Mukhammas

daulat kii tarah tauba tauba ahbaab-e-vatan bik jaate hai.n
baazaar ajab baazaar hai ye ra.ngiin chaman bik jaate hai.n

Naza'n Sholapuri

Savaiya

muskan madhuri - bak balochan hai dukh-mochan diragh rochan rang bhare hai

bak balochan hai dukh-mochan diiragh rochan ra.ng bhare hai
ghuumat baarunii paan kiye jimi jhuumat aanan ruup dhare hai

Raskhan

Rubai

haq ye hai ki haq momin-e-be-baak kahe
maa'suum nabii ko aal ko paak kahe

Talha Rizvi Barq

Kalaam

milte hii be-baak thii vo aa.nkh sharmaa.ii hu.ii
phir ga.ii pachhtaa ke palko.n tak hayaa aa.ii hu.ii

Dagh Dehlvi

Sufi Proverb

aa.nraa ki hisaab paak ast az muhaasba cheh baak ast

Why need he, Whose accounts are clear(ed), fear to render accounts. (a) A clear conscience fears no accusers( b) Be true and fear not.

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

pak baash -o- madaar ai baraadar az kas baak

pak baash -o- madaar ai baraadar az kas baak

Oral Tradition

Kalaam

hai zaat kanz-e-maKHfii zaat-e-baqaa-e-mirzaa
paayaa jo 'ilm-e-mutlaq apne me.n aa.e mirzaa

Shah Siddique Saudagar

Sufi Quotes

Shams tells Rumi that he must practice mysticism, not just read about it. Eventually Rumi turns away from his book learning.

Shams tells Rumi that he must practice mysticism, not just read about it. Eventually Rumi turns away from his book learning.

Shams Tabrezi

Sufi Proverb

koh ba-koh namii-rasad aadam ba aadam mii-rasad

koh ba-koh namii-rasad aadam ba aadam mii-rasad

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

'azm parvaaz ba-kuu-e-shah-e-kHuubaa.n daaram
bulbulam shauq-e-tamaashaa-e-gulistaa.n daaram

Shah Fazl-e-Rasool Badayuni

Rubai

gar baada ba-koh bar zanii raqs kunad
naaqis buvad aa.n-ki baada raa naqs kunad

Omar Khayyam

Persian Sufi Poetry

maa ba-kuu-e-tuu sagaanem va ba-raah-e-tuu KHasem
ii.n ki pesh-e-tuu pas ast az hama ruu niiz pasem

Amir Khusrau

Sufi Quotes

In the eyes of the enlightened man, every leaf of the green tree, is a large book of wisdom to know God, the Omnipotent. (Every leaf is engrosses in Zikr of the Almighty).

In the eyes of the enlightened man, every leaf of the green tree, is a large book of wisdom to know God, the Omnipotent. (Every leaf is engrosses in Zikr of the Almighty).

Saadi Shirazi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ba-kuu-e-mai-kada har saalike ke rah daanist
dare digar zadan andesha-e-taba daanist

Hafiz

Naat-o-Manqabat

mai.n to bik chukaa huu.n torai haath
rakh lo morii laaj

Shah Sultan Ahmad Chishti

Geet

bik ga.ii mai.n to prem-nagar me.n
chaahe kahii.n jo ab nar-naarii

Bechain

Ghazal

tumhaar 'ishq me.n ik roz ham the
sar-e-baazaar bik jaate to aate

Riyaz Ahmad

Ghazal

zillat ke bhaav bik ga.ii.n izzat-ma.aabiyaa.n
dastaar us kii jaatii rahii sar nahii.n gayaa

Muzaffar Warsi

Ghazal

phir tire kaakul-e-pechaa.n kaa KHariide saudaa
pahle bik kar sar-e-baazaar ko.ii dekhe to

Bedam Shah Warsi

Kalaam

us dukaa.n me.n 'arsh' pahu.nche bhii to kab
bik chukii thii jab davaa-e-dard-e-'ishq

Arsh Gayavi