Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah (1878–1951) was a

Sufist 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, ...

scholar considered a Waliullah or Sufist saint. He graduated from

Aligarh University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a public central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College in 1875. Muhammadan Anglo-Orienta ...

in India. A member of the Chishti Order of Sufi, his work combined merits of

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scholarship and modern knowledge. He was a close associate of

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, and the

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, Muhammad Ali Johar and Shaukat Ali,

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, Muhammad Iqbal, Justice Shah Din,

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, Abdul Kalam Azad. He was the author of several books and articles in English, his masterpiece being ''Sirr-e-Dilbaran'', an alphabetical encyclopedia of Sufi terminology

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 ...

, now available in English. He died in 1951 on the 9th day of Zilhajj

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(the pilgrimage) in Makkah, and was buried in Arafat, the prayer ground of Hajj. He was a spiritual leader who backed the movement for Pakistan, and strongly supported the Quaid-e-Azam,

. He predicted the creation of Pakistan as early as 1938 through divine visions, and some of his predictions about the future are given in his books and discourses. He was a great lover of Muhammad and stated that the main purpose of Hajj is to visit him. In fact, before his final departure for Hajj from Karachi, he had told some of his disciples that if Muhammad gave him permission to stay, he will not come back. He was succeeded by four khulafa (caliphs/successors): Maulana Umar Bhai (Bombay);

Shah Shahidullah Faridi Shah Shahidullah Faridi (né John Gilbert Lennard) (1915–1978) was a British Muslim convert, born to a Christian family.''Islamic Sufism Unbound: Politics and Piety in Twenty-First Century Pakistan'' By Robert Rozehnal, pg.60 Life He embraced I ...

(Karachi, Pakistan, originally from the UK); Captain Wahid Baksh Rabbani (Bahawalpur, Pakistan), and Maulana Abdus Salam (India). His discourses were compiled by his khalifas

and

Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani Captain Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani (1910 – April 21, 1995) was a Pakistani saint in the Chishti (Sabri branch) order of Sufis. He was initiated into the Chishtiyya Spiritual Order in 1940 by Maulana Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah (1878-1951). He remained ...

under the title "''Tarbiyyat-ul-Ushaq''" (Training of the Lovers) and published in English and Urdu.

References

*"The Author's Spiritual Guide" in ''Islamic Sufism'' by Captain Wahid Baksh Rabbani, 1995, Justice Akbar Academy, Pakistan. *"Shajra Tayyiba" by Alhajj Shah Shahidullah Faridi, including the Wird of the Chishti Sabri order. Privately printed in 1986.

External links

Some books by Maulana Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah:
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