Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani

Who is Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani?

Captain Wahid Baksh Sial Rabbani was a Pakistani saint in the Chishti order of Sufis.

He was initiated into the Chishtiyya Spiritual Order in 1940 at the hands of Hazrat Maulana Syed Muhammad Zauqi Shah. He remained under Hazrat Zauqi Shah's teaching for about 12 years, and then received khilafat, along with Shah Shahidullah Faridi, Maulana Umar Bhai, and Maulana Abdus Salam. He was a practicing Sufi for 54 years until his wisaal at 9:30 am on April 21, 1995.

He completed his B.A. and then joined the Bahwalpur State Forces and qualified at the Indian Military Academy Dehra Dun in 1933. He participated in the Second World War in Malaya. He retired from military service in 1946 and joined the Civil Secretariat of the Bahawalpur Government. He was transferred to the West Pakistan secretariat, Lahore, in 1955, and retired in 1968.

He wrote several important books in Urdu and English, such as Islamic Sufism, Mushahida-e-Haq, Maqam-e-Ganjshakar, Reactivsation of Islam, Hajj-e-Zauqi, Ruhaniyat-e-Islam, etc. He also translated significant Sufi books from Persian to Urdu, including Mirat-ul-Asrar, Iqtabas-ul-Anwar, Maktoobat-i-Quddusiya, Maqabis-ul-Majalis, Talqeen-e-Ladunni, etc.