Did You Know

Hazrat Sultan Bahu was the disciple and khalifa of Sayyad Abdurrhman Dehlavi, who comes in the spiritual hierarchy of Abdul Qadir Jilani, the founder of the Qadri order. Bahu learnt Vedantic views from the Qadri teacher, whose system already accepted Vedantic influence.

Masnavi

kuu daliil-e-nuur-e-KHurshiid-e-KHudaast
andarii.n vaadii marau be-ii.n daliil

Rumi

Rubai

ai dost maraa ba-’ilm-o-hikmat ba-nigar
dar mehr-o-vafaa-o-dar mohabbat ba-nigar

Sarmad Kashani

Sufi Proverb

har kah raa sasbar niist hikmat niist

har kah raa sasbar niist hikmat niist

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

hikmat se ye KHaalii nahii.n labrez saaqii jaam kar
daur-o-tasalsul me.n na pha.ns diivaangii me.n naam kar

Khwaja Ruknuddin Ishq

sher

baroz-e-hashr haakim qaadir-e-mutlaq KHudaa hogaa
farishto.n ke likhe aur shaiKH kii baato.n se kyaa hogaa

Hari Chand Akhtar

Pad

hakim ho kar zulm na karna hargiz KHalq-e-KHuda par

haakim ho kar zulm na karnaa hargiz KHalq-e-KHudaa par
varnahau.n is kaa badla hogaa tumse roz-e-jazaa par

Kavi Dildar

Sufi Quotes

Shams tells Rumi that he must practice mysticism, not just read about it. Eventually Rumi turns away from his book learning.

Shams tells Rumi that he must practice mysticism, not just read about it. Eventually Rumi turns away from his book learning.

Shams Tabrezi

Sufi Quotes

apne qalb ko nasihat ki tavanai do, use hikmat se raushan karo aur logon se beniyaz ho kar use taqat pahunchao.

Hazrat Ali

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

Salok

farida karan hakumat duni di hakam nau dharann

fariidaa karan hakuumat dunii dii haakam naa.u dharann
age dhaa.ul pyaadyaa.n pichhe kot chalann

Baba Farid

Sufi Articles

Rumi, The Silk Route and Indian Sub-continent

Ke ba jaamash na-yarzad mulk-e-Parweez
Ze ash’aar-e-Jalaluddin-e-Rumi

Akhlaque Ahmad Ahan

Did You Know

The Masnavi of Rumi reached the Indian Subcontinent in late 13the century- in 1276 Ad, three years after Rumi's death. The Masnavi was taken to India by one of his disciples, Ahmad Rumi who belonged to the Suhrawardia and Qadariya Sufi orders.

Sufi Quotes

Rumi developed the theory of spiritual evolution. According to him, the universe is nearly an external form of One Reality. God says: “I produced the mirror whose face is the soul and whose back is the universe.”

Rumi developed the theory of spiritual evolution. According to him, the universe is nearly an external form of One Reality. God says: “I produced the mirror whose face is the soul and whose back is the universe.”

Rumi

Sufi Quotes

Shall I speak without any hypocrisy or not? This Rumi is like moonlight. The eye cannot take in the sun of my being, but it can take in the moon. The extreme brightness of the rays makes the eye unable to tolerate the sun. The moon cannot reach the sun, unless the sun reaches out to the moon. The sun faces Moulana because Rumi faces the sun.

Shall I speak without any hypocrisy or not? This Rumi is like moonlight. The eye cannot take in the sun of my being, but it can take in the moon. The extreme brightness of the rays makes the eye unable to tolerate the sun. The moon cannot reach the sun, unless the sun reaches out to the moon. The sun faces Moulana because Rumi faces the sun.

Shams Tabrezi

Sufi Quotes

The reason for creation was God's desire for Self-manifestation from which not He, who is Self-sufficient and needs nothing, but the creation would gain. In Deewaan, Rumi says: God said to him :O temporal man, I was a hidden treasure, I thought that, that treasure of kindness and munificence should become manifest.

The reason for creation was God's desire for Self-manifestation from which not He, who is Self-sufficient and needs nothing, but the creation would gain. In Deewaan, Rumi says: God said to him :O temporal man, I was a hidden treasure, I thought that, that treasure of kindness and munificence should become manifest.

Rumi

Rubai

likhuu.n mai.n sadaa na.at rasuul-e-arabii
mid.hat ke liye jazba-e-hassaan mile

Tufail Hoshiarpuri

Sufi Quotes

Ghaus-e-Azam Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani honoured me with special conferment and gave me gift from the treasure of his gifts (marifat).

Ghaus-e-Azam Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani honoured me with special conferment and gave me gift from the treasure of his gifts (marifat).

Faziluddin Qadri Batalvi

Sufi Quotes

The tale of the reed-flute is the tale of the soul. the tale of the perfect man. Rumi himself-a tale of the soul's painful severance from God and its passionate longing to return to Him.

The tale of the reed-flute is the tale of the soul. the tale of the perfect man. Rumi himself-a tale of the soul's painful severance from God and its passionate longing to return to Him.

Rumi