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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.
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