Khawaja Shahudin

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Khawaja Pir Syed Muhammad Shahudin Gillani
Personal life
Born1867
Sialkot, Pakistan
Died1948
Sialkot
Resting placePakka Ghara
Children
  • Syed Mumtaz Ali shah Gillani
  • Syed Abdul Rasheed shah Gillani
  • Syed Altaf Ali shah Gillani
Era20th century
Region Rangpura ( Punab: Sialkot:)
Main interest(s) Sufi poetry, Muraqaba, Dhikr
Notable work(s)Punjabi translation of Persian and Arabic poetry
Religious life
Religion Islam
Creed Hanafi, Sufis
Muslim leader
Influenced by

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

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Literary works

During his life, Shahudin wrote three books of poetry. He also translated fifteen Arabic and Persian poetic works into Punjabi. [1] [2] [3] He read from the translated books of Aulia Ikram in the presence of Syed Asgar Ali. [1]

Bibliography

Poetry

  • Salat Ul Aarfeen [4]
  • Noha-e-Ushaaq
  • Maulood Sharif

Poetic translations

Shahudin produced the following translations: [1] [2] [3]

Personal life

Shahudin learned Fiqh, Hadith, and Tafsir at the age of thirteen.[ citation needed ] He told his teacher, Munshi Rukane AAlam, that "He was the scholar who practiced the knowledge." [1] He was five feet eight inches tall and had a thick beard. [1] He wore a turban, a tah band (an open cloth to cover the body below the navel), a 'camise', and a white cloth on his shoulder. [1]

Shortly after his marriage, Shahudin settled in Gujarat and opened a grocery store.[ citation needed ] Within a year or two, his father died, leaving him in debt. To repay the loans, he became a teacher at a school and worked at a paper mill after school. He had two sons. Six years later, his younger son, Muhammad Sharif, and his wife died.[ citation needed ]

His cousin, Syed Jamal ud Din, suggested that he find a spiritual mentor, and recommended Syed Asgar Ali Shah. The following Friday, both men visited Syed Asgar Ali, who accepted him as a disciple. [1] [2] [3] Shahudin claimed that once while intoxicated, he found that Allah "manifested himself in his heart". [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Boota, Sohail (2007). Tazkara Aulia. Sialkot: Shahudin Academy.
  2. 1 2 3 Maula, Bukhash (1988). Punjabi Shairan day Tazkray. Lahore: Aziz Publishers.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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.
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