Did You Know

It is said that it was the request of Sheikh Ibrahim a Sajjada nasheen of the Khanqah of Baba Farid that Guru Nanak composed his famous Asa Di Vaar which is sung by Sikh’s early in the morning.

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Syed Karam Ali Shah lived during the reign of Ranjit Singh. He belonged to Qadri order

Did You Know

A Qawwal named Abu-Bakr played an important role in establishing a contact between Nizamuddin and his future master Baba Farid. Fawaid ul Fuwad recounts the Qawwali coming to Badayun and his stories about a visit to the Khanqah of Sheikh Bahauddin Zakriya Multani at Multan. Nizamuddin initially remains unmoved and is overcome with attraction when Abu-Bakr describes Baba Farid whom he had met at Ajodhan.

Did You Know

Shaikh Jamaluddin of Hansi, a senior disciple-of Baba Farid remarks-
"Oh Ahmad! The (mystic) objective cannot be achieved through performance of extraordinary number of prayers and fasts, but by fulfilling the needs of the people."

Maktub

Count Galaraza (A spanish Student of Waris Pak) and his letter

Dear Sir
I take great pleasure in answering your question about Warith Aly Shah (WARIS ALI SHAH) and telling you all that i know about him. My meeting with this ascetic was an important event in my life, and it can only be valued by reading the outline of my biography . I love to record it, and when i do so, i feel the fond grasp of gratitude of the sweetest divine attributes.

Galaraza, Viscount of Santa Clara

Sufi-Terminology

In a conversation in the audience of Hazrat baba Farid-ud-Din Ganj Shakar about disagreement among the ulema on sama. Baba Sahib said, “Glory be to Allah! Some are burnt to ashes, others are still engaged in defferences.”
A few days before passing away, he said to Hazrat Sultan-ul-Mashiakh Khwaja Nizam-ud-din Auliya: “I was granted by my Shaikh whatever I supplicated for my faith. Later I regretted why I did not ask for death during sama.”

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Shah Hussain has been the source of all the Punjabi Vedantic Sufi Poets, prominent or ordinary, who wrote often him notable Shah Sharaf, Sultan Bahu. Bulleh Shah, Shah Murad. His poetry proved a storehouse of poetic Symbols and literary expressions of mystical experiences which others borrowed from it so much so his style has also been followed.

Persian Kalam

piir-e-maa hast asadullaah alii shaah-e-najaf
ain-e-tasviir-e-jamaal-e-azalii shaah-e-najaf

Azeez Safipuri

Did You Know

Sheikh Najibuddin Mutawakkil visited his brother Baba Farid nineteen times during his life time. On every

Pad

charan chalau shriwrindawan mag jahn muni ali pik kir

charan chalau shrivrindaavan mag jah.n muni ali pik kiir
kar tum kaarau karam krshnaarpan aha.nkaar taji dhiir

Jugal Priya

Did You Know

Ali Haider raised his voice against injustice and oppression. We find the word of great revolution against injustice, in the poetry of Ali Haider. Indians have accepted the yoke of slavery under Persia and Khurasan. Haider does not hesitate to satire who was ruling in India. Poet writes, "Don't they get poison? Why don't they die? There Turks have become shameless. Some of the traitors are offering plenty of wealth to the foreign invaders from Persia and Khurasan.

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai ki ba-hangam-e-dard rahat-e-jaani mara

dar raka.aat-e-namaaz hast KHayaal-e-tuu shah
vaajib va laazim chunaanak sab.a-e-masaanii maraa

Maulana Rumi

Gujari Sufi Kavya

unhon ki sej shah bas bas

unho.n kii sej 'shah' bas bas
hasaave piuu un has has

Shah Ali Jeev Gamdhani

Gujari Sufi Kavya

lokan dhan shah ek wajud hain

lokaa.n dhan shah ek vajuud hai.n
phokaT mu.nh ham ko.ii na bolo

Shah Ali Jeev Gamdhani

Sufi-Terminology

When the Shaikh knows that a murid has developed the capacity to guide others, he awards

Persian Kalam

dosh chashm-e-jaanam az diidaar-e-shah pur-nuur buud
mutrib-e-maa zohra-o-saaqii-e-majlis huur buud

Mansoor Hallaj

Gujari Sufi Kavya

shah apas kaj lubhana

'shah' apas kaaj lubhaanaa
hindavaanaa hor turkaana

Shah Ali Jeev Gamdhani

Persian Kalam

ai shaafe-e-tar daamnaa.n-o- vai chaara-e-dard-e-nihaa.n
jaan-e-dil-o-ruuh-e-ravaa.n ya.anii shah-e-arsh aastaa.n

Ahmad Raza Khan

Gujari Sufi Kavya

jab dekha dekh pichhaniyan

'shah' se bhii.n mai.n Tahokaa taaniyaa.n

Shah Ali Jeev Gamdhani

Did You Know

As Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia never married, the peerzada families trace their origins to various associates of him. Originally, there were four Peerzada lineages but one of them Harooniyan (The Harooni's) tracing their descent to Rafi-al-Din Harron, a son of Nizamuddin's sister is not extinct.
The three remaining families- Nabeergaan (The grandsons), Hindustaniyan (The Indians) and Qazizadgans (Son of Qazi) trace their descent to Muhammad Imam, a grandson of Baba Farid, to Abu Bakr Musallabardar and to Qazi Muhinuddin Kashani.