Sachal Sarmast

200px|thumb|Who are you, who am I, I'm manifest in the sameOn our heads we secured, a chaplet in a frame.) Sachal Sarmast (1739 – 11 April 1827) (Sindhi: سچلُ سرمستُ‎, Urdu: سچل سرمست‎), born Abdul Wahab Farooqi (Urdu: عبد الوہاب فاروقی‎) was a Sufi poet from Sindh in modern-day Pakistan. He was a great saint, a mystic poet, a philosopher and one of the towering personalities produced by Sindh (modern day in Pakistan). He was known by his nicknames "Sachal" or "Sachoo". In Sindhi, means trustful where as Sarmast means mystic in Sindhi and the literally meaning of Sachal Sarmast in Urdu is "trustful mystic". He is also known as Shair-e-Haft Zaban, means The Poet of Seven languages, He addresses the wider audience in the following seven languages, Urdu, Sindhi, Balochi, Punjabi, Persian, Arabic and Saraiki. Quotes Poetry Light makes me restive sweet Lord, restive am I for lightNeither a talker, nor a seeker, nor am I argumentiteLight makes me restuve sweet Lord, restive am I for lightNeither earthy, nor the wind, neither water nor as fire igniteLight makes me restive sweet Lord, restive am I for lightNeither from jinns, nor from humans, neither mother nor father reconditeLight makes me restive sweet Lord, restive am I for lightNeither Sunni, nor Shia, neither sinner nor recompensiteLight makes me restive sweet Lord, restive am I for lightNeither law-abider nor abstemious, nor given to physical delightLight makes me restive sweet Lord, restive am I for lightNeither a scholar nor a judge, nor rowdy drink's acolyteLight makes me restive sweet Lord, restive am I for lightWhich substance of School do you look for? he's with you and in flightLight makes me restive sweet Lord, restive am I for light. Sachal Sarmast within reach, p. 27 Couplet Who are you, who am I, I'm manifest in the sameOn our heads we secured, a chaplet in a frame. Sachal Sarmast within reach, p. 67 My thoughts are not to eminence inclined, nor I ask to be the masterNeither then prelates, elders we became, nor then my name's AstrologerNeither Indian, Sindhi, Arab, nor to being a Negro or Turk averSachal nowhere is anyone present, within nothingness we occur. Sachal Sarmast within reach, p. 99 Doha All this is strolling of the sea, neither any shore nor dinghyInto the waters of onenessWahdat al-wujud: which means "oneness of being" or "unity of existence," is a controversial expression closely associated with the name of Ibn Arabi, even though he did not employ it in his writings. It seems to have been ascribed to him for the first time in the polemics of Ibn Taymiyyah. , flying away this very entityCease the moment forget all else, all that bygone historyThe future and past abandon, Sachal ask for frenzy. Sachal Sarmast within reach, p. 46 See also Ibn Arabi Ibn Taymiyyah External links Muzaffar A. Ghaffar: Sachal Sarmast within Reach, Lahore, 2007 Footnotes Category:1739 births Category:1827 deaths Category:Muslims from Pakistan Category:Sufi poets Category:Arabic poets Category:Persian-language poets Category:Punjabi-language poets Category:Sindhi-language poets Category:Poets from Sindh Category:People from Khairpur District Category:Philosophers from India Category:18th-century Indian philosophers Category:18th-century Indian scholars Category:19th-century Indian philosophers