Sufi Articles

Hazrat Imam-e-Rabbani Sheikh Ahmad Farooqi Sirhindi

Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi has written a total number of 536 letters to the Mughal emperors during

Syed Yusuf Shahab

Ghazal

jaan-e-jaa.n aap kaa andaaz-e-karam kyaa kahiye
raah dushvaar thii aasaanii kiye dete hai.n

Nisar Ahmad Ansari

Sufi Quotes

Nothing more than wealth interferes in one’s faith and belief.

Nothing more than wealth interferes in one’s faith and belief.

Sheikh Ahmad Sarhindi

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God does not unite with anything, nor does anything unite with God.

God does not unite with anything, nor does anything unite with God.

Sheikh Ahmad Sarhindi

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Lower-self desires all out superiority over one’s fellow-beings.

Lower-self desires all out superiority over one’s fellow-beings.

Sheikh Ahmad Sarhindi

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Worldly tribulations, apparently are inflictions, but in reality they cause progress.

Worldly tribulations, apparently are inflictions, but in reality they cause progress.

Sheikh Ahmad Sarhindi

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In whom element of love dominates, grief and anxiety will also be dominant in him.

In whom element of love dominates, grief and anxiety will also be dominant in him.

Sheikh Ahmad Sarhindi

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Our way of spiritual training is association, because renown lies in retreat and in renown lies perdition.

Our way of spiritual training is association, because renown lies in retreat and in renown lies perdition.

Sheikh Ahmad Sarhindi

Sufi Quotes

The disappearance of individual identity in fana is visual rather than existential.

The disappearance of individual identity in fana is visual rather than existential.

Sheikh Ahmad Sarhindi

Naat-o-Manqabat

naqsh-e-paa paate hii 'ahmad' sarfaraazii mil ga.ii
baa-KHudaa maulaa 'alii kaa naqsh-e-paa kuchh aur hai

Mahmood Ahmad Rabbani

Persian Kalam

guft ahmad-e-KHasta-dil barii.n vazn
man dosh ba-kaam-e-dil rasiidam

Sheikh Jamaluddin Hansvi

Rubai

ai shaiKH ye zohd-e-KHud-numaa kuchh bhii nahii.n
ye makr ye sheva-e-riyaa kuchh bhii nahii.n

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

Naat-o-Manqabat

muraad-e-qalb har muriid shaiKH sa.ad shaiKH sa.ad
sukuun-o-raahat maziid shaiKH sa.ad shaiKH sa.ad

Sheikh Abu Saeed Safvi

Sufi Quotes

Once Ghulam Rasul (/angari) came to the Shaikh and said: “I have been occupied in the management of refectory (langar khana) since the time of your Shaikh (pir), and was neglectful of my duty toward God. Now I have become old. I desire to remain engrossed in His adoration all the times. Kindly guide me what to do” Hazrat Suleman said: “I will request to my Shaikh to guide me. You come tomorrow.” Next day when he came, the Shaikh said: “You are advised to reflect image of Shaikh in your inmost being.”

Once Ghulam Rasul (/angari) came to the Shaikh and said: “I have been occupied in the

Khwaja Sulaiman Taunsvi

Kalaam

dil me.n ahmad bas ga.ii suurat vo nuurii is qadar
har taraf dikhne lagaa hai jalva-e-jaanaana ab

Mahmood Ahmad Rabbani

Sufi Quotes

Once a man insisted Hazrat Suleman to initiate him in Qadiriyya order. He thought Chisti order inferior to Qadiriyya order. The Shaikh said: “You want to enter Qadiriyya order because Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jitani is the founder of that order?" He said: “Yes!” The Shaikh said: “There are also many lover of God in Chisti order.” At last the Shaikh initiated him in Chisti Sufi order.

Once a man insisted Hazrat Suleman to initiate him in Qadiriyya order. He thought Chisti order inferior to Qadiriyya order. The Shaikh said: “You want to enter Qadiriyya order because Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jitani is the founder of that order?" He said: “Yes!” The Shaikh said: “There are also many lover of God in Chisti order.” At last the Shaikh initiated him in Chisti Sufi order.

Khwaja Sulaiman Taunsvi

Kalaam

ye janaab-e-shaiKH kaa falsafa hai ajiib saare jahaan se
jo vahaa.n piyo to halaal hai jo yahaa.n piyo to haraam hai

Jigar Moradabadi

Naat-o-Manqabat

yaa ilaahii us ko bhii kar de sa'aadat ye 'ataa
dekh aa.e jaa ke 'ahmad' bhii dayaar-e-faatima

Mahmood Ahmad Rabbani

Sufi Quotes

To demand increase showeth ignorance in a disciple.

To demand increase showeth ignorance in a disciple.

Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi

Naat-o-Manqabat

pyaar se tujh ko kaleje se lagaa kar 'ahmad'
ye tujhe qaadirii rabbaanii kiye dete hai.n

Mahmood Ahmad Rabbani