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Khawaja Syed Shahudin Gillani (1867–1948) was a Sufi poet of Punjabi origin. He was a follower of the Sufi Order of Sarwari Qadiri and was a disciple of Syed Asghar Ali Shah of Artala Sharif, Sialkot.

Literary works

During his lifetime, Shahudin authored three poetry books, and translated fifteen Arabic and Persian poetic works into Punjabi. He used to read from the translated books of Aulia Ikram in the presence of Syed Asgar Ali.

Bibliography

Poetry

• Salat Ul Aarfeen
• Noha-e-Ushaaq
• Maulood Sharif

Poetic translations

Shahudin produced translations from the following:

• Ali
• Abdul Qadir Jilani
• Sultan Bahu
• Bu Ali Shah Qalandar
• Moinuddin Chishti
• Mahmud Shabistari
• Hafez Sherazi
• Masnavi Maulana Rumi
• Masnavi Bu Ali Shah Qalandar
• Masnavi Shams Tabrizi
• Manajat Siddiq-e-Akbar (Abu Bakr)
• Manajat Ali
• Manajat Khawaja Naqashband
• Masnavi Farid U Din Attar (Attar of Nishapur)
• Qaseeda Israr-e-Haq Ghulam Muhammad Siddiqui Qadri Lahori

Personal life

He learned Fiqh, Hadith and Tafsir at the age of thirteen. Once, he commented to his teacher, Munshi Rukane AAlam, that "He was the scholar who practiced the knowledge".

Shahudin was five feet eight inches tall and had a thick beard. He usually wore a turban, a tah band (an open cloth used to cover the body below the navel), camise, and a white cloth on his shoulder.

Shortly after marriage, Shahudin settled in Gujrat and opened a grocery store. Within a year or two, his father passed way, leaving him with inherited debts. To repay the loans, he took up a teaching position at a school and worked at a paper mill after school hours. During the winter, he welcomed two sons into his family. Tragically, six years later, his younger son, Muhammad Sharif, and his wife passed away.

His cousin, Syed Jamal ud Din, asked him to find a spiritual mentor. His cousin suggested the name of Syed Asghar Ali Shah. On the next Friday, both went to Syed Asgar Ali; Syed took him. He has claimed that once he was intoxicated, he found that Allah "manifested himself in his heart".

References

1. ^ Boota, Sohail (2007). Tazkara Aulia. Sialkot: Shahudin Academy.
2. ^ Maula, Bukhash (1988). Punjabi Shairan day Tazkray. Lahore: Aziz Publishers.
3. ^ Ali, Mumtaz (1982). Hazeena Tul Uns. Sialkot: Zam Zama.
4. Shahudin, Maulavi. Salat Ul Aarfeen. Kashmiri Bazaar Lahore: Malik Chananuddin.
5. Shahudain, Maulavi. Diwan-e-Hafez. Kashmiri Bazaar Lahore: Malik Chananuddin.

• Pakistani poets
• People from Sialkot District
• 1867 births
• 1948 deaths
• Pakistani Sufis