Sufi Articles

Life, times and Sufi poetry of Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Shah Niyaz wrote in four languages Arabic, Persian, Urdu and Hindvi. His poetic pseudonym was “Niyaz”.

Mustaqim Parwez

Qissa

BAGH O BAHAR; OR TALES OF THE FOUR DERVISHES.

When I had heard the whole of this adventure of Hatim's , a spirit of rivalry

Amir Khusrau

Sufi Articles

Rumi, The Silk Route and Indian Sub-continent

Eshq ra khud sad zaban-e digar-ast
(Express in Persian even if Arabic may be a superior language — Love will find its ways through hundreds of languages to get articulated.)

Akhlaq Ahmad Ahan

Persian Kalam

ahad raa suurat-e-maqsuud ahmad buud ahmad buud
na-buud az haq nishaa.n var buud ahmad buud ahmad buud

Aziz Safipuri

Sufi Quotes

Perfection of courtesy demandeth the maintenance of the veil.

Perfection of courtesy demandeth the maintenance of the veil.

Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi

Sufi Quotes

The gnostics are ranged in hierarchy: the knower of his Lord and the knower of himself, the knower of himself is stronger in gnosis than the knower of his Lord.

The gnostics are ranged in hierarchy: the knower of his Lord and the knower of himself, the knower of himself is stronger in gnosis than the knower of his Lord.

Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi

Sufi Quotes

It is not a question of affirming beyond all measure His Incomparability but of knowing Him by analogy.

It is not a question of affirming beyond all measure His Incomparability but of knowing Him by analogy.

Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi

Sufi Articles

bihar mein qavvalon ka itihas

Raiyan Abulolai

Persian Kalam

basant aamad-o-gul-dasta-e-bahaar aavurd
nishaat-o-KHurramii aamaada dar kanaar aavurd

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Sufi Quotes

Comparisons that are based on the certainty of His Oneness are better than the abstractions of one who is veiled from His Oneness.

Comparisons that are based on the certainty of His Oneness are better than the abstractions of one who is veiled from His Oneness.

Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi

Persian Kalam

jalva-e-nuure numuud-o-nuur-e-ahmad naam saaKHt
bas buvad ahmad ahad az ruu-e-ii.n guftaar-e-maa

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Persian Kalam

'ahmad' chu jamaal-e-KHud numaayad
ba-biinem yaqii.n ki kirdgaariim

Ahmad Jam

Persian Kalam

gah chuu ahmad dar shab-e-me.araaj-e-vasl
az haram taa saub-e-aqsaa mii-ravam

Unknown

Persian Kalam

'ahmad' ba-hazaar baar gufta
man shefta-e-jamaal-e-uuyam

Ahmad Jam

Sufi Articles

Mystics of the sayyid Lodi period (1414 AD. To 1526 AD. )- A.Halim

Mauléna Ahmad Thaneswari a disciple of Shaikh Nasir al-din Chiragh preferring to stay at Delhi till

Asiatic Society of Pakistan

Persian Kalam

ham-chuu 'ahmad' ba-halqa-e-rindaa.n
rind-e-KHud-baaz-o-dard-e-mastaanem

Ahmad Jam

Sufi Quotes

He whose station is equal to his state, telleth unawares the Secret of God.

He whose station is equal to his state, telleth unawares the Secret of God.

Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi

Persian Kalam

nigar 'ahmad' ba-lauh-e-aariz-e-dost
ba-chashm-e-haq ba-bii.n sirr-e-KHudaa raa

Ahmad Jam

Sufi Quotes

It is not a question of knowing God when the veil be lifted but of knowing Him in the veil itself.

It is not a question of knowing God when the veil be lifted but of knowing Him in the veil itself.

Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi

Persian Kalam

'ahmad' az saudaa-e-uu shud suud-mand
zaa.n-ki andar suud-o-saudaa jumla ust

Ahmad Jam