Rubai

iizad ba-taraazuu-e-qadr baa-kHurshiid
chuu.n jins niko-e-raKHt mii sanjiid

Sarmad Kashani

sher

KHud tume.n ye chaa.nd-saa mukh.Daa karega be-hijaab
mu.nh pe jab maaroge tum jhurmuT kataa.n ua jaye.gaa

Qadr Bilgrami

sher

masnad-e-kimKHvaab shaahaa.n ko kahaa.n haasil ye qadr
manzilat tere gadaa.on kii jo KHaakastar me.n hai

Bahram ji

sher

na tum ne qadr kuchh aashiq kii jaanii
bahut ro.o.ge ab tum yaad kar ke

Aasi Ghazipuri

Sufi Proverb

agar shabha-e-hama shab-e- qadr buude, shab-e-qadr be-qadr buude

If every night were the Precious Night, the Precious night would be no longer precious. Note: The Precious (or Dear) Night, is the night on which the Quran was given.

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

us vaqt mire kalba-e-Gam me.n tiraa aanaa
bhaTkaa hu.aa jho.nkaa hai nasiim-e-saharii kaa

Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi

Kalaam

diyaa hotaa kisii ko dil to hotii qadr bhii dil kii
haqiiqat pochhiye jaa kar kisii bismil se bismil kii

Unknown

sher

vābasta hai hamīñ se gar jabr hai o gar qadr
majbūr haiñ to ham haiñ muḳhtār haiñ to ham haiñ

Khwaja Meer Dard

Ghazal

lo uTh ga.e sab jalva-gaah-e-naaz ke parde
nazzaara-e-husn-e-ruKH-e-jaanaana mubaarak

Bedam Shah Warsi

Ghazal

qadr-e-shama' samajhtaa hai parvaana-e-shama'
gir jaataa hai be-saaKHta diivaana-e-shama’

Bahlol Shah

Ghazal

bhalaa qadr-e-nigaah-e-naaz-e-jaanaa.n kaun samjhegaa
usii ko baa’is-e-taskiin-e-iimaa.n kaun samjhegaa

Behzad Lakhnavi

Rubai

qadr-e-gul-o-mul baada-parastaa.n daanand
ne ta.ng-dilaa.n-o-ta.ng-dastaa.n daanand

Omar Khayyam

Persian Kalam

ma-shino sukHan-e-dushman-e-bad-go.e KHudaa raa
baa-'haafiz'-e-miskiin-e-KHud ai dost vafaa kun

Hafiz

Ghazal

niyaaz-e-'ishq-e-shaan-e-naaz huu.n mai.n
jahaan-e-raaz-e-jaan-e-raaz huu.n mai.n

Bedar Shah Warsi

Kalaam

jalva ba-qadr-e-zarf nazar dekhte rahe
kyaa dekhte ham un ko magar dekhte rahe

Jigar Moradabadi

Sufi Proverb

qadr-e-nemat ba'd-e-zavaal

qadr-e-nemat ba'd-e-zavaal

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

qadr-e-dil aashufta jaane hai vahii pyaare
saudaa jise kuchh sar me.n kaakul kaa rahaa ho.e

Aarif Phulwarwi

Sufi Articles

tazkira padam shri a’ziz ahmad khaan varsi qavval

Akmal Hyderabadi