Poetry and personality of Sheikh Sharafuddin Bu'ali Qalandar

Abstract

Sheikh Sharaf al-Din Bu'ali Qalandar Panipati was one of the fascinated and famous Sufis of the seventh and eighth centuries AH in the subcontinent (India and Pakistan). He was a powerful poet and aware of Islamic mysticism. There are poems by Sheikh Sharafuddin with mystical content in the form of lyric poems and ode, each of which is important to discuss.

In this article, we try to get acquainted with different forms of his poetry, especially sonnets and quatrains, using an analytical-descriptive method with a qualitative approach, while introducing the personality of this great poet in the field of literature and mysticism, and highlight its relationship with Sufism and writers. That Hazrat Sharaf al-Din Bu'ali Qalandar Pani Peti was one of the famous poets and mystics of the seventh and eighth centuries AH, whose poems in the remaining forms show his mastery of mystical poetry and show the maturity and strength of poetry.