Khatri, the poet and editor of the journal Cyber Literature, in his Foreword to the book, writes “Peeran is essentially a poet of faith, love, compassion and inner wisdom. It is quite appropriate that he wrote on his late grandfather a long poem in which he paid him a rich tribute and it is included in this volume. The next collection A Ray of Light dedicated to his grandfather and great-grandfather who were known for their great service and generosity to the poor and the needy. His first two collections gave him a promising start as a poet in English. His poems have appeared in various journals and anthologies and his reputation as a poet in English is now well established. So far he has published nine books of poems: 1. He comes from a well-known spiritual dynasty, descended from one of Islam’s much revered mystics, Abdul Qadir Jilani (d.1161) being an advocate of Sufism he wrote two scholarly books on Sufism and Islam and edits two journals in Urdu and English to familiarise the elite with Sufi message. eleven collections of poetry in English which is indeed no small achievement. Though he is fairly a late bloomer in the field of writing English poetry, he has progressed fast and published so far. Peeran started his career as a poet in Urdu and on the advice of a learned friend he started writing in English. Peeran is a bilingual poet from Bangalore writing in Urdu and English and a Judicial member of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal, Bangalore. The Sufis and those interested in Spirituality will relish this collection. The readers will find in this collection the Divine/Sufi Poems and this theme in a few collection of Haiku, Tanka, Quatrains and Short Poems. I am grateful to him for obliging me for publishing all my works. I have separated all my Divine and Sufi Poems, Haiku, Tanka, Quatrains and Short from my entire collections and now getting it published through my beloved friend Sree Sudharshan Kcherry Managing Director of Authors Press New Delhi. I have penned about three thousand poems, haiku, tanka, quatrains and short poems on all aspect of human life and experience My entire collection are found in the selected works published by Authors Press New Delhi 1) Evergreen Pastures 2) Perfumed Garden of Bliss 3) Scattered gems 4) Haiku, Tanka, Quatrains, and short Poems and a section of latest poems are included in Glass House and other stories and in the Golden Anthology edited by me. My Poetry is as a result of my inner turmoil, anguishes, pain and sufferings and quest for the Divine and to achieve truth, tranquility and inner peace. All these factors and my Sufi upbringing has deeply influenced me to pursue Sufism and Spirituality from my young days as I was brought up in the tutelage of my grandfather and father equally renowned Sufis besides my Sufi Masters. My great grandfather was a renowned Scholar in Arabic, Persian and Urdu as well as a reknowned Poet. Western education and Philosophy, logic, Science, history and Social Sciences and its study has widen our horizons. Being in Indian Sub Continent for over three centuries we are influenced by local culture and Indian spirituality as well besides In our lineage is Hazrath Shaikh Abdul Qader Jilani (d1166) of Baghdad and we belong to Qadria Silsila but having taken initiation in other Silsilas as well particularly Chistia, Suharwardia, Naqshbandia, Nizamia, Rifaeya and Warisiya. I have been penning Poems, Short Stories, Articles on Sufism and books on Sufism from decades as I hail from Sufi back ground and all my forebears were Sufi Syeds and direct descendents of our most Holy Prophet peace be upon him.
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