Sufi Quotes

Someone asked Ibrahim; “Why don’t you drink the water of Zamzam? “He answered, “If I had a bucket, then I would drink it.”

Someone asked Ibrahim; “Why don’t you drink the water of Zamzam? “He answered, “If I had a bucket, then I would drink it.”

Ibrahim ibn Adham

Sufi Quotes

A man brought ten thousand dirhams to him, but Ibrahim refused to take saying; “You want to blot out my name from the register of the Faqeer with then ten thousand dirhams! I will never take this!”

A man brought ten thousand dirhams to him, but Ibrahim refused to take saying; “You want to blot out my name from the register of the Faqeer with then ten thousand dirhams! I will never take this!”

Ibrahim ibn Adham

Allusion

Hazrat Ibrahim (Khalilullah ) (Prophet Abraham (Friend of ghod))

Even fire turned into a garden for Prophet Abraham. Prophet Abraham is also known as Khalilullah, meaning 'Friend of God.' In Persian literature, expressions like 'Naar-e-Khalil' (the fire of Khalil), 'Gulzar-e-Khalil' (the garden of Khalil), 'Gulzar-e-Ibrahim' (the garden of Ibrahim), and 'Aatish-e-Namrood' (the fire of Nimrod) are used in Persian literature.

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Ghazal

jo vo bahaar-e-azaar-e-KHuubii chaman me.n aataa KHiraam kartaa
sanobar-o-sarv har ek aa kar zaruur us ko salaam kartaa

Meer Muhammad Bedar

Rubai

do jag de muKHtaar mohammad-sallallahu-alaihi-vasallam
KHaaliq de hai.n yaar mohammad-sallallahu-alaihi-vasallam

Abr Shah Warsi

Ghazal

firaaq-e-biich ko.ii dekhe hai bahaar-e-chaman
hu.ii hai jannat-e-a.alaa hajiim ke maanind

Shah Kamal Ali

Naat-o-Manqabat

ai mazhar-e-vahdat qibla-e-dii.n maulaanaa mohammad faKHruddiin
’usmaanii siirat shaan-e-mu'ii.n maulaanaa mohammad faKHruddiin

Hafiz Habib Ali Shah

Persian Sufi Poetry

chandaa.n ba-yaad-e-aarizat baaram ze-juu-e-diida-KHuu.n
taa-laala-haayat raa damad sumbul bar atraaf-e-chaman

Amir Khusrau

Bhajan

mon ko nanw mohammad pyara lagt hai

mo.n ko naa.nv mohammad pyaaraa lagt hai
vaahii ke kaaran haiv kis kit hai

Nawab Ibrahim Ali

sher

bahaar aa.ii chaman me.n go mujhe kyaa
giraftaar-o-asiir-e-daam huu.n mai.n

Meer Muhammad Bedar

sher

dekh ai chaman-e-husn tujhe baaG me.n KHandaa.n
shabnam nahii.n ye gul pe KHajaalat se araq hai

Meer Muhammad Bedar

Naat-o-Manqabat

hazaaraa.n hamd zaat-e-kibriyaa nuu.n
daruud us de mohammad-mustafaa nuu.n

Abr Shah Warsi

Sufi Quotes

Every particle of the dust has universal unity. The individual is only in the same way a part of the Infinite Being who fills in the universe, a particle whish has been momentarily detached there from only to return thither.

Every particle of the dust has universal unity. The individual is only in the same way a part of the Infinite Being who fills in the universe, a particle whish has been momentarily detached there from only to return thither.

Mulla Shah Badakhshi

sher

muriid-e-piir-e-mai-KHaana hu.e qismat se ai naaseh
na jhaa.De.n shauq me.n palko.n se ham kyuu.n sahn-e-mai-KHaana

Ibrahim Aajiz

sher

kahtaa huu.n ye un ke tasavvur se ai dushman-e-hastii-e-vahmii
jab Thahraa mai.n ik mauj-e-ravaa.n KHat-e-mauj kii tarah miTaa de mujhe

Ibrahim Aajiz

Ghazal

'shafaq' abr-e-karam kaa shaamiyaana hogaa turbat par
cha.Dhaae.gii lahad par chaadar aab-e-ravaa.n shabnam

Shafaq Emadpuri

Kalaam

kuu-e-taiba me.n jo aa pahu.nche 'anaadil u.D kar
dekh kar ra.ng-e-fazaa yaad-e-chaman bhuul ga.e

Shaah Faaiq Shahbazi

Naat-o-Manqabat

bahaare.n terii murGaan-e-chaman tere chaman teraa
gulo.n me.n buu hai terii ra.ng teraa baa.nkpan teraa

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Sufi Quotes

Human qualities are Divine qualities in a manifested form. They relate to the Divine Attributes like a part to the whole. Union consists in forsaking all else and being wholly engrossed in the contemplation of the one Unique Being.

Human qualities are Divine qualities in a manifested form. They relate to the Divine Attributes like a part to the whole. Union consists in forsaking all else and being wholly engrossed in the contemplation of the one Unique Being.

Jami