Sufi Quotes

Ghazali regards God as immanent in his Sufi system in spite of his faith in a Transcendent God.

Ghazali regards God as immanent in his Sufi system in spite of his faith in a Transcendent God.

Imam Ghazali

Persian Sufi Poetry

pesh-e-ain-e-tuu ain-e-dost ayaa.n
tuu rasiida ba-ain va go.ii ii.n

Hakeem Sanai

Sufi-Terminology

Haqiqat is the manifestation of Unity of Being. The Reality of the Essence without veils of

Kalaam

dimaaG-o-ruuh yaksaa.n chaahiye.n insaan-e-kaamil me.n
ye kyaa taqsiim-e-naaqis hai KHudii sar me.n KHudaa dil me.n

Seemab Akbarabadi

Kalaam

kahii.n huu.n mast-e-mai-kHaana kahii.n huu.n taalib-e-maulaa
kahii.n piir-e-muGaa.n huu.n aur kahii.n shaiKH-e-tariiqat huu.n

Ghausi Shah

Kalaam

tum gyaan-gunii tum priit-padam tum KHud hii davaa tum KHud hii alam
ai chaara-e-zakHm-e-dard-e-nihaa.n kun suu-e-man-e-be-dil-nazarii

Manzoor Aarfi

sher

mai.n saaz-e-haqiiqat huu.n dam-saaz-e-haqiiqat huu.n
KHaamoshii hai goyaa.ii goyaa.ii hai KHaamoshii

Bedam Shah Warsi

Sufi Quotes

I have come to a raging river, where man is in great travail. How Strange it is that there is neither a boat nor a boatsman. Shariat (law) is the boat and Tariqat (way) is the sail. Haqiqat (reality) is the anchor, and reason alone can find no way.

I have come to a raging river, where man is in great travail. How Strange it is that there is neither a boat nor a boatsman. Shariat (law) is the boat and Tariqat (way) is the sail. Haqiqat (reality) is the anchor, and reason alone can find no way.

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar

sher

adm kii haqiiqat khulegii tamaam
tirii zulf jab taa kamar jaye.gii

Imam Bakhsh Nasikh

sher

Gair-e-zaahir na mazaahir kii haqiiqat samjhuu.n
itnii tam.iiz miyaan-e-haq-o-baatil denaa

Aasi Ghazipuri

Kalaam

dar-haqiiqat inqilaab-e-zindagii e.ajaaz hai
zarra zarra KHaak-e-hastii kaa jahaan-e-raaz hai

Mahirul Qadri

Ghazal

taa.ir-e-qudsii haqiiqat-aashnaa
lahn-e-daa.uudii me.n hai naGma-saraa

Sheikh Abu Saeed Safvi

Ghazal

qurbaanii-e-sarvar kii haqiiqat hii alag hai
ai dosto ye raaz-e-mashiyyat hii alag hai

Tahir Khan

Kalaam

'kaamil' ko dar-e-yaar ke sajdo.n se na roko
qurbaan jahaa.n dil ho vahaa.n qiimat-e-sar kyaa

Kamil Shattari

Ghazal

kuchh aa.nsuu chashm-e-giryaa.n me.n kuchh aa.nsuu qalb-e-biryaa.n me.n
chalaa huu.n baargaah-e-husn me.n lekar ye nazraane

Aaqil Revarhvi

Ghazal

allaah allaah kaarsaazii 'ishq-e-'aalam-soz kii
kis qadar KHaamosh merii hastii-e-Gaafil me.n hai

Nushur Wahidi

Rubai

asraar-e-haqiiqat na-shavad hal ba-savaal
ne niiz ba-dar baaKHtan-e-ne’mat-o-maal

Omar Khayyam

Kalaam

dekhaa balaa-kashaan-e-mohabbat kaa iztiraab
ik aah kii to 'arsh-e-barii.n ko hilaa diyaa

Kaleem

Sufi Quotes

By attaining perfection in the observation of Islamic Law (Shariat) through a pious conduct, one reaches the stage of the path leading to Divinity (Tariqat), and then onward he passes on to enlightenment (Marifat) and lastly to the attainment of the high point of human existence (Haqiqat).

By attaining perfection in the observation of Islamic Law (Shariat) through a pious conduct, one reaches the stage of the path leading to Divinity (Tariqat), and then onward he passes on to enlightenment (Marifat) and lastly to the attainment of the high point of human existence (Haqiqat).

Khwaja Gharib Nawaz