SULTAN-UL-WAHAM
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Date
2016
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Sultan-ul-Faqr Publications
Abstract
Description
Sultan-ul-Waham is one of the rarest books of Sultan-ul-Arifeen
Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo who is the most eminent Saint of
Sub-continent. Sultan Bahoo has written 140 books out of which
only 32 are available. The only manuscript of Sultan-ul-Waham
was found from Jackobabad Sindh, Pakistan in 1977. The name
of writer is not mentioned on it although the year of writing is
mentioned as 1209 H. It also includes some other books by
Sultan Bahoo i.e. Majalisa-tul-Nabi, Mohabbat-ul-Asrar, Fazalul-Laqa,
Ain-ul-Faqr, Deedar Bakhsh, Ain-ul-Arifeen and a few
books whose names are not clearly mentioned or are not
confirmed.
Persian text of Sultan-ul-Waham was first of all printed and
translated in Urdu by Faqeer Mir Mohammad in November 1998
and February 1999 respectively, from Asad Mehmood printing
press Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Then, in August 2012 Hafiz Hammad-ur-Rehman Sarwari Qadri
translated it in Urdu under the banner of Tehreek Dawat-e-Faqr
and Sultan-ul-Faqr publications. However he did not give the
Persian text alongwith the translation in the first edition of his
book.
Doctor Sultan Altaf Ali also translated Sultan-ul-Waham in Urdu
and got it published from Bahoo publications in 2013. He has
given the Persian text alongwith the translation.
The book in hand is the firstever English translation of Sultanul-Waham.
Since Faqeer Mir Mohammad worked on the Persian manuscript
for the first time, he put a lot of hard work to deduce the correct
script. He has corrected many words and their spellings. Sultan
Altaf Ali corrected a few of the remaining mistakes, although he
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has made some such changes in the script which have changed
the meanings of the original text. He has also added one or two
lines from his own and left a few lines which could not be
understood by him. I have tried my best to correct all the mistakes
according to my capability and knowledge of Persian as well as
the mystic way of Sultan Bahoo i.e. Faqr. This book also includes
many Arabic references in the form of verses, hadiths, sayings
and quotations. So the Arabic text also needed correction which
is marvelously done by Hafiz Hammad-ur-Rehman Sarwari Qadri.
My elevated Murshid Sultan-ul-Ashiqeen Khadim Sultan-ulFaqr
Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Mohammad Najib-ur-Rehman Madzillahul-Aqdus
who is the descendant of Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Bahoo
and the present Spiritual Leader of his Sarwari Qadri Order has
started the great task of converting all the books of Sultan Bahoo
in English to spread his teachings all over the world and conferred
this prestigious opportunity upon me. Sultan-ul-Waham is a very
special and unique book regarding its teachings and effects.
Translating Sultan Bahoo’s books has always been an honour for
me but Sultan-ul-Waham is very close to my heart due to its
most pleasant style and the secrets it reveals. Hazrat Sultan
Bahoo has discussed very complicated mystic concepts in a very
easy and convincing manner in this book. The keen readers of
Sultan Bahoo’s books who want to derive beneficence from his
books feel their soul being blessed with his beneficence while
reading them and this feeling is very strongly felt while reading
this particular book. In this book Sultan Bahoo has discussed
about the power of waham in detail, which is the least ever
discussed topic in the world of mysticism.
Keywords
sufism, islam, SULTAN-UL-WAHAM