The Philosophy of Death in the Poetry of Baba Farid (R.A)

Dr. Karamat Ali Mughal Assistant Prof. Institute of Punjabi & Cultural Studies, Punjab University, Lahore

Dr. Muhammad Irfan-ul-Haq Assistant Prof. Institute of Punjabi & Cultural Studies, Punjab University, Lahore

Chatnar 7th Edition, Issue 7, Vol. 7, Jan.-Dec. 2023

Keywords: Philosophy, Death, Shalok, Life, Dead Body

Abstract:

Baba Farid has described the reality of the transitory nature of life and death in his poetry. His style of description is not ordinary but philosophical. That is why he teaches morals by making the body, soul, soil and grave the subject of his poetry. For him, the shedding of body and soul is death to the world and also a means of connecting with God in reality, from which the journey towards eternal life begins. This eternal life can only be found after death, so Baba Farid called death a creation, described in his words many time. Baba Farid while describing the philosophy of death does not forget life at all, the ultimate success is possible only in always remembering the impermanence of this life, which is the reward of the hereafter for a diligent person.

References:

1. Muhammad Masood Khalid, Baba Fareed, Lahore: Fikshan House, 1996, P:15

2. Dr. Amjad Ali Bhatti (Mutrajam), Kalam Baba Fareed ma'a Farhang wa Urdu Tarjama, Islamabad: National Book Foundation, Ashat e dom, October 2019, P:18

3. Muhammad Asif Khan (Murattab). Akhiya Baba Fareed nay, Lahore: Pakistan Punjabi Adbi Board, 2001, P:311

4. Ibid, P:317

5. Ibid

6. Ibid, P:238

7. Ibid, P:157

8. Ibid, P:287

9. Syed Afzal Hadir, Zindagi Nama Baba Fareed ud Din Gunj Shakar, Islamabad: Dost Publications, 2002, P:250

10. Muhammad Asif Khan (Murattab), Akhiya Baba Fareed nay, P:251

11. Ibid, P:190

12. Yasar Jawad, Tahqeeq tay Tarjama, Moot ki Tareekh, Lahore: Nigarshat, 2005, P:68

13. Muhammad Asif Khan (Murattab), Akhiya Baba Fareed nay, P:213

14. Ibid, P:238

15. Syed Afzal Hadir, Zindagi Nama Baba Fareed ud Din Gunj Shakar, P:251