Echoes of Sufi Chants - Kafi Bulleh Shah (Chal Chal Bulihaya) - Javed Bashir

Bulleh Shah (1680 1757) (Punjabi: Shahmukhi:بلہے شاہ, Gurmukhi: ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹੇ ਸ਼ਾਹ}}), whose real name was Abdullah Shah [1], was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi poet, a humanist and philosopher.


Humanist
Bulleh Shahs writings represent him as a humanist, someone providing solutions to the sociological problems of the world around him as he lives through it, describing the turbulence his motherland of Punjab is passing through, while concurrently searching for God. His poetry highlights his mystical spiritual voyage through the four stages of Sufism: Shariat (Path), Tariqat (Observance), Haqiqat (Truth) and Marfat (Union). The simplicity with which Bulleh Shah has been able to address the complex fundamental issues of life and humanity is a large part of his appeal. Thus, many people have put his kafis to music, from humble street-singers to renowned Sufi singers.

Bulleh Shahs popularity stretches uniformly across Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims, to the point that much of the written material about this philosopher is from Hindu and Sikh authors. His involvement with atheism did not sit well with the contemporary Muslims, as a result of which few biographies of him from Islamic sources exist.
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Singers: Javed Bashir

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[Milahi1935]

Javed Bashir has sung with great feeling. Bulleh Shah, in my humble opinion, is the greatest poet and philosopher of the last 1300 years. He portrayed the REAL Islam, in which every person is equal, regardless of caste, color, religion, nationality, gender, socio-economic status, ancestry, etc. There are no chosen people, no special children of any saint, prophet or deity. The dancing girl is as good as the richest lady. Bulleh should be taught in every school of Pakistan, India and all other c

[mharrris]

what a combination of awesome guitarist n singer

[Milahi1935]

Javed Bashir has sung extremely well, with feeling. Bulleh Shah, in my humble opinion, is the greatest poet and philosopher of the last 1300 years. He portrayed the REAL Islam, in which every person is equal, regardless of caste, color, religion, nationality, gender, sociology