28th Shaikh of Sarwari Qadri Order, Shahbaz-e-Arifaan Sultan Pir Sayyid Mohammad Bahadur Ali Shah Kazmi al-Mashhadi wrote poetry in honour of Sultan Bahoo from Alif الف (first letter of Arabic alphabet) to yey ی (last letter of Arabic alphabet). There are thirty stanzas in this poetry. This article contains explanation of these verses.
الف
:الف
آستاں سلطانؒ ہے بابِ امان یا مطلق ہے کوہِ طور پیارے
آکھ رَبِّ اَرِنِیْ سُن سَوْفَ تَرَانِیْ یا صفت جمال اے نور پیارے
ہوا و ہوس ہے دُھوڑ بھائی ، جاروب دِلا ضرور پیارے
لسم دا قسم سلطان بہادر شاہؒ ، تاں نور ویکھیں مستور پیارے
Explanation: The shrine of Sultan Bahoo is like Kitab al-Iman and Mount Sinai. If someone cries out with a pure heart ربِّ اَرِنِی (meaning: O Lord! show me your glory) at his shrine, he takes him to the level of سوَفَ تَرَانِی (meaning: You will see me soon) because his essence is manifestation of the Divine light. However, to get this blessing the seeker must sanctify his heart from worldly wishes, lust and greed. Then he will observe the beneficence of Sultan Bahoo which will reveal the concealed Divine light within himself.
:الف
اﷲ نوں اپنا کر لئیسیں ، سخی سلطانؒ تینوں جے منظور کیتا
ایہہ نور محمدیؐ ہَئی نور اﷲ ، جس نور باھوؒ ظہور کیتا
اسم پاک باھوؒ اَللّٰہ ھُوْ یَاھُو ، ذکر پاک محمدؐ نور کیتا
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ جس پکایا ورد باھوؒ اس نوں نور خدا ضرور کیتا
Explanation: If someone is accepted in the company of Sultan Bahoo then he blesses them with Divine closeness and vision. In truth, Mohammadan Light is Divine light which has now manifested in Sultan Bahoo. His name ‘Bahoo’ has become absolute Divine light because of Eternal contemplation of Ism-e-Allah Zaat and Ism-e-Mohammad. The name ‘Bahoo’ contains ‘Hoo’ just as the being of Sultan Bahoo contains the light of Hoo. He then addresses himself: O’ Pir Bahadur Shah whoever invokes the sacred name ‘Bahoo’, Allah certainly converts his being into Divine light.
ب-ت
:ب
بس اللہ ماسویٰ ہوس ، چھک لے “لَاۤ” تلوار پیارے
اِلَّااللّٰہ دی باقی ہک میان ، جیہڑا ہے مظہر انوار پیارے
سلطانؒ سخی بدی ذات دَسّے تینوں، کھول سارے اسرار پیارے
ہادی صفت سلطان بہادر شاہؒ، جینوں ویکھیں اُولِی الَابصار پیارے
Explanation: O beloved seeker! Take the sword of “nothing other than Allah” and eliminate all desires other than Allah. When you do this, the Divine Essence will reveal in your inward. Only through Sultan Bahoo’s essence will all Divine secrets be revealed upon you. Pir Bahadur Shah grants everyone with Sultan Bahoo’s guidance. Hence, all people of insight look up to him.
:ت
تصور اصل یاھُو ہے ، باھُو مشہور مشہود میاں
اسماۤ حسنیٰ نوں ویکھ بھائی، اوہ ہادی اسم موجود میاں
مسجود عشاق لائک دا ، حق باھُو معبود میاں
اس دے منکر نوں شیطان جانیں، یا مرود مطرود میاں
Explanation: The true invocation and contemplation that exalts one with Divine gnosis and vision is that of Ya-Hoo. Indeed Sultan Bahoo blesses seekers with this invocation and contemplation. No one before him had the name Bahoo. His name was chosen by Allah. He says “Bahoo’s mother named him Bahoo because Bahoo is always with Hoo”. In the physical world as well as the spiritual world, people know him as Bahoo. He is the exact manifestation of Hoo. Sultan Bahoo is the perfect spiritual guide. He takes the seeker (present and seeing) to Allah’s court. Angels and seekers prostrate in his reverence and honor. And if anyone denies his high status, he is Satan or rejected and outcast.
ث-ج
:ث
ثابت سمجھ تامل نہ کر ، جد اُسجُدُوا دا فرمان ہویا
اعامل ملائک کُل رہے ، نافرمان شیطان ہویا
خَشم دی چشم نوں طین لیا ، وَنَفَختُ توں نادان ہویا
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ پناہ اس علم کولوں، از دست سب نقصان ہویا
Explanation: Pir Bahadur Shah advises seekers of Allah to be fully aware of this truth and do not have doubts. As when Allah ordered angels to prostrate to Adam, all angels obeyed the order. However, Satan refused out of selfishness and anger, he considered Adam to be a piece of clay. He remained ignorant and unwise of the truth behind “Breathe My (Divine) spirit” (15:29). Sultan Bahadur Shah then prayed for refuge from knowledge that leads to pride and arrogance and leads to sin.
:ج
جُہل تے علم فرق ایہو، فرمان تے عمل ایمان جانیں
سلطانؒ نوں عادم زمان سمجھ، اس دے منکر نوں شیطان جانیں
مزار نہیں انوار ویکھیں ، ایمان تے ادیان جانیں
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ آستاں توں چا نہیں سر، رَدِّ بلا جہاں جانیں
Explanation: The difference between an ignorant and a knowledgeable person is that the former considers Satanic attributes, physical orders and actions to be faith but is unaware of the truth. The latter considers Sultan Bahoo to be the Universal Divine Man and considers whoever denies this reality to be Satan. Do not think of his shrine as a mere structure of bricks and stones. Instead, see the Divine light sprouting from it with your inner sight and consider it religion and faith. Finally, Pir Bahadur Shah addresses himself: Sultan Bahadur Shah do not lift your head from his shrine, think of him as the remover of all evils in this world and the hereafter.
ح-خ
:ح
حق باھوؒ تحقیق ہویا ، اس ماسویٰ ہوس پیارے
اس راہ تو جو گمراہ کرے، لاحول پڑھیاں ونجے نس پیارے
اس نوں جان تے سن تے ویکھ بھائی، کر غیر توں قطعاً بس پیارے
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ دوا امراض دا ہے، ایہہ نام سوہنے دا دَس پیارے
Explanation: O dear seeker of Allah! Sultan Bahoo’s path is the path of truth. Any path other than his, is lust. If any person with Satanic attributes misleads you from following this path, recite لَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّٰه (lā ḥawla wa lā quwwata illā billāh) (Meaning: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.) so that it flees. My dear brother! Understand, listen and see with insight Sultan Bahoo’s reality. Separate from every path that is not his. Sultan Bahadur Shah gives seekers of Allah the incantation of Sultan Bahoo’s name as cure for inward diseases.
:خ
خدا دا لقا چاہیں ، سلطانؒ دا در بَہو مل پیار ے
لَبَّیکَ عَبدِی صدا آوے ، اس صدا تے ہل چل پیارے
وَاذکُر رَّبَّکَ اِذَانَسیتَ ، تینوں اپنی رہے نہ کَل پیارے
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ ہو ہادی سلطانؒ سوہناں، ہر دم سدے وَل وَل پیارے
Explanation: If you want to attain Divine vision, stay connected to Sultan Bahoo’s court forever. The sound of لَبَّیکَ عَبدِی (O my servant, I am here) comes from his court. Make this sound your strength and follow the path of Faqr. O dear seeker of Allah! Invoke Allah such that you become unaware of yourself. O Sultan Bahadur Shah! Sultan Bahoo is a leader that calls seekers of Allah with a voice of guidance.
د-ذ
:د
دنیا متاعِ غرور بھائی ، ہو دور سلطان پسند کرے
پسند کرے اِلٰہ تلوار چھک ماسویٰ تے، اثبات لا
محل شریف نوں عرش سمجھ ، وسواس نہ تینوں بند کرے
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ اس رمز نوں کون جانے، بادشاہ جینوں خورسند کرے
Explanation: Worldly love creates ego and arrogance. The Universal Divine Man likes those who gets rid of them. Those who deny everything other than Allah with the sword of “nothing other than Allah” and completely trust in Allah are the favored ones. Consider Sultan Bahoo’s shrine to be his throne. May no dangers or evil whispers keep you away from it. Sultan Bahadur Shah! Sultan Bahoo blesses with his kindness those whom he pleases.
:ذ
ذکر تصور حق باھوؒ دے، حق یاھوُ اظہار کیتا
ہا اسم معظم برزخ جامع، کشف تمام اسرار کیتا
کلام اکرام حضور انور دی، سینہ پرُ انوار کیتا
حق یقین سلطان بہادر شاہؒ جد ہویا، حق نروار کیتا
Explanation: The invocation and contemplation granted by Sultan Bahoo manifest the Divine Essence. Sultan Bahoo is the bridge that takes to the Essence and reveals all Divine secrets. His enlightening teachings and poetry have filled hearts with light. Sultan Bahadur Shah attained this level of truth of certainty when Allah blessed him.
ر-ز
:ر
راز تے رمز انوکھڑی ہے، نابینا کلُ جہان میاں
ہے باھوُ یاھوُ تحقیقاً ، چا علم کیتے نادان میاں
اَلْعِلْمُ حِجَابُ اْلَاکْبَرْ ، طین ڈِٹھا شیطان میاں
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ یقین دین بھائی، ربّ بخشے ایہہ سامان میاں
Explanation: How strange is this secret that Bahoo is actually YaHoo. But people without insight are unaware of this secret. Actually, worldly knowledge has blindfolded them with ignorance. Because knowledge is the biggest veil in the path of Divine gnosis. Just like when Allah ordered to prostrate before Adam and Satan took pride on his knowledge and was arrogant so he took Adam for just a statue of clay. Sultan Bahadur Shah! Belief is first in faith. And only Allah can bestow this blessing.
:ز
زاری کر ہر آن میاں ، سلطانؒ دا چم آستان پیارے
ہو دربان ہر زمان میاں، شیطان توں منگ امان پیارے
جد ایہہ تصور ہویا، ہوسن کلُ اعیان عیان پیارے
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ طوفان ہے غیر اس دا، ایہہ کشتی نوح ؑ امان پیارے
Explanation: Come and kiss the shrine of Sultan Bahoo and beg to become his slave. Then ,seek refuge from the accursed Satan. When you succeed, the Divine secrets will open upon you. The shrine of Sultan Bahadur Shah is like Noah’s ark. There is safety in being attached to him, and distance from him is a whirlwind and storm of difficulties.
س-ش
:س
عجائب نور ظہور ہویا خَلِیْفَۃُ الرَّحْمٰن، سلطان
مجتبیٰ ثانی تے لقب احمدؐ توں، ہدایت وچ منظور ہویا
پاک پا لباس عبودیت دا ، خود یاھوُ مستور ہویا
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ پچھاتا جیں، او رموز و نور ضرور ہویا
Explanation: Sultan Bahoo is the khalifah of Allah and the manifestation of the wonders of the Divine light. The Holy Prophet bestowed him with guidance and the titles of Mustafa Sani and Mujtaba Akhir Zamani (Mustafa the second and Mujtaba of the last era). The Divine Essence hid Itself in Sultan Bahoo’s body. Sultan Bahadur Shah! One who understands this secret himself becomes the Divine light and secret.
:ش
شیطان دا کیا مقدور بھائی، سلطانؒ دے نام تے وار کرے
ایہہ نام اکرام دیوے جس جاہ نوں، رحمتِ حق ادوار کرے
ظلمات وہمات و نجن نفسانی ، داخل وچ ابرار کرے
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ نصیب ہے بے نصیباں، لطفوں سد پیار کرے
Explanation: Satan is not powerful enough to attack someone who is spiritually attached to Sultan Bahoo. Because blessings constantly shower on whoever Sultan Bahoo bestows with physical and spiritual rank. Furthermore, he eliminates selfishness, arrogance, and darkness and enters the seekers in the ranks of the Saints. He blesses those whom he allows to visit his court, and brightens the fortunes of those unfortunate ones.
ص-ض
:ص
صبر فرمائے سلطانؒ سوہنا، پڑھ آیت نال قران بیلی
وَ اصْبِرْ نَفْسَکَ مَعَ الَّذِیْنَ، اہلِ اللہ دی شان بیلی
دَسَّے راہ کرُاہ تو منع کرے، جو مرید ہوئے باایمان بیلی
دم دم دے نال سلطان بہادر شاہؒ، رکھے طالب دا دھیان بیلی
Explanation: My dear friend! Sultan Bahoo bestows his disciples with the wealth of patience and faith. This is the glory of the people of Allah, because Allah Himself says: “(O My servant!) Stay tenaciously in the companionship of those who remember their Lord morning and evening” (18:28). Sultan Bahoo protects his followers from ignorance, guides them to the straight path, and blesses them with the wealth of faith. He looks at his disciples with kindness at all times.
:ض
ضرور ہے نور حقیقت دا ، جس سمجھ لیا مقبول ہویا
بے سمجھاں نوں علم گمراہ کیتا، اَلْعِلْمُ حِجَاب فضول ہویا
موقوف سبھے گلاں فضل اُتے، معروف حصول وصول ہویا
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ امین یقین کیتا، اَتے خائن کلُ مجہول ہویا
Explanation: The truth is that Sultan Bahoo is a manifestation of Divine light. Allah accepts those who realize this truth. And those who do not, are ignorant and oblivious. Their knowledge is their veil and cause of ignorance. Attaining and receiving Divine gnosis is all dependent on the grace of Allah. The soul is Allah’s trust. Those who protect their soul gain the wealth of trust. And those who betray Allah’s trust remains completely ignorant.
ط-ظ
:ط
طلب تینوں حق پاک دی ہے، اکھیں پا سلطانؒ دی خاک بھائی
انوار اسرار اظہار ہوون، ابصار ویکھن اللہ پاک بھائی
کنہہ کن ہووے مکشوف میاں، کناں نال سنیں لولاک بھائی
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ یقین بصارت ہے، نابینا بے ادراک بھائی
Explanation: Pir Bahadur Shah advises seekers of Allah in this stanza to become a slave in Sultan Bahoo’s court. Divine light and Divine secrets will reveal to you through him and you will gain Divine vision. When this happens, you will hear لَولَاکَ لَمَا خَلَقتُ الَافلَاکَ (Meaning: If the Holy Prophet did not exist, I would not create the universe). Only people of spiritual insight get the wealth of trust. Those without spiritual insight are foolish and unwise.
:ظ
ظاہر باطن اوّل آخر ، ہکو نور ظہور ہویا
مفسر کنہہ حقائق کلی ، حق باھوؒ مشہور ہویا
ہو یاھوُ ہادی باھوؒ، وچ بشریت مستور ہویا
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ حقیقت وچ ہا خود، ناظر منظور ہویا
Explanation: Physical and spiritual, beginning and end, everything manifested in one essence and that essence is Sultan Bahoo’s. He is an exegesis of all Divine secrets and truths. This is why he is famous as “Haq Bahoo” (Meaning: Bahoo the truth). The Divine Essence hid itself in the physical form of Sultan Bahoo. “YaHoo” (Meaning: The Essence) revealed itself in Bahoo. But truly, Allah is in everything.
ع-غ
:ع
عشق دا مکتب کھولیا ہے ، سلطانؒ سوہنے عالیشان سائیں
داخل مکتب ہوون ، جانن یکساں سود زیان سائیں
دَسّے الف وکھائے ہک ، صحیح استاد ہے اہلِ عرفان سائیں
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ مدارج طے ہوون، ہک آن تے ہک زمان سائیں
Explanation: Sultan Bahoo is glorious. His court is like a school for lovers of Allah. Whoever enters his court learns that benefit and loss is the same for people attached to Sultan Bahoo. Meaning that the reality of gain and loss is revealed upon them. So, they neither feel happiness from gain nor sadness from loss because they focus on the Divine Essence. Sultan Bahoo is the perfect spiritual guide and ‘the Mystic immortal with Allah (Arif Billah عارف باللّٰہ)’. He blesses his disciples with Divine vision through Ism-e-Allah Zaat. His spiritual sight makes disciples pass all spiritual ranks in a single moment.
:غ
غیب ویکھے لاریب میاں ، جیہڑا خاص مرید سلطانؒ ہووے
جیندی اکھ ہے صدق یقین بھائی ، او ناظر نور فیضان ہووے
غبار تے دھوں اندھار ویکھے ، جینوں شک یا بے ایمان ہووے
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ رفیق سلطانؒ جیندا، اس توں دور خناس شیطان ہووے
Explanation: One who becomes Sultan Bahoo’s special disciple sees the hidden, in which there is no doubt. My dear brother! He whose eye is firm with truth and certainty and sees this light of grace. The eyes of one who is faithless and doubtful are darkened by the dirt of the self. Satan and devils stay away from Sultan Bahoo’s friends.
ف-ق
:ف
فکر تصور دائم عقل ، سلطانؒ دا کر آن پیارے
ہر دم آستان دھیان جینوں ، او با ایمان امان پیارے
بادشاہ نگاہ ہر وقت کرے ، ہو نال خیال دھیان پیارے
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ تعلق غیر دا چھڈ، کر ورد سلطانؒ سلطانؒ پیارے
Explanation: Dear Seeker! Keep His holy shrine in your thoughts and imagination at all times. He who becomes firm in this concept comes under the protection of Sultan Bahoo and remains faithful. The king’s (Meaning: Sultan Bahoo) favor rests on the one who always keeps his beloved in mind. Pir Bahadur Shah addresses himself: O Sultan Bahadur Shah! Leave everything other than Allah and chant Sultan Sultan.
:ق
قامت حضور ہے برزخ جامع، وچ ازل الازال میاں
اسمآء صفات نوں فیض دیوے، مسمیّٰ ذوالافضال میاں
پاک ادراک حقیقت پائی ، باھوؒ باکمال میاں
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ نہ پہنچے ہرگز، ناقص نفس خیال میاں
Explanation: Sultan Bahoo’s essence was Barzakh (Comprehensive Medium) even before pre-existence. Those with pure intellect understand the truth of how perfect a spiritual guide Sultan Bahoo is, but even the illusions and assumptions of those with a sick and imperfect intellect cannot reach this truth.
ک-ل
:ک
کرم ہویا اللہ پاک دا جی ، جینوں نصیب در سلطانؒ ہویا
ایہہ دوا امراضاں ساریاں دا، اتے خاص طبیب رُوحان ہویا
فیض فضل بقا باللہ دا ، حق باھوؒ حبیب رحمان ہویا
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ مشاہدہ انوار اللہ ہے حق باھوؒ، ایہہ عجیب عرفان ہویا
Explanation: Whoever Allah bestows with His grace and mercy is granted the honor of entering Sultan Bahoo’s court. Sultan Bahoo is a spiritual doctor who fixes all spiritual diseases. He is ‘the Mystic immortal with Allah (Arif Billah عارف باللّٰہ)’ and Allah’s beloved. Sultan Bahoo blesses everyone special or not with his grace. Pir Bahadur Shah got this unique intuitive gnosis that Sultan Bahoo is a medium to observing Divine light.
:ل
لکھ لے تختی دل اُتے ، ایہو نام سخی سلطانؒ دا جی
نفی اثبات نور و نور ہوسی، کر ذکر دم دم سبحان دا جی
تصور اسم اللہ ذکر پاس انفاس، اندھیرا دور ہووے بے جان دا جی
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ ذکر انوار چمکن، کر ورد باھوُ سلطانؒ دا جی
Explanation: O seeker of Allah! Write Sultan Bahoo’s name on your heart and, continuously invoke Allah the most Gracious and reject everything other than Him from your heart so that only Divine light is left. Invoke and contemplate the Ism-e-Allah Zaat, it removes darkness from dead inwards. O Sultan Bahadur Shah! Chant Sultan Bahoo’s name in your heart so that invocation and light may shine in the heart.
:ل
لا نفی کر ماسویٰ ، اثبات رہے باھوؒ حق بیلی
تصور ذکر اسم باھوؒ ، جد دل تے جاوے پک بیلی
نور انوار ظہور ہووے ، تداں دور ہووے وہمی شک بیلی
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ رمز ہے خاص ایہا، خود نور ویکھیں باھوؒ حق بیلی
Explanation: My dear friend, remove everything other than Allah from your heart with the sword of ‘لا’ (Meaning: nothing other than Allah) so that the essence of Bahoo the truth may reveal itself. When you become firm in invocation and contemplation of Sultan Bahoo’s name, Divine secrets will appear within you and doubts will dispel. Sultan bahadur Shah the truth is that Sultan Bahoo stays true and observes the Divine light.
م-ن
:م
محرم ہو اسم باھوؒ دا ، نال صدق یقین بھائی
چمُ آستان سلطانؒ ہر آن میاں ، تاں ہوسی حق یقین بھائی
ولی کامل مکمل اکمل نور اللہ ، جانے سچ تے پک امین بھائی
سلطان بہادرشاہؒ ہے ہرجا موجود باھوؒ،چھڈ شک ہے ایہہ پک دین بھائی
Explanation: O dear brother! Gain awareness of the truth of Sultan Bahoo’s name with sincerity and certainty. Then, whenever you come to his court and kiss his tomb with devotion and love, you will attain the status of true certainty. Sultan Bahoo is a perfect and complete Saint of Allah. He is manifestation of Divine light and holder of the Divine trust and so he is present everywhere and sees everything. Do not doubt this truth because this is true religion.
:ن
نفس شیطان نابود ہووے ، جیندا حق باھوؒ معبود میاں
اللّٰہُ ھُو باھوؒ موجود میاں کر فکر تصور ذکر یَاھُو،
نور انوارِ محمدیؐ دا ، مشہور باھوؒ مشہود میاں
سلطان بہادر شاہؒ ملائک عشاق دا جی، حق باھوؒ مسجود میاں
Explanation: Those who recognize Sultan Bahoo as the expression of Allah get rid of Satan and the self. Think and reflect, invoke and contemplate Ism-e-Allah Zaat. This will reveal to you the truth that Bahoo is everywhere. He is famous for observing the light of the Holy Prophet. Angels prostrate before him to show love and loyalty.
و-ہ-ی
:و
ونج نہیں بوہے غیر اُتے، سلطانؒ دا در بہو مل پیارے
ایہہ بابِ جنان رضوان بھائی، کرَسی مشکلاں سب حل پیارے
نور وچ ہوویں جد فانی فی اللہ، تینوں اپنی رہے نہ کل پیارے
وَاذْکُرْ رَّبَّکَ اِذَا نَسِیْتَ سلطان بہادر شاہؒ صحیح ہویا، کریں ذکر باھوؒ ول ول پیارے
Explanation: Do not go to any court than Sultan Bahoo’s court. His court is a door to heaven. All your problems will be solved in this court. When you get annihilated in the Divine light through Sultan Bahoo, you will lose your concerns and consciousness. One who becomes prefect in obeying Allah’s command: “And invoke your Lord when you forget (everything and even yourself)”. (18:24) is always busy invoking Sultan Bahoo’s name.
:ہ
ہدایت وچ منظور ہویا ، ہادی پیر باھوؒ سلطانؒ سائیں
پا لباس عبودیت دا ، ہادی ہدایت کرے عالیشان سائیں
احدیت وچ احد ہے سوہنا ، عبودیت وچ سبحان سائیں
سلطان بہادرشاہؒ ربّ نوں ملن دا طریق ایہ، کرورد سلطانؒ سلطانؒ سائیں
Explanation: Sultan Bahoo has been approved and accepted to guide the creation. Actually, Allah Himself is guiding the creation through Sultan Bahoo’s devotion. At the station of Divine Singularity, Sultan Bahoo is ‘Ahad’, and in the cover of his slavehood, it is the Divine Himself. Divine union and vision is attainable by chanting Sultan Bahoo’s name.
:ی
یاد یَاھُو اَللّٰہُ ھُو، باھوؒ دَم دَم دے نال دھیان ہووے
ذکر پاک باھوؒ تصور اسم یاھو، شاغل جسم تمام تے جان ہووے
ایہہ سنسار غبار اندھار سارا، اس وچ روشن حق سبحان ہووے
سلطان بہادرشاہؒ دوراندھاریاں ساریاں نی، جے دل وچ حق باھوؒ سلطانؒ ہووے
Explanation: Invocation of Ism-e-Allah Zaat and YaHoo with every breath keeps Sultan Bahoo in the heart. The whole body and soul get busy in invoking YaHoo by invoking Sultan Bahoo’s name. All darkness and dirt of worldly desires gets destroyed and Divine light reveals itself. If Sultan Bahoo’s essence is absorbed in the heart, then all the darkness present in the heart disappears.
Dear readers! The glory and grace mentioned by Shahbaz-e-Arifaan Sultan Pir Sayyid Mohammad Bahadur Ali Shah about Sultan Bahoo in above stanzas continues in Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen, the present leader and 31st Shaikh of Sarwari Qadri Order. No doubt, people who join his court reach their beginning goal, Divine gnosis, through the grace of his holy sight and Ism-e-Azam (the greatest name of Allah). His court is always open for everyone.
Questions:
Q1. What is the meaning behind Sultan Bahoo’s name?
Ans: No one before him had the name Bahoo. His name was chosen by Allah. He says “Bahoo’s mother named him Bahoo because Bahoo is always with Hoo”. In the physical world as well as the spiritual world, people know him as Bahoo. He is the exact manifestation of Hoo.
Q2. What does Pir Bahadur Shah say about Sultan Bahoo’s status?
Ans: Pir Bahadur Shah says: Sultan Bahoo is the perfect spiritual guide. He takes the seeker (present and seeing) to Allah’s court. Angels and seekers prostrate in his reverence and honor. And if anyone denies his high status, he is Satan or rejected and outcast.
This blog is English translation of an Urdu article of the magazine “Mahnama Sultan-ul-Faqr Lahore” for the month of December, 2024. The title of the Urdu article is:
Kalam Darshan Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo(ra) (قلام درشان حضرت سخی سلطان باھوؒ).
Originally penned by Fatima Burhan Sarwari Qadri from Lahore is presently in English by Mohammad Bin Moghees Sarwari Qadri, exclusively for websites.