Gujari Sufi Kavya

KHuda KHuda aur banda banda

KHudaa KHudaa aur banda banda
banda KHudaa na kahiyaa jaave

Shah Ali Jeev Gamdhani

sher

aur kisii kaa nuur hai us mah-e-dil-navaaz me.n
aks ko dekh be-KHabar aa.iina-e-majaaz me.n

Jigar Warsi

Sufi Articles

khvaja meer dard aur unka jivan

Suman Mishra

Rubai

paidaa kare har-chand taqaddus bandaa
mushkil hai ki ho hirs se dil barkanda

Khwaja Meer Dard

Ghazal

khulaa darvaaza mere dil pe az-bas aur a.alam kaa
na andesha hai shaadii kaa mujhe ne fikr hai Gam kaa

Khwaja Meer Dard

Ghazal

kaisaa maazii kahaa.n kaa istiqbaal
banda rahtaa hai haal kaa banda

Imdad Ali Ulvi

Sufi Quotes

Science of Sufism (tasawwuf) is not attainable through rational knowledge and discursive reasoning. Rather it is the innermost heart which achieves.

Science of Sufism (tasawwuf) is not attainable through rational knowledge and discursive reasoning. Rather it is the innermost heart which achieves.

Khwaja Umar Abbasi Qadri

Ghazal

nigaah-e-naaz kaa banda huu.n umr-bhar ke liye
KHudaa ne KHalq kiyaa hai tirii nazar ke liye

Kazim Ali Bagh

Sufi-Terminology

Nihaayat (the end); sahw (sorbriety); sabw-ba’dal-mahw (sobriety after absorption); tamkeen (steadfastness); takmeel (completion); abdiyyat (slave-hood); aboodiat

Persian Kalam

manam gadaa va tuu.ii baadshaah-e-banda-navaaz
tuu kaar-e-banda-e-aasii ba-lutf-e-KHvesh ba-saaz

Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

Kalaam

vasl kii shab aur itnii muKHtasar
din gine jaate the is din ke liye

Meer Taqi Meer

sher

naala fariyād aah aur zaarī
aap se ho sakā so kar dekhā

Khwaja Meer Dard

sher

naala fariyād aah aur zaarī
aap se ho sakā so kar dekhā

Khwaja Meer Dard

Sufi Articles

What is Sufism ? – Mir Valiuddin

Scholars wrangle about the derivation of the word Sufi though about its exact connotation I do not think that there is any reason to quarrel. Let us cast a hurried glance at the various attempts of the lexicographers:—
1. Some say: “The Sufis were only named Sufis because of the purity (Safa) of their hearts and the cleanliness of their acts.”

Islamic Culture Journal

Sufi Quotes

Realizing verities and subtleties (Haqaiq and Daqaeq) as true and to explain them to people is pure Tasawwuf.

Realizing verities and subtleties (Haqaiq and Daqaeq) as true and to explain them to people is pure Tasawwuf.

Maroof Karkhi

Sufi Quotes

Tasawwuf (Sufism) is bearing with all calamities and renouncing everything non-God.

Tasawwuf (Sufism) is bearing with all calamities and renouncing everything non-God.

Haris Muhasbi

Sufi Quotes

Tasawwuf is control of the faculties and observance of the breaths.

Tasawwuf is control of the faculties and observance of the breaths.

Abu Bakr Shibli

Ghazal

banda hu.aa huu.n jab se mai.n piiraan-e-piir kaa
maKHfii khulaa hai bhed javaanaan-e-piir kaa

Aminuddin Warsi

Kalaam

yuu.n to bande kaa zamaane me.n hai banda 'aashiq
par KHudaa bhii kahii.n hotaa hai kisii kaa 'aashiq

Shaah Faaiq Shahbazi

sher

nahii.n banda haqiiqat me.n samajh asraar ma.anii kaa
KHudii kaa vahm barham zan pichhe be-KHud KHudaa.ii kar

Qadir Bakhsh Bedil