Sufi Proverb

aavaaz-e- sagaa.n kam na-kunad rizq-e- gdaa raa

The barking of the dogs does not make the beggar’s portion {or daily bread ) any less.

Oral Tradition

Persian Kalam

manam gadaa va tuu.ii baadshaah-e-banda-navaaz
tuu kaar-e-banda-e-aasii ba-lutf-e-KHvesh ba-saaz

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sher

vo ajab gha.Dii thii me.n jis gha.Dii liyaa dars nusKHa-e-ishq ke
ki kitaab aql kii taaq per jiyuu.n dharii thii tiyuu.n hii dharii rahii

Siraj Aurangabadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

na ba-dair kun nigaahe na ba-ka'ba kun gadaa.ii
tu ba-suuratam nazar kun hama shaan-e-kibriyaa.ii

Ghausi Shah

Ghazal

mujhe Taal tuu na saaqii tire dar kaa mai.n gadaa huu.n
mire jaanaa.n aaj tujh se mai.n tujhii ko maa.ngtaa huu.n

Fana Bulandshahri

Ghazal

har gha.Dii pesh-e-nazar 'ishq me.n kyaa-kyaa na rahaa
meraa dil bas tirii tasviir kaa diivaana rahaa

Fana Bulandshahri

Sufi Quotes

Whom You (God) guide no one can lead him astray; whom You casts off, on one can guide him.

Whom You (God) guide no one can lead him astray; whom You casts off, on one can guide him.

Saadi Shirazi

Sufi Quotes

How can you guide others when you are blind yourself, only man of spiritual insight can guide others.

How can you guide others when you are blind yourself, only man of spiritual insight can guide others.

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani

Nazm

mera rasul

jis kii sachchaa.ii ne baatil ke shah-zor pachhaa.De
jis ne tez havaa.o.n ke siine par KHeme gaa.De

Muzaffar Warsi

sher

gadaa.ii me.n milii shaahii mujhe us kii inaayat se
bhalaa kyuu.nkar adaa ho shukr us ke lutf-e-be-had kaa

Akhtar Mahmood Warsi

Persian Kalam

ai KHusrav-e-KHuubaa.n nazare suu-e-gadaa kun
rahame ba-man-e-sokHta-e-be-sar-o-paa kun

Hafiz

Ghazal

teraa sitam jo mujh se gadaa ne sahaa sahaa
tuu baadshah hai jo mujhe tuu ne kahaa kahaa

Ehsanullah Khan Bayan

Persian Kalam

bar sariir-e-dil shaaham shauqat-e-gadaa ii.n ast
gird-e-kuu-e-ma.ashuuqam rutba-e-rasaa ii.n ast

Saadi Shirazi

Ghazal

sajan hamaare ba.De haTiile gha.Dii me.n kuchh hor gha.Dii me.n kuchh hai.n
safaa ke milne mane ra.ngiile gha.Dii me.n kuchh hor gha.Dii me.n kuchh hai.n

Turab Ali Dakni

Naat-o-Manqabat

gadaa hai mastii me.n gaa rahaa hai kalaam-e-KHvaaja amiir amiir KHusrav
Gulaam ho kar Gulaam ban kar Gulaam-e-KHvaaja amiir kHurav

Sheikh Mukhtar Ahmad

Ghazal

gadaa kaa na hogaa pata shaah kaa
rahegaa faqat naam allaah kaa

Arsh Gayavi

Naat-o-Manqabat

zamiin-e-karbalaa par kyaa qayaamat kii gha.Dii hogii
chhurii shabbiir kii gardan pe jis dam chal rahii hogii

Purnam Allahabadi

Sufi Proverb

gadaae nek anjaam be az paadshaah-e-bad farjaam

gadaae nek anjaam be az paadshaah-e-bad farjaam

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

kabhii ye bastii kabhii ye sahraa gha.Dii me.n kuchh hai gha.Dii me.n kuchh hai
ajiib haalat hai dil kaa naqsha gha.Dii me.n kuchh hai gha.Dii me.n kuchh hai

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Naat-o-Manqabat

allaah Ganii kaisii vo pur-kaif gha.Dii thii
jab saamne nazro.n ke madiine kii galii thii

Abdul Sattar Niazi