Book Name:Hadees e Qudsi Aur Shan e Ghous e Azam
Further in the Hadith Qudsī, Allah Almighty states: وَ بَصَرَهُ الَّذِي يُبْصِرُ بِهِ “I become his eyes through which he sees.”
This means that the eyes of the saints are unique despite externally appearing like ours. They do not merely see through the lens of the eye, rather through the special power conferred upon them by Allah Almighty. So, they discern that which we cannot. Neither a wall nor time is a barrier to their sight; they see from afar as they do from close.
Marvel of Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī’s sight
It is related in Bahjat al-Asrār:
Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه had a servant, Shaykh Abū ꜤAbdullāh Muhammad al-Harawī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه. His stature was short, but the Shaykh would call him ‘Muhammad al-Ṭawīl’ (the tall). Shaykh Muhammad al-Harawī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه says, “One day, I said, ‘Dear Shaykh, my stature is shorter than normal people, so why do you refer to me as Muhammad al-Ṭawīl?’ The Shaykh replied, ‘because you are طَوِیْلُ العُمْر [i.e., you will live long] and طَوِیْلُ الْاَسْفَار [i.e., you will travel on long journeys in your lifetime].’”
The narrator states:
Indeed, this in fact happened; Shaykh al-Harawī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه lived for 137 years and undertook distant journeys to the extent that he travelled to the Caucasus Mountains.[1]
سُبْحٰنَ اللہ! This is the vision of Shaykh ꜤAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه whereby he stated these facts about Shaykh al-Harawī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه.