This piece of research discusses about kafi's and languagead culture by Shah Hussain, the second classicical poet of sufi order.This article deals with the connotation and definition of kafi with its literary background and the atomosphere in which it is flourished. Kafi is a prominent genre of Punjabi literature and is very rich in that speaks of love and spirituality. The finding of this research tells about linguistically Punjabi Idioms, symbols, Similes, rhymes of Shah Hussain used in his poetry. Symbolism is a special part of Shah Hussain .Kafi ,Which makes his words deeper. He has used many symbols in his poetry.

* Oriental College, University of Punjab, Lahore.

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