Sufi Proverb

radd-e-dushman qubuul-e-dost

Rejection by an enemy is acceptance by a friend.

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

hu.e dost dushman mere ai jaa.n terii furqat me.n
misl sach hai nahii.n apnaa ko.ii hotaa musiibat me.n

Kausar Khairabadi

Sufi Proverb

seh chiiz ast ki agar haqiir baashad aa.nraa istihqaar nashaayad kard. biimaarii o waam o dushman

Three things should not be underestimated, however trifling they may seem: illness, debt and enemy.

Oral Tradition

Rubai

har dushman-o-dost KHuu.n kaa pyaasaa hai
har dam sitam-o-jaur pe aamaada hai

Kausar Khairabadi

Sufi Proverb

cheraaGe keh uu Kanaa raushan kunad-ba-ruKhat uuftad kaar-e- dushman kunad

The lamp which gives light to the houses, should it fall on one’s garments, will act as an enemy.

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

is parii ko KHaana-e-dushman me.n mehmaa.n dekh kar
KHuu.n rotaa huu.n mai.n suu-e-charKH-e-gardaa.n dekh kar

Kausar Khairabadi

Ghazal

mohabbat se na dekho tum to dushman kii nazar dekho
KHafaa hokar biga.D kar ruuTh kar dekho magar dekho

Safi Aurangabadi

Qita

shaitaan-o-nafs dono.n dushman tire magar
dushman vo duur kaa hai ye dushman qariib kaa

Khwaja Azizul Hasan Majzoob

Persian Sufi Poetry

dushman-e-har-aaqil-o-farzaana baash
ai dil andar aashiqii diivaana baash

Hasrat Mohani

sher

jahaa.n gar ho dushman hai kyaa fikr-o-Gam
agar Gam-gusaarii pe Gam-KHvaar ho

Kishan Singh Arif

Sufi Proverb

har giz badii ki tavaanii badushman marsaa.n mubaadaa ki rozii dost gardad

Don’t do the worst you can to your enemy, for perchance he may someday become a friend.

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

har ki gardan badaa'vaa afraazad. dushman az har taraf badoo taazad

He who lifts his head high pretentiously will he attacked by adversaries from all sides.

Oral Tradition

Kalaam

barq chamkii chaman vaale dushman hu.e chaar tinke bujhaanaa Gazab ho gayaa
chand phuulo.n me.n ai ham-nashiino miraa aashiyaana banaanaa Gazab ho gayaa

Aaqil Revarhvi

Salok

farida je dar lage nehu so dar nahin chhaDhna

fariidaa je dar lage nehu so dar nahii.n chhaDhnaa
aahan pavah bhaavai.n mehu sir hii upar jhallanaa

Baba Farid

Sufi Quotes

Your real companion and your true identity is the self within, that inner-self is the pivot of devotion and rebellion, this world and the afterworld, reward and recompense, affection and enmity; all your contradictions. If the one within is well guarded, you, up at front, will be safe.

Your real companion and your true identity is the self within, that inner-self is the pivot of devotion and rebellion, this world and the afterworld, reward and recompense, affection and enmity; all your contradictions. If the one within is well guarded, you, up at front, will be safe.

Wasif Ali Wasif