Sufi Proverb

jaahila.n chu.n badaliil az KHasam Faromanad. silsila-e- KHusumat bajun.baanad

jaahila.n chu.n badaliil az KHasam Faromanad. silsila-e- KHusumat bajun.baanad

Oral Tradition

Rubai

aa.n raa ki buvad bahra ai az ’aql-o-kamal
bairuu.n ravad az daa.ira-e-fikr-e-muhaal

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Sufi Poetry

KHalq devaanand-o-shahvat silsila
mii-kashad shaa.n suu-e-dukkaan-o-Gala

Rumi

Naat-o-Manqabat

sakHii-o-ibn-e-sakHii-o-valii-e-ibn-e-valii
zuhuu-e-silsila-e-chisht yaa-Gariib-navaaz

Nisar Akbarabadi

Persian Kalam

dar chashm-e-'hazii.n' daanam be-parda tu.ii paidaa
ai chashm-e-charaaG-e-dil parvaana turaa yaabam

Hazeen Zaidpuri

Ghazal

lab sii liye hai.n ahl-e-KHirad ne ba-ehtiyaat
kyaa dekhiye dikhaa.iye abhii aql-e-KHaam aur

Jaleel Fatehgarhi

Persian Kalam

ba-har ruu-e-jamaal-e-yaar hastam
saraapaa maz.har-e-dildaar hastam

Arif

Persian Kalam

ai maz.har-e-husn-e-laa-yazaalii
mir.at-e-jamaal-e-zul-jalaalii

Jami

Persian Kalam

ai jamaal-e-paak-e-tuu iimaan-e-man
jalva-e-husn-e-tuu nuur-e-jaan-e-man

Aziz Safipuri

Persian Kalam

baa-do abruu-e-KHamiida teG-e-jafaa kashiida
pa.e kushtan-e-Gariibe pa.e qatl-e-jaanbaaze

Jami

Kalaam

ye 'raaz'-gar kii karaamat nahii.n to kyaa hai raaz
Gulaam-e-silsilaa-e-naam-e-buu-turaab kiyaa

Shah Taqi Raaz Barelvi

Sufi Quotes

Once a governor named Ali Khan sent fifty rupees to him through Mullah Hussain. Shah Kamal refused to accept and said: “O Idiot! Don’t blacken your face by sending worldly wealth to dervish. Shun from such acts.” Ali Khan, later on apologised.

Once a governor named Ali Khan sent fifty rupees to him through Mullah Hussain. Shah Kamal refused to accept and said: “O Idiot! Don’t blacken your face by sending worldly wealth to dervish. Shun from such acts.” Ali Khan, later on apologised.

Shah Kamaal Qadri Kaithli

Persian Kalam

turk-e-man ai man Gulaam-e-ruu-e-tuu
jumla turkaan-e-jahaa.n hinduu-e-tuu

Fakhruddin Iraqi

Persian Kalam

dast-e-dehad chu.n baKHtam bosam za fart-e-shauqat
paa-e-sagaan-e-kuuyat baa-sad hazaar naazee

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

Persian Kalam

namaaz-e-zaahidaan-e-mihraab-o-minbar
namaaz-e-aashiqaa.n ba-daar diidam

Hafiz

Persian Kalam

ai saraapaa-e-tuu dilkash ai adaahaa-e-tuu shoKH
zulf-e-hinduu-e-tuu sarkash chashm-e-shla-e-tuu shoKH

Aziz Safipuri

Ghazal

silsila kyuu.n arsh tak pahu.nche na merii aah kaa
sabt lauh-e-dil pe mere naqsh hai allaah kaa

Mahmooda Khatoon

Persian Kalam

ai chehra-e-zebaa-e-tuu rashk-e-butaan-e-aazarii
har-chand vasfat mii-kunam dar husn zaa.n baalaa-tarii

Amir Khusrau

Persian Kalam

asraar-e-vajuud raa kamaahii
diida-e-nazare KHuda-e-biinat

Jami