My Sheikh once asked me : “How many kinds of intoxicating drinks are there ?”

I replied : “I do not know.”

Hazrat then explained to me that there are three kinds of intoxicants :

• The first is the intoxicating wine of ‘Dunya’. The majority on the face of the earth are intoxicated with something of the earth: gold, silver, property, business, fashion, cars,
etc. Yet this ‘Dunya’ is something that is neither ‘Azali’ nor ‘Abadi’ – meaning that it was not existent previously. It has been created. Added to this it will not remain forever. It will one day perish.

• The second kind of intoxicant is the intoxication of the Aakhirah (Hereafter). Jannat is the drink of the Aakhirat. Even though it is not ‘Azali’ (from all times), it is ‘Abadi –
meaning that it will not be destroyed. It will exist into eternity. This intoxicant is permissible; in fact it is
recommended to seek.

• However, the third kind of intoxicant is the intoxication of
‘HAQ’. The drink of DIVINE LOVE. This is unique and unparalleled as it is neither created nor will it perish. It
was. It is. It will always be.

This drink is exclusive to the Ahlullah. If we desire ‘the drink of the pure love of our Master’, we will have to keep company with His lovers. Their generosity is such that they share the same with those who have the thirst.