Kalaam

aafat me.n pa.De dard ke iz.haar se ham aur
yaad aa ga.e bhuule hu.e kuchh us ko sitam aur

Aarzu Lakhnavi

Naat-o-Manqabat

'inaayat kii nazar ho jaaye mujh aafat ke maare par
ki merii mushkilo.n kaa faisla hai ik ishaare par

Baqir Shahjahanpuri

Kalaam

a.alam-shagufta huu.n jo mai.n aafat-rasiida huu.n
sub.h-e-bahaar huu.n jo garebaa.n-dariida huu.n

Ameer Minai

Ghazal

na balaa.o.n se na aafaat se Dar lagtaa hai
ab to apno.n kii inaayaat se Dar lagtaa hai

Soz Najibabadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

kufr-e-zulfat aafat-e-iimaa.n fitaad
KHaal-o-kHadat raahat-e-chashmaa.n fitaad

Ahmad Balkhi Langar Dariya

Ghazal

aafat-e-jaan-o-dil to yaa.n vo but-e-kHud-farosh hai
pahle hii jis ke peshkash sabr-o-qaraar hosh hai

Khwaja Meer Dard

Ghazal

au aafat-e-jaa.n terii nazar aur hii kuchh hai
in tirchhii nigaaho.n kaa asar aur hii kuchh hai

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Sufi Proverb

par-e-uqaab aafat-e- uqaab ast

par-e-uqaab aafat-e- uqaab ast

Oral Tradition

Sufi Quotes

The gnostic flies and the ascetic travels afoot.

The gnostic flies and the ascetic travels afoot.

Bayazid Bastami

Ghazal

har chand hamaarii haalat par rahm aataa hai har gha.Dii ko lekin
kaun aap ko aafat me.n Daale us aafat-e-jaa.n se kaun kahe

Amjad Hyderabadi

Bait

hadaf tir-e-alamat kahiye

hadaf tiir-e-alaamat kahiye
toda-e-naavik-e-aafat kahiye

Shah Abdul Qadeer Badayuni

Persian Sufi Poetry

shoKHii-e-naaz-e-butaanam aarzuust
aafat-e-iimaan-o-jaanam aarzuust

Ahmad Shahjahanpuri

Geet

dil aate hii aafat aave
priit kii ko.ii riit na paave

Nakhshab Jarchawi

Ghazal

aah-e-sozaa.n kabhii kabhii aa.nsuu
Gam-e-aafat-taraaz ne maaraa

Niyaz Makanpuri

Persian Sufi Poetry

baada pesh aar taa-kunam aaGaaz
daastaa.n-haa-e-ishq aafat-kosh

Jigar Moradabadi

Ghazal

aalam-e-jaa.n se tuu nahii.n aayaa
ek aafat jahaan par aa.ii

Ehsanullah Khan Bayan

Ghazal

ruKH kii ra.ngat bhii ek aafat hai
terii qaamat qiyaamat-aaraa hai

Syed Faizan Warsi

Khaaliq baari

Khaaliq-bari

aafat-o-aaseb hai ra.nj-o-balaa
hayya zinda jaaniyo tum jiivataa

Amir Khusrau

Kalaam

qayaamat shoKH-e-aafat chulbulaa dil
miraa dil aur phir kaisaa miraa dil

Riyaz Khairabadi

Ghazal

bahut muztar bahut dard-aashnaa dil
'ajab aafat kaa Tuk.Daa hai miraa dil

Sufi Tabassum