Sheikh Farid
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Baba Sheikh Farid Ji is a Sikh Bhagat whose Bani is included in the Sri Guru Granth Sahib. Baba Ji gets the same respect from the Sikhs as their Ten Gurus. Baba Ji was born in 1173 in Kotiwal, Punjab and died in 1266. He made a great contribution to the Punjabi culture by the introduction of his Bani. The spiritual couplets by Baba Ji and other Bhagats form an important part of the SGGS.
Bhagat Farid Ji’s Bani from page 488 of SGGS: External Link to Bani
- They alone are true, whose love for God is deep and heart-felt. Those who have one thing in their heart, and something else in their mouth, are judged to be false. ||1|| Those who are imbued with love for the Lord, are delighted by His Vision. Those who forget the Naam, the Name of the Lord, are a burden on the earth. ||1||Pause|| Those whom the Lord attaches to the hem of His robe, are the true dervishes at His Door. Blessed are the mothers who gave birth to them, and fruitful is their coming into the world. ||2|| O Lord, Sustainer and Cherisher, You are infinite, unfathomable and endless. Those who recognize the True Lord - I kiss their feet. ||3|| I seek Your Protection - You are the Forgiving Lord. Please, bless Shaykh Fareed with the bounty of Your meditative worship. ||4||1||
Page 1377 of SGGS: External Link to Bani
- The day of the bride’s wedding is pre-ordained. On that day, the Messenger of Death, of whom she had only heard, comes and shows its face. It breaks the bones of the body and pulls the helpless soul out. That pre-ordained time of marriage cannot be avoided. Explain this to your soul. The soul is the bride, and death is the groom. He will marry her and take her away. After the body sends her away with its own hands, whose neck will it embrace? The bridge to hell is narrower than a hair; haven’t you heard of it with your ears? Fareed, the call has come; be careful now - don’t let you be robbed. ||1||
