This article discusses nineteenth-century mode of thinking of

Chishti Sufis in Punjab and its representation in the cultural products and

artworks such as painting, architecture, calligraphy, and taghziya. Chishti

Sufis based their understanding of the Universe on Ibn-al Arabi’s ideas of

Symbolism. By attaching primacy to the interpretation of artwork, Sufis

linked craft practices with their ideas of wajud and insane-e-kamil. Oral

traditionsof artisan-builders and craftsmen suggest that they borrowed

these ideas from Sufis to make sense of their cultural products, thus

establishing a close relationship between artisanal practices and

nineteenth-century Sufi ideas.