“Whether it be religion, history, current affairs, literature, sports (and many others), discussions with Abbajan are illuminating, for he has been blessed with remarkable memory and diction.”

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi

“Therefore, honestly, truly and sincerely, straight from his heart and soul.”

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi

“Its several parts under different titles are really so many slim books of poetry… slim by choice because of his selectivity.”

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi

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“Author of well over a hundred books on various aspects of mysticism and religion, Sultān Bāhoo, for the common man of the Punjab, primarily remains an eloquent and powerful poet.”

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi, The Abayat of Sultan Bahoo

“The most pronounced feature of mysticism is the intense love of the Sūfi for the Creator— “the love which burns everyone except Allāh”, as they say in Arabic.”

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi, The Abayat of Sultan Bahoo

“Bāzīd Muhammad, father of Sultān Bāhoo, was a title holder of the Mughals.”

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi, The Abayat of Sultan Bahoo