Desert, Dervish & Deviation: Linguistic Aspects in Khawaja Ghulam Farid’s Poetry

Abstract

The current study looks at the poetry of Hazrat Khawaja Ghulam Fareed (RA) through the humble lenses of stylistics and the sublime. The researchers have tried to explore various aspects of the celebrated Sufi Master’s poetic style in the background of stylistic characteristics defined by Leech and Short (2013) and Leech (2014). The time-honoured poetry shows the versatile personality of Khawaja Fareed. Khawaja sahib’s kafis show glimpses of his great status as a scholar, researcher, explorer, communicator and historian. The focal point of the current study is to arrive at or discover the new metaphor the great poet introduced as a poet. In addition, the study explores linguistic aspects found in his poetry. The article begins with introduction of relevant aspects of stylistics, briefs about Rohi and rounds off by comparing the stylistic and artistic accomplishments of Fareed with other poets of Persian, Urdu and English