Refers to the Quranic verse which says that some people will be meted out lesser chastisement in this very life before the bigger one in the Hereafter.

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi, On Unknown Seas to Unknown Shores

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On Unknown Seas to Unknown Shores

by Dr. Maqbool Elahi

Poetry · 329 pages

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“Bāzīd Muhammad, father of Sultān Bāhoo, was a title holder of the Mughals.”

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi, The Abayat of Sultan Bahoo

“The most pronounced feature of mysticism is the intense love of the Sūfi for the Creator— “the love which burns everyone except Allāh”, as they say in Arabic.”

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi, The Abayat of Sultan Bahoo

“Author of well over a hundred books on various aspects of mysticism and religion, Sultān Bāhoo, for the common man of the Punjab, primarily remains an eloquent and powerful poet.”

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi, The Abayat of Sultan Bahoo

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