Nisbat

kand (kund)

halvaa.ii aur bazzaaz me.n kyaa nisbat hai
kand (kund)

Amir Khusrau

Pad

kanD mohan khem hajuri aandas purn mat puri

kaan.D mohan khem hajuurii aandaas puurn mat puurii
shyaam saa.nk.Dai dhyaan lagaayaa jagjiivan tursii tat paayaa

Bhaudasji

Sufi Quotes

To give up inordinate desires in the best kind of wealth and fortune.

To give up inordinate desires in the best kind of wealth and fortune.

Hazrat Ali

Sufi Quotes

Our spiritual order has a special kind of Zikr which is called breathless adoration (Zikr). This method is not found in any other order. It is highly difficult task.

Our spiritual order has a special kind of Zikr which is called breathless adoration (Zikr). This method is not found in any other order. It is highly difficult task.

Mulla Shah Badakhshi

Sufi Quotes

Moaning and wailing have ten kinds of which nine are full of showoff and only one kind is full of reality.

Moaning and wailing have ten kinds of which nine are full of showoff and only one kind is full of reality.

Sufiyan Sauri

Sufi Quotes

If He slays, He is king, enjoying His pleasure, and if He spares, He is a king. kind to His slave

If He slays, He is king, enjoying His pleasure, and if He spares, He is a king. kind to His slave

Shah Nematullah Wali

Sufi Quotes

Remember, Divine Union is not possible to attain without the purification of inmost being. Laila had her vein opened, Majnun, bleeded. What kind of Zikr he was engrossed in? Human mind is contaminated by evil thinking. Auliya Allah have prescribed remembrance just to help disciples concentrate on Him and become steadfast.

Remember, Divine Union is not possible to attain without the purification of inmost being. Laila had her vein opened, Majnun, bleeded. What kind of Zikr he was engrossed in? Human mind is contaminated by evil thinking. Auliya Allah have prescribed remembrance just to help disciples concentrate on Him and become steadfast.

Haji Muhammad Qadri

Sufi Quotes

That kind of knowledge or obedience which cannot prevent you from sins nor is amenable to worship, austerity, and good deed, then be sure that such knowledge or such obedience won't save you from punishment on the Day of Resurrection.

That kind of knowledge or obedience which cannot prevent you from sins nor is amenable to worship, austerity, and good deed, then be sure that such knowledge or such obedience won't save you from punishment on the Day of Resurrection.

Makhdoom Jalaluddin Bukhari

Sufi Quotes

Shams claims for himself the status of a Owaysi Sufi, one whose spiritual illumination comes not though a teacher, but directly from God: “Everyone talks of his own Shaikh. In a dream the Prophet, (PBUH) gave me a ceremonial cloak (khirqa), not the kind that will wear out and rip after a few days and fall in the bath house and be washed of dirt, but a cloak of converse (sohbat), not a converse that can be comprehended, but a converse that is not of yesterday, today or tomorrow.

Shams claims for himself the status of a Owaysi Sufi, one whose spiritual illumination comes not

Shams Tabrez

Sufi Quotes

The Sufi should associate with people of his kind and those from whom he can benefit. The man most worthy of our company is he who agrees with your religious beliefs and before whom you are ashamed (for your faults).

The Sufi should associate with people of his kind and those from whom he can benefit. The man most worthy of our company is he who agrees with your religious beliefs and before whom you are ashamed (for your faults).

Abu Najeeb Suhrawardi

Rubai

gah muttaqiiyam kunad gahe piir-e-muGaa.n
ahvaal-e-jahaa.n gaah na-diidam yaksaa.n

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Sufi Poetry

aa.n-che ruu-e-tuu kunad nuur-e-ruKH-e-KHur na-kunad
vaa.nche 'ishq-e-tuu kunad shorish-e-mahshar na-kunad

Rumi

Rubai

gah mehr-o-vafaa kunad gahe naaz-o-jafaa
har lahza ba-sad ra.ng numaayad KHud raa

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Sufi Poetry

mu.aashiraa.n girah az zulf-e-yaar baaz kuned
shabe KHush ast ba-dii.n qissa-ash daraaz kuned

Hafiz

Sufi Quotes

Someone asked: “What kind of patience is most difficult for the patient?” He said: “Patience. onward God, patience for God, or patience with God. And finally, ‘Patience away from God?’ Saying this he shrieked, and his soul was almost destroyed.

Someone asked: “What kind of patience is most difficult for the patient?” He said: “Patience. onward God, patience for God, or patience with God. And finally, ‘Patience away from God?’ Saying this he shrieked, and his soul was almost destroyed.

Abu Bakr Shibli

Sufi Proverb

gar kasii KHaak murdah baaz kunad. nashunaasad tavangar az darvez

gar kasii KHaak murdah baaz kunad. nashunaasad tavangar az darvez

Oral Tradition

Rubai

gar baada ba-koh bar zanii raqs kunad
naaqis buvad aa.n-ki baada raa naqs kunad

Omar Khayyam

Sufi Proverb

ushtur keh kaah mii KHvaahad gardan daraaz mii kunad

ushtur keh kaah mii KHvaahad gardan daraaz mii kunad

Oral Tradition

Rubai

yaare ba-guzii.n ki be-vafaa.ii na kunad
dil-e-KHasta turaa dar aashnaa.ii na kunad

Sarmad Kashani

Sufi Proverb

qaazi kah barishvat ba-KHuurad panj KHiyaar. saabit kunad az bahr-e-tuu sad Kharbuzah zaar

qaazi kah barishvat ba-KHuurad panj KHiyaar. saabit kunad az bahr-e-tuu sad Kharbuzah zaar

Oral Tradition