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A Brief History Of Khanqah Kazmia Qalandaria, Kakori Sharif

Muslim Sufi ideology had been spread by the saints who came from various Islamic countries. The

Zunnoorain Haidar Alvi

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The Idea of India in Amir Khusrau

3. Amir Khusrau, Nuh Sipihr,zd. M.Wahid Mirza, Calcutta, 1950, p. 150. For an English rendering of

Ali Nadeem Rezavi

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Sufi practices as the cause of spiritual, mental and physical healing at Chishti shrines in India and Pakistan

Devotional beliefs performed at the Dargahs of South Asia these days have an origin in Islamic

Mazhar Farid Chishti

Did You Know

Sufi Khanqahs were the only place in medieval India where people professing different religions enjoying different social status met and rubbed shoulders. Their distribution of food (langers) was free for all.

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Significance of Sufism for Positive Existence in the Contemporary world

[1] Ghosh, A.K., & Mir, S.A. (2017). International Journal of Management and Applied Science (IJMAS)," A Short Introduction to Origin, Beginning and
History of Sufism or Tasawwuf", pp. 75-82, Volume-2, Issue-12

Dr. Sameera Khan

Sufi Articles

From Hyderabad to Paris: A Journey of the Heart to Fazal Manzil

Fazal Manzil is not just a house — it is a living sanctuary of spiritual history.

Owais Balkhi

Sufi Quotes

The affliction of poverty is a sign of presence, while the delight of riches is a sign of ‘absence’.

The affliction of poverty is a sign of presence, while the delight of riches is a sign of ‘absence’.

Data Sahib

Sufi Quotes

Shams claims for himself the status of a Owaysi Sufi, one whose spiritual illumination comes not though a teacher, but directly from God: “Everyone talks of his own Shaikh. In a dream the Prophet, (PBUH) gave me a ceremonial cloak (khirqa), not the kind that will wear out and rip after a few days and fall in the bath house and be washed of dirt, but a cloak of converse (sohbat), not a converse that can be comprehended, but a converse that is not of yesterday, today or tomorrow.

Shams claims for himself the status of a Owaysi Sufi, one whose spiritual illumination comes not

Shams Tabrez

Sufi Quotes

Shams is “The Lord of the lord of the lords of truth” and “the chief of the lord of lords.” (Rumi) Shams Tabrezi discuses on the different aspects of Islamic mysticism as fellows: Blessing of God: “Blessing is excess, so to speak, an excess of everything. Don’t be content with being a Faqih, say I want more-more than being a Sufi, more than being a mystic -more than each thing that comes before you.”

Shams is “The Lord of the lord of the lords of truth” and “the chief of the lord of lords.” (Rumi)
Shams Tabrezi discuses on the different aspects of Islamic mysticism as fellows: Blessing of God: “Blessing is excess, so to speak, an excess of everything. Don’t be content with being a Faqih, say I want more-more than being a Sufi, more than being a mystic -more than each thing that comes before you.”

Shams Tabrez

Sufi Quotes

Knowledge of God is a (Marifat) is a process of unveiling in which the veils of created nature are successfully ripped away until the divine Essence stands revealed. Divine manifestation takes place through visual theophanies of the Attributes and Actions, and when God bestows these qualities on a human beings, this manifestation bestows on humanity a clothing with divinity.

Knowledge of God is a (Marifat) is a process of unveiling in which the veils of created nature are successfully ripped away until the divine Essence stands revealed. Divine manifestation takes place through visual theophanies of the Attributes and Actions, and when God bestows these qualities on a human beings, this manifestation bestows on humanity a clothing with divinity.

Sheikh Ruzbihan Baqli

Sufi Quotes

Acquiescence is a characteristic of God’s friends, while hypocrisy is a characteristic of His enemies.

Acquiescence is a characteristic of God’s friends, while hypocrisy is a characteristic of His enemies.

Data Sahib

Did You Know

Khusrau evolved a style of his own. He calls it the 'Tenth Style' (the art of writing which thrived in India) Introducing this art further, he says- It is the tenth Rasa, this humble Khusrau's own- his own noble choice- it will be found to be altogether distinct having nothing in common with the old or with the new and not even known to such who claims or pretend to know.

Sufi Quotes

I saw in the hidden world, a world illuminated from a shinning light. I saw God in the clothing of Majesty, Beauty and Glory; he poured me a drink from the ocean of affection, and he honored me with the station of intimacy.

I saw in the hidden world, a world illuminated from a shinning light. I saw God in the clothing of Majesty, Beauty and Glory; he poured me a drink from the ocean of affection, and he honored me with the station of intimacy.

Sheikh Ruzbihan Baqli

Sufi Quotes

Malamat (Blame) is a sign of intense love. The gnostics of Allah (arifeen) have to face thousands of blames.

Malamat (Blame) is a sign of intense love. The gnostics of Allah (arifeen) have to face thousands of blames.

Sakhi Ahmad Yar Abbasi

Sufi Quotes

Malamat (Blame) is a sign of intense love. The gnostics of Allah (arifeen) have to face thousands of blames.

Malamat (Blame) is a sign of intense love. The gnostics of Allah (arifeen) have to face thousands of blames.

Sakhi Ahmad Yar Abbasi

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I would rather have a mustard seed’s worth of love than seventy years of worship performed without love.

I would rather have a mustard seed’s worth of love than seventy years of worship performed without love.

Yahya bin Ma'az

Sufi Quotes

That everything throughout the world, everywhere, end to end, is but a reflection of a ray cast from the face of the Friend.

That everything throughout the world, everywhere, end to end, is but a reflection of a ray cast from the face of the Friend.

Shah Nematullah Wali

Sufi Quotes

I have not served God for fear of Hell, for I should be like a wretched hireling, if I did it for fear: nor for love of Paradise, for I should be a bad servant if I served for the sake of what was given, but I have served Him only for the love of Him and out of desire for Him.

I have not served God for fear of Hell, for I should be like a wretched hireling, if I did it for fear: nor for love of Paradise, for I should be a bad servant if I served for the sake of what was given, but I have served Him only for the love of Him and out of desire for Him.

Rabia Basri

Sufi Quotes

When fate meets me with a ruse of affliction; I meet it with a ruse of prayer.

When fate meets me with a ruse of affliction; I meet it with a ruse of prayer.

Yahya bin Ma'az

Sufi Quotes

The miracles of a saint confirm the evidence of the prophet.

The miracles of a saint confirm the evidence of the prophet.

Data Sahib