Rahim

Rahim

After  Kabir,  Rahim cannot be left un- introduced. Like Kabir, Rahim’s poems (Dohas) are equally enchanting.  Kabir and Rahim were more or less, contemporaries. A great pleasure Listening to him.   …First his Dohas

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रहिमन देख बड़ेन को, लघु न दीजिये डारि।
जहाँ काम आवै सुई, कहा करै तलवारि॥

Rahim says, you should not forget small things/ poor friends just because you now have access to big / rich, important people. For example, you cannot use a sword where you need a needle even though sword is much bigger than needle.

बानी ऐसी बोलिये, मन का आपा खोय।
औरन को सीतल करै, आपहु सीतल होय॥

Your speech should be such that it should please everyone. Others should feel happy listening to you and you yourself should also feel happy and content.

रहिमन धागा प्रेम का, मत तोड़ो चटकाय।
टूटे से फिर ना जुड़े, जुड़े गाँठ परि जाय॥

Rahim says, don't allow the delicate thread of love between people to snap. If it breaks once, it cannot be mended, even if you mend it there will be a knot in it, which means there will always be some awkwardness in the relationship.

रहिमन देख बड़ेन को, लघु न दीजिये डारि।
जहाँ काम आवै सुई, कहा करै तलवारि॥

Rahim says, you should not forget small things/ poor friends just because you now have access to big / rich, important people. For example, you cannot use a sword where you need a needle even though sword is much bigger than needle

.बानी ऐसी बोलिये, मन का आपा खोय।
औरन को सीतल करै, आपहु सीतल होय॥

Your speech should be such that it should please everyone. Others should feel happy listening to you and you yourself should also feel happy and content.

रहिमन धागा प्रेम का, मत तोड़ो चटकाय।
टूटे से फिर ना जुड़े, जुड़े गाँठ परि जाय॥

Rahim says, don't allow the delicate thread of love between people to snap. If it breaks once, it cannot be mended, even if you mend it there will be a knot in it, which means there will always be some awkwardness in the relationship.

A brief about Rahim ……

 

( His full name is Rahim Khan Khana. His songs are of the same height and same depth as Kabir, Meera, Sahajo or Chaitanya. Why did he write in Hindi? Being a Mohammedan he could have written in Urdu, and Urdu is a far more beautiful language than Hindi. But he chose knowingly; he wanted to fight the Mohammedan orthodoxy. – OSHO)

Shah Wali Allah (Rahim) (1703-62)

Shah Wali Allah of Delhi, the greatest Muslim scholar of eighteenth-century India, made an immense contribution to the intellectual, economic, social, political and religious life of the Muslim community in India, the effects of which persist to the present day.
Shah Wali Allah (Kabir), was born near Delhi, a member of a distinguished intellectual and religious family. He was renowned composer during the time of Mughal emperor Akbar. He was one of the main nine ministers (Dewan) in his court, also known as the Navaratnas. Rahim is famous for his Hindi couplets and his books on Astrology.The village of Khankhana, is named after him, which is located in the Nawanshahr district of the state of Punjab, India.

Although a Muslim by birth, Rahim was a devotee of Lord Krishna and wrote poetry dedicated to him. He was also an avid Astrolger, and the writer of two important works in Astrology Khet Kautukam and Dwawishd Yogavali are still popular.

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