Sultan Bahu

Sultan Muhammad Bahu (17 January 1630– 1 March 1691) was a Sufi mystic, poet, and scholar active during the Mughal empire. He died in 1691 in Jhang, Punjab.

Quotes

Kashf ul Asrār

• The first (trapping) thing which occurs to a mystic is that he gains the power of unveiling and miracles. He becomes haughty and self conceited upon this power due to his Nafs. He gets temporary happiness but remains away from the Closeness and Union of Allah. Though it is a virtuous act according to the creature but for The Creator it is a great veil.
  • Kashf ul Asrar: translated by Ambreen Moghees Sarwari Qadri.

Poetry

• Were my whole body festooned with eyes, I would gaze at my Master with untiring zeal
  O, how I wish that every pore of my body would turn into a million eyes— Then, as some closed to blink, others would open to see!
  But even then my thirst to see him Might remain unquenched. What else am I to do?
  To me, O Bahu, a glimpse of my Master Is worth millions of pilgrimages to the holy Kaaba
  • Abyat-e-Bahu

Stanza

• Then, in an ecstasy of love,
  you will repeat the Name of Hu constantly,
  devoting every breath of your life
  in contemplation of him.
  Only when your soul merges
  in the essence of the Lord,will you deserve the name Bahu.
  • Raj Kumar: Encyclopaedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern, p. 187

See also

• Raj Kumar: Encyclopedia of Untouchables Ancient, Medieval and Modern, Kalpaz Publications, Delhi, India, 2008