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  1. The Sufi saint who maintained that devotional music was one way of moving closer to God was

    1. Muin-ud-din-Chisti
    2. Baba Farid
    3. Saiyid Muhammed
    4. Shah Alam Bukhari
Correct Option: B

Farid-ud’din Mas’ud (1175-1265 AD), better known as Sheikh Farid, or Baba Farid, is one of the most revered and distinguished of medieval Sufi Mystics. He found music as a way of reaching God. Baba Farid’s mystic songs were intended to break the strain of his emotions, to quicken his emotional response, and to attune his heart to the infinite and the eternal. Sometimes he would himself recite couplets and supply fuel to his burning emotions.



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