Sufi Quotes

O Lord! Increase light within me and give me light and illuminate me.

O Lord! Increase light within me and give me light and illuminate me.

Abu Talib Makki

Naat-o-Manqabat

pukaarii banda-parvarii luGat me.n ahl-e-'ishq kii
madad kaa tarjuma husain hai

Unknown

Persian Sufi Poetry

ba-yafgan post-e-maGz-e-naGz bardaar
luGat baa ishtiqaaq-o-nahv baa sarf

Mahmood Shabistari

Sufi Quotes

The eyes that shine with light of God will give light to the eyes that look upon them.

The eyes that shine with light of God will give light to the eyes that look upon them.

Abu Abdul Rahman Sulami

Sufi Quotes

There is a light deposited in hearts which is nourished by the Light coming from the treasuries of the invisible realms.

There is a light deposited in hearts which is nourished by the Light coming from the treasuries of the invisible realms.

Ibn-e-Ataullah Sikandari

Masnavi

haq za Gairat niiz biima ham na-zad
maa che baashad dar luGat isbaat-o-nafii

Rumi

Sufi Quotes

Unveiling is the mystical perception of the saint but not through abstract or philosophical knowledge, but it is a vision clothed in form especially human form. It is cognitive but apparitional revealing knowledge through divine light.

Unveiling is the mystical perception of the saint but not through abstract or philosophical knowledge, but it is a vision clothed in form especially human form. It is cognitive but apparitional revealing knowledge through divine light.

Sheikh Ruzbihan Baqli

Sufi Quotes

The universe and the light

The universe and the light of the stars come through me.

Rumi

Doha

satguru - satguru shabdi tegh hai lagat do kari dehi

satguruu shabdii teG hai laagat do kari dehii
piiTh pheri kaayer bhajai suura sanmukh lehi

Charandas Ji

Sufi Quotes

When dervish is absorbed in God, he is alienated from all “otherness”. He is immersed in His light which is limitless and encompasses all from pre to post eternity. This is the Divine Light worthy of deification and this is the light which has radiated every iota in the universe.

When dervish is absorbed in God, he is alienated from all “otherness”. He is immersed in His light which is limitless and encompasses all from pre to post eternity. This is the Divine Light worthy of deification and this is the light which has radiated every iota in the universe.

Abdul Quddoos Gangohi

Sufi Quotes

Sincerity is a light from the light of God that He has deposited in the heart of His believing servant and by which he cuts him off from all others. That is sincerity that no angel looks upon to record it, no Satan to corrupt it and evil inclination to cause it to deviate.

Sincerity is a light from the light of God that He has deposited in the heart of His believing servant and by which he cuts him off from all others. That is sincerity that no angel looks upon to record it, no Satan to corrupt it and evil inclination to cause it to deviate.

Abul Hassan Shazili

Sufi Quotes

Suhrawardi is the master of the philosophy of illumination. He says: “What is conceived metaphysically as existence (wujud) coincides with what is grasped in terms of root experience as Light (nur). In this context existence is light.

Suhrawardi is the master of the philosophy of illumination. He says: “What is conceived metaphysically as existence (wujud) coincides with what is grasped in terms of root experience as Light (nur). In this context existence is light.

Sheikh Shahabuddin Suhrawardi

Sufi Quotes

There is a light wherewith He unveils for you His created things, and there is a Light wherewith He unveils for you His Attributes.

There is a light wherewith He unveils for you His created things, and there is a Light wherewith He unveils for you His Attributes.

Ibn-e-Ataullah Sikandari

Shabad

prem ka ang - hari sang lagat bund sohwan

hari sa.ng laagat bu.nd sohvan
samay jaani sab jiiv magan bhe girah aapan sab chhaavan

Gulal Sahab

Sufi Quotes

Beneficial knowledge is the one whose ray of light expands in the mind and uncover the veil over the heart.

Beneficial knowledge is the one whose ray of light expands in the mind and uncover the veil over the heart.

Ibn-e-Ataullah Sikandari

Doha

rahiman nichan sang basi lagt kalank na kahi

rahiman niichan sa.ng basi lagt kala.nk na kaahi
duudh kalaarii kar gahe mad samujhai sab taahi

Rahim

Doha

yo man nike lagt ho mohat mo man lal

yo man niike lagt ho mohat mo man laal
kahuu.n kahaa mohan tumai.n piit na hot 'jamaal'

Jamaal

Sufi Quotes

The drink is the light radiating from the beauty of the Beloved, the cup is the Kindness that brings that light into contact with the mouth of the hearts. The cupbearer is He who befriends the greatest of the elect and his righteous servants.

The drink is the light radiating from the beauty of the Beloved, the cup is the Kindness that brings that light into contact with the mouth of the hearts. The cupbearer is He who befriends the greatest of the elect and his righteous servants.

Abul Hassan Shazili

Sufi Quotes

Gnosis means the vision of God, for when the eye of the soul is stripped of all the veils which hindered it from seeing God, then it beholds the reality of the Divine Attributes by its own inner light, which goes for beyond the light which is given to perfect faith, for gnosis belongs to a sphere quite other than that of faith. Hence, there is no distinction between love of God and knowledge of God.

Gnosis means the vision of God, for when the eye of the soul is stripped of all the veils which hindered it from seeing God, then it beholds the reality of the Divine Attributes by its own inner light, which goes for beyond the light which is given to perfect faith, for gnosis belongs to a sphere quite other than that of faith. Hence, there is no distinction between love of God and knowledge of God.

Abu Talib Makki

Bhajan

mon ko nanw mohammad pyara lagt hai

mo.n ko naa.nv mohammad pyaaraa lagt hai
vaahii ke kaaran haiv kis kit hai

Nawab Ibrahim Ali