He was the son of Qāẓī Abū-l-Ma‘ālī of the place of pilgrimage.* He was a melancholy youth who had adopted the Ṣūfī doctrine of annihilation* and was after the fashion of his father. He died of haemorrhoids in Lāhor.

He composed an opening couplet in imitation of an opening couplet by Shaikh Sa‘dī (may his tomb be hallowed).

(Shaikh Sa‘dī's couplet).
“Infidels, what do you expect from a lifeless graven image?
Worship awhile that Idol which has life.”

(The poet's couplet).
“The dead are envious when thou stretchest out thy hand
for thy sword
Saying, ‘Death by that sword is the privilege of him who
is alive!’”