Baba Farid

Farīduddīn Masūd Ganjshakar (c. 4 April 1173 – 7 May 1266), commonly known as Bābā Farīd or Sheikh Farīd (also in Anglicised spelling Fareed, Fareed ud-Deen, Masood, etc.), was a 13th-century Punjabi Muslim mystic, poet and preacher. Revered by Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs alike, he remains one of the most revered Muslim mystics of South Asia during the Islamic Golden Age. Quotes Baba Sheikh Farid: Life And Teachings I fear not the passing of youth if theBeloved desert me not;Youth withers and loses bloom withoutthe sustenance of Love...Saith Farid: Sugar and candy, Sweetsand honey, rich milk–All these Lord, are sweet; but nothingto Try devotees so sweet as Thou. Baba Sheikh Farid: Life And Teachings, p. 11 Lord, give it not to me toSupplicate favours at another's door;Should such be Thy will,Take then life from this body. Quoted in Guru Granth Sahib, also quoted in Baba Sheikh Farid: Life And Teachings, p. 14 Farid, time was when these frail thighsscoured over desert and hill;Now, feeble with age even the prayer-juglooks as though lying miles away. Quoted in Guru Granth Sahib, also quoted in Baba Sheikh Farid: Life And Teachings, p. 18 I am all afireI am pain all over.I twist my hands in despair,For I find not my Love.Annoyed art Thou with me,But' tis my own fault,I perceived not the Truth of Thee;I have wasted away my youth,And now can only regret and repent.Rise, O Farid, do your ablutions,Say your morning prayers.The head that bows not to the LordShould be cut apart from the trunk. Baba Sheikh Farid: Life And Teachings, p. 50 No night passes when my sorrow-stricken heart does not bleed,No day I spend that does not completely divest me of honour,Never in my life did I drink a draught of water in peace,Which did not irrigate the dry earth through the channels of my eyes. Baba Sheikh Farid: Life And Teachings, p. 59 See also Guru Nanak Gurbachan Singh Talib Guru Granth Sahib External links Gurbachan Singh Talib: Baba Sheikh Farid: Life and Teachings, Baba Farid Memorial Society, New Delhi, India, November 1973 Category:1170s births Category:1260s deaths Category:Mystic poets Category:Punjabi-language poets Category:Sufi poets Category:Poets from Pakistan Category:Authors from Pakistan Category:Punjabi people Category:Persian-language writers Category:Indian Sunni Muslims Category:Muslims from India Category:Persian literature