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

Naat-o-Manqabat

najaf me.n karbalaa baGdaad me.n ajmer-o-dehlii me.n
khulaa hai har jagah par abr-e-mai-kHaana mohammad kaa

Abr Shah Warsi

Naat-o-Manqabat

na paaband-e-hirs-o-havaa 'abr' ho.n phir
agar apnaa banda banaa.e.n mohammad

Abr Mirzapuri

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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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

Rubai

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

Abr Shah Warsi

Naat-o-Manqabat

us naa't-e-tamaam-e-paa ’azmat hai gavaah
mujhe kuu shu’uur-e-raah-e-mustaqiim kaa

Muhammad Ibrahim Siddiqui

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

Mir Muhammad Bedar

Ghazal

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

Shah Kamal Ali

Persian Kalam

shams-e-dii.n Gaus-e-zamaa.n shaah mohammad vaaris
qutub-e-dii.n shaiKH-e-jahaa.n shaah mohammad vaaris

Muhi Phulwarwi

Naat-o-Manqabat

'itr-biizii kaa kyaa kahuu.n 'aalam
jism-e-aqdas ke us pasiine kii

Muhammad Ibrahim Siddiqui

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

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

sher

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

Mir Muhammad Bedar

Naat-o-Manqabat

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

Abr Shah Warsi

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

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

Mir Muhammad Bedar

Naat-o-Manqabat

kuchh aur ko.ii KHvaahish-e-duniyaa nahii.n maulaa
ho KHaatima bil-KHair tamannaa-e-dilii hai

Muhammad Ibrahim Siddiqui

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