sher

ba.Dii dargaah kaa saa.il huu.n 'hasrat'
ba.Dii ummiid hai merii ba.Daa dil

Hasrat Mohani

Persian Kalam

dilaa dast-e-talab ba-kushaa ba-dargaah-e-shahanshaahe
nizaamuddiin val-millat alaihe-rahmatullaahe

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Rubai

jaanam za dareG dii ba-dard ast muqiim
bechaara dil az niheb fardaa ba-buuniim

Omar Khayyam

Naat-o-Manqabat

apnii dargaah me.n mujh ko tuu bulaa yaa KHvaaja
taaki ho jaavai miraa us me.n bhalaa yaa KHvaaja

Mir Wajid Ali

Naat-o-Manqabat

dikhaa de mujh ko to dargaah mu'iinuddiin ajmerii
bulaa le mujh ko bar rauza mu'iinuddiin ajmerii

Munshi Abdul Aziz

Masnavi

zaahir shudan-e-’ijz-e-hakiimaan az mu'aalija-e-kaniizak bar baadshaah-o-ruu-e-aavardan-e-baadshaah ba-dargaah-e-kHudaa-o-KHvaab diidan-e-shaah valii raa
shah chu 'ijz-e-aa.n hakiimaa.n raa ba-diid

Rumi

Savaiya

muskan madhuri - bak balochan hai dukh-mochan diragh rochan rang bhare hai

bak balochan hai dukh-mochan diiragh rochan ra.ng bhare hai
ghuumat baarunii paan kiye jimi jhuumat aanan ruup dhare hai

Raskhan

Chhand

dekhat ke brichchhan mein diragh subhayman kir chalyo chaakhibe ko prem jiya jagyo hai

dekhat ke brichchhan me.n diiragh subhaaymaan kiir chalyo chaakhibe ko prem jiya jagyo hai
laal phal dekhi kai jaTaan ma.Draan laage dekhat baTohii bahutere Dagmagyo hai

Gang

Sufi Articles

Sufi practices as the cause of spiritual, mental and physical healing at Chishti shrines in India and Pakistan

In total, 15 out of 19 respondents were homeless and jobless and they permanently lived on the Dargah premises.
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Mazhar Farid Chishti

Sufi Articles

PAANCH PIR- MUHAMMAD ENAMUL HAQ

When translated it means like this,—”Oh Allah ! we invoke Thee for Thy mercy, and Thy

Asiatic Society of Pakistan

Nazm

dar bayan-e-urs hazrat-salim-chishti

kitne dargah me.n faiz uThaate hai.n
kitne jharne hai.n jaa nahaate hai.n

Nazeer Akbarabadi

Naat-o-Manqabat

misaal-e-suurat-e-abdaal be-shak
gadaa-e-dargah-e-piir-e-muGaa.n hai

Sheikh Abu Saeed Safvi

Masnavi

taa ba-biinii aa.n dar-o-dargah ma-KHusb
haa.n ma-KHusb ai jabrii-e-be-e'tibaar

Rumi

Salok

farida jaan jaan jiwe tan tan phire alakkhu

fariidaa jaa.n jaa.n jiive taa.n taa.n phire alakkhu
dargah sachaa taa thiive jaa.n khfnu muul naa rakh

Baba Farid

Naat-o-Manqabat

Gulaam-e-dargah-e-Gaus-e-mukarram 'hasrat-e-miskii.n
ilaahii duur ho tere karam se sab pareshaanii

Maulana Abdul Qadeer Hasrat

Sufi Articles

Mulla Nasruddin Modern Tales- 3

Nasruddin reached Ajmer railway station in the afternoon. He took an auto rickshaw to the serpentine

Arun Prakash Ray

Persian Kalam

KHvaaham ze-KHudaa raah-e-KHud aa.n-jaa ki digar niist
juz dargah-e-uu jaa.e panaahe ba-nigaahe

Ghulam Hasan Bithvi

Sufi Articles

This Path is not about religion: Just faith

So, why do the millions – Muslims, Hindus, Christians and Sikhs journey to Ajmer? Why do they seek solace in Kaki’s dargah? Why do they seek serenity in Farid’s shrine? Why do they place their foreheads at Nizamuddin’s doorstep?
Do these shrines soothe troubled souls? Do these shrines fulfil dreams? Do these shrines answer prayers? Perhaps, they do.

Meher Murshed

Persian Sufi Poetry

har ki uu naam-e-kasii yaaft az aa.n dargah yaaft
ai biraadar kas uu baash-o-mayandesh az kas

Hakim Sanai

Sufi Articles

Yaar tori Basant manai

Few minutes back, I received a video call from her from the Dargah, the qawwals singing a zesty “Hazrat Khwaja sang kheliye dhamal” celebrating Sufi Basant. I was extremely happy for her, a once upon a time stranger, now a friend. As Suman Mishra of Sufinama says, “Hum Nizam walo'n ki baat hi kuchh aur hain”
“Nijamuddīn ke darvajje par

Arun Prakash Ray