# Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Syed_Muhammad_Zauqi_Shah > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Syed_Muhammad_Zauqi_Shah.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Muhammad_Zauqi_Shah > Source revision: 1312619723 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Sufi scholar and saint (1878–1951) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Part of a series on Islam Sufism Ideas Abdal Al-Insān al-Kāmil Baqaa Dervish Dhawq Fakir Fana Hal Haqiqa Ihsan Irfan Ishq Karamat Kashf Lataif Manzil Ma'rifa Maqam Murid Murshid Nafs Nūr Qalandar Qayyum Qutb Silsila Sufi cosmology Sufi metaphysics Sufi philosophy Sufi poetry Sufi psychology Salik Tazkiah Wali Yaqeen Practices Anasheed Dhikr Haḍra Khalwa (Sufism) Muraqabah Qawwali Sama Whirling Tawajjuh Ziyarat Sufi orders Akbari Alians Azeemia Ba 'Alawi Badawi Bayrami Bektashi Burhani Chishti Darqawi Galibi Haqqani Hurufi Idrisi Inayati Issawiyya Jelveti Jerrahi Khalwati Khatmiyya Kubrawi Madari Mahdavi Maizbhandari Malamati Mevlevi Mouridi Ni'matullāhī Naqshbandi Noorbakshi Nuqtavi Qadiri Qalandari Rahmani Rifaʽi Safavi Sadiyya Salihiyya Senusi Shadhili Suhrawardi Sülaymaniye Shattari Tijani Uwaisi Zahabiya Zahedi Zikri List of sufis Notable early Notable modern Singers Topics in Sufism Tawhid Sharia Tariqa Haqiqa Ma'rifa Art History Sufi music Persecution Ziyarat Islam portal v t e **Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah** (1878–1951) was a [Sufist](/source/Sufist) scholar considered a [Waliullah](/source/Wali) or Sufist saint. He graduated from [Aligarh University](/source/Aligarh_University) in India. A member of the [Chishti Order](/source/Chishti_Order) of Sufi, his work combined merits of [Islamic](/source/Islamic) scholarship and modern knowledge. He was a close associate of [Muhammad Ali Jinnah](/source/Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah), and the [freedom fighters of India](/source/Freedom_fighters_of_India), Muhammad Ali Johar and [Shaukat Ali](/source/Shaukat_Ali_(politician)), [Abdul Qadir](/source/Abdul_Qadir_(Muslim_leader)), [Muhammad Iqbal](/source/Muhammad_Iqbal), Justice Shah Din, [Akbar Allahabadi](/source/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](/source/Sufism), now available in English. He died in 1951 on the 9th day of Zilhajj [Hajj](/source/Hajj) (the pilgrimage) in [Makkah](/source/Makkah), and was buried in [Arafat](/source/Mount_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](/source/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](/source/Shah_Shahidullah_Faridi) (Karachi, Pakistan, originally from the UK); [Captain Wahid Baksh Rabbani](/source/Captain_Wahid_Baksh_Sial_Rabbani) (Bahawalpur, Pakistan), and Maulana Abdus Salam (India). His discourses were compiled by his khalifas [Shah Shahidullah Faridi](/source/Shah_Shahidullah_Faridi) and [Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani](/source/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 - [Some books by Maulana Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah:](https://web.archive.org/web/20070517081307/http://www.moonovermedina.com/) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND FAST WorldCat National United States Other Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Muhammad_Zauqi_Shah) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Muhammad_Zauqi_Shah?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.