Sultan Bahu (1630-1691)
Abstract
Sultan Bahu was one of the popular persons among the Sufi-thinkers
of Punjab.
He was born in 1630, in Awan village of District Jhang. He pertained
to a religious family and was staunch follower of religious school and was well
-versed in Fiqah, Shariah and Quranic injunctions. In addition to the above, he
was also scholar and knew the Languages, viz: Arabic, Persian, Seraiki, Punjabi, Hindi and Baluchi.
He was not attended any school, but acquired the knowledge through
his spiritual master or ‘Murshid’ and the zest for Language learning was inborn in him. It is said that he was written 140 books, but due to scarcity of
printing facilities, all of those could not be got published, hence a few books
have retained the test of time and are available for the readers and researchers
at present. The popular book of Punjabi poetry, ‘Abyat-e-Bahu’, is famous and
appreciable.
It is said that, he belonged to Qadri School of thought, thus his
Suifistic and Poetic philosophy was more inclined to-wards that school.
Some couplets have been quoted and those have also been compared
with those of Shah Abdul Latif of Sindh.
Sultan Bahu, believes that, inorder to achieve the sublime and universal state, one has to seek guidance from ‘Murshed’, who can show the path of
eternity.
Dr. Naheed Parveen. (2013) سلطان باھو: شخصیت، فن ۽ فڪر, Kalachi, Volume 16, Issue 1.
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