“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

“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

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“This has been an act of ample reassurance for something the ink of which otherwise may have dimmed with time to illegibility.”

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi, On Unknown Seas to Unknown Shores

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“As the phrase goes in this part of the world, I should now be without any ire, for they say anger springs from the spleen.”

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi, On Unknown Seas to Unknown Shores

“Saheb’s poetry is a true reflection of his personality and his life.”

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi, On Unknown Seas to Unknown Shores

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

— Dr. Maqbool Elahi, On Unknown Seas to Unknown Shores