Sultan Bahu

Sultan Muhammad Bahu (17 January 1630– 1 March 1691) was a Sufi mystic, poet, and scholar active during the Mughal empire. He died in 1691 in Jhang, Punjab. Quotes Kashf ul Asrār The first (trapping) thing which occurs to a mystic is that he gains the power of unveiling and miracles. He becomes haughty and self conceited upon this power due to his Nafs. He gets temporary happiness but remains away from the Closeness and Union of Allah. Though it is a virtuous act according to the creature but for The Creator it is a great veil. Kashf ul Asrar: translated by Ambreen Moghees Sarwari Qadri. Poetry Were my whole body festooned with eyes, I would gaze at my Master with untiring zealO, how I wish that every pore of my body would turn into a million eyes— Then, as some closed to blink, others would open to see!But even then my thirst to see him Might remain unquenched. What else am I to do?To me, O Bahu, a glimpse of my Master Is worth millions of pilgrimages to the holy Kaaba Abyat-e-Bahu Stanza Then, in an ecstasy of love,you will repeat the Name of Hu constantly,devoting every breath of your lifein contemplation of him.Only when your soul mergesin the essence of the Lord,will you deserve the name Bahu. Raj Kumar: Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern, p. 187 See also Raj Kumar: Encyclopedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Kalpaz Publications, Delhi, India, 2008 Category:1630 births Category:1691 deaths Category:Religious leaders Category:Muslims Category:Muslim saints Category:Mystics Category:Persian literature Category:Sufi poets Category:Punjabi literature Category:Punjabi language Category:Punjabi-language poets Category:Persian-language poets