Timur bowed low in the ‘Khanqah’, heard the Sufi hymns, spent the night in the ‘dargah’. The armies were ordered to spare the town. Every tongue felt that it had an ear on it.

As goes the legend, a voice came from somewhere and called, 'Baba Farid, the King of Kings'. The general’s hands reached for his sword but before they could go any further, a miracle happened. 'By one saint whose ancestors had migrated from Iran to escape death at the hands of your ancestors', the old man replied. At last an old man came forward and said, 'Your honour, this place is sanctified'. Not used to such unscheduled halts, the Turk chief leapt forward, roared like a lion and demanded answers. There was consternation and alarm writ large on every face. There was panic among the soldiers, hysteria among the officers, total confusion in the army. The stallions started bleeding but refused to move further. On the banks of the river Sutlej at a place called Pak Pattan, his horses suddenly stopped. It was a typical Punjab winter and the air in the fields mingled with the blood of the innocents. Timur was returning home after ransacking Delhi -light of mind but laden with gold, trampling corn, killing men and cattle alike. 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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