• Verse 82 - The Pirs bless Ranjha

  • Oct 4 2024
  • Length: 3 mins
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Verse 82 - The Pirs bless Ranjha

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  • Waris Shah has his hero encounter the five most storied Sufi saints familiar to the people in his time. Khawja Khizr, the immortal patron sant of mariners, who had drunk from the fountain of life, Sheikh Farid, the first great poet of the Punjabi language, whose shrine at Pak Pattan is considered a portal to heaven, Bahauddin Zakriya, perhaps the most widely revered Sufi Saint in Punjab, Syed Jajal Bukharia, who was said to have traveld the world and who had received instruction form three hundred masters, and Lal Shabaz Qalandar, the beloved Pir of Punjab and Sind, who in lore, had resisted the charms of a maiden of paradise who had been sent to him. Ranjha’s meeting with the Pirs, empowers him, shrouds him in spiritual glory, and most importantly confers divine saction upon his relationship with Hir, which is about to begin. Their gifts are also richly symbolic, investing him with both status and piety.
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