Biography of Hadrat Baba Farid al-Din Ganj Shaker

This is a very old book which is known by the title of (Rahatul-Qaloob) in Persian and Urdu language and this book was translated from Persian language into Urdu language and it was published in the year 1911 A.D. by Mulla Wahidi. So it was published 102 years ago. This translation of the most ancient and celebrated Persian book about Sufi’ism will, I hope, be found useful not only by the number of students familiar with the subject at first hand but also by many readers.

This is a small book in which there are advises and instructions especially available for Taleb (student) and it refers to a person who is committed to a Murshid (spiritual master) in a Tariqa (spiritual way) of Sufism and it is also known as a Salik (Arabic: سَالِك‎), a mureed is an initiate into the mystic philosophy of Sufism and all these details and sayings of the great Sufi Saint and Sufi master Baba Fairduddin Ganj Shaker are added in this book by his disciple and caliph Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya in the year 656 Hegira. And also in this book, there are some great achievements which are not yet known to the general, persons and other persons are published in a very interesting style so for this reason, the readers will find great interest and attention in this matter.