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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :

List–I
(Sufi Work)
List–II
(Nature of Composition)
A. Kashf-ul Mahjub1. Biographical accounts of saints
B. Fawa’id-al Fu’ad2. Manuals dealing with Sufi thought
C. Siyar-ul Auliya3. Letters of Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
D. Maktubat-i Imam Rabbani4. Conversations of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya

Code :

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The correct answer is

A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3

Each Sufi text is matched with the kind of writing it represents.

List-I (Work)List-II (Nature)Justification
A. Kashf-ul Mahjub2. Manuals dealing with Sufi thoughtWritten by Ali Hujwiri, it is one of the earliest Persian treatises explaining Sufi doctrine and practice.
B. Fawa'id-al Fu'ad4. Conversations of Shaikh Nizamuddin AuliyaCompiled by Amir Hasan Sijzi, it records the malfuzat (table-talk) of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya of the Chishti order.
C. Siyar-ul Auliya1. Biographical accounts of saintsWritten by Amir Khurd, it is a tazkira (biographical dictionary) of Chishti saints.
D. Maktubat-i Imam Rabbani3. Letters of Shaikh Ahmad SirhindiThese are the collected letters of Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi, the Naqshbandi reformer known as Mujaddid-i Alf-i Sani.

Hence, the correct code is A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3.

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