Sufi Articles

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

During a visit to Delhi, I had the blessing to visit the Bargah Sharif of Hazrat

Owais Balkhi

Naat-o-Manqabat

ai mazhar-e-vahdat qibla-e-dii.n maulaanaa mohammad faKHruddiin
’usmaanii siirat shaan-e-mu'ii.n maulaanaa mohammad faKHruddiin

Hafiz Habib Ali Shah

Persian Sufi Poetry

ba-shaguft gul dar bostaa.n aa.n Guncha-e-KHandaa.n kujaa
shud vaqt-e-aish-e-dostaa.n aa.n laala bustaa.n kujaa

Amir Khusrau

Persian Kalam

mar aa.n raa vaada-e-diidaar dadand
mar ii.n raa bahar-e-niiraa.n aafriidand

Shams Maghribi

Persian Kalam

vashshams che baashad sifat-e-vaj.h-e-shariifash
vallail che baashad sifat-e-muu-e-mohammad

Amir Hasan Ala Sijzi

Rubai

muddat-e-taii.n baaG-o-bostaa.n ko dekhaa
ya.anii ki bahaar aur KHizaa.n ko dekhaa

Khwaja Meer Dard

sher

misl-e-nigaah ghar se na baahar rakhaa qadam
phir aa.e har taraf ye jahaa.n ke tahaa.n rahe

Meer Muhammad Bedar

Persian Kalam

ba-fikr ba-nigar dame jamaalam ki shaahid-e-KHud bahar kamaalam
ba-kaaba-qausain KHud rasiidam manam mohammad manam mohammad

Aziz Safipuri

Ghazal

jo dekhe qad ko terii sarv-e-bostaa.n jal jaa.e
sharaar-e-naalaa-e-qamrii se aashiyaa.n jal jaa.e

Hazrat Kamal

Ghazal

har samt me.n hai tuu jalva-numaa ai nuur-e-mohammad sallallaah
aafaaq ko tuu ne gher liyaa ai nuur-e-mohammad sallallaah

Aziz Safipuri

Persian Sufi Poetry

raunaq-e-ahd-e-shabaabast digar bustaa.n raa
mii-rasad muzda-e-gul bulbul-e-KHush-lhaa.n raa

Hafiz

Gujari Sufi Kavya

andar nahin bahar nahin balki piya har chiz hai

andar nahii.n baahar nahii.n balki piyaa har chiiz hai
yaa baas jiyuu.n sandal mane.n yaa jalva-e-ruKHsaar KHush

Pir Syed Muhammad Aqdas

Persian Sufi Poetry

safar kardam bahar shahre daviidam
chuu shahr-e-'ishq-e-man shahre na-diidam

Rumi

sher

ai bahaar-e-gulshan-e-naaz-o-nazaakat har taraf
tere aane se hu.ii hai aur bhii bustaa.n me.n dhuum

Meer Muhammad Bedar

Rubai

aamad ba-zabaan-e-haal dar gosham guft
daryaab ki 'umr-e-rafta raa na-tavaa.n yaaft

Omar Khayyam

Persian Kalam

ai sarv-e-naaz raunaq-e-bustaan-e-maa tu.ii
ai nuur-e-diida sham-e-shabistaan-e-maa tu.ii

Hussain Bin Mansoor Hallaj

Sufi Proverb

vujuud mardum daana zar talaa ast. bahar kujaa kah ruud qadr-o-qiimatash daanad

vujuud mardum daana zar talaa ast. bahar kujaa kah ruud qadr-o-qiimatash daanad

Oral Tradition

Persian Kalam

dilaa KHaak-e-rah-e-kuu-e-mohammad shau mohammad shau
ze-har-suu.e biyaa suu-e-mohammad shau mohammad shau

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi