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1 Biography of Hadrat Bu Ali Shah Qalander The mausoleum of Hadrat Bu Ali Shah Qalendar Translated by Mohammed Abdul Hafeez Hyderabad, India Email: [email protected] 2 Published by © MOHAMMED ABDUL HAFEEZ First Published 1439/2018 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher. 3 Contents 1.Preface.………,……………………………………………..4 2.Biography of Hadrat Bu Ali Shah Qalandar …….…..…....9 3.The poetry of Hadrat Bu Ali Shah Qalandar…….…………9 4.The journey of Sheikh Fakheruddin to Iraq……….….…...12 5.Education…………………………………………………..16 6.The pledge and devotion……………………….……..……26 7.The titles………………………………………………..…..31 8.The event of Sultan Balbon of Delhi Kingdom……………35 9.The Qalandaria way of life…………………………………..38 10.Throne of the caliphate………………………………..……54 11.The kings of time and Shah Bu Ali Qalandar……..………61 12.The contemporary personalities……………………...……74 13.The Destruction of Kaliyar……….………………………..97 14.Passing on and funeral…………………...……………...101 15.Biography of Hadrat Sheikh Jalauddin Kabir Auliya…….103 16.Shams of Auliya Hadrat Khaja Shamsuddin Turk…..….109 17.The contemporary personalities of Bu Ali Qaladar……..116 18.The teaching and preaching mission work of Islam……..120 4 Preface This is a very old book which is well known by the title of biography of Hadrat Bu Ali Shah Qalandar in the urdu language and translated by me from Urdu into the English language for the first time. In this book it is being presented the biography of Hadrat Hadrat Bo Ali Shah Qalandar and the Urdu version of the book which was published in the year 1933 by Ata Mohammed Ata and Habibullah Mazhar. So it was published 85 years ago. The manuscript of the Urdu book is checked and stamped by the Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh. And I have uploaded the Urdu manuscript on archive.org. This translation of the most ancient and celebrated Urdu book about Sufi’ism will, I hope, be found useful not only by the number of students familiar with the subject at first hand but also by many readers. 5 This is a small book in which there are advises and instructions, especially available for Taleb (student) and it refers to a person who is committed to a Murshid (spiritual master) in a Tariqa (spiritual way) of a Mureed is an ,( َسا ِلك :Sufism and it is also known as a Salik (Arabic initiate into the mystic philosophy of Sufism and all these details and sayings of the great Sufi Saint and Sufi master Hadrat Bu Ali Shah Qalandar are added in this book. And also in this book, there are some great achievements which are not yet known to the general, persons and other persons are published in a very interesting style so for this reason, the readers will find great interest and attention in this matter. From the above facts and details, if the readers will start reading this book’s first page and will not stop its reading till they will reach its last page as in this book some interesting events and as well as other great miracles and endeavors of holy saint are added and this holy saint to have passed away from the world some 8,00 years ago. Even though this is small book, but due to its importance it is so great due to coverage of so many interesting events and positive information in it so it is like an ocean of knowledge and information of the holy saint and who have passed away from the world upon doing his great endeavours and many hard tasks for the preaching and propagation work of Islam in the foreign land so this book is small one but it will present the ocean of knowledge and information for the guidance of people towards the right path of Islam. This book is edited and formatted as per the great book ‘Muslim saints and Mystics’ (Tadhkirtal Aliyah by Farid al-din Attar) which is very famous in the Western world among the English knowing persons. So, for this reason, there will be some small differences in it while 6 comparing with the Urdu books and its literature. The aim of this book is to present in the Western world where there are great search and demand of the books of Sufism and biographies of holy saints who lived and spent their entire lives for the preaching and propagation of Islamic religion in all corners of the world as per tradition and practice of Allah’s last prophet. To write about this great saint Hadrat Bu Ali Shah Qalandar is not only it is difficult and but it is very hard task as he was not only a great pious personality of his time in the Indian sub-continent but he was also a great personality who is well known for many of his great achievements and miracles so in brief he was Qutub (highest cadre in spiritual pivot at axis) of his time and who did many great endeavours for the preaching and propagation of Islam in the above areas with hopes of its expansion to other adjoining and distant territories and there was no such personality during his time. It is my great honour and pleasure to translate this book from Urdu to English, so I request the readers to read this book because in it there are many revelations of the secrets which are added in this book for which I shall be highly obliged to all of its readers in this matter. In the preface of the book ‘Tadhikra Awliya’ (Muslim Saints & Mystics), Attar mentions three books which he recommends for those ambitious to attain a full understanding of the pronouncements of the Sufis but in this book also there are many revelations of the secrets which are available for the students of the Tariqa (spiritual path) of Sufism. 7 The poetry of Hadrat Bu Ali Shah Qalandar The poetry is having the secrets of the Lord who is merciful. Also, these are like exegesis of the book of the holy Quran There will be found in it the shining of the sayings of Hadith It is a strange treasure of the secrets and great meanings in it In it, there will find mines which are full of hidden secrets It is light to eyes of persons who were successful in the way It is the constitution of perfect persons who left the world And also holy persons who followed rights of the path of God So who were faced much censures and oppression in the life. Hafeez is an old servant and the devotee of Bu Ali Qalandar He hopes his book of Bu Ali will be become world renowned May Allah increase his status and position in the both worlds So that his devotees will be getting his kind favours and love So Hafeez make sure the biography book be famous in world Like moon book will shine among stars in big sky of the Lord. Bu Ali is Sultan of the Panipat but his rule is all over the world 8 As he is fragrance of Ali who is beloved of the kind Prophet Until the day of judgment Bu Ali’s all miracles will continue Bu Ali’s status and position is like a shining sun in the world. 1.Biography of Hadrat Bu Ali Qalandar Name and patronymic name For writing our book of a biography of Hadrat Bu Ali (fragrance of Ali) Qalandar we have studied these books and in the following books, his complete life details are available. 1. ‘Akbar Akhyar’ 2. ‘Tadhkira al- Ghousia’ 3. ‘Tadhiral Auliya Hind’ 4. ‘Sair al-Aqtab’ 5. ‘Sharfal Munaqib’ We have evaluated all books of biographies of Shah Bu Ali Qalindar. But we have considered the high opinion of the author of the book ‘Sharaf Manuaqib’ which was written by Khaja Hameeduddin Arif of Panipat and accepted his opinion as it very reliable in all other books which were mentioned as above. Because he is among the sons of Hadrat Bu Ali Qalandar’s brother and his name is Hadrat Nizamuddin Iraqi. And also he was custodian of the mausoleum of Hadrat Bu Ali Qalandar. So, for this reason, the events and conditions which he has mentioned in his above book are deemed as reliable and authentic. Khaja Bu Ali Shah was a most popular holy person of his time. He has spent 119 years of his life under the shed of the sky and traveled many places and met a large number of the holy persons and he has to get favour from them and also done a favour to a large number of the people. He has seen rules of many kings by his eyes. So why there will 9 no be attraction and charm in his poetry. Yes, there is much attraction and magnetism are available there in his poetry. Hadrat Baba Qalandar belongs to the categories of such sacred persons and in whose dignity there are revelations in the tradition of the Prophet of Allah in which it is said that “Holy persons are not dead but they migrate.” Name and genealogy His holy name is Sharfauddin and his title is Bu Ali (fragrance of Hadrat Ali Murtuza) and which was given by Hadrat Ali Bin Ali Taleb (R.A.) and its explanation is available in the chapter of Zikar Bait and also there are some other his titles are there and its details which will be also added in Zikar Bait chapter in this book.
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