Match List I with List II.
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | Jama'at Khana | (I) | Pilgrimage |
| (B) | Ziyarat | (II) | Spiritual grace |
| (C) | Langar | (III) | A big hall where the inmates and visitors lived and prayed |
| (D) | Barakat | (IV) | An open kitchen, run on 'futuh' |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(II)
(A) Jama'at Khana — this matches (III) A big hall where the inmates and visitors lived and prayed. Shaikh Nizamuddin’s khanqah in Ghiyaspur, Delhi, had several small rooms and a big hall (jama’at khana).
(B) Ziyarat — this matches (I) Pilgrimage. Pilgrimage to the tombs of sufi saints, called ziyarat, is prevalent all over the Muslim world.
(C) Langar — this matches (IV) An open kitchen, run on 'futuh'. The khanqah had an open kitchen (langar), run on futuh, or unasked-for charity.
(D) Barakat — this matches (II) Spiritual grace. Ziyarat is an occasion for seeking the sufi’s spiritual grace (barakat).
NCERT (2026-27): “7.1 Life in the Chishti khanqah … The khanqah was the centre of social life. We know about Shaikh Nizamuddin’s hospice (c. fourteenth century) on the banks of the river Yamuna in Ghiyaspur, on the outskirts of what was then the city of Delhi. It comprised several small rooms and a big hall ( jama’at khana) where the inmates and visitors lived and prayed.… 7.1 Life in the Chishti khanqah … There was an open kitchen (langar), run on futuh (unasked-for charity). From morning till late night people from all walks of life – soldiers, slaves, singers, merchants, poets, travellers, rich and poor, Hindu jogis (yogi) and qalandars – came seeking discipleship… 7.2 Chishti devotionalism: ziyarat and qawwali … Pilgrimage, called ziyarat, to tombs of sufi saints is prevalent all over the Muslim world. This practice is an occasion for seeking the sufi’s spiritual grace (barakat).…” |