Naat-o-Manqabat

firdaus me.n un ke diivaane sirf is liye paa.e jaate hai.n
rauze ke hasii.n dilkash naqshe jannat me.n dikhaa.e jaate hai.n

Shaida Warsi

Ghazal

kahte hai.n ye suufii ki hai firdaus-e-haq us kaa
jis par ho shakar-ganj kii diivaar kaa saaya

Zafar Ali Khan

Persian Kalam

pand-e-'hasan' iinast agar gosh ba-daarii
ai taalib-e-firdaus ba-rau suu-e-mohammad

Amir Hasan Ala Sijzi

Sufi Quotes

One day he advised his disciple Ahmad Khan to be friendly with all his disciples as the Holy Prophet said about his progeny: “Respect my children; those who are pious for God’s sake, and those who are elders, for my sake.” Thus keep a favourable view of my all disciples.

One day he advised his disciple Ahmad Khan to be friendly with all his disciples as the Holy Prophet said about his progeny: “Respect my children; those who are pious for God’s sake, and those who are elders, for my sake.” Thus keep a favourable view of my all disciples.

Khwaja Sulaiman Taunsvi

Ghazal

haar banaa in paaraa-e-dil kaa maa.ng na gajraa phuulo.n kaa
aur kahaa.n se aashiq-e-muflis ye gahnaa phuulo.n kaa

Shah Naseer

Sufi Quotes

Ecstasy and music were part of his mystical life. For him love is to rend the veils and unveil the secrets.

Ecstasy and music were part of his mystical life. For him love is to rend the veils and unveil the secrets.

Abul Hasan Hankari

Naat-o-Manqabat

sadqa in a'ayaa.n kaa ho chhe ain izz ’ilm-o-amal
’afv-o-'irfaa.n aafiyat ahmad 'razaa' ke vaaste

Ahmad Raza Khan

Sufi Quotes

God having predestined our satisfaction and dissatisfaction does not alter His predestination; therefore, our satisfaction with His decrees is a part of our pleasure.

God having predestined our satisfaction and dissatisfaction does not alter His predestination; therefore, our satisfaction with His decrees is a part of our pleasure.

Data Sahib

Sufi Quotes

Man has no part in repentance, because repentance is from God to Man, not from Man to God.

Man has no part in repentance, because repentance is from God to Man, not from Man to God.

Abu Hafs Haddaad

Sufi Quotes

How can the laws of nature be ruptured for you so that miracles result, while you, for your part, have yet to rupture your bad habits.

How can the laws of nature be ruptured for you so that miracles result, while you, for your part, have yet to rupture your bad habits.

Ibn-e-Ataullah Sikandari

Sufi Quotes

The Lower self is a part of the external or the unreal world and thus the saint guards his inner self.

The Lower self is a part of the external or the unreal world and thus the saint guards his inner self.

Abu Bakr Shibli

Sufi Quotes

That which is in your fate you shall receive in spite of all obstacles and that which is not in your destiny, by no effort on your part you can secure it. So, what is there against which you have to practice piety (Zuhd).

That which is in your fate you shall receive in spite of all obstacles and that which is not in your destiny, by no effort on your part you can secure it. So, what is there against which you have to practice piety (Zuhd).

Abu Bakr Shibli

Sufi Articles

THE KHAN KHANAN AND HIS PAINTERS, ILLUMINATORS AND CALLIGRAPHERS- M. MAHFUZ UL HAQ .

This much for painting. The interest which the Khan Khanan took in calligraphy may be proved

Islamic Culture Journal

Sufi Quotes

Human qualities are Divine qualities in a manifested form. They relate to the Divine Attributes like a part to the whole. Union consists in forsaking all else and being wholly engrossed in the contemplation of the one Unique Being.

Human qualities are Divine qualities in a manifested form. They relate to the Divine Attributes like a part to the whole. Union consists in forsaking all else and being wholly engrossed in the contemplation of the one Unique Being.

Jami

Naat-o-Manqabat

servar kahuu.n ki maalik-o-maula kahuu.n tujhe
baaG-e-KHaliil kaa gul-e-zebaa kahuu.n tujhe

Ahmad Raza Khan

Sufi Quotes

Once a governor named Ali Khan sent fifty rupees to him through Mullah Hussain. Shah Kamal refused to accept and said: “O Idiot! Don’t blacken your face by sending worldly wealth to dervish. Shun from such acts.” Ali Khan, later on apologised.

Once a governor named Ali Khan sent fifty rupees to him through Mullah Hussain. Shah Kamal refused to accept and said: “O Idiot! Don’t blacken your face by sending worldly wealth to dervish. Shun from such acts.” Ali Khan, later on apologised.

Shah Kamaal Qadri Kaithli

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

Sufi Quotes

Precisely the part of your world that you've apportioned for Allah, is what Allah has set out for you in His world.

Precisely the part of your world that you've apportioned for Allah, is what Allah has set out for you in His world.

Wasif Ali Wasif

sher

ehsaas ke mai-KHaane me.n khaa.n ab fikr-o-nazar kii kindiile.n
aalaam kii shiddat kiyaa kahye kuchh yaad rahii kuchh bhuul ga.e

Saghar Siddiqi

Rubai

tum chaaho to qismat kii musiibat Tal jaa.e
kyuu.n kar kahuu.n saa’at se qiyaamat Tal jaa.e

Ahmad Raza Khan