sher

dekh ai chaman-e-husn tujhe baaG me.n KHandaa.n
shabnam nahii.n ye gul pe KHajaalat se araq hai

Meer Muhammad Bedar

Sufi Quotes

Knowledge without practice is like a sterile woman. Sultan Bahu likens nafs-e-amara to Yazid. One should rise above the level of animals and should try to realise spirituality inherent in him.

Knowledge without practice is like a sterile woman. Sultan Bahu likens nafs-e-amara to Yazid. One should rise above the level of animals and should try to realise spirituality inherent in him.

Sultan Bahu

Ghazal

mutlaq bhii nahii.n 'dard' izaafat se mubarraa
ohde se taqayyud ke ko.ii kyuu.nki bar aave

Khwaja Meer Dard

Persian Kalam

ruu.e nikosh matlaa-e-sub.h-e-sa.aadatast
siimaa-e-ust sham-e-shabistaan-e-auliyaa

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

sher

jahaa.n hai.n mahv-e-naGma bulbule.n gul jis me.n KHandaa.n hai.n
usii gulshan me.n kal zaaG-o-zaGan kaa aashiyaa.n hogaa

Arsh Gayavi

Persian Kalam

ba-KHudaa ki jurae deh tuu ba-‘haafiz’-e-sahar-KHez
ke du.aa-e-sub.h-gaahii asare kunad shumaa raa

Hafiz

Persian Kalam

na-daanam banda-e-ruu-e-tuu baasham yaa sag-e-kuuyat
ba-har nau.e ki mii-KHvaahii ba-go taa aa.n-chunaa.n baasham

Nooruddin Hilali

Naat-o-Manqabat

muqaabil-e-muusaa ’imraan mere ahmad ke kyaa Thahre
vo the 'aashiq KHudaa ke aur ye maa'shuuq-e-KHudaa Thahre

Unknown

Kalaam

dikhaa.ii suurat-e-gul par bahaar-e-shokHii-e-pinhaa.n
chhupaayaa ma’anii-e-gul me.n kuchh husn-e-numaayaa.n ko

Asghar Gondvi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ba-shaguft gul dar bostaa.n aa.n Guncha-e-KHandaa.n kujaa
shud vaqt-e-aish-e-dostaa.n aa.n laala bustaa.n kujaa

Amir Khusrau

Hori

hori hoy rahi ahmad jiyo ke dwar

horii hoy rahii ahmad jiyo ke dvaar
nabii alii ko ra.ng bano hai hasan husain khilaar

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Did You Know

Hazrat Sultan Bahu wrote in his Ain-ul-Faqr that he thanked his mother for having giving him the name Bahu, which by the alternation of one Nukta or point becomes Ya Hu

Persian Sufi Poetry

KHanda-e-jaam-e-mai-o-zulf-e-girah-giir-e-nigaar
ai basaa tauba ki chuu.n tauba-e-'haafiz' ba-shikast

Hafiz

Rubai

sultaan-e-kHudam minnat-e-sultaa.n na-kasham
az bahr-e-do naan minnat-e-duunaa.n na-kasham

Sarmad Kashani

Salam

rahmato.n ke mohabbato.n ke naqiib
aaKHirii.n halqa-e-nizaam-e-rusul

Rais Ahmad Numani

Did You Know

Hazrat Sultan Bahu was the disciple and khalifa of Sayyad Abdurrhman Dehlavi, who comes in the spiritual hierarchy of Abdul Qadir Jilani, the founder of the Qadri order. Bahu learnt Vedantic views from the Qadri teacher, whose system already accepted Vedantic influence.

Pad

ramanand ke das kabira namdev bhaktan mein shura

raamaanand ke daas kabiiraa naamdev bhaktan me.n shuuraa
kalyug me.n niisaan bajaayaa niraakaar kaa panth chalaayaa

Bhaudasji

Kalaam

jo hai.n aashnaa sirr-e-asraar ke
vo hai.n yaar har yaar-o-aGyaar ke

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

sher

suurat-e-gul me.n khilkhilaa ke ha.nsaa
shakl-e-bulbul me.n chahchahaa dekhaa

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Ghazal

sun ke ahmad kii Gazal vo kah uThe
ye radiif-o-qaafiye achchhe lage

Tufail Ahmad Misbahi