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{{Short description|Sufi scholar and saint (1878–1951)}}
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'''Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah''' (1878–1951) was a [[Sufist]] scholar considered a [[Wali]]ullah or Sufist saint. He graduated from [[Aligarh University]] in India. A member of the [[Chishti Order]] of Sufi, his work combined merits of [[Islamic]] scholarship and modern knowledge.

He was a close associate of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], and the [[freedom fighters of India]], Muhammad Ali Johar and [[Shaukat Ali]], [[Abdul Qadir (Muslim leader)|Abdul Qadir]], [[Muhammad Iqbal]], Justice Shah Din, [[Akbar Allahabadi]], Abdul Kalam Azad.

He was the author of several books and articles in English, his masterpiece being ''Sirr-e-Dilbaran'', an alphabetical encyclopedia of Sufi terminology [[Sufism]], now available in English.

He died in 1951 on the 9th day of Zilhajj [[Hajj]] (the pilgrimage) in [[Makkah]], and was buried in [[Mount Arafat|Arafat]], the prayer ground of Hajj. He was a spiritual leader who backed the movement for Pakistan, and strongly supported the Quaid-e-Azam, [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]]. He predicted the creation of Pakistan as early as 1938 through divine visions, and some of his predictions about the future are given in his books and discourses. He was a great lover of Muhammad and stated that the main purpose of Hajj is to visit him.  In fact, before his final departure for Hajj from Karachi, he had told some of his disciples that if Muhammad gave him permission to stay, he will not come back.

He was succeeded by four khulafa (caliphs/successors): Maulana Umar Bhai (Bombay); [[Shah Shahidullah Faridi]] (Karachi, Pakistan, originally from the UK); [[Captain Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani|Captain Wahid Baksh Rabbani]] (Bahawalpur, Pakistan), and Maulana Abdus Salam (India).

His discourses were compiled by his khalifas [[Shah Shahidullah Faridi]] and [[Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani]] under the title "''Tarbiyyat-ul-Ushaq''" (Training of the Lovers) and published in English and Urdu.

==References==
*"The Author's Spiritual Guide" in ''Islamic Sufism'' by Captain Wahid Baksh Rabbani, 1995, Justice Akbar Academy, Pakistan.
*"Shajra Tayyiba" by Alhajj Shah Shahidullah Faridi, including the Wird of the Chishti Sabri order. Privately printed in 1986.

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070517081307/http://www.moonovermedina.com/ Some books by Maulana Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah:]

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