Yea, sweet are these but sweeter by far is God." "Sweet are candy, sugar, honey, and buffalo's milk. His following insight forms the subject of the painting above. He asked for only one blessing from Goda life of prayer and meditation. Thus thy body will be free of maladies, And thy life have all blessings."īaba Sheikh Farid Ji was a great Sufi saint, very sweet of tongue and who lived an austere life. ![]() "Farid return thou good for evil In thy heart bear no revenge. The tenth in succession to his post was Shaikh Brahm (Ibrahim), also known as Farid Sani or Farid the 2nd, and it is this Farid who Guru Nanak Dev ji met on two occasions. Many Sikh scholars ascribe them to Farid Shakarganj (1173 – 1265) of Pak Pattan, a disciple of the Sufi Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki. There are 134 hymns of Sheik Farid incorporated in the Guru Granth Sahib. ![]() ![]() Later when Adi Granth (Sikh scripture) was compiled by the fifth Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Arjun Dev Ji, Farid’s ‘slokas’ (sacred couplets) were given the place of honour along with those of Kabir, Ramdev and Guru Ravidas. He made Punjabi poetry and poetry Punjabi. Farid was to Punjabi what Chaucer was to English.
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