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The Idea of India in Amir Khusrau

With the glory of India, Khusrau cannot help linking his own fame!
No wizard in the art of poetry like Khusrau exists under the sun Because Khusrau belongs to India and he is the admirer of Qutb-e-Alam (the Sultan).

Ali Nadeem Rezavi

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When you are reconciled to God in affliction, you see only the Author of affliction, and the affliction itself does not come.

When you are reconciled to God in affliction, you see only the Author of affliction, and the affliction itself does not come.

Data Sahib

Did You Know

Sufi Khanqahs were the only place in medieval India where people professing different religions enjoying different social status met and rubbed shoulders. Their distribution of food (langers) was free for all.

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Sufi practices as the cause of spiritual, mental and physical healing at Chishti shrines in India and Pakistan

Being a social institution, Dargah with its multipurpose role, executes definite purposes for the public attached

Mazhar Farid Chishti

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Formerly the practice of Sufism was known and the pretense unknown; nowadays the pretense is known, and the practice is unknown.

Formerly the practice of Sufism was known and the pretense unknown; nowadays the pretense is known, and the practice is unknown.

Data Sahib

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In the state of elevation, the mystic may be able to read heavenly books in languages and characters previously unknown to him and learn the heavenly names of things and beings in including his own eternal name which is different from his worldly name.

In the state of elevation, the mystic may be able to read heavenly books in languages and characters previously unknown to him and learn the heavenly names of things and beings in including his own eternal name which is different from his worldly name.

Khwaja Najmuddin Kubra

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The stage of perfection in knowledge of the realization of God (Irfaan) is reached when the seer enlightens the hearts of other people with the Divine Light.

The stage of perfection in knowledge of the realization of God (Irfaan) is reached when the seer enlightens the hearts of other people with the Divine Light.

Khwaja Gharib Nawaz

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He who desires the Palace of the King (Divine proximity) knows that it is more desirable than any other place. It is the habitation of the soul; it is the goal of our desires, the resting- place of the heart, the seat of Truth itself.

He who desires the Palace of the King (Divine proximity) knows that it is more desirable than any other place. It is the habitation of the soul; it is the goal of our desires, the resting- place of the heart, the seat of Truth itself.

Fariduddin Attar

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On the road of mystical journey, repentance is the first stage. Poverty and love are the other important stages as they lead to the purity of soul and the feeling of ones with God. The lost station on the Path is ‘Fanaa’ which implies soul’s absorption in God,

On the road of mystical journey, repentance is the first stage. Poverty and love are the other important stages as they lead to the purity of soul and the feeling of ones with God. The lost station on the Path is ‘Fanaa’ which implies soul’s absorption in God,

Mahmood Shabistari

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Heart is a garden, it is either fertilized or destroyed by the divine rain, the rain of His grace or the rain of His wrath. The first one is revealed by thunders of majesty in the hearts of those who repent, by the lightning of desire in the hearts of the ascetics, by the showers of generosity in the hearts of the lovers, and by the breeze of appeasement in the hearts of the Gnostics.

Heart is a garden, it is either fertilized or destroyed by the divine rain, the rain of His grace or the rain of His wrath. The first one is revealed by thunders of majesty in the hearts of those who repent, by the lightning of desire in the hearts of the ascetics, by the showers of generosity in the hearts of the lovers and by the breeze of appeasement in the hearts of the Gnostics.

Abul Hasan Hankari

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The saint has no fear, because fear is the expectation either of some future calamity or of the eventual loss of some object of desires, whereas, the saint is the son of his time: he has no future that he should fear anything; and as he has no fear so he has no hope, since hope is the expectation either of gaining an object of desire or of being relieved of a misfortune, and this belongs to the future; nor does he grieve, because grief arises from the rigor of time, and how should he feel grief who is in the radiance of satisfaction (Rida) and the garden of concord (Muwafaqat).

The saint has no fear, because fear is the expectation either of some future calamity or

Junaid Baghdadi

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The seeker knows the Truth in the state of self-annihilation. In this state, knowledge of the Pure Divine Essence is revealed. In other words, Godhead is known by the gnostic when he is separated from himself.

The seeker knows the Truth in the state of self-annihilation. In this state, knowledge of the Pure Divine Essence is revealed. In other words, Godhead is known by the gnostic when he is separated from himself.

Qazi Hamiduddin Nagori

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Malfuzat : An Analysis of the criticism on Anees-ul-Arwah

a. The author of ‘Mirat-ul-Asrar’ referred ‘Anees-ul-Arwah’8 in many places he quoted the text of ‘Anees-ul-Arwah’. In one place he quoted the third assembly of the ‘Anees-ul-Arwah’9.
b. The author of ‘Akhbar-ul-Jamal’ referred and quoted the text of Anees-ul-Arwah in the chapter of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti for compiling his accounts. 10

Aatif Kazmi

Allusion

Shama-e-Tur (The Light of Tur)

It is said that Prophet Moses was shown the manifestation of Allah at the forest of

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Sufism is polytheism, because it is the guarding of the heart from the vision of ‘other’ and ‘other’ does not exist.

Sufism is polytheism, because it is the guarding of the heart from the vision of ‘other’ and ‘other’ does not exist.

Abu Bakr Shibli

Allusion

Jam-e-Jam (The ghoblet of Jamshid)

King Jamshid possessed a goblet about which it is said that gazing into it granted knowledge of events occurring throughout the world for the entire day. The goblet had lines and markings that could indicate the speed of celestial bodies.
This goblet is also referred to as the Jaam-e-Jahan’numa and Jaam-e-Jahaanbeen (Cup of the World). It is said that King Jamshid invented grape wine, and he used to drink wine from this very goblet

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The heart possesses subtle organs of perception, which are progressively purified by the performance of zikr, together with other spiritual discipline and exercises.

The heart possesses subtle organs of perception, which are progressively purified by the performance of zikr, together with other spiritual discipline and exercises.

Khwaja Najmuddin Kubra

Allusion

Bagh-e-Iram ya Shaddad (The gharden of Iram or Shaddad)

Baagh-e-Iram or Gulzaar-e-Iram (The Garden of Iram), also known as the Bahisht-e-Iram (Paradise of Iram), or

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Allusion

aaina-e-Sikandari (The Mirror of Alexander)

Taa bar tu arz daarad ahwaal-e-mulk daar
Translation: The cup of Jamshid is like the Mirror of Alexander, It reveals the conditions of the country up to your threshold.

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Servitude is abandoning all activity other than the work that is the root of repose.

Servitude is abandoning all activity other than the work that is the root of repose.

Junaid Baghdadi