Shah Inayat Qadiri

Shah Inayat Qadri (; – 1728) was a Punjabi Muslim Sufi scholar, saint and philosopher of the Qadri Shattari silsila (lineage). He mostly wrote his philosophical works in Persian. Shah Inayat Qadiri is famous as the spiritual guide of the universal Punjabi poets Bulleh Shah and Waris Shah. Shah is another honorific referring to a king. Inayat is an Islamic first name. Qadiri and Shatari are Islamic surname for the members of the Qadiriyya and Shattariyya tariqahs, which are Sufi mystical order.

Life Early life and education Shah Inayat was born in Kasur in 1643 (circa), into a Punjabi Muslim family belonging to the Arain tribe.

Shah Inayat and his disciples He was the student of Shah Raza and teacher of Bulleh Shah and Waris Shah.

Persecution and migration He used to work in Kasur, but because of the animosity of the city's ruler, Nawab Hussain Khan, he was forced to migrate to Lahore.

Work Shah Inayat is remembered as a preacher, a religious scholar, a philosopher and a saint. A brief biographical note on him was published in 1984 in Lahore. Shah Inayat was a scholar of mysticism. He wrote mostly in Persian and Punjabi. His works include: Dasturul Amal Islahul Amal Lataif-e-Ghaibya Ishartul Taliban