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Punjabi Sufi saint (c. 1643–1728) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shah Inayat Qadri Shattari (Punjabi: شاہ عنایت قادری, also romanized as Enayat Shah; c. 1643 – 1728) was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi scholar, saint and philosopher of the Qadri Shattari silsila (lineage).[1] He mostly wrote his philosophical works in Persian.[2] Shah Inayat Qadiri is famous as the spiritual guide of the universal Punjabi poets Bulleh Shah and Waris Shah.[2]
Baba is an honorific term used as a sign of respect. It is a term similar to "father" or "wise old man".[3] Shah is another honorific referring to a king.[4] Inayat is an Islamic first name. Qadiri and Shatari are Islamic surname for the members of the Qadiriyya and Shattariyya tariqahs, which are Sufi mystical order.[5][6]
Shah Inayat was born in Kasur in 1643 (circa), into a Muslim family belonging to the Arain tribe.[1]
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.[7]
He was the student of Shah Raza and teacher of Bulleh Shah and Waris Shah.[citation needed]
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.[8]
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.[1] Shah Inayat was a scholar of mysticism. He wrote mostly in Persian and Punjabi. His works include:
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