The Sufi work Kashf-ul-Mahjub was written by

The Sufi work Kashf-ul-Mahjub was written by

Abu'l Hasan al Hujwiri
Moinuddin Chishti
Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
Amir Khusrau
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UPSC CAPF – 2019
The correct answer is A) Abu’l Hasan al Hujwiri.
The Sufi work ‘Kashf-ul-Mahjub’ (meaning ‘Revelation of the Veiled’ or ‘Unveiling of the Hidden’) is a celebrated classic of Sufi literature. It was written by Abu’l Hasan al Hujwiri, also known as Ali Hujwiri or Data Ganj Bakhsh. He was a 10th/11th-century Persian Sufi scholar and theologian from Ghazni who traveled widely before settling in Lahore, where his shrine is located. ‘Kashf-ul-Mahjub’ is considered one of the earliest and most comprehensive formal treatises on Sufism in Persian.

The other options are prominent Sufi figures, but they are not the author of ‘Kashf-ul-Mahjub’:
– Moinuddin Chishti is the founder of the Chishti order in India.
– Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya was a prominent saint of the Chishti order in Delhi.
– Amir Khusrau was a renowned poet, musician, and scholar, and a disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya.

‘Kashf-ul-Mahjub’ discusses various aspects of Sufism, including its principles, practices, different schools of thought, and biographies of earlier Sufi saints. It has been an influential text in the development of Sufism, particularly in the Indian subcontinent after Hujwiri settled in Lahore.
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