Sufi Quotes

The graveyard is the place for picking up a lesson. In such a solemn surrounding, one should not indulge in laughing or burst into laughter or eat or drink or do any other worldly thing.

The graveyard is the place for picking up a lesson. In such a solemn surrounding, one should not indulge in laughing or burst into laughter or eat or drink or do any other worldly thing.

Khwaja Gharib Nawaz

Masnavi

aatish kardan-e-baadshaah jahuud-o-but nihaadan pahluu-e-aatish ki har ki ii.n but raa sujuud kunad az aatish barast
aa.n jahuud-e-sag ba-bii.n che raa.e kard

Rumi

Naat-o-Manqabat

har vaqt hai rahmat kii barsaat madiine me.n
hotii hai sabhii puurii haajaat madiine me.n

Syed Hassan Ahmed

sher

u.D sake.n barsaat me.n kis tarah jugnuu be-shumaar
josh-e-giriyaa me.n sharar-afshaa.n jo dil aksar na ho

Raza Firangi Mahali

Raga Based Poetry

badra garjat meghwa barsat

badraa garjat meghvaa barsat
suujhat aur na Thor

Khalil Safipuri

Sufi Quotes

Dilation of the breast will never be attained unless withdrawal from the world is realized.

Dilation of the breast will never be attained unless withdrawal from the world is realized.

Makhdoom Jalaluddin Bukhari

Geet

barsat maa ko.uu ghar se hai nikasat
nokhe ho tum hii bides chalaiyaa

Shah Turab Ali Qalandar

Sufi Letter

LETTER 37: DIVINE WORSHIP

Sometimes I experience plenty, at other times penury.
My heart may burst with joy or lie grief-stricken.

Sheikh Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri

Geet

sukh jo barsaat kaa qismat me.n na thaa more badaa
bharii varshaa me.n vah pardesii bhayo mose vidaa

Shah Turab Ali Qalandar

Sufi Story

The Colorful Jackal -Daftar-e-Som

"No, no, no!" exclaims the speaker. I'm not good at singing!"
The jackals all burst out laughing and left the delusional painted jackal isolated, laughing at his inept mind.

Rumi

Sufi Quotes

How astonishing is he who flees from what is inescapable and searches for what is perishable! “For surely it is not theteyes that are blind, but blind are the hearts which are in the breast.”

How astonishing is he who flees from what is inescapable and searches for what is perishable! “For surely it is not theteyes that are blind, but blind are the hearts which are in the breast.”

Ibn-e-Ataullah Sikandari

Kalaam

aa.ii hai barsaat sakhii rii
sakhiyo.n ne mil-mil jhuule Daale

Shah Taqi Raaz Barelvi

Sufi Quotes

withdrawal from the world, inclining the soul away from it, leaving all settled bodies, keeping constantly to travel, denying the carnal soul its pleasures, purifying conduct, cleansing the conscience, dilation of the breast and the quality of leadership.

withdrawal from the world, inclining the soul away from it, leaving all settled bodies, keeping constantly to travel, denying the carnal soul its pleasures, purifying conduct, cleansing the conscience, dilation of the breast and the quality of leadership.

Abu Bakr Kalabazi

Sufi Quotes

Gnostic is that in whose inmost being thousands of mysteries are created and he may remain intoxicated. And in this state of condition if eighteen thousand worlds are put into his breast, he should still remain unaware of them.

Gnostic is that in whose inmost being thousands of mysteries are created and he may remain intoxicated. And in this state of condition if eighteen thousand worlds are put into his breast, he should still remain unaware of them.

Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

Malfooz

Now the king had a favorite slave. So the courtiers assembled together and gave the lave

Rumi

Sufi Story

Zulnoon, the Hospitalized Sufi - Daftar-e-Dom

It didn't take very long for him to accomplish his goal of frightening the guys and

Rumi

Sufi Quotes

The qualities of saintliness are withdrawal from the world, inclining the soul away from it, leaving all settled bodies, keeping constantly to travel, denying the carnal soul its pleasures, purifying conduct, cleansing the conscience, dilation of breast and the quality of the leadership.

The qualities of saintliness are withdrawal from the world, inclining the soul away from it, leaving all settled bodies, keeping constantly to travel, denying the carnal soul its pleasures, purifying conduct, cleansing the conscience, dilation of breast and the quality of the leadership.

Abu Bakr Kalabazi

Sufi Letter

LETTER 7: DISCIPLESHIP

As long as heaven and hell clutter your mind. How can your soul become aware of

Sheikh Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri

Malfooz

Sheikh Muizzuddin asked: "When he grew fearful could he be said to have remained agreeable?" He

Sheikh Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri

Sufi Story

The Fox, Wolf, and Lion - Daftar-e-Awwal

"Was my precious company not enough for you, you wretched beasts?" pondered the lion. "How dare you believe you can sway or influence my decisions?" Don't you realize that every thought you have and every action you might take is only possible because of me?"
The lion burst out laughing as he indulged these thoughts, leading the wolf and fox to believe that they would soon be satisfying their empty stomachs with their prey.

Rumi