The Depiction of Islamic Ethical Principles in the Poetry of Sufi Pashto Poet Rahman Baba

Abstract

The Holly Quran is one of the most read books in the world history, the discourse on what the holly Quran is and what is in it has long been resonated to actualize the position of this last scripture from the Almighty Allah. Scholars from different eras of history tend to agree on the point that the most prevalent and universal declaration of Quran is the ethical principles that will live for eternity. These principles that are stemmed in compassion, equality and equity, righteousness, truth, empathy, justice, peace and love for humanity are cross cutting. Classical poets of Pashto especially the Roshanites of 16^th Century and iconic three pillars of 17^th century including Khushal Khan Khattak (1613-1689), Rahman Baba (1632-1706) and Hameed Mashokhail (1660-1732) have echoed the Quranic principles in most of their poetics expressions. But the poetry of Rahman Baba is an exception when it comes to treatment of metaphors, phrases, allegories, allusions and insinuations with regards to convey the ethical and normative prospects of Islam. This paper tends to explain and analyze the compatibility of the poetry of Rahman Baba in the normative framework of Islamic teachings and Qur’anic ethical principles.