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Sayeen Faqeer Muhammad Shams Ali Qalandar ( ur, حضرت سا یں فقیر محمّد شمس علی قلندر) was a great
He was ordered to adopt Qalandari tariqa.
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
saint, Faqir Faqir may refer to:
People
* Fakir, Sufi Muslim ascetics
* Faqir (given name), Arabic masculine name
* Faqir (clan), Muslim ethnic group in South Asia
Places
* Faqir Mosque
Faqir Mosque ( bn, ফকির মসজিদ, ar, ) is an obl ...
and qalandar
Qalandar may refer to:
* Qalandariyya, a Sufi mystic order
* Qalandar (title), a title for Sufi saints
* Qalandar (clan), a Muslim community found in North India and Pakistan
* Qalandar (tribe), a Hazara tribe found in Afghanistan
Places in Ir ...
, he belonged to Silsilah
Silsila ( ar, سِلْسِلَة) is an Arabic word meaning ''chain'', ''link'', ''connection'' often used in various senses of lineage. In particular, it may be translated as "spiritual genealogy" where one Sufi Master transfers his ''khil ...
Owaisi Qadiriyya
The Qadiriyya (), also transliterated Qādirīyah, ''Qadri'', ''Qadriya'', ''Kadri'', ''Elkadri'', ''Elkadry'', ''Aladray'', ''Alkadrie'', ''Adray'', ''Kadray'', ''Kadiri'', ''Qadiri'', ''Quadri'' or ''Qadri'' are members of the Sunni Qadiri ta ...
Noshahi, from Punjab, Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. He preached Islamic teachings and enlightened the path of spirituality
The meaning of ''spirituality'' has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. Traditionally, spirituality referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape o ...
/Tasawuf
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
with his guidance for the people. (Should not be confused with Shams Tabrizi
Shams-i Tabrīzī ( fa, شمس تبریزی) or Shams al-Din Mohammad (1185–1248) was a Persian
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* Shafi'ite poet, who is credited as the spiritual instructor of Mewlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi and is ref ...
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Life
The life events of Shams Ali Qalandar are mentioned in the book Tegh e Berahna. He started education after 16 Years of age , he learntArabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
, Fiqh
''Fiqh'' (; ar, فقه ) is Islamic jurisprudence. Muhammad-> Companions-> Followers-> Fiqh.
The commands and prohibitions chosen by God were revealed through the agency of the Prophet in both the Quran and the Sunnah (words, deeds, and ...
, Farsi Nazm from Molvi Ahmad Buksh in Mahar Sharif.
After the completion he learnt Masnavi
The ''Masnavi'', or ''Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi'' ( fa, مثنوی معنوی), also written ''Mathnawi'', or ''Mathnavi'', is an extensive poem written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi. The ''Masnavi'' is one of the most ...
, Sharif, Tohfa-tul-Ahrar, Makhzan ol-Asrar
Makhzan ol-Asrar or Makhzan al-Asrar ( fa, مخزنالاسرار, The Treasury of Mysteries) is the title of a famous Mathnawi by the Persian people, Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209). Makhzan ol-Asrar is the first poem collection ...
, and Matlah-ul-unwar under the supervision of Khawaja Fazal Haq, he learnt Loa-e-Jami under Hafiz Abulhassan in tamiwala, during the same time he also learnt the basics of Tasawuf and Marifat e Illahi.
During this time several spiritual personalities including Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti
Chishtī Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Sijzī (1143–1236 Common Era, CE), known more commonly as Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishtī or Moinuddin Chishti, or by the epithet Gharib Nawaz (),Blain Auer, "Chishtī Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan", in: ''Encyclopaedia o ...
Chisti ajmeri, Maulana Hassan Tahir Hassan, Maulana Mashood saleem Farabi Baba Fareed
Farīd al-Dīn Masʿūd Ganj-i-Shakar ( ; – 7 May 1266) was a 13th-century Punjabi Sunni Muslim preacher and mystic, who was one of the most revered and distinguished Muslim mystics of the medieval period. He is known reverentially as Bā ...
ud-din Ganj. Shakar came in his dreams, once in his dream the 4th Caliph Ali
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam ...
ibn Abî Ṭâlib held his right hand and woke him up.
Later under the Guidance of his Murshad, Sutan Bahu Sial Noshahi, he progressed in the manazil of spirituality. He used to visit his Murshad two times every month by walking 40 KOS (1 kos = 2 miles) from his home and remained 8 years in service of his Murshad & reached one of the highest stations of spirituality.
He later moved to a small town, Dhuliana Sharif and spent several years living in a Hujra attached to a mosque, in the last years of his life he moved to Shamsabad (old name: Ram Parsad)
He was ordered to adopt Qalandari tariqa.
Sayings
"Who ever comes to our abode will never return empty handed"Work
''Tegh-e Berahana'' (Nangi Talwar) English for "The Naked Sword", was written by Shams Ali Qalandar and consists of Poetic Verses based onMarifat
Maʿrifa (Arabic: “interior knowledge”) is the mystical knowledge of God or the “higher realities” that is the ultimate goal of followers of Sufism. Sufi mystics came to maʿrifa by following a spiritual path that later Sufi thinkers categ ...
(after his death later editions were updated with his life events) Note: Should not be confused by another book written by Sultan Bahu
Sultan Bahu ( pa, , ਸੁਲਤਾਨ ਬਾਹੂ ; also spelled Bahoo; 17 January 1630 – 1 March 1691), was a 17th-century Punjabi Sufi mystic, poet, scholar and historian. He was active in the Punjab region (present-day Pakistan) duri ...
also named Tegh e Berahna.
Death
He died on Tuesday 6 September 1966, at the age of 93 in Dhuliana, Shamsabad,Depalpur Tehsil
Depalpur Tehsil ( ur, ), is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Okara District in the Punjab province of Pakistan, headquartered at the city of Depalpur.
Famous Families
Syed Bukhari (imam shah darbar tomb in shahi mosque complex), S ...
, Okara District
Okara District (Punjabi and ur, ), is a district of Punjab, Pakistan. It became a separate district in 1982, prior to that it was part of Sahiwal District.Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
.
His Darbar/Mausoleum
A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be consid ...
is also located in Dhuliana, Shamsabad.
Urs
TheUrs
Urs (from ''‘Urs'') or ''Urus'' (literal meaning wedding), is the death anniversary of a Sufi saint, usually held at the saint's dargah (shrine or tomb). In most Sufi orders such as Naqshbandiyyah, Suhrawardiyya, Chishtiyya, Qadiriyya, etc ...
is celebrated two times each year 1st :15 March, & 2nd : 6 September with zeal and zest, devotees & followers visit the Shrine in the form of Jamaat from different parts of the country, offer tributes and DUA Most of the people present garland and a green chadar with Quranic inscriptions.
Further reading
*Sufism
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...
References
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