Meher Ali Shah
Pir Meher Ali Shah was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi scholar and mystic poet from Punjab, British India. Belonging to the Chishti order, he is known as a Hanafi scholar who led the anti-Ahmadiyya movement. He composed poetry in Punjabi, and wrote several books in both Urdu and Persian, most notably Saif-e-Chishtiyai, a polemical work criticizing the Ahmadiyya movement of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
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Trending topics shown first"No one can become a true and accomplished Sufi without first gaining mastery of the Shariah sciences; indeed venturing on the Sufi path without Shariah knowledge involves many pitfalls."
"Observance of the Holy Prophet's Shariah and of his personal example has precedence over everything else."
"Every breath of life is a priceless treasure; it should be devoted to the rememberance of the Lord."
"The love of Allah and His Prophet is infinitely superior to the love of mortal human beings and of other worldly things."
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1859
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