MEANING OF BAHU

[Sultani Sister]

ASSALAMU 'ALYKUM WA REHMATULLAHI WA BARAKATUHU

ASSALATO WASALAM ALYKA YA RASOOL ALLAH (Salla Allahu ta'ala 'alayhi wa Sallam)

HAQ BAHU SACH BAHU



The characteristic of the name of Hazrat Sultan Bahu (Rehmatullah alayhi) has a multidimensional qualitative feature, which identifies itself with the personality of the Saint himself.

In one of his poems He says :

`With one dot Ba-Hu becomes Ya-Hu.... And Bahu is always steeped in the remembrance of Ya-Hu'.

At another place he says:
`Whatever you want, ask Bahu....... For conversely Ba-Hu is Wah-hab '

In the morphology and syntax of the language used by the Saint to express his thoughts and ideas a mere change in the movement of a dot alters the meaning of a word. So by adding a dot to the first letter of the name Ba-hu, it becomes Ya-Hu and conversely Ba-Hu becomes Wah-hab (Gods attributive Name-The Giver of abundance). Here the Saint refers to his total personality being annihilated, colored and imbued with divine attributes, a goal of a Sufi and has nothing to do with the concept of `Hama- oest' i.e. God incarnate.

In the science of numerology the sum total of the name Ba-Hu is 14, the date of the full moon and the start of adolescence. It is a symbol of completion and perfection. There are so many qualities of the name Ba-Hu, that it would require a research of its own. In short, Sultan Bahu (Rehmatullah alayhi) himself says in one of his writings:

`Qualitatively my name (in its effects) is like Ism e Allah ' and at another place he says; ` My name brings light to the oblivious heart '.

[Sultani Sister]

It has been seen and experienced by many a true seeker that by simply mentioning or hearing his name, the seeker has gone into ecstasy proclaiming `Ya Hu Haqq Bahu'. Many a doubtful and acrimonious mind will think that because of our strong belief we have overestimated the experience of true seekers regarding the above. But even a person who is completely objective and impartial will have to acknowledge that the name `Bahu' has a unique and distinctive accentuation and intonation with multi- dimensional meanings and even a critical analysis of the experience will reveal the inherent blessings of the name Ba-Hu.

Critics will take offence at the maxim `Haqq-Bahu' and might object that it is a proclamation of Kufr (Ma-aaz-Allah -God forbid). Indeed this is only THEIR misconception due to their ignorance, unawareness and heard heartedness. We find it necessary to explain this further. In the maxim ` Haqq-Bahu', the word `Haqq' is not used in the sense alluding to the Person (Zaat) of Allah. But instead it signifies righteousness, pureness truthfulness, virtuousness and words of similar import, terms which are opposite of falsehood (`baatil'). So the epigram indicates and signifies that Hadrat Sultan Bahu (Rehmatullah alayhi) is truthful, genuinely connected, submerged and annihilated in the Name and Love of Allah the Supreme. In fact he foretells in one of his works:

` the maxim of `Haqq' will be adjoined to Ba-Hu ...... this attachment will manifest even from Ba-Hu’s grave '

[Sultani Sister]

And of course nearly 300 years have passed, this prophesy has proved to be true to the latter. What a blessed name that it penetrates into the reaches of the heart. For a conscious hearted Gnostic this name is a glimpse through which he perceives the higher levels of realization and reality. This condition has to be experienced before one can reject the said effects.

It is narrated that in the early years of his life , whenever Hazrat Sultan Bahu (Rehmatullah alayhi) ventured out of his house, he caused consternation and alarm because whenever his blessed sight fell onto non-believers, they (the non-believers) would involuntarily recite the Kalima - Shahaadah ( declaration of Faith ). The townsfolk sent a delegation to the parents of the Saint (may Allah be pleased with them), requesting that a guard or sentry be posted near their house, so that whenever `little' Bahu would venture out a siren would be sounded so that the people would take shelter from the penetrating gaze of `little' Hadrat Sultan Bahu(Rehmatullah alayhi) . This trait in his personality remained with him till the very end of his life. As he says in one of his works"
` Half gaze of Bahu is better than one hundred suns






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