He also mentions” A Muslim ascetic who had lived on the road to the peak at a point in those days which was a recognized halting place for pilgrims and wayfarers. In his writing Ibn Batuta speaks of many famous Muslim shrines on the way to Adam’s Peak. However, one of the most famous Arab travelers to Adam’s Peak is Ibn Batuta, from Morocco.He visited Adam’s Peak in 1344 AD.
Ousely, in his TRAVELS quoting from a Persian manuscript called Berhan Kattea” stated that Serendib is the name of a celebrated mountain where Adam descended from paradise”. References to the sacred mountain Adam’s Peak are many. The Hadith ( traditions and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad ( SAL) such as Shahih ul Bukhari and Quranic commentaries of Tafsir Baizavi and Tafsir Khazin have stated that Adam descended in Serendib,Sri Lanka, upon a mountain called “ Nood”. Muslims believe in Adam as the first man, as the first Muslim, and as the first Prophet of Allah. If Sri Lanka was well known among the Arabs in 300 BC, it is also true that Adam’s Peak was as well known to travelers of the Middle East and has been often mentioned in their writings. There are many stories about his visit and his impact on that sacred place. The saint Qutub Muhyiudin meditated at Kuragala, the site of historic rock cave mosque. Providing a historical account of the Dafthar Jailany Rock Cave Mosque in his well researched book M.L.M.Aboosallay who was elected to represent Balangoda electorate between 19, by a large majority of Sinhalese, defeating Mallika Ratwatta from the powerful family interest of Ratwattes, had this to state But there is no doubt that this passage (if it can be negotiated) will end at the foot of the rock about a thousand feet below in the Bintenna plains. No man has yet come out alive from this cave to tell the tale. “Various stories exist about this dark cave where bats are plentiful and snakes may exist. After which there is a sudden drop which is difficult to negotiate.
Aboosally, eldest son of Marikar and was President of the Balangoda Islamic Association “there is a cave also in this rock with its underground labyrinths leading to 400 yards. On the underside of the huge boulder at the edge of the cliff is a huge footprint, which can be viewed with ease if one lies fully stretched under the rock.Ī few yards away is a cave-like tunnel, which can be investigated with the help of a flashlight.Īccording to late M. When I reached the top, however the breeze was reviviscent. Here he meditated for over a decade, after which he left by divine power.Īscent up to the steep side of Kal-adi Malai or Soranga malai was very trying. This is a huge cliff with an outsize boulder perched precariously on the edge of the cliff. He went alone to ‘Kal-adi Malai” (footprint mountain) Qutub Mohyiuddin sought asylum here for meditation after a pilgrimage to Adam’s Peak. Marikar Hadjiar has built a mosque under the rock which serves as a shelter from the sun and the rain. I finally reached Hituwangala, which is called by the Muslims as “Kal-adi Malai” (palm-print mountain) because the palm-print of the saint is seen on the overhanging rock. Mercifully there is a large slice of rock in the shape of an immense mushroom on which one could rest half-way. The climb up the mountain covers one and half miles. Mazar Shairf of The Great Sufi Saint MuhiUddeen Abdul Qadir Jilani (RA) of Baghdad His body was entombed in a shrine within his madrassa in Babul-Sheikh, Resafa (East bank of the Tigris) in Baghdad, Iraq. He died in the evening on Saturday 15 January 1166 at the age of ninety-one years. Early in life, with the permission of his mother, he proceeded to pursue his knowledge in Baghdad, the only seat of learning in the whole world. Qutub Mohiyuddin was born into a pious family in the Iranian village of Naif in the south of the Caspian Sea on 18 March 1077.
Some reciting the holy Quran, some discussing teachings of Islam in groups while others sitting around the mausoleum enveloped by the smell of traditional incense all over the mosque which contained more than 40,000 rare books. The tranquil and peaceful environment in the mosque attract the visitors like magnet that I used to go for Maghrib prayer and stay there till Isha prayer during my weeklong stay in Baghdad. I had heard so much about him that during my first visit to Baghdad in 1976 the first thing I did was to visit the mosque where his mausoleum is.
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