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Bulleh Shah Quotes

1680–1757 Pakistan

Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri, known popularly as Bulleh Shah (1680–1757), was a Punjabi Islamic philosopher and Sufi poet, regarded as the "Father of Punjabi Enlightenment". He was a reformist and spoke against powerful religious, political and social institutions.

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In shrines dwell robbers,
in idol-houses, thugs.
In mosques live vagabonds,
the lovers of God remaind aloof.

Accursed be prayers, to hell with fasts,
and let confession of faith be damned.
O Bullah, I have found the Lord within,
and the world wanders in delusion!

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Bulleh Shah (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.