Sufi Proverb

tark-e- aadat mojib-e- marZ ast

tark-e- aadat mojib-e- marZ ast

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

aap taskiin kii zahmat to kare.n
be-qaraarii mirii 'aadat hii sahii

Hadi Amanabadi

Ghazal

terii baato.n kaa bharosa nahii.n 'naazaa.n' mujh ko
jhuuTii jhuuTii tujhe 'aadat hai qasam khaane kii

Naza'n Sholapuri

Sufi Quotes

agar kisi ko thoDa khane ki aadat hai, to wo sakhti ke din asani se guzar sakta hai aur agar use khushhali ke dinon mein apna pet bharna ho, to wo zyada gharibi se marta hai.

Saadi Shirazi

Chhand

jhukat krpan maidan jayon udot bhan ekan ten ek mano sukhma jarad ki

jhukat krpaan maidaan jayo.n udot bhaan ekan te.n ek mano sukhmaa jarad kii
kahai.n kavi 'ga.ng' tere bal kii bayaari laage phuuTii gaj ghaTaa ghan ghaTaa jayo.n sard kii

Gang

Ghazal

karaamat faqat tark-e-'aadat nahii.n
hu.ii tark aadat to aadat hai farz

Zaheen Shah Taji

Persian Sufi Poetry

ibaadat KHvaahii az aadat ba-parhez
na-gardad jam.a aadat baa ibaadat

Mahmood Shabistari

Persian Sufi Poetry

'aadat-e-KHuubaa.n jafaa baashad jafaa
ham bara.n 'aadat baro ehsaa.n ma-kun

Rumi

Sufi Quotes

Once a governor named Ali Khan sent fifty rupees to him through Mullah Hussain. Shah Kamal refused to accept and said: “O Idiot! Don’t blacken your face by sending worldly wealth to dervish. Shun from such acts.” Ali Khan, later on apologised.

Once a governor named Ali Khan sent fifty rupees to him through Mullah Hussain. Shah Kamal refused to accept and said: “O Idiot! Don’t blacken your face by sending worldly wealth to dervish. Shun from such acts.” Ali Khan, later on apologised.

Shah Kamaal Qadri Kaithli

Naat-o-Manqabat

'alii 'alii hai ba.Dii 'ibaadat
'alii 'alii momino.n kii 'aadat

Unknown

Naat-o-Manqabat

roz yaa KHvaaja se aa.nkhe.n kholnaa
merii 'aadat ban ga.ii hindal-valii

Sultan Chishti

Naat-o-Manqabat

zikr un kaa chhe.Diye har baat me.n
chhe.Dnaa shaitaa.n kaa 'aadat kiijiye

Ahmad Raza Khan

Ghazal

ai fusuu.n gar tiraa kamaal nahii.n
dil kaa denaa hamaarii 'aadat hai

Maikash Akbarabadi

Ghazal

kahii.n 'aadat na dil ko ho jaa.e
aap kaa intizaar kaun kare

Behzad Lakhnavi

Kalaam

chupke-chupke dil se karnaa guftuguu
terii furqat me.n ye 'aadat ho ga.ii

Ra'na Akbarabadi

Rubai

zulm karnaa to un kii 'aadat hai
ye kisii kaa bhalaa nahii.n karte

Unknown

Ghazal

hasii.n jo nazar aayaa us ko diyaa dil
hamaarii hamesha se aadat yahii hai

Aughat Shah Warsi

Ghazal

'shaayaan' tire saamne kaa.nTo.n kaa safar hai
chalne kii magar 'aadat Gaazii nahii.n jaatii

Khwaja Shayan Hassan

Ghazal

Thokare.n khaanaa pa.De.ngii 'ishq me.n
dar-ba-dar phirne kii 'aadat ho na ho

Behzad Lakhnavi

Kalaam

vafaa kaa huu.n taalib vafaa kii hai 'aadat
vafaa kar rahaa huu.n vafaa chaahtaa huu.n

Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani