His name was Razl-uddin ‘Abul Mowayyad ‘Abdul Baqi b. ‘Abdus Salam of Badakhshan. Popularly known as Khwaja Baqi Billah of Kabul, he had migrated to Delhi and was a profound sage presenting the picture of the Quranic verse : “We have not crtatcd the jinn and man save for Our worship”. Excelling in devotion, piety and holy endeavour, he was the very crucible of devotion to God emitting the brilliance of love divine. Born about 971-72 A.H.,3 at Kabul-, he took Maulana Muhammad Sadiq Halwa’i as his teachcr and accompanied him in his tour to Transoxania. There he set his heart on betaking the path of spirit and terminaied his education to call upon the mystic Shaikhs of the area. First of all, he enlisted himself as a disciple of Shaikh Khwaja ‘Ubaid, a spiritual successor to Maulana Lutf Ullah. Aspiring to attain the highest reaches of divine truth, he took Shaikh Iflikhar and then Amir ‘Abdullah of Balakh as his spiritual guides but was not satisfied till he was drawn in a mysterious manner to Khwaja Baha’ud-dln Naqshband, who created in him an inclination to follow the path of mysticism requiring strict observance of the holy law. After some time he came to Kashmir and mei Shaikh Baba Kubrawi in whose company he acquired excellence and perfection of spirit.

It is reported that during this period of his complete absorption in God, the unveiling of an stage that the mystics call fans, or extinction was experienced by him. Khwaja Baqi Billah again took to scouring the country for another spiritual mentor after the death of Shaikh Baba Kubrawi. During his travels he had a vision of Khwaja ‘Ubaid Ullah Ahrar from whom he learnt the secrets of the Naqshbandiyah order. Thereafter Khwaja Baqi Billah took the road to the region of Transoxania where he was granted leave by Shaikh Muhammad AmkankI to practice the Naqshbandiyah discipline and also to enlist disciples in that order only after three days’ stay with him. Khwaja Baqi Billah returned to India, stayed for a year at Lahore where he met the scholars of the town, then he came down to Delhi and took up residence in the fort of Flroz Shah. The fort had, in those days, a spacious mosque and a wide canal running besides it. Khwaja Baqi Billah continued to live at this place until the end of his life’s journey.

Being inflamed with the love of God, Khwaja Baqi Billah often gave way to transports of ecstatic raptures but he always tried to conceal his spiritual excellence from others owing to his temperamental modesty.......
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