Sufi Quotes

Ghaus-e-Azam Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani honoured me with special conferment and gave me gift from the treasure of his gifts (marifat).

Ghaus-e-Azam Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani honoured me with special conferment and gave me gift from the treasure of his gifts (marifat).

Faziluddin Qadri Batalvi

Sufi Quotes

Whatever I write, all pertain to the oceans of knowledge of the great Shaikh i,e. Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, but I write only that which is allowed to me to expose,

Whatever I write, all pertain to the oceans of knowledge of the great Shaikh i,e. Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, but I write only that which is allowed to me to expose,

Faziluddin Qadri Batalvi

Sufi Quotes

Satan

Abdul Qadir al Jilani one morning was still asleep at the time for the Morning Prayer.

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

Sufi Quotes

Once a man insisted Hazrat Suleman to initiate him in Qadiriyya order. He thought Chisti order inferior to Qadiriyya order. The Shaikh said: “You want to enter Qadiriyya order because Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jitani is the founder of that order?" He said: “Yes!” The Shaikh said: “There are also many lover of God in Chisti order.” At last the Shaikh initiated him in Chisti Sufi order.

Once a man insisted Hazrat Suleman to initiate him in Qadiriyya order. He thought Chisti order inferior to Qadiriyya order. The Shaikh said: “You want to enter Qadiriyya order because Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jitani is the founder of that order?" He said: “Yes!” The Shaikh said: “There are also many lover of God in Chisti order.” At last the Shaikh initiated him in Chisti Sufi order.

Khwaja Sulaiman Taunsvi

Did You Know

Hyderabadi Sufi Sheikh and poet Abdul Qadir Siddhiqui Hasrat learnt music as one of the sciences,

Sufi Quotes

Don’t be fearless about the worldly sea, many a man has drowned in it.

Don’t be fearless about the worldly sea, many a man has drowned in it.

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

Sufi Quotes

OPENING THE HEART

God said, through the prophet - man is my secret and I am his secret. The inner knowledge of the spiritual essence is a secret of my secrets. Only I put this into the heart of my good servent, and none may know his state other than me.

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

Sufi Quotes

The reality of truth is that you speak truth wherein you don't see deliverance without telling a lie.

The reality of truth is that you speak truth wherein you don't see deliverance without telling a lie.

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

Persian Sufi Poetry

guftaa ki chiist haalat guftam ki haal-e-shaakir
guftaa kujaa fitaada guftam miyaan-e-daamat

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

Sufi Quotes

I saw Shaikh Syed Abdul Qaadir Jilani in the holy Kaaba with his face on the pebbles and sayings: “O Lord! Pardon my sins and if I deserve punishment, cause me to arise blind on the Day of Resurrection that I might not be ashamed in the sight of the righteous.”

I saw Shaikh Syed Abdul Qaadir Jilani in the holy Kaaba with his face on the pebbles and sayings: “O Lord! Pardon my sins and if I deserve punishment, cause me to arise blind on the Day of Resurrection that I might not be ashamed in the sight of the righteous.”

Saadi Shirazi

Sufi Quotes

First exhort yourself than to others.

First exhort yourself than to others.

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

Sufi Quotes

He who desires Divine proximity must adopt sincerity.

He who desires Divine proximity must adopt sincerity.

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

Persian Kalam

fitna-a.ngez ma-shau kaakul-e-mushkii.n ma-kushaa.e
taab-e-zanjiir na-daarad dil-e-diivaana-e-maa

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

Persian Kalam

baavajuud az jaur-e-bisyaar-e-tuu goyam har zamaa.n
ii.n ki baashad a.ndke bisyaar buude kaashke

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

Sufi Quotes

The reality of spiritual poverty is that you don’t stand in need of a person like you and reality of the richness is that you obviate the need of a man like you.

The reality of spiritual poverty is that you don’t stand in need of a person like you and reality of the richness is that you obviate the need of a man like you.

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

Sufi Quotes

If you desire true success, oppose your lower self in obedience to your Lord.

If you desire true success, oppose your lower self in obedience to your Lord.

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

Persian Sufi Poetry

bisyaar gunah kardii az haq tuu na tarsiidii
az tars-e-azaab-e-haq naaliidan-e-shba-haa kuu

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

Sufi Quotes

Don’t be conceited at your deeds since their worth is based upon their ultimate end.

Don’t be conceited at your deeds since their worth is based upon their ultimate end.

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani