Rubai

aa.n baada ki qaabil-e-hayaatast ba-zaat
gaahe haivaa.n mii-shavad ba-gaah nabaat

Omar Khayyam

Persian Sufi Poetry

hastii-e-vaajib yake aamad ba-zaat
hast ta.addud ze-sha.uun-o-sifaat

Jami

Pad

murli bajat akhanD saday tahan prem jhankara hai

murlii bajat akhanD sadaay tahaa.n prem jhankaaraa hai
prem-ha.ii tajii jab bhaa.ii satt lok kii had punii aa.ii

Kabir

Pad

surat ka anubhaw - jhulat ghaT mein surat hinDola bajat anhad shabd amola

jhuulat ghaT me.n surat hi.nDolaa baajat anhad shabd amolaa
dhun kii Dorii lagii adhar me.n surat nirat rahi jhaa.nk adhar me.n

Shaligram

Ghazal

be-bizaa.at hai.n sab ahl-e-zarfq barq
chashma-e-KHurshiid me.n kiidhar hai aab

Khwaja Meer Dard

Persian Kalam

figand az sar-e-lutf aa.n maah-e-KHuubaa.n
'zafar' bar man-e-be-bizaa.at nigaahe

Bahadur Shah Zafar

Sufi Proverb

rozah be-namaaz, uruus be jehaaz, qorma be pyeaaz

rozah be-namaaz, uruus be jehaaz, qorma be pyeaaz

Oral Tradition

Rubai

baa yaar ba-gulzar shudam rah-guzrii
bar gul nazar-e-fagandam az be-KHabarii

Jami

Sufi Proverb

diidah-e-ahl-e-tama'a ba ne'mat-e-dunyaa. pur na-shavad hamchunaan keh chaah ba shabnam

diidah-e-ahl-e-tama'a ba ne'mat-e-dunyaa. pur na-shavad hamchunaan keh chaah ba shabnam

Oral Tradition

Shabad

prem ka ang - sunn sikhar chaDi jahab ho bajat anhad tar

sunn sikhar cha.Di jaahab ho baajat anhad taar
sunn sikhar cha.Dhi jaahab ho baajat anhad taar

Gulal Sahab

Persian Sufi Poetry

agar bar-KHezad az dastam ki baa dildaar ba-nashiinam
ze jaam-e-vasl mai nosham ze baaG-e-KHuld gul chiinam

Hafiz

Persian Kalam

KHasta-e-hijr gashta-am baa tuu visaalam aarzuust
tiira shuda ast chashm-e-man nuur-e-jamaalam aarzuust

Hussain Bin Mansoor Hallaj

Persian Kalam

mii-kunad baa man dilam har-lahza iz.haare digar
az daruunam mii-zanad sirr har-dam asraare digar

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Sufi Quotes

Every visitor should be served something

Every visitor should be served something; if there is nothing to offer, a cup of water may be offered.

Nizamuddin Auliya

Persian Sufi Poetry

Gamat baa iin-o-aa.n guftam na-guftam
agarche tark-e-jaa.n guftam na-guftam

Amir Khusrau

Sufi Proverb

daroG-e-maslehat aamez be az raast-e-fitna angez ast

daroG-e-maslehat aamez be az raast-e-fitna angez ast

Oral Tradition

Rubai

baa har bad-o-nek raaz na-tavaanam guft
kotah suKHnam daraaz na-tavaanam guft

Omar Khayyam

Sufi Quotes

Truthfulness is that you be with people just as you perceive yourself to be or that you perceive yourself to be just as you are.

Truthfulness is that you be with people just as you perceive yourself to be or that you perceive yourself to be just as you are.

Abu Ali Daqqaaq

Sufi Quotes

If the wayfarer always thinks to be a new comer in the presence of his Shaikh, and each day to be a first day, he will achieve his object every soon. If he thinks the second day to be second day, he wil! be entrapped in perdition and destruction.

If the wayfarer always thinks to be a new comer in the presence of his Shaikh, and each day to be a first day, he will achieve his object every soon. If he thinks the second day to be second day, he wil! be entrapped in perdition and destruction.

Noor Muhammad Maharvi

Sufi Quotes

The day when you cease to be, will be the day of your resurrection.

The day when you cease to be, will be the day of your resurrection.

Wasif Ali Wasif