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A'LA HAZRAT PIR MEHR ALI SHAH (R.A.) OF GOLRA SHARIF (PAKISTAN) - AT ONE GLANCE
Hadhrat Pir Mehr Ali Shah' !ather" Hadhrat Sa##id Na$ar %i& Shah (R.A.) 'irth (G(lra Shari!)" )*+, A% () t (! Ra-adha& )./+ A.H.) C(-0leti(& (! All K&(1& Field (! I la-i2 Reli3i(4 Ed42ati(& 5# the a3e (! .6 Fir t I&itiati(& i&t( the 7adiri##ah S0irit4al S2h((l 5# Hi 8&2le9 Pir Fa$al %i& Sahi5 (R.A.) - Later I&d42ti(& i&t( the Chi hti##a Ni$a-i##a Order 5# Kh1a:a Sha- 4ddi& (R.A) (! Si#al Shari! (%i tt. ;ha&39 P4&:a59 Pa<i ta&) HA%HRAT'S MAIN ACHIE=EMENTS" Hadhrat's attributes and achievements are too numerous to mention and elaborate. We have touched upon them briefly as follows: - Both as a scholar and a sufi, his life was an embodiment of the H(l# Pr(0het M4ha--ad' (S.A.>.) epitome and was the perfect exemplar. He imparted religious & spiritual light to thousands of people; taught the Math&a?ai (! Ma4la&a ;alal4ddi& R4-i (R.A.); was an accepted authority on the works of Shai<h M(hi4ddi& I5& Al-Ara5i (R.A.); issued Fatawa (authoritative rulings) on important religious issues referred to him; participated in scholarly debates; campaigned untiringly against movements seeking to disrupt the uslim community; indulged ceasingly in meditation, prayer and remembrance of !llah which is the essence of "slam; and maintained family and other worldly relationships in strict accordance with the Shariah #"slamic $aw). Hadhrat always emphasised unity #excluding the %adianis) & published a pamphlet entitled& 'Tasfiyyah Ma ain !unni Wa !hia' to permanently resolve the long'standing differences between these two main "slamic sects. Hadhrat fought against anti'"slamic groups and was an ardent opponent of the %adianis and the British "mperialists. Hadhrat's writin"s include: (ah)i) !l'Ha) *i +alimatil Ha) #,-./), (asfiyyah a Bain 0unni 1a 0hia, 0hams !l'Hidaya *i !thbath'e'Hayatul asih #,.22), 0aifi 3hishtiyai #,.24), iraat !l'"rfan #poetry), a5mu6a'e'wa7aif #prose), "6la'e'+alimatullah *i Bayaan a 8hilla Bihi $ighairillah ,.29'2:), *atawa ehriyya #,.2;), !l'*atoohaat'us'0amadiyya #,.2/'2-), alfoo7aat'e' ehriyya #,./9), aktobaat'e'(ayyibaat #collection of letters); ehr'e' unir #8rdu biography of Hadhrat by aulana *ai7 !hmad); Hadhrat <ir ehr !li 0hah #=.!.) of >olra 0harif #?nglish biography of Hadhrat by @r. uhammad *a7il +han). Hadhrat departed from this world on ##th May #$%& '( ()$ !afar #%*+ '.H.,. He was succeeded by his only son- Hadhrat .hulam Mohiuddin /hishti (0.'.,

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