Khoj, Institute of Punjabi and Cultural Studies, PU - Lahore

کھوج

Institute of Punjabi & Cultural Studies, Punjab University, Lahore
ISSN (print): 1992-6545
ISSN (online): 1992-6545
Abstract

Sultan ul Aarefeen, Hazrat Sultan Bahoo was born in a most fertile region of Shorkot Jhang. He was a born saint and mystic. His ancestors came to this region through the gate way of Baluchistan, migrating after the most tragic incident of Karbala. After wards, he made Shorkot his permanent abode. His period falls within the reign of Great Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir. He was a complete mystic, a source of awareness, knowledge and a servant to the creation of God who illuminated this region with the light of Islam. 

How strange is it that he is famous as a "Sufi" poet of Punjabi but a greater part of his creative written work and poetry is in Persian language. The Critics has declared that he wrote almost 140 books out of which almost 30 are preserved today and are available and all of them are in Persian. These rare and unique books and manuscripts of Sultan Bahoo have a great place in Persian literature regarding mysticism, Sufiism and elaboration of Islamic concepts.

In his various remarkable writings, Hazrat Sultan Bahoo (RA) has discussed numerous topics on the subject vis-à-vis Identification and Recognition of Murshad;Majlis e Mohammadi, Takzeeb e Dunia, Ishq e Haqeeqi, philosphi of Wahdat alwajood and wahdat al Shahood, Qurb e Ilahi ; and many more.

In this article, an effort has been made to highlight the thoughts of Hazrat Sultan Bahoo(RA) in his Persian Books regarding the place and position in Persian Literature and  his followers in the line of mystic travelogue.

 

 

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Type: Article
Volume: 40
Issue: 2
Language: eng
Id: 647985906a182
Pages 23 - 39
Discipline: Z
Published May 29, 2023

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