Question

Which Chisti saints verses are quoted in the 'Adi Granth of the Sikhs?
A) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
B) Baktaiyar Kaki
C) Farid-ud-Din
D) Nizamuddin Auliya

Answer 1

Hint: Moinuddin Chishti is credited with laying its foundations in India. Other famous saints of the Chishti Order are Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki, Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Nizamuddin Auliya and Alauddin Ali Ahmed Sabir Kalyari. What is Sufism? Sufism is one of the mystical orders that grew out of Islam.

Complete answer:
Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti: Ajmer Sharif Dargah, also known as Ajmer Dargah, Ajmer Sharif, or Dargah Sharif, is a Sufi shrine (dargah) in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India, dedicated to the famed Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti. Chishti's grave is located within the shrine (Maqbara).

Option B) Baktaiyar Kaki: Aqtab ul Qutb Khwaja Sayyid Muhammad Bakhtiyar AlHussaini Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki was a Sunni Muslim Sufi mystic, saint, and scholar of the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. He was born in 1173 and died in 1235.

Option C) Farid-ud-Din: Qutub-ud-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki's disciple Farid-ud-Din Ganj-i-Shakar. Farid-ud-activities were limited to Hansi and Ajodhan (in modern Haryana and the Punjab respectively). He was so well-liked in Delhi that crowds would swarm around him anytime he went there. His perspective was so broad and humanistic that parts of his lyrics were later referenced in the Sikh Adi-Granth.

Option D) Nizamuddin Auliya: Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, also known as Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya and Mahbub-e-Ilahi, was an Islamic scholar. Nizamuddin Auliy' was so devoted to his master that he once declared, "If the Shari'ah allowed it, I would." During the later years of Ala'u'd-life, Din's Malik Na'ib's intrigues prevented Khizr Khan from rightfully ascending to the throne.

Thus, the correct answer is option ‘C’ i.e, Farid-ud-Din.

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