| Shah Inayat Qadiri | |
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| شاہ عنایت قادری | |
_02.jpg) Manuscript containing an autograph of Shah Inayat Qadiri, dated to 1127 A.H. (circa 1715 C.E.) | |
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| Born | c. 1643 Kasur, Punjab, Mughal Empire (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Died | c. 1728 (aged 84 or 85) Lahore, Lahore Subah, Mughal Empire (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Resting place | Mozang Chungi, Lahore |
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| Religion | Islam |
| Philosophy | Sufism |
| Tariqa | Qadri Shattari |
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Shah Inayat Qadri (Punjabi: [ʃaːɦ ɪnaː'jət qaːdɾi]; c. 1643 – 1728) was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi scholar, saint and philosopher of the Qadri Shattari silsila (lineage). He mostly wrote his philosophical works in Persian. Shah Inayat Qadiri is famous as the spiritual guide of the universal Punjabi poets Bulleh Shah and Waris Shah.
Name
Baba is an honorific term used as a sign of respect. It is a term similar to "father" or "wise old man". Shah is another honorific referring to a king. Inayat is an Islamic first name. Qadiri and Shatari are Islamic surname for the members of the Qadiriyya and Shattariyya tariqahs, which are Sufi mystical order.
Life
Early life and education
Shah Inayat was born in Kasur in 1643 (circa), into a Muslim family belonging to the Arain tribe.
He was a Sufi scholar and activist associated with the Qadiri-Shattari silsila (lineage). Shah Inayat was the son of Mawlawi Pir Mohammad of Kasur, who was an Imam.
Shah Inayat and his disciples
He was the student of Shah Raza and teacher of Bulleh Shah and Waris Shah.
Persecution and migration
He used to work in Kasur, but because of the animosity of the city's ruler, Nawab Hussain Khan, he was forced to migrate to Lahore.
Work
Shah Inayat is remembered as a preacher, a religious scholar, a philosopher and a saint. A brief biographical note on him was published in 1984 in Lahore. Shah Inayat was a scholar of mysticism. He wrote mostly in Persian and Punjabi. His works include:
- Dasturul Amal
- Islahul Amal
- Lataif-e-Ghaibya
- Ishartul Taliban
See also
Notes
- Punjabi: شاہ عنایت قادری, also romanized as Enayat Shah
References
- ^ Mian Akhlaq Ahmad (1984). Tazkera Hazrat Shah Inayat Qadiri Shattari.
- ^ Ahmed, Ishtiaq (16 June 2023). Pre-Partition Punjab's Contribution to Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-90590-8.
- Platts, John T. (John Thompson). A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English. London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884.
- Yarshater, Ehsan Persia or Iran, Persian or Farsi Archived 2010-10-24 at the Wayback Machine, Iranian Studies, vol. XXII, no. 1 (1989)
- Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. "The Special Sufi Paths (Tariqas)". Muslim Communities of Grace: The Sufi Brotherhoods in Islamic Religious Life. New York: Columbia UP, 2007. 86–96.
- Shah, Idries (1999). The Sufis. Octagon Press. ISBN 0-86304-074-8. See Appendix II: The Rapidness. First published in 1964.
- Kumar, Raj (2008). Encyclopaedia Of Untouchables : Ancient Medieval And Modern. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-7835-664-8.
- Kumar, Raj (2008). Encyclopaedia Of Untouchables : Ancient Medieval And Modern. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-7835-664-8.
External links
- Dastur ul Amal on Google Books.
- Chopra R. M. (1999) Great Sufi Poets of the Punjab, Iran Society, Calcutta.