Hafiz Barkhurdar Ranjha
رانجھا برخودار مصنف گور جناں دی چٹی
ہر ہر
بیت اونہاں دا مٹھاں جیویں مصری دی کٹھی
Hazrat Hafiz
Barkhurdar (1658-1707) a JATT by Cast, belong to Takht Hazara District Sargodha
Pakistan. He was Student of Hakeem SHEIKH ABDUL HAMEED QURESHI. He do Bait
under Hakeem family ancestors, that Hakeem Family brought Hafiz Barkhurdar from
Takht Hazara to a place name CHITTI SHEIKHAN in Sialkot & then Hafiz
Barkhurdar lived there & died in 1707 at CHITTI SHEIKHAN. He is Buried in
Maqbara Kabrastan at Chitti Sheikhan. He also written the famous Punjabi Qissa
Mirza Sahiba compiled by Dr Faqeer Muhammad Faqeer, which was also sung by
famous ALAM LOHAR A folk
singer.
صاحباں مرنوں ڈرن نہ محبتے عشق لکاون ننگ
سڑ دا تاوری مار دا اتے شمع پتنگ
جیّوں شہیداں دے کربلا عاشق ویکھن جنگ
کچی پوے مہاستی سڑنوں موڑے انگ
Hafiz Barkhuradar was the first Punjabi
poet who translate the Persian poetic version of Surah Yousaf into Punjabi,
done at the request of Nawab Jafar Khan, Brother in law of Emperor SHAH JHAN
& Senior Minister of emperor Aurangzeb.Barkhurdar
was the Hafiz OF THE HOLY QURAN, meaning that he memorized the entirely HOLY
BOOK, & spent his Life as a religious Scholor.He went on to write several religious books Though He
is said to have stopped writing poetry, He Composed The legend of Yousaf
Zulekha, Kissa Khatri which is poetic commentary of The Hadith al-dunya
mazra’at al-akhirah(This world is the Seedbed of the Hereafter).He write many
Punjabi Books including:-
Nehat-ul-Uloom, Rasala Namaz, Shamas-ul-Uloom, Muftah-ul-Mualli,
Fiqah Jamal & many others.
Tomb Of Hafiz Barkhurdar Ranjha at Chitti sheikhan |
Book: Taj Ul Arifeen written by Peer Muhammad Ajmal Qureshi |
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