Abstract
Sufism and Mysticism are nearly synonymous terms. Sufism is defined
as a practice of a group of Muslims who try to become united with God directly, particularly by praying, contemplating and living a very simple, strict life
(Sufi, 2015) and Mysticism is a religious practice based on the belief that
knowledge of God and of real or spiritual truth can be found by prayer and
meditation rather than through reason and the senses (Mysticism, 2015). Both
these practices relate to the belief that personal communication or union with
the divine is achieved through intuition, faith, ecstasy or sudden insight rather
than through reason (Encarta WED, 2009).
Sufi ideas have been part of Sindhi society for centuries. To propagate
the conceptual light of mysticism, Sufi poets have played a very vital role. By
the time these ideas came down to the age of Shah Latif they had ripened
enough to impress him so much that he passed on the torch of Sufism ever
more glowing.
This research article presents the textual analysis of the selected verses of Shah Latif focusing his Sufi philosophy.
Saeed Ahmed Soomro. (2020) Sufi Thought and the Poetry of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai, Kalachi, Volume 23, Issue 1.
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