Persian Sufi Poetry

dafn mii-kardand marde raa ba-KHaak
shaiKH-e-basrii shud ba-pesh-e-aa.n maGaak

Fariduddin Attar

Saakhi

birah ka ang - hanso to dukh na bisrai roaun bal ghaTi jai

ha.nso to dukh naa biisrai roau.n bal ghaTi jaai
man.hii.n maa.nhii.n bisurnaa jayo.n ghun kaaThi.n khaay

Kabir

Doha

an-honi ke sonch mein bisri har ki yaad

an-honii ke so.nch me.n bisri har kii yaad
janm amuul likh apnaa 'aughat' hu.aa barbaad

Aughat Shah Warsi

Sufi Quotes

Seclusion is the soul’s ideal preparation for reaching God. It is in the state of solitude that the soul contemplates on the attributes of God.

Seclusion is the soul’s ideal preparation for reaching God. It is in the state of solitude that the soul contemplates on the attributes of God.

Rabia Basri

Sufi Quotes

Once she fell ill and someone asked her the cause of her illness. She replied, “Because I turned my heart to Paradise, He chastised me. Now he is content with me. I will not do it again.”

Once she fell ill and someone asked her the cause of her illness. She replied, “Because I turned my heart to Paradise, He chastised me. Now he is content with me. I will not do it again.”

Rabia Basri

Sufi Quotes

When asked about some worldly thing she wanted to have, she replied: “I am ashamed to ask for a thing of this world from Him to whom this world belongs; how can I ask for it from those to whom it does not belong.

When asked about some worldly thing she wanted to have, she replied: “I am ashamed to ask for a thing of this world from Him to whom this world belongs; how can I ask for it from those to whom it does not belong.

Rabia Basri

Sufi Quotes

In her prayer to God, she says; “O my Lord! If I worship Thee on account of the fear of Hell, bum me in Hell, and if I worship Thee with the hope of Paradise, exclude me from it, but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, then withhold not from me Thine Eternal Beauty.

In her prayer to God, she says; “O my Lord! If I worship Thee on account of the fear of Hell, bum me in Hell, and if I worship Thee with the hope of Paradise, exclude me from it, but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, then withhold not from me Thine Eternal Beauty.

Rabia Basri

Sufi Quotes

The soul comes from God, and it can be united with Him if it is purified through the process of mortification.

The soul comes from God, and it can be united with Him if it is purified through the process of mortification.

Rabia Basri

Sufi Quotes

None of the matter of this world or of the next should deter you from Allah. Rabia said, “While I am in this world, all I want from this world is to remember You, and my only wish for the hereafter is to be able to see You. Other than this, do with me as You wish.

None of the matter of this world or of the next should deter you from Allah. Rabia said, “While I am in this world, all I want from this world is to remember You, and my only wish for the hereafter is to be able to see You. Other than this, do with me as You wish.

Rabia Basri

Sufi Quotes

She asked in her private prayer, “O my Lord, will you burn in the Fire a heart that holds love for you?” The caller answered, “We will never do such a thing. Do not think so poorly of Us.”

She asked in her private prayer, “O my Lord, will you burn in the Fire a heart that holds love for you?” The caller answered, “We will never do such a thing. Do not think so poorly of Us.”

Rabia Basri

Sufi Quotes

She was asked when is the servant satisfied? She replied: “When afflictions delight him as much as blessings.”

She was asked when is the servant satisfied? She replied: “When afflictions delight him as much as blessings.”

Rabia Basri

Ghazal

qissa-e-ishq nahii.n be-asarii kaa likhaa
us kaa har lafz hai KHuun-e-jigrii kaa likhaa

Meraj Lakhnavi

Naat-o-Manqabat

kare.n kyuu.n na aasii vahii.n par basere
jahaa.n un kii rahmat ne Daale hai.n Dere

Shaida Warsi

Bhajan

mori sar se Tali bala

ham paayo bisraam
'kabiiraa' bhalaa hu.aa har bisre

Kabir

Bhajan

sadho kyun tun rab ka nam bisare

saadho kyuu.n tuu.n rab kaa naam bisaare
rab ke bisaare se ain baajii haare

Abdul Samad

Ghazal

kal hamaaraa bhii gulistaa.n me.n baseraa thaa magar
chhaante phirte hai.n ab KHaak bayaabaano.n kii

Aah Sambhali

Sufi Quotes

The temptation of Adam was in eating, and this is also your temptation until the day of Resurrection. It is the advice of the Prophet to consume the strength of the lower soul by hunger and thirst.

The temptation of Adam was in eating, and this is also your temptation until the day of Resurrection. It is the advice of the Prophet to consume the strength of the lower soul by hunger and thirst.

Hassan Basri

Doha

kaya ki mamta tajau aur apnī sudh bisrao

kaayaa kii mamtaa tajau aur apnī sudh bisraa.o
mohan murlii aan sunaa.e.n aisaa dhyaan jamaa.o

Aughat Shah Warsi

Doha

aasan maro dubidha chhanDo apnī sudh bisrao

aasan maaro dubidhaa chhaa.n.Do apnī sudh bisraa.o
mile.nge kaayaa-koT me.n prabhu 'aughaT' kahii.n na-jaa.o

Aughat Shah Warsi