He once said, “He (God) is everywhere and in each and every phenomenon. He wrote mystical poetry in Arabic, Sindhi, Seraiki, Punjabi, Urdu, Farsi (Persian) and Baluchi. He was a humble man with long soft flowing hair, and penetrating eyes. He was very simple in his attire, lifestyle, and eating habits. He never traveled out from his village Daraza. Sachal is well known for his kalam as well as kafis conveying his spiritual message in haunting melodies. Couplets would pour out from his lips, which his followers or fellow dervishes would immediately inscribe. Touched by music, he would often cry profusely. During his childhood, once Sachal went to Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai, another great mystic poet of Sindh, who looked at him and said this little boy will complete what he had started. He married his cousin who died two years later and Sachal did not marry again. He was raised by his uncle who later became his spiritual master. Sachal lost his father when he was very young. His real name was Abdul Wahab but he adopted the name Sachal, which means truthful and Sarmast which means the intoxicated. He was born in the Daraza village of Khairpur, Sindh in 1739 right around the when the Afghan warlord Nadir Shah invaded Sindh. Sachal Sarmast was an ardent follower of Wahdat-ul-Wujood, an Islamic Philosophy synonymous with Hamah Oost. Suchal Sarmast literally means ‘truthful mystic’. Sachu means truth in Sindhi and Sachalu means truthful. Abdul Wahab was his real name and “Sachal” was the name he used in his own poetry. Sachal Sarmast (1739 – 1829) was a renowned Sindhi Sufi poet during the Kalhora era.

Sachal sarmast poetry in sindhi