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Introduction About Baba Wasif Ali Wasif

Born: 15 January 1929

Died: 18 January 1993
Location: Lahore,Pakistan
Works on: Sufism,Poetry
Best Books: Audio Recording,Guftugu Volumes,Qatra Qatra Qulzam,Dil Darya Samudar,Shab Chiragh, Kiran Kiran Sooraj

 

      About His Life

• Wasif Ali Wasif was born on 15 January, 1929 at District Khushab. At that time Khusab used to be a tehsil and the district was Shahpur. He belonged to a very prestigious cast Awan. 
• His father Malik Muhammed Arif was a teacher. He received his religious education under the supervision of his father. He got primary education in a local school in Khushab. He passed Matriculation examination from Govt. High School Khushab in 1944. His maternal grandfather, a skilled educationist, was appointed as Headmaster at a Govt. school in Jang. Therefore, he was sent to his maternal. He did F.Sc from Govt. Inter college Jhang and graduation from Govt. Degree college Jhang. 
• He was a hardworking student who passed every examination by obtaining first division. Then he moved to Lahore; here he did M.Sc in Mathematics from Government Islamia College Civil Lines, Lahore and M.A. in English from Government College, Lahore. He was a nice fellow and an excellent player of hockey for which he was awarded a colour. 
• He started writing for college magazine "Ravian" when he was a student. He used to write in Urdu as well as in English.
• Wasif Ali Wasif passed PCS exam in 1954 but did not join it because of his nature and started his career as a teacher. At first he taught in some private institutions for sometime, but then he founded Lahore College for English later 'Lahore English college' in 1958. In a short span of time his fame as a very able, benign, competent and dutiful teacher spread around. It was due to ever increasing number of students he started teaching students in two shifts.
• Wasif Ali Wasif  was a teacher, writer, poet and sufi intellectual from Pakistan. He was famous for his unique literary style. He used to write short pieces of prose on topics like love, life, fortune, fear, hope, expectation, promise, prayer, happiness, sorrow and so on.
• He was the regular columnist of Pakistani Urdu newspaper Daily Nawa-i-Waqt. His 1st column named "Muhabbat". In his life most of his columns were combined to form books with his own selected title.
• He did poetry in Urdu and Punjabi languages. Probably no contemporary Urdu writer is more cited in quotations than he is. Later years he used to answer questions in specially arranged gatherings at Lahore attended by the notable community. 
• Some of these sessions were recorded in audio and were later published as Guftgoo (talk) series. His mehfils never had a set subject nor did he lecture on chosen topics. His way was to ask people if they had questions and then he responded to these in his highly original style. His thought was more on mysticism, spirituality and humanity. There are about 40 books to his credit including “Shab Chiragh”, “Kiran Kiran Sooraj”, and “Dil Darya Samundar”. It is self-evident that his books as well as recordings of talks are a treasure trove of wisdom.
• Wasif Ali Wasif was indeed a dervish and sufi and in the final part of his life acted as a murshid to many. He was a person in possession of great knowledge and wisdom. He considered himself as a continuation of the great Sufi tradition, imparting useful knowledge, strong faith, hope and love to the ailing hearts. Qudratullah Shahab, Ashfaq Ahmed and Hanif Ramay attended lectures of Wasif Ali Wasif. It was in the last writing of Qudratullah Shahab which appeared in the Urdu newspaper Daily Jang describing that if a person reaches a crossroads of his life, he can find a right path through Wasif Ali Wasif.
• Wasif Ali Wasif died on January 18, 1993. Being famous for Sufism and respected by many people, he is usually referred to as Hazrat Wasif Ali Wasif. His shrine is located in Lahore at 25 Bahawalpur Road, near Chowk Chauburji. His Urs (Religious Festival) is celebrated every year from 22nd to 24th of the month of Rajab.

Introduction About Baba Fareed

  

Born: 1173/1188, Kothewal village in Multan

Died: 1266/1280, PakpattanHonored in: Islam, specifically the Chishti Sufi orderInfluences: Qutbuddin Bakhtiar KakiInfluenced: Countless Pakistani and South Asian Sufis, including Nizamuddin Auliya, Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari and Khawaja Ghulam Farid

          

      

      About His Life

• Baba Farid (Punjabi: بابا فرید) was a 12th-century Sufi preacher and saint of the Chishti Order of South Asia.

• Fariduddin Ganjshakar is generally recognized as the first major poet of the Punjabi language, and is considered one of the pivotal saints of the Punjab region. Revered by Muslims and Hindus, he is considered one of the fifteen Sikh bhagats, and selections from his work are included in the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh sacred scripture.
• Bābā Farīd was born in 1173 or 1188 AD (584 Hijri) at Kothewal village, 10 km from Multan in the Punjab region of the Chauhan Dynasty in India (now Pakistan), to Jamāl-ud-dīn Suleimān and Maryam Bībī (Qarsum Bībī), daughter of Sheikh Wajīh-ud-dīn Khojendī.
• He was a descendant of the Farrūkhzād, known as Jamāl-ud-Dawlah, a Persian (Tajik) king of eastern Khorasan.
• He was the grandson of Sheikh Shu'aib, who was the grandson of Farrukh Shah Kabuli, the king of Kabul and Ghazna. When Farrukh Shāh Kābulī was killed by the Mongol hordes invading Kabul, Farīd’s grandfather, Shaykh Shu'aib, left Afghanistan and settled in the Punjab in 1125.
• Farīd’s genealogy is a source of dispute, as some trace his ancestors back to al-Husayn while others trace his lineage back to the second Caliph Umar ibn Khattab. 
• Baba Farid's ancestors came from Kufa, while Abdullah ibn Umar died during the Hajj and was buried in Makkah. The family tree of Baba Fareed traces through Abu Ishaq Ibrahim bin Adham, whose ancestors came from Kufa.
• Fariduddin Ganjshakar was born in the city of Balkh. His nickname was Abu Ishaq. Khwajah Fudhail Bin Iyadh had conferred the mantle of Khilaafate to him. Besides being the Khalifah of Hadhrat Fudhail, he was also the Khalifah of Khwajah Imran Ibn Musa, Khwajah Imam Baqir, Khwajah Shaikh Mansur Salmi and Khwajah Uwais Qarni.
• Bābā Farīd received his early education at Multan, which had become a centre for education; it was here that he met his murshid (master), Qutbuddīn Bakhtiyār Kākī, a noted Sufi saint, who was passing through Multan, from Baghdad on his way to Delhi. Upon completing his education, Farīd left for Sistan and Kandahar and went to Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage at the age of 16.
• Once his education was over, he shifted to Delhi, where he learned the doctrine of his master, Qutbuddīn Bakhtiyār Kākī. He later moved to Hansi, Haryana.When Quṭbuddīn Bakhtiyār Kākī died in 1235, Farīd left Hansi and became his spiritual successor, but he settled in Ajodhan (the present Pakpattan, Pakistan) instead of Delhi. 
• On his way to Ajodhan(Pakpattan), while passing through Faridkot, he met the 20-year-old Nizāmuddīn, who went on to become his disciple, and later his successor (khalīfah).
• Bābā Farīd married Hazabara, daughter of Sultān Nasīruddīn Mahmūd. The great Arab traveller Ibn Batutah visited him. He says that he was the spiritual guide of the King of India, and that the King had given him the village of Ajodhan. He also says that Shaikh Farīduddīn, as he calls him, was so careful about purity that if his clothes touched those of another person he would wash them. 
• He also met Bābā Farīd's two sons. His shrine (darbār) is in Dera Pindi, and his epitaph reads, "There is only one Farīd, though many spring forth from the bud of the flower".
• Bābā Farīd's descendants, also known as Fareedi, Fareedies and Faridy, mostly carry the name Fārūqī, and can be found in Pakistan, India and the diaspora. 
• His descendants include the Sufi saint Salim Chishti, whose daughter was Emperor Jehangir's foster mother. Their descendants settled in Sheikhupur, Badaun and the remains of a fort they built can still be found.
• His shrine is located in Pakpattan. The Shrine (mazar/mazār) is vast and spacious, located in the city of Pakpattan, otherwise Pākpattan Sharīf. At first his tomb and shrine were constructed under the supervision of Saint Nizamuddin Auliya/Khawaja Nizamuddin Aulia. The shrine is made entirely of marble. Some years back it was partly made of marble and bricks. Charity food called Langar is distributed all day by visitors and the Auqaf Department, which administrates the shrine. The shrine is open all day and night for visitors

Introduction About Baba Bulleh Shah

Born: 1680 C.E. Uch, Punjab

Died: 1757 C.E.  Kasur, Punjab

Honored in: Islam

Influences:  Prophets of Islam, Shah Hussain, Sultan Bahu, Shah Sharaf

Influenced:  Countless Pakistani Sufi poets

Tradition/Genre:    Kafi

About His Life

• Bulleh Shah (1680–1757) (full name Abdullah Shah) was a Punjabi Sufi poet, 
  a humanist and philosopher.

• Bulleh Shah is believed to have been born in 1680, in the small village of Uch, Bahawalpur, Punjab, 
  in present day Pakistan. 
• His father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was a teacher and preacher in a village mosque. 
  Little is known about Bulleh Shah's ancestry except that some of his forebears were migrants from Uzbekistan and that his family claimed direct descent from the prophet Muhammad(PBUH).
• When he was six months old, his parents relocated to Malakwal. His father later got a job in Pandoke, 
  about 50 miles southeast of Kasur. 
• Bulleh Shah received his early schooling in Pandoke and moved to Kasur for higher education. 
• He also received education from Maulana Mohiyuddin. His spiritual teacher was the Qadiri Sufi Shah Inayat Qadiri, who was a member of the Arain tribe of Lahore.
• A large amount of what is known about Bulleh Shah comes through legends, and is subjective; 
  to the point that there isn’t even agreement among historians concerning his precise date and place of birth. Some "facts" about his life have been pieced together from his own writings. 
  Other "facts" seem to have been passed down through oral traditions.
  Bulleh Shah practiced the Sufi tradition of Punjabi poetry established by poets like Shah Hussain (1538–1599), Sultan Bahu (1629–1691), and Shah Sharaf (1640–1724).
• Bulleh Shah lived in the same period as the Sindhi Sufi poet , Shah Abdul Latif Bhatai (1689–1752). 
  His lifespan also overlapped with the Punjabi poet Waris Shah (1722–1798), 
  of Heer Ranjha fame, and the Sindhi Sufi poet Abdul Wahab (1739–1829), better known by his pen-name, Sachal Sarmast (“truth seeking leader of the intoxicated ones”). Amongst Urdu poets, 
  Bulleh Shah lived 400 miles away from Mir Taqi Mir (1723–1810) of Agra.
• The verse form Bulleh Shah primarily employed is called the Kafi, a style of Punjabi, 
  Sindhi and Siraiki poetry used not only by the Sufis of Sindh and Punjab, but also by Sikh gurus.

About Baba Ashfaq Ahmad by Baba Muhammad Yaheya Khan

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Introduction About Baba Ashfaq Ahmed Sahib

Born:  22 August 1925

Died: 7 September 2004

Aged: 79

Location: Lahore, Pakistan

Works on:  Fiction, Sufism

Subjects:  Literature, Philosophy, Psychology, Socialism

Literary movement:  Sufi literature

Best books: Zaviya, Aik Muhabbat Sau Afsanay, Gadaria, Talqeen Shah, Mun Chalay Ka Sauda, Hairat Kadah

About His Life

• Ahmed was born on 22 August 1925 in Garhmukteshwar village, Ghaziabad, British India.
• He obtained his early education in his native district. Shortly before independence in 1947,
• he migrated to Pakistan and made the Punjab metropolis, Lahore as his abode.
• He completed his Masters in Urdu literature from Government College Lahore.
• Bano Qudsia, his wife and companion in Urdu literary circles who is also one of the best novelists of Urdu, was his classmate at Government College.
• After Partition, when Ashfaq Ahmed arrived at the Walton refugee camp with millions of other migrants,
• he used to make announcements on a megaphone round the clock. Later, he got a job in Radio Azad Kashmir,
• which was established on a truck that used to drive around in various parts of Kashmir. He then got lectureship at Dayal Singh College, Lahore for two years.
• Whereafter, he went to Rome to join Radio Rome as an Urdu newscaster.
• He also used to teach Urdu at Rome university. During his stay in Europe,
• he got diplomas in the Italian and French languages from the University of Rome and University of Grenoble, France.
• He also got special training diploma in radio broadcasting from New York University.
• He started writing stories in his childhood, which were published in Phool [Flower] magazine. After returning to Pakistan from Europe,
• he took out his own monthly literary magazine, Dastaango [Story Teller],
• and joined Radio Pakistan as a script writer. He was made editor of the popular Urdu weekly, Lail-o-Nahar [Day and Night],
• in place of famous poet Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum by the Government of Pakistan.
• In 1962, Ashfaq Ahmed started his popular radio program, Talqeen Shah [The Preacher] which made him immensely popular among the people in towns and villages.
• It was a weekly feature that ran for three decades,
• the longest weekly radio show in the subcontinent. He was appointed director of the Markazi Urdu Board in 1966,
• which was later renamed as Urdu Science Board, a post he held for 29 years. He remained with the board until 1979.
• He also served as adviser in the Education Ministry during Zia-ul-Haq's regime. In the 60s, he produced a feature film,
• Dhoop aur Saie [Shadows and Sunshine], which was not very successful at the box office.