Masnavi

qissa-e-baad ki dar 'ahd-e-huud 'alaihissalaam qaum-e-'aad raa halaak kard
huud gird-e-mominaa.n KHatte kashiid

Rumi

Sufi Quotes

Dervish hood in all its meanings is a metaphorical poverty, and amidst all its subordinate aspects, there is a transcendent principle.

Dervish hood in all its meanings is a metaphorical poverty, and amidst all its subordinate aspects, there is a transcendent principle.

Data Sahib

Ghazal

iz.haar-e-Gam-e-hastii had se na guzar jaa.e
aisaa na ho jiine kaa ehsaas bhii mar jaa.e

Ilyas Alvi Shadab

Kalaam

jahaan-e-ishq me.n had se guzar gayaa huu.n mai.n
qasam KHudaa kii KHudaa tujh me.n dekhtaa huu.n mai.n

Faraz Warsi

Doha

be-had ki had mim son bhai pem mad hoy

be-had kii had miim so.n bha.ii 'pem' mad hoy
bilaa miim ahmad kahae au kaakii had hoai

Barkatullah Pemi

Naat-o-Manqabat

karam kaa vaqt hai had se ziyaada hai pareshaanii
to aaKHar muhi.uuddiin al-madad yaa Gaus samdaanii

Kamil Shattari

Sufi Quotes

God had made the saints the Governors of the universe.

God had made the saints the Governors of the universe.

Data Sahib

Kalaam

ishq kii had se nikalte phir ye manzar dekhte
kaash husn-e-yaar ko ham husn ban kar dekhte

Jigar Moradabadi

Rubai

had bhar kaa ziyaa.n-kaar siyahkaar huu.n mai.n
ummat me.n ba.Daa sab se gunahgaar huu.n mai.n

Mustafa Raza Khan

Sufi Quotes

Glory be to Him, who is concealed from sight by the brightness of His light. If He had not veiled Himself with seventy thousand veils of Light, the splendors of His Countenance would surely consume the eyes of those who contemplate the Beauty which is His.

Glory be to Him, who is concealed from sight by the brightness of His light. If He had not veiled Himself with seventy thousand veils of Light, the splendors of His Countenance would surely consume the eyes of those who contemplate the Beauty which is His.

Imam Ghazali

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

Ghazal

had se ba.Dh jaatii hai Gamii aksar
raas aatii nahii.n KHushii aksar

Aamna Amal Idrisi

Sufi Quotes

The Qutub is the head of the Sufi hierarchy and has dominion over the visible as well as the invisible world. The saint that is lesser than he, is his lamp, and one still lesser is the lamp niche which receive light from the lamp.

The Qutub is the head of the Sufi hierarchy and has dominion over the visible as well as the invisible world. The saint that is lesser than he, is his lamp, and one still lesser is the lamp niche which receive light from the lamp.

Rumi

Rubai

yaarab man agar gunaah be-had kardam
bar jaan-o-javaanii-o-tan-e-KHud kardam

Omar Khayyam

Persian Sufi Poetry

painaam-e-lutf-o-ahd-e-vafaa raa nigaah-daar
jaa.n-haa ki raam-e-tust KHudaa-raa nigaah-daar

Hasrat Mohani

Kalaam

KHudii KHud-biiniyo.n kii had me.n daaKHil hotii jaatii hai
KHudaa kii ma.arifat kuchh aur mushkil hotii jaatii hai

Seemab Akbarabadi

Sufi Quotes

Luqman was one whom God had emancipated from his commandments.

Luqman was one whom God had emancipated from his commandments.

Sheikh Abu Saeed Abul Khair

Persian Sufi Poetry

raunaq-e-ahd-e-shabaabast digar bustaa.n raa
mii-rasad muzda-e-gul bulbul-e-KHush-lhaa.n raa

Hafiz

Sufi Quotes

In the ocean of divinity, God hid from me and put me in oceans like the air, having no dimensions. The might of God encompassed me. I saw myself in these oceans fike a drop, with no left or right no before or behind, no up or down.

In the ocean of divinity, God hid from me and put me in oceans like the air, having no dimensions. The might of God encompassed me. I saw myself in these oceans fike a drop, with no left or right no before or behind, no up or down.

Sheikh Ruzbihan Baqli

Sufi Quotes

Had there been another being (wujud) excepting human being, the treasure of Fagr (spiritual poverty) would have buried there Since treasures are always found in the dreary lands.

Had there been another being (wujud) excepting human being, the treasure of Fagr (spiritual poverty) would have buried there Since treasures are always found in the dreary lands.

Khwaja Bahauddin Naqshband