We travelled by an auto rickshaw in the streets of Old Delhi, people from air conditioned SUVs rolled down their window to wish him with the humblest of salaams, he responded to them with his folded hands. Some strangers from the pavement recognized him at Connaught place and requested him to pray for them. He… continue reading
At a little distance to the north of Chittagong town there is, on a hill top, a grave enclosed in mud walls and roofed over by C. I. sheets The grave is an object of veneration and local people visit the place in large numbers, particularly on the days of Muslim festivals. According to tradition… continue reading
An essay on holy men and mystics can hardly be separated from one on cultural history, because mystics and holy men were most often scholars and torch-bearers of learning and at the same time scholars were invariably mystics of some sort. It has been observed that much of our knowledge of the cultural movements is… continue reading
सोमवार 20 मार्च सन् 1615 की रात्रि में, मेवाड़ की सफलता के एक मास पश्चात्, भारतवर्ष की ऐतिहासिक नगरी अजमेर में राजकुमार खुर्रम की प्रियतमा मुमताज महल ने शाहजहाँ के सब से प्रिय, सबसे विद्वान् पर सबसे अभागे द्वारा शुकोह को जन्म दिया। बाबा का दिया हुआ ‘मुहम्मद दारा शुकोह’ का नाम, पिता का दिया… continue reading
गुजरात ने हिन्दी भाषा और साहित्य की अभिवृद्धि में प्रशंसनीय योग दिया है, यहां के वैष्णव कवियों ने ब्रजभाषा में, साधु-संतों ने सधुक्कड़ी हिन्दी में, राजाश्रित चारणों ने डिंगल में और सूफ़ी संतों ने हिन्दवी या गूजरी-हिन्दी में सुन्दर साहित्य का सृजन किया है। गुजरात के सूफ़ी कवियों और उनकी कृतियों के अध्ययन की ओर… continue reading
SUFIS have never been negligent towards their duty as preachers of high morals and spirituality. They have always considered themselves responsible for the reform of the whole of mankind, irrespective of caste and creed, race and religion, and have considered every community of the worlds as deserving of their love and compassion. In the very… continue reading
