Sufi-Terminology

• Corresponding to the physical sense of touch is the inner sense zauq-o-shauq (love and longing).
• Corresponding to the outer sense of seeing is the inner sense idraak (comprehension).

Persian Sufi Poetry

'aql 'aajiz shud za idraak-e-maqaam-e-Gaus-e-paak
habbazaa fazl-o-’uluum-o-ehtishaam-e-Gaus-e-paak

Shah Abdul Qadir Badayuni

Ghazal

iraada dil kaa suurat dekh kar idraak farmaanaa
isii ko kashf kahte hai.n yahii raushan KHayaalii hai

Naseem Hilsavi

sher

utraa vo KHumaar-e-baada-e-Gam rindo.n ko hu.aa idraake-e-sitam
khulne ko hai mai-KHaane kaa bharam ab piire-e-muGaa.n kii KHair nahii.n

Shakeel Badayuni

Sufi-Terminology

This means consciousness of the presence of God which is known to everyone. At the same time, loss of that consciousness, because of the intensity of God’s Zahur (brilliant manifestation), which casts a veil between Him and man.
Everybody knows the secret

Gujari Sufi Kavya

adrak man jab khanD bhelai

adrak maa.n jab khaanD bhelaa.ii
kerii maa.n jab saakar baa.ii

Shah Ali Jeev Gamdhani

sher

kamaal-e-ilm-o-tahqiiq-e-mukammal kaa ye haasil hai
tiraa idraak mushkil thaa tiraa idraak mushkil hai

Seemab Akbarabadi

Ghazal

kamaal-e-ilm-o-tahqiiq-e-mukammal kaa ye haasil hai
tiraa idraak mushkil thaa tiraa idraak mushkil hai

Seemab Akbarabadi

Naat-o-Manqabat

biinaa.ii par idraak par
qadmo.n kii jumbish KHaak par

Muzaffar Warsi

Krishn Bhakti Sufi Kalaam

tainuu.n husan kavii idraak kahuu.n
tainuu.n zauq kahuu.n vijdaan kahuu.n

Khwaja Ghulam Farid

Masnavi

baaz go raa.e ki andeshiida-i
mashvarat idraak-o-hushyaarii dehad

Rumi

Nazm

rahmatul-lilalamin

yaa-rahmatal-lila.alamiin
qabza tirii parchhaa.ii.n kaa biinaa.ii par idraak par

Muzaffar Warsi

Nazm

jawab-e-shikwa

shajar-e-fitrat-e-muslim thaa hayaa se namnaak
thaa shujaa.at me.n vo ik hasti-e-fauq-ul-idraak

Allama Iqbal

Persian Sufi Poetry

biinad hama-jaa saahib-e-idraak huvallaah
dar KHaak huvallaah bar aflaak huvallaah

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Salam

assalaam ai quvvat-e-idraak-e-maa
assalaam ai marham-o-tiryaak-e-maa

Maroof Shah Warsi

Persian Sufi Poetry

dar sharh-e-bayaa.n kujaa ba-gunjii
aa.n jaa ki tu.ii che-jaa.e idraak

Auhadi

Naat-o-Manqabat

vo haqaayaq ho.n ashiyaa ke yaa KHushk-o-tar fahm-o-idraak kii zad me.n hai.n sab magar
maa-sivaa ek us zaat-e-be-ra.ng ke fahm-o-idraak se maa-varaa kaun hai

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer