The Generations · The Friends of God
quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified
1111 – 1195 AH / 1699 – 1781
The 'Beloved of Beloveds', a poet and martyr of Delhi whose gentleness and rigour drew a whole generation to the way.
His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.
Days of the Islamic calendar kept in his memory — each opens in the prayer book.
