sher

'riyaaz' maut hai is shart se hame.n manzuur
zamii.n sataa.e na marne pe aasmaa.n kii tarah

Riyaz Khairabadi

sher

hai yahii shart bandagii ke liye
sar jhukaa.uu.n terii KHushii ke liye

Sadiq Dehlvi

Ghazal

hai yahii shart bandagii ke liye
sar jhukaa.uu.n terii KHushii ke liye

Sadiq Dehlvi

Persian Kalam

ai dil Gulaam-e-shaah-e-jahaa.n baash-o-shaah baash
paivasta dar himaayat-e-lutf-e-ilah baash

Hafiz

Persian Sufi Poetry

dushman-e-har-aaqil-o-farzaana baash
ai dil andar aashiqii diivaana baash

Hasrat Mohani

Persian Kalam

saakin-e-dair-o-haram sho yaa sar-e-baazaar baash
baash har jaa.e ki KHvaahii dar talaash-e-yaar baash

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Persian Kalam

jaa ba-aabaadii ba-kunam yaa saakin-e-viiraana baash
har kujaa baashii ba-ishq-e-aa.n-parii diivaana baash

Ghulam Hasan Bithvi

Rubai

az maa’siyatam besh buvad fazl turaa
har lahza ba-KHud daaram hama jaa

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai dil ma-baash KHaalii yak-dam ze-ishq-o-mastii
vaa.ngah ba-rau ke rastii az nestii-o-hastii

Hafiz

Naat-o-Manqabat

sharii'at Gaus-e-aazam kii tariiqat Gaus-e-aazam kii
nizaam-e-diin-o-duniyaa hai amaanat Gaus-e-aazam kii

Manzoor Aarfi

sher

azm-o-istiqlaal hai shart-e-muqaddam ishaq me.n
ko.ii jaada kyuu.n na ho insaan us par jam rahe

Kamil Shattari

Ghazal

na laa.iq-e-buud-o-baash hai ye na jaa-e-kHvaab-o-qayaam hai ye
qadam ba.Dhaa.e chalo jahaa.n se ravaa-ravii kaa maqaam hai ye

Arsh Gayavi

Persian Kalam

man namii goyam ki suufii baash yaa mai-KHvaar baash
har che KHvaahii baash ammaa dar KHayaal-e-yaar baash

Ghulam Hasan Bithvi

sher

'ayaaz' ik besh-qiimat saa tujhe nukta bataataa huu.n
tum apne aapko samjho KHudaa kiyaa hai KHudaa jaane

Bekhud Suhrawardi

Sufi-Terminology

Shariat is the outer code of injunctions and prohibitions, further details are explained in books of jurisprudence.
Tareeqat is the way of the seekers. A refinement of manners; to change vices into virtues. This is also called the ‘inward journey’ (safr-dar-watan).

Sufi Proverb

KHabri keh daani dil bayazaarad tuu KHamosh baash taa diigar bayaarad

KHabri keh daani dil bayazaarad tuu KHamosh baash taa diigar bayaarad

Oral Tradition

Rubai

ai yaar darii.n mai-kada be-yaar ma-baash
be-saaqii-e-gul-'izaar zinhaar ma-baash

Sarmad Kashani

Rubai

bazm-e-ishrat me.n chashm-e-nam-naak huu.n mai.n
parvaane jo jal bujhe hai.n vo KHaak huu.n mai.n

Kausar Khairabadi

Sufi Proverb

KHush baan baash dar amaan baash

KHush baan baash dar amaan baash

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

ba-har-lamha tafsiir-e-soz-e-mohabbat sharii.at nahii.n hai to phir aur kyaa hai
tasavvur tire taaq-e-abruu kaa shab bhar ibaadat nahii.n hai to phir aur kyaa hai

Turfa Qureshi