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Anant Akhado means the concourse of infinite number of souls.
This is a famous Granth of Pir Hasan Kabirdin (r.a.) son of Pir
Sadardin (r.a.). Pir Hasan Kabirdin is also known as Anantjo
dhani i.e. the Lord of infinite number of saved souls as Pir
Sadardin is known as Bargur i.e. savior of twelve crore (one
hundred and twenty million) souls. Anant Akhado consists of 500
quatrains whereas Anantna Nav Chhuga, an epilogue of the Anant
Akhado, meaning ‘the nine strings of Anant’ has 90 quatrains
making a total of 590 paths. Symbolically Pir Hasan Kabirdin has
described these Granths as a turban of five hundred yards of
cloths with nine strings, on each yard a path of this Granth is
written and on each Chhuga or string 10 paths is written. It is
evident from this Granth as well as from other Ginans, that Pir
Hasan Kabirdin had said this Granth as an entreaty to Imam Islam
Shah (a.s.). As the first path of Anant Akhado says:
Ashaji jugpati jugnath sri Islam Shah,
Ham man tere umayo ji;
Kaem sami hansajina raja,
Jampudipme shaha avo…
“O Lord of the time! O Lord of the world! O Sri Islam Shah (a.s.)!
I beseech you from my heart. O Lord Qaim! O king of the souls!
Come to the Indian subcontinent.”
This Granth is an encyclopedic work which has touched almost
every topic relevant to the Indian Ismaili tradition. Divine
light, Prophethood, Imamat, Day of Judgment, hell and heaven,
divine love, obedience to the Imam, characteristics of a
believer, Satpanth, Jamatkhana, timings of daily prayers, Dasond,
Sukrit, Bay‘at, Ghatpat, various ethical issues like backbiting,
pride and vanity, forgiveness, kindness, drinking and smoking;
history of Pirs and many other such topics have been included in
this epical work. A large part of this Granth has been dedicated
to venti (entreaty) which is a special characteristic of the
Ginans of Pir Hasan Kabirdin.
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