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The Scholar of International Repute–Shiekh Yaqoob Sarfi(RA)

Biya Hubi mego digar fasana

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(Oh Hubi (Pen name of Khawja Habib ul lah Nowsheri (RA) ,the disciple of Sarfi (RA) says do not utter other writtings, just elucidate the virtues of the unique murshid master (Sarfi RA).

Kashmir from the earliest times has earned fame for being a cradle of learning and spirituality. It has produced men of eminence who have shone for their scholarship not only in the sub-continent but their influence in scholarly sphere extended to the international arena as well. One amongst these shining stars was Shiekh Yaqoob Sarfi (RA).He was one of the most learned of his contemporaries who gained international reputation for learning, scholarship and piety. 

Shiekh Yaqoob Sarfi was born in 1521 A.D.(928 Hijra) . He was born to Sheikh Hasan Gania of the Asmi Clan. This clan traces its descent from ‘Asim’ a son of caliph Hazrat Umar Farooq (R.A). The young Yaqoob committed the whole Quran to memory (Hifiz) when he was just seven years old . At the same age, he also began to compose verses in Persian. He himself says that,

“As I stepped in the seventh year of my life, I commenced composing verses. My father used to do corrections (Islah) of my verses and thus helped me by guiding in the poetry”.

He had his early education under Mulla Aini. The latter was the pupil of the great scholar and sufi Moulana Abdur Rehman Jami (RA) and had come to Kashmir. He breathed his last here in the valley and was laid to rest in the graveyard (Mazar) situated in the shrine of Bhaa-ud-Din Ganj –Baksh. Mulla Aini had prophesied that Yaqub would, in due course of time, rise to the literary eminence and would be the second Jami. 

It was on the instruction of his revered teacher Mullah Aini that he had Sarfi as his pen name . He then studied under Mulla Basir Khan Khandabhavani. Thereafter,........

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