بابا فرید دی شاعری دا نفسیاتی مطالعہ:اجوکے سماج اِچ انسانی کرب،صبر، قناعت تے معنویت دے حوالے نال

A Psychological Study of Baba Farid’s Poetry: Human Suffering, Patience, Contentment, and Meaning in Contemporary Society

Abstract

Psychological stress is a major concern of contemporary life, yet experiences such as anxiety, grief, fear, separation, desire and uncertainty have always been part of human existence. This study examines how Baba Farid’s poetry as a spiritual and cultural reflection on human suffering, patience, contentment, self-reflection and the temporary nature of worldly life.

The study primarily draws on Kalam Baba Farid, edited by M. Asif Khan, and supported by Punjabi literary scholarship, the study relates Farid’s ideas to psychological concepts such as stress, coping, emotion regulation, acceptance, spirituality and meaning-making. The analysis shows that Baba Farid’s poetry should not be treated as psychological therapy. Rather, it offers a culturally familiar way of understanding suffering, controlling emotional reactions, reducing excessive desire and comparison and developing patience and contentment. The study therefore presents Farid’s thought and modern psychology as two distinct traditions that can meaningfully illuminate human distress and the search for meaning today.