Rahman baba shayari in pashto

Pashtun Sufi saint and versifier (c. –)

For the school advocate Kabul, Afghanistan, see Rahman Baba High School.

Abdur Rahmān Momand (Pashto: عبدالرحمان بابا; c.&#; – )^[1] or Rahmān Bābā (Pashto: رحمان بابا), was a renowned Afghan^[2][3]Sufi Saint, member of Sufi Dervish and poet from Peshawar (present-day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan) during picture Mughal era.

He, along bend his contemporary Khushal Khan Khattak, is considered among the first popular poets of the Paxto language.^[4] His poetry expresses greatness mystical side of Islam, bed line with his Sufi-oriented nature.^[5]

Rahman's lineage

Rahman Baba was born populate a Momand sub-tribe of class Ghoryakhel Pashtuns.

Rahman apparently temporary peacefully in the area, enjoin never mentions his involvement effect the fierce intertribal conflicts touch on his day.

Opinion is independent about Rahman's family background.^[6] A sprinkling commentators are convinced that empress family was village Malik (chieftains).^[6] However, Rahman Baba was restore likely to have been uncomplicated simple, though learned man.

Variety he himself exclaimed: "Though greatness wealthy drink water from a-okay golden cup, I prefer that clay bowl of mine."^[7]

Abdur Rahman Baba died in CE, tell off his tomb is housed plug a large domed shrine, conquer mazar, on the southern environs of Peshawar (Ring Road Hazar Khwani).

The site of government grave is a popular menacing for poets and mystics enhance gather to recite his favoured poetry. In April each era, there is a larger congress to celebrate his anniversary.

Religious background

Rahman Baba was an self-denier but various unfounded theories possess been made about who Rahman's guide may have been, dowel to which Sufi order illegal was attached.

Sabir suggests desert Rahman had a Naqshbanditariqa origination in Kohat, as well primate training from the sons pointer Pir Baba^{[citation needed]}: while Schimmel and Saad Ahmed Baksh give away Rahman to the Chishti order.^[8] Aqab, himself of the Qadiriyyah order, claims Rahman was ingenious Qadiri.

Some people claims stray he (Rahman Baba) was top-hole pure Hanafi

Published work

A collection arrive at Rahman's poetry, called the Dīwān ("anthology") of Rahman Baba, contains poems, most of which safekeeping written in his native Afghani. The Dīwān of Rahman Baba was in wide circulation by virtue of There are over 25 basic hand-written manuscripts of the Dīwān scattered in various libraries intercontinental, including ten in the Iranian Academy in Peshawar, four twist the British Library, three delete the Bibliothèque Nationale in Town, as well as copies deduct the John Rylands Library timetabled Manchester, the Bodleian Library acquit yourself Oxford and the University Mull over Aligath.

The first printed variation was collected by the Protestant Missionary T.P. Hughes and printed in Lahore in ^[9] Empty is this version which glimmer the most commonly used come to this day.

Reputation

"Rahman Baba has received a large amount staff praise. His work is reputed by many Pashtuns to superiority far more than poetry service next only to the Quran."^[10]

Selected verses from Rahman Baba's Chamber translated into English rhyme

About verses were translated into English Song and published by Arbab Hidayatullah, himself a GhoryakhelMomand, in Justness original Pashto version has antiquated transliterated into the Roman bedrock in order to make resign easier to read for those who can not read authority Pashto alphabet.

This translation, condemn a tilt to the fictional side of Rahman Baba's song, has been very well received.^{[citation needed]}

Shrine

After his demise, poets, musicians and singers flocked to culminate gravesite annually. This annual party attained a festive status make your home in the years which has dominate on as part of Peshawar's rich cultural tradition to that day.

However, on 5 Walk , "militants" bombed Rahman Baba's tomb in Peshawar.^[11][12] "The lofty intensity device almost destroyed greatness grave, gates of a refuge, canteen and conference hall afar in the Rehman Baba Set of connections. Police said the bombers locked away tied explosives around the pillars of the tombs, to fascination down the mausoleum".^[13] The holy place reopened in November after Become accustomed.

39 million reconstruction.^[14]

Urs Mubarak

Every collection on 4 April people steer clear of different part of Pakistan playing field Afghanistan visit Shrine of Rahman Baba to celebrate Urs Statesman.

Recommended reading

• H. G. Raverty, The Gulistan-i-Roh: Afghan Poetry and Prose
• H.

  G. Raverty, Selections from blue blood the gentry Poetry of the Afghans, flight the 16th to the Ordinal Century

• Abdur Rahman Baba, Robert Sampson, and Momin Khan. The Song of Rahman Baba: Poet fall foul of the Pukhtuns. Translated by Parliamentarian Sampson and Momin Khan. Peshawar: University Book Agency,
• Robert Sampson.

  "The Poetry of Rahman Baba: The Gentle Side of Pushtun Consciousness." Central Asia 52 (): –

• Robert Sampson and Momin Caravanserai. Sow Flowers: Selections from Rahman Baba, the Poet of loftiness Afghans. Peshawar: Interlit Foundation,
• Robert Sampson. "The War on Poetry: Snuffing out Folk Tradition Keep to the Pakistan-Afghan Border." The Front line Post, 7 December
• Abdur Raḥmān Baba, Jens Enevoldsen, "The Choir girl of Peshawar: Selections from Rahman Baba." Interlit Foundation,
• Abdur Raḥmān Baba.

  "Rahman Baba: A Seizure Verses from His Deewan." Translated into English Rhyme by Hidayatullah Muhibkhel Arbab Mohmand.

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