Sufi Articles

A Sufi Journey to the Blessed Feet of My Shaykh

As each day of my Hazri (presence at the Shaykh’s feet) draws near, I am reminded once again of the very feeling that has accompanied me from the start that sweet, restless longing for my Shaykh, the circle of the seekers, and the sacred space where love and guidance flow freely. Being there, in that presence, the heart feels at peace, and the soul quietly rejoices in the blessings of the path.
Eid-gah-e-ma gharban ku-e-tu

Owais Balkhi

Sufi Quotes

Human being is an inverted tree. The reason behind it is that the tree on earth has its roots in the ground, feet and branches are in the air toward the heaven. Since the human is the best of creation, his head is his root and his branches and limbs are his feet. This is why he is called an inverted tree.

Human being is an inverted tree. The reason behind it is that the tree on earth has its roots in the ground, feet and branches are in the air toward the heaven. Since the human is the best of creation, his head is his root and his branches and limbs are his feet. This is why he is called an inverted tree.

Khwaja Shamsuddin Sialvi

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To live with Shaikh (spiritual Guide) hypocritically is a great sin. Kissing the feet, (homage) if done out of love and yearning, brings recompense, otherwise it is sin. Salutation and shaking hand is enough.

To live with Shaikh (spiritual Guide) hypocritically is a great sin. Kissing the feet, (homage) if done out of love and yearning, brings recompense, otherwise it is sin. Salutation and shaking hand is enough.

Jama'at Ali Shah

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When Hallaj was in prison, he was asked: “what is love?” He answered: “You will see it today and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.” And that day they cut off his hands and feet, and the next day they put him on the gallows, and the third day they gave his ashes to the wind.

When Hallaj was in prison, he was asked: “what is love?” He answered: “You will see it today and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.” And that day they cut off his hands and feet, and the next day they put him on the gallows, and the third day they gave his ashes to the wind.

Hussain Bin Mansoor Hallaj

Sufi Quotes

It amounts to devotion and worship on the part of a son to cast a look on the faces of his parents. All the sins committed by the son who kisses the feet of his parents are extinguished. Khwaja Bayazid Bustami (may God’s peace and grace be upon him) once said,

It amounts to devotion and worship on the part of a son to cast a look on the faces of his parents. All the sins committed by the son who kisses the feet of his parents are extinguished. Khwaja Bayazid Bustami (may God’s peace and grace be upon him) once said,
“Whatever position of distinction I have attained, it is a legacy bestowed upon me by my parents.”

Khwaja Gharib Nawaz

Sufi Quotes

Be sure to keep an eye on the sky, but do not forget that your feet are on the ground.

Be sure to keep an eye on the sky, but do not forget that your feet are on the ground.

Wasif Ali Wasif

Sufi Quotes

Shams praises Rumi. But if Rumi illumines the common people, that is only because he reflects the light which Shams shines upon him: “Well, how could I offend you? I am fearful to kiss your feet, feast my lashes scratch them. Union with you is mast Precious. Alas that life will not last. I wish I had a world full of gold to bestow upon union with you.”

Shams praises Rumi. But if Rumi illumines the common people, that is only because he reflects the light which Shams shines upon him: “Well, how could I offend you? I am fearful to kiss your feet, feast my lashes scratch them. Union with you is mast Precious. Alas that life will not last. I wish I had a world full of gold to bestow upon union with you.”

Shams Tabrezi

Sufi Quotes

Without the Lord, there is none in the heaven and earth. Carefully let you feet take the step as for a second time, you will not return.

Without the Lord, there is none in the heaven and earth. Carefully let you feet take the step as for a second time, you will not return.

Bulleh Shah

Persian Sufi Poetry

har KHushii kaa.n faut shud az tuu ma-baash andoh-gii.n
kaa.n ba-naqsh-e-diigar aayad pesh-e-tuu mii-daa.n yaqii.n

Rumi

Sufi Quotes

The seekers on the path of God are a community who are overwhelmed in the ocean of love from head to nail of the foot.

The seekers on the path of God are a community who are overwhelmed in the ocean of love from head to nail of the foot.

Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

Rubai

chuu.n faut shavam ba-baada sho.ed maraa
talqiin za sharaab-o-jaam go.ed maraa

Omar Khayyam

Sufi Quotes

How much the temporal world is disloyal and cunning! It is friend of everyone but not of dervish because they have abandoned ft and kept themselves distant from it.

How much the temporal world is disloyal and cunning! It is friend of everyone but not of dervish because they have abandoned ft and kept themselves distant from it.

Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

Sufi Quotes

One cannot be liberated from alterity (other than God) until abandonment of the world is attained to him in totality and without getting rid of otherness, temple of the heart cannot be cleansed of evil thoughts and defilements. And the heart without purgation cannot sustain Divine light nor is fit for eternal life.

One cannot be liberated from alterity (other than God) until abandonment of the world is attained to him in totality and without getting rid of otherness, temple of the heart cannot be cleansed of evil thoughts and defilements. And the heart without purgation cannot sustain Divine light nor is fit for eternal life.

Abdul Quddoos Gangohi

Sufi Quotes

The Sufi is entirely present: his sou! is where his body is, and his body where his soul is, and his soul where his foot is, and his foot where his soul is.

The Sufi is entirely present: his sou! is where his body is, and his body where his soul is, and his soul where his foot is, and his foot where his soul is.

Data Sahib

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This path is fit only for those persons whose spirits God has used to sweep the dunghill.

This path is fit only for those persons whose spirits God has used to sweep the dunghill.

Abu Ali Daqqaaq

Sufi Quotes

One day I was delivering a sermon when one of the audiences said that he could not follow the discourse. I told him to place seventy years of his worship under foot and bow down in humility and then he would follow it.

One day I was delivering a sermon when one of the audiences said that he could not follow the discourse. I told him to place seventy years of his worship under foot and bow down in humility and then he would follow it.

Junaid Baghdadi

Sufi Quotes

If the foot of the trees

If the foot of the trees were not tied to earth, they would be pursuing me.. For I have blossomed so much, I am the envy of the gardens.

Rumi

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I want to be where your bare foot walks

I want to be where your barefoot walks because maybe before you step, you'll look at the ground. I want that blessing.

Rumi