Jahane Rumi In search of the unsearchable: O, my soul! where would you find your house?

6Jan/101

Bulleh Shah’s admission

Bulleh-a aashiq hoyiyon Rabb da,
Hoai Malamat Lakh Tenon Kafir Kafir aakhdey,
toon aaho aaho aakh

(Bulleh Shah)

Bulleh lover of G-d, a million blames occur
Your title is apostate, answer yes, yes, so it is.
(translation by JH)

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  1. Those who look for wisdom in every utterance of Bulleh Shah should pause and reflect a bit. Take this particular piece of the celebrated sage’s poetry that Raza has put up at his website. What exactly is Bulleh Shah saying, if anything?

    Well, I love God and there are plenty of misguided people whose reaction to what I say is often an incoherent cry of “kafir”. Should I say to them “yes, yes, OK I am kafir”? Doesn’t make sense to me, sorry. Unthinking veneration accorded to Bulleh Shah is not worthy of a true human being.

    As for the mullahs and their fanatical adherents, they would be only too pleased to issue a “kafir fatva” on the grounds of anyone questioning their dogmatic beliefs. Examples:

    http://sakibahmad.blogspot.com/2010/01/muharram-massacres.html


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