct of Islam. He did not drink, maintain a harem as his predecessors and did 5 times prayers per Islamic Sharia. He led an austere life and it is said that he earned his food by money earned from binding religious books, especially Koran. All this made him a darling in the eyes of Muslims. It is true that Aurangzeb led his life strictly according to Sharia of Islam but his heart and mind was not connected to Allah. He was not into meditation and lacked any active relationship with Allah. He was only following dry rituals of Islam and they are dry rituals only, if there is not inner connection with Vaheguru.

During the war for throne, Aurangzeb, managed to get crowned but only at the expense of murdering his 3 brothers, one sister and imprisoning his father. His father stayed in his prison and all this time, he mentally tortured his father, as an enemy.

He was a strange mixture of contradictions. An English historian calls him “a complete master of art of dissimulation”. He was very cunning, treacherous and cruel. He killed his 3 brothers and ruthlessly murdered his nephews to ensure there stayed no danger to his throne.

On one hand he preached against rituals and omens, but on the other hand he used to do many Hindu rituals himself e.g. burn red chillies to ward of evil forces and wear taveeth (spell repelling armbands). He used to say that there was nothing wrong in lying in order to ensure a win. He even felt fine swearing and telling lies on Koran.

He used to call poets satanic but he himself used to write poems. He was very fond of seeing miracles and this is why he liked Baba Raam Rai so much. Baba Raam Rai displayed many miracles (karamaats) to him.

Some of the despicable acts of Aurangzeb are as follows:

1) He killed his 3 brothers to claim the throne of India. He first killed Dara Shikoh, his eldest brother. Muraad, his second brother, who had helped him against Dara Shikoh, was poisoned by him and thus murdered. His other brother Shujaah ran away to Iran, for he was scared of him. Later he also got murdered by Aurangzeb.

2) His sister Roshan Aara, who loved him very much and helped him get the throne too could not escape the paranoia of Aurangzeb. She was slow-poisoned to death by this sadist king.

3) His father, suffered immensely in his prison. He imprisoned his father and did not even provide the most basic necessities to his father. When his father wished to be placed by a window, from where he could view his wife’s Mumtaz Mahal’s tomb – Taj Mahal, Aurangzeb refused. His father stayed in his prison for many years.

4) He killed his eldest son Sultan Muhammad, when he was only 36 years old. He feared that his son may revolt against him. He poisoned him.

5) His another son Prince Akbar, fled to Iran, fearing his death.

6) His last son Muazzam who later became his sucessor, stayed in his father’s jail for 7 years because Aurangzeb suspected that his son would overthrow him.

7) He most trusted friend and general, Raja Jai Singh, suffered at his hands. He poisoned him to death.

8) He prohibited a saint like Murtaza Vayeez from even doing 5 times prayer, because he had criticized the administration of Aurangzeb.

9) He gave hard time to even fellow Muslims – Shites.

These are just few examples to prove how paranoid and sadist Aurangzeb was. He had a very long age and he accumulated countless sins that will ensure he stays in hell for a long period of time.

By Bhai Kulbir Singh