Sultan Bahu Quotes

Sultan Bahu was a Sufi mystic, poet, and scholar active during the Mughal empire mostly in the Punjab region . He belonged to Qadiri Sufi order, and founded the mystic tradition known as Sarwari Qadiri.

Little is known about Bahu's life, other than what is written in a hagiography called Manaqib-i Sultani, which was written by one of Bahu's descendants seven generations after Bahu's own time. Sultan Bahu was born in Shorekot, Jhang, in the current Punjab Province of Pakistan. More than forty books on Sufism are attributed to him , largely dealing with specialised aspects of Islam and Islamic mysticism. However, it was his Punjabi poetry which had popular appeal and earned him lasting fame. His verses are sung in many genres of Sufi music, including qawwali and kafi, and tradition has established a unique style of singing his couplets. Wikipedia  

✵ 17. January 1630 – 1. March 1691
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Sultan Bahu Quotes

“Then, in an ecstasy of love,
you will repeat the Name of Hu constantly,
devoting every breath of your life
in contemplation of him.
Only when your soul merges
in the essence of the Lord,will you deserve the name Bahu.”

Sultan Bahu

Raj Kumar: Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern, p. 187 https://books.google.com.pk/books?id=e8o5HyC0-FUC&amp;pg=PA187&amp;lpg=PA187&amp;redir_esc=y#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false <br class="br">Kashf ul Asrār, Stanza

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