Habib jaalib kehte hain, hiraar rahnuma syed ataullah shah bukhari bepanah khatib aur muqarrar the. Un ka yeh aalim tha ke woh kisi jalse mein subah tak bila takan taqreer karte aur log un ko suna karate. Un ke khutbat aur taqreeron mein aisa jadoo tha ke log unhe sun kar kabhi rote to kabhi hanste. Woh bohot bade aalim the. Syed ataullah shah bukhari se meri mulaqat sheikh husam al-din ne model town mein karayi thi. Sheikh husam al-din ne mujh se kaha ke do ek shair sunao. Mein ne syed ataullah shah bukhari ko apni yeh ghazal sunayi thi jis ka matla tha... Apno ne woh ranj diye hain be gaane yaad aate hain Dekh ke is basti ki halat virane yaad aate hain Aur maqta tha ke Koi to parcham le kar nikle apne ghariban ka jaalib Charon janib sunata hai deewane yaad aate hain Un ke dil ki halat badi nazuk thi. Ghazal ke ash'ar sun kar un par raqat tari ho gayi aur unhone mujhe parhne se rok diya. Syed ataullah shah bukhari ke taraqqi pasando se bade ache talluqat the. Jail mein rehne ki wajah se woh sab logon se mila jula karate the. Woh khud ek inqalabi aadmi the. Sahir ludhianvi ka ek bada mashhoor waqia hai ke un se apni ek qita band ghazal ka doosra shair nahi ho raha tha. Milein isi liye reshmi ke dheer banti hain Ke dukhtaran-e-watan taar taar ko tarsain Sahir ludhianvi foran syed ataullah shah bukhari ke paas gaye aur un se jakar kaha ke mujh se doosra shair nahi ho raha hai. Shah sahib ne suna aur usi waqt doosra shair keh diya ke Chaman ko is liye maali ne khoon se seencha tha Ke us ki apni nigaahen bahaar ko tarsain Sahir ne poocha ke '' yeh shair mera hai ? '' Unhone kaha ke '' haan ab tumhara ho gaya.'' (Jaali beiti, page 248, taher asghar, jang publishers lahore, august 1993)