Manqabat
Naat is the form of poetry written in the glory of Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH). Naat is recited after Hamd. After the humd and naat, Qawwali singers often sing Manqabat which is a poem written in the glory of a Sufi elder.
1817 -1905
Waris Ali Shah was a Sufi saint from Dewa and the founder of the Warsi Sufi order.
1080 -1131/41
Considered one the greatest Persian poets and philosophers.
1989
Up and coming poet from Islamabad whose poetry abounds in beauty, love, Sufistic and moral tropes.
1875 -1951
Freedom fighter, member of constituent assembly which drafted Indian Constitution. He gave the slogan "Inquilab Zindabad" during freedom movement. He was a devotee of Shri Krishna. He wrote the famous ghazal "chupke chupke raat din".
