English (Compulsory) For Class IX - Unit 2 - Role Model - Words / Meanings and Summary

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Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai

Words / Meanings

S.NO.	Words	Meanings
1.	Abundance	A very large quantity
2.	Acceptable	Able to be agreed on
3.	Admiration	Respect and warm approval
4.	Ancestral	Belonging to ancestors.
5.	Ancestral roots	Place where forefathers lived.
6.	Atmosphere	Ambience
7.	Bank	Site of a lake or river
8.	Calm	Peaceful
9.	Celebrate	Commemorate
10.	Characters	Persons in a novel, play, etc.
11.	Commences	Begins, Starts
12.	Compile	Collect something to make book, To collect information together.
13.	Compose	Write or create
14.	Culture	Tradition
15.	Dead	No longer alive
16.	Delicate	Intricate
17.	Devoted	Dedicated
18.	Devotees	People who have faith in a particular religion or religious person, Fans, Followers
19.	Devotion	Dedication, Religious worship
20.	Dignity	Pride, Worthy of esteem or respect.
21.	Distant	Far away
22.	Dome Cupola	Offspring
23.	Domestic	relating to home
24.	Elegant	Graceful, Attractive.
25.	Extent	Expanse
26.	Famous	Well-known
27.	Gentle	Noble
28.	Grand	Magnificent
29.	Grave	Burial Place
30.	Impressed	Feeling or showing admiration.
31.	Kind	Merciful
32.	Lake	Pool
33.	Lovingly	With love
34.	Manners	Polite social behaviour.
35.	Mausoleum	A building housing a tomb.
36.	Mound	A small hill
37.	Mystic	A person who has spiritual power due to nearness to God, Orphic
38.	Navigation	Directing a ship or other vehicle for reaching a place, Seamanship
39.	Oral traditions	Information passed by word of mouth from one generation to the next.
40.	Pious	Express one's respect and gratitude
41.	Pleasure	Delight
42.	Prayer	To kneel down before God
43.	Praise	Express one's respect and gratitude.
44.	Prosperous	Flourish.
45.	Purity	Cleanliness
46.	Reflect	Throw back light
47.	Renowned	Famous
48.	Represent	Show
49.	Restless	Uneasy, Unable to stay still or be happy where one is.
50.	Reverence	A feeling of profound respect, A feeling of great respect and admiration.
51.	Saint	Righteous person, A person of exceptional holiness
52.	Sensitive	Touchy, Easily offended or upset.
53.	Shrine	Tomb
54.	Spiritual	Religious, affecting the human spirit or soul
55	Tender	Showing gentleness, kindness and affection. Or Kind, gentle and loving.
56.	Traditions	customs
57.	Universal	Applicable to or done by most people in the world.
58.	Verses	Stanzas
59.	Voyages	Long journeys by sea.
60.	Way	Manner

Summary

The great saint Shah Abdul Latif, is lovingly called Lal Latif by his devotees. He was born in 1102 Hijra in a small village called " Hala Haveli". According to some historians Shah Abdul Latif's ancestors had migrated to Sindh from Hirat (Aghanistan). His father name was Syed Habib Shah. His wife died at an early age. He was very sensitive. His heart soon filled with love of God. The beauty of nature aroused strongly his feelings. His heart turn more and more towards religion and devotion. Shah Latif was a great saintly poet of Sindh.
Shah Latif spent the last part of his life on a Bhit. There was a lake near the Bhit. He spent most of his time there in prayers, devotion or composing verses in God's praise. In Sindhi language "Bhit" means mounds. That's why he is called as Abdul Latif Bhitai. Shah Latif was not only a saint or mystic but also a poet and musician. His poetry is simple and moving. The collection of Shah's poetry is called "Shah jo Risalo", which has been translated into many languages.
The message of Shah latif is love. Shah Bhittai died on the Bhit and was buried there. A shrine was built over his grave by Ghulam Shah Kalhoro. Here his urs is held on 14th Safar every years. People love him and sing his poems even today.