Sufi Quotes

Surrender and acceptance to the Will of God are the best companions; wisdom is the noblest heritage; theoretical and practical knowledge are best marks of distinction; deep thinking will present the clearest picture of every problem.

Surrender and acceptance to the Will of God are the best companions; wisdom is the noblest heritage; theoretical and practical knowledge are best marks of distinction; deep thinking will present the clearest picture of every problem.

Hazrat Ali

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Whatever gloom and grief comes upon us is the result of our insolence, that is, of flouting religious injunctions; it is the result of our indiscipline.

Whatever gloom and grief comes upon us is the result of our insolence, that is, of flouting religious injunctions; it is the result of our indiscipline.

Rumi

Sufi Articles

The Idea of India in Amir Khusrau

It appears that by the thirteenth century, the concept of India as a distinct geographical entity,

Ali Nadeem Rezavi

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Love is the foe of religious rite, it never thinks of creed and caste. The beloved dwells over-seas. Now his love has seized all of my perceptions.

Love is the foe of religious rite, it never thinks of creed and caste. The beloved dwells over-seas. Now his love has seized all of my perceptions.

Bulleh Shah

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All the philosophical arguments for the existence of God are to be rejected because they are based upon rationality which is imperfect in itself. Qazi also refutes a pure religious approach to God because it is related to man’s individual and human qualities. God known through human attributes is finite and imperfect. The truth is that knowledge of the attributes of God transcends the knowledge of the qualities of human nature.

All the philosophical arguments for the existence of God are to be rejected because they are based upon rationality which is imperfect in itself. Qazi also refutes a pure religious approach to God because it is related to man’s individual and human qualities. God known through human attributes is finite and imperfect. The truth is that knowledge of the attributes of God transcends the knowledge of the qualities of human nature.

Qazi Hamiduddin Nagori

Sufi Articles

Sufi practices as the cause of spiritual, mental and physical healing at Chishti shrines in India and Pakistan

-How both shrines are serving in satisfying the socio-religious requirements of the local community in specific and overall of the Sufism’s followers?
-Do performed practices at the shrine/s are purely religious requirement or visitors merely perform them according to their own native cultural environment?

Mazhar Farid Chishti

Did You Know

Sufi Khanqahs were the only place in medieval India where people professing different religions enjoying different social status met and rubbed shoulders. Their distribution of food (langers) was free for all.

Sufi Quotes

It is the inward glow that makes the Sufi, not the religious dress.

It is the inward glow that makes the Sufi, not the religious dress.

Data Sahib

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The Sufi should associate with people of his kind and those from whom he can benefit. The man most worthy of our company is he who agrees with your religious beliefs and before whom you are ashamed (for your faults).

The Sufi should associate with people of his kind and those from whom he can benefit. The man most worthy of our company is he who agrees with your religious beliefs and before whom you are ashamed (for your faults).

Abu Najeeb Suhrawardi

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The genuine rustic dwells in the state of unity.

The genuine rustic dwells in the state of unity.

Sari Saqti

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O Brother! There are thousands upon thousands who have been martyred and slain on the Divine way. Many other thousands are wounded and thrown prostrate. Those well known for their intellect have been perplexed in their search for Him and those famous for their religious knowledge are searching Him at the outskirts of His Glory and Tremendousness, Those, whose eyes are radiant and heart clairvant, are submerged in one drop of His ocean of His Majesty or singed like sparks from the fire of His Glory.

O Brother! There are thousands upon thousands who have been martyred and slain on the Divine

Sheikh Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri

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He who meditates into the mysteries of the holy Quran is Sagacious in true sense..

He who meditates into the mysteries of the holy Quran is Sagacious in true sense..

Sari Saqti

Sufi Articles

Amir Khusrau and his Adaptability – J. Dadademery

Besides possessing a profound knowledge of Persian and Arabic, Amir Khusrau also knew Hindi and some

Sufinama Archive

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I wish that the sorrow of all mankind would be thrown upon me.

I wish that the sorrow of all mankind would be thrown upon me.

Sari Saqti

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Tongue and face reveal condition of the heart. But the heart is of three kinds. First, it is the heart like big mountain which is unshakable. Secondly that heart, which is firm like tree, but windstorm shakes it. Thirdly that heart which is luxe birds who fly in the air.

Tongue and face reveal condition of the heart. But the heart is of three kinds. First, it is the heart like big mountain which is unshakable. Secondly that heart, which is firm like tree, but windstorm shakes it. Thirdly that heart which is luxe birds who fly in the air.

Sari Saqti

Sufi Articles

If rain can grow sugarcane, man can realize the Divine – the story of Sheikh Muhibullah

Arieb Azhar sang this haunting tune Husn-e-Haqiqi during the magical years of Coke Studio Pakistan when the brilliant Rohail Hyatt gave his interpretation to Sufi music. Sufi poet Khwaja Gulam Farid’s lyrics left the mind with a myriad questions.
But let’s go back in time to 1587…

Meher Murshed

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He who cannot bridle his own lower soul, how can he purify the same of others.

He who cannot bridle his own lower soul, how can he purify the same of others.

Sari Saqti

Sufi Articles

Malfuzat : An Analysis of the criticism on Anees-ul-Arwah

In his ‘on sources and source material’, Prof K.A. Nizami observes that the Malfuz-writing is one

Aatif Kazmi

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The purpose of retreat (khalwa) is to draw near to God and the heart is filled with joy... and the filling of the heart with light strengthens the attractive force of the Spirit of God which draws it. The heart when polished reflects the Divine radiance.

The purpose of retreat (khalwa) is to draw near to God and the heart is filled with joy... and the filling of the heart with light strengthens the attractive force of the Spirit of God which draws it. The heart when polished reflects the Divine radiance.

Sheikh Shahabuddin Suhrawardi

Did You Know

The Masnavi of Rumi reached the Indian Subcontinent in late 13the century- in 1276 Ad, three years after Rumi's death. The Masnavi was taken to India by one of his disciples, Ahmad Rumi who belonged to the Suhrawardia and Qadariya Sufi orders.