Shah Inayat Qadiri

Baba Shah Inayat Qadiri Shatari (Punjabi: شاه عنایت قادري , also called Enayat Shah (1643–1728) was a Sufi scholar and saint of the Qadiri-Shatari silsila (lineage). Shah Inayat Qadiri is famous as the spiritual guide of the universal Punjabi poets Bulleh Shah and Waris Shah.[1][2]

Name

Baba is an honorific term used as a sign of respect to Sufi saints. It is a term similar to "father" or "wise old man". Shah is another honorific referring to a king. Inayat is an Islamic male first name. Qadiri is an Islamic surname. Shatari or Shattari refers to a tariqah, a Sufi mystical order.

Background

Shah Inayat was born in an Arain house.[2] He was a Sufi scholar and activist associated with the Qadiri-Shattari silsila (lineage). Shah Inayat was the son of Mawlawi Pir Mohammad of Kasur, who was an Imam.

He was the student of Shah Raza and teacher of Bulleh Shah.[3] He was a gardener or farmer by profession.[3]

He used to work in Kasur, but because of the animosity of the city's ruler, Nawab Hussain Khan, he was forced to migrate to Lahore.[3]

Work

Shah Inayat is remembered as a preacher, a religious scholar, a philosopher and a saint. A brief biographical note on him was published in 1984 in Lahore.[2] Shah Inayat was a scholar of mysticism. He wrote mostly in Persian. His works include:

  • Dasturul Amal
  • Islahul Amal
  • Lataif-e-Ghaibya, and
  • Ishartul Taliban

See also

References
  1. Ahmed, Ishtiaq (16 June 2023). Pre-Partition Punjab's Contribution to Indian Cinema. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-90590-8.
  2. Mian Akhlaq Ahmad (1984). Tazkera Hazrat Shah Inayat Qadiri Shattari.
  3. Kumar, Raj (2008). Encyclopaedia Of Untouchables : Ancient Medieval And Modern. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-7835-664-8.
  • Dastur ul Amal on Google Books.
  • Chopra R. M. (1999) Great Sufi Poets of the Punjab, Iran Society, Calcutta.
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