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The Masnavi of Rumi reached the Indian Subcontinent in late 13the century- in 1276 Ad, three years after Rumi's death. The Masnavi was taken to India by one of his disciples, Ahmad Rumi who belonged to the Suhrawardia and Qadariya Sufi orders.

Sufi Quotes

The ruined tavern where I am seated is a house of peace and security. It is occupied by the chief of the (rind) i,e. profligate of God. In the tavern, the drunkards delight in tranquillity.

The ruined tavern where I am seated is a house of peace and security. It is occupied by the chief of the (rind) i,e. profligate of God. In the tavern, the drunkards delight in tranquillity.

Shah Nematullah Wali

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To that one whom God has placed in the rank of His Tovers, He gives the vision of Himself, for He has sworn, saying: “By MY Glory, I will show him My Face and I will heal his soul by the vision of Myself.

To that one whom God has placed in the rank of His Tovers, He gives the vision of Himself, for He has sworn, saying: “By MY Glory, I will show him My Face and I will heal his soul by the vision of Myself.

Haris Muhasibi

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I saw Shaikh Syed Abdul Qaadir Jilani in the holy Kaaba with his face on the pebbles and sayings: “O Lord! Pardon my sins and if I deserve punishment, cause me to arise blind on the Day of Resurrection that I might not be ashamed in the sight of the righteous.”

I saw Shaikh Syed Abdul Qaadir Jilani in the holy Kaaba with his face on the pebbles and sayings: “O Lord! Pardon my sins and if I deserve punishment, cause me to arise blind on the Day of Resurrection that I might not be ashamed in the sight of the righteous.”

Saadi Shirazi

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I was in my youth and in the days of my intoxication extravagance and excitement that unveiling of the angelic world and the manifestation of the wonders of power took place in my heart. spirit, conscience and intellect.

I was in my youth and in the days of my intoxication extravagance and excitement that unveiling of the angelic world and the manifestation of the wonders of power took place in my heart. spirit, conscience and intellect.

Sheikh Ruzbihan Baqli

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I saw in the hidden world, a world illuminated from a shinning light. I saw God in the clothing of Majesty, Beauty and Glory; he poured me a drink from the ocean of affection, and he honored me with the station of intimacy.

I saw in the hidden world, a world illuminated from a shinning light. I saw God in the clothing of Majesty, Beauty and Glory; he poured me a drink from the ocean of affection, and he honored me with the station of intimacy.

Sheikh Ruzbihan Baqli

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When asked by Hallaj what did you attain during your journeys and crossings of the deserts? He answered: “I remained in a state of trust in God, curing myself thereby.” Mansur retorted: “You have annihilated your lifetime in the cultivation of your inner being, but what about annihilation (of the self) in the Oneness of God.?”

When asked by Hallaj what did you attain during your journeys and crossings of the deserts? He answered: “I remained in a state of trust in God, curing myself thereby.” Mansur retorted: “You have annihilated your lifetime in the cultivation of your inner being, but what about annihilation (of the self) in the Oneness of God.?”

Ibrahim Khawas

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The belief in the Unity of Being is not required for the realisation of fana and baga. Whatever is seen, heard or felt in mystical experiences is other than God; the- mystic should negate them and realise that God is beyond them, i,e., for fana, we need only the perception of One Being (tawhid shuhudi) so that we can forget the not-Divine.

The belief in the Unity of Being is not required for the realisation of fana and baga. Whatever is seen, heard or felt in mystical experiences is other than God; the- mystic should negate them and realise that God is beyond them, i,e., for fana, we need only the perception of One Being (tawhid shuhudi) so that we can forget the not-Divine.

Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi

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In the ocean of divinity, God hid from me and put me in oceans like the air, having no dimensions. The might of God encompassed me. I saw myself in these oceans fike a drop, with no left or right no before or behind, no up or down.

In the ocean of divinity, God hid from me and put me in oceans like the air, having no dimensions. The might of God encompassed me. I saw myself in these oceans fike a drop, with no left or right no before or behind, no up or down.

Sheikh Ruzbihan Baqli

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Heart is a garden, it is either fertilized or destroyed by the divine rain, the rain of His grace or the rain of His wrath. The first one is revealed by thunders of majesty in the hearts of those who repent, by the lightning of desire in the hearts of the ascetics, by the showers of generosity in the hearts of the lovers, and by the breeze of appeasement in the hearts of the Gnostics.

Heart is a garden, it is either fertilized or destroyed by the divine rain, the rain of His grace or the rain of His wrath. The first one is revealed by thunders of majesty in the hearts of those who repent, by the lightning of desire in the hearts of the ascetics, by the showers of generosity in the hearts of the lovers and by the breeze of appeasement in the hearts of the Gnostics.

Abul Hassan Hankari

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God is One-the Absolute and Perfect Unity, God reveals Himself in a plurality of forms, i,e., the created beings of the universe. God and His acts of revelation cannot be known through rational knowledge. It is through ‘kashf’ or revelation in the heart that the mystic attains complete knowledge of God.

God is One-the Absolute and Perfect Unity, God reveals Himself in a plurality of forms, i,e., the created beings of the universe. God and His acts of revelation cannot be known through rational knowledge. It is through ‘kashf’ or revelation in the heart that the mystic attains complete knowledge of God.

Rumi

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I swam in the primordial and ultimate oceans, in eternity and subsistence, and | discovered the unveiling of the Essence and Attributes which deaf stones and lofty mountains cannot endure.

I swam in the primordial and ultimate oceans, in eternity and subsistence, and | discovered the unveiling of the Essence and Attributes which deaf stones and lofty mountains cannot endure.

Sheikh Ruzbihan Baqli

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The corruption of the divines consists in covetousness, that of the princes in injustice, and that of the dervishes in hypocrisy.

The corruption of the divines consists in covetousness, that of the princes in injustice, and that of the dervishes in hypocrisy.

Data Sahib

Sufi Articles

PERSIAN POETRY AND LIFE IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY- REYNOLD A NICHOLSON

The one sand whence water gushes is seldom to be found go, seek it!”
The next two passages—the last I shall quote—have parallels in the works of two great English poets of the 19th century.

Islamic Culture Journal

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Shams desires to find the companionship of a true saint: “I implored God to allow me to mix with and be a companion with his friends (Saints). I had a dream and was told, “We will make you a companion of a saint.” I asked, “Where is the saint?” The next night I was told in a dream, “He is in Anatolia (Rum).” After some while I had another dream and was told, “It’s not yet time. All things come in the fullness of time.”

Shams desires to find the companionship of a true saint: “I implored God to allow me

Shams Tabrezi

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You are God in Absolute Unity and you dwell here in body and soul, for you are the Divine Essence dwelling in the midst of each one of us. O Lord! How glorious is the manifestation of Your Light! You are the Sought and the Seeker. Give me, I pray you to drink from the cup of immortality, for You are the Cup and the Wine and Cup-bearer.

You are God in Absolute Unity and you dwell here in body and soul, for you are the Divine Essence dwelling in the midst of each one of us. O Lord! How glorious is the manifestation of Your Light! You are the Sought and the Seeker. Give me, I pray you to drink from the cup of immortality, for You are the Cup and the Wine and Cup-bearer.

Fariduddin Attar

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In her prayer to God, she says; “O my Lord! If I worship Thee on account of the fear of Hell, bum me in Hell, and if I worship Thee with the hope of Paradise, exclude me from it, but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, then withhold not from me Thine Eternal Beauty.

In her prayer to God, she says; “O my Lord! If I worship Thee on account of the fear of Hell, bum me in Hell, and if I worship Thee with the hope of Paradise, exclude me from it, but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, then withhold not from me Thine Eternal Beauty.

Rabia Basri

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In the eyes of the enlightened man, every leaf of the green tree, is a large book of wisdom to know God, the Omnipotent. (Every leaf is engrosses in Zikr of the Almighty).

In the eyes of the enlightened man, every leaf of the green tree, is a large book of wisdom to know God, the Omnipotent. (Every leaf is engrosses in Zikr of the Almighty).

Saadi Shirazi

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I would never like to sit in the company of the worldlings, nor did they like to sit in my companionship.

I would never like to sit in the company of the worldlings, nor did they like to sit in my companionship.

Bishr Hafi

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Mujadd-i-aif-i thani said: “When glory of the Mashaikh of Qadiriyya is revelaed to us, we don’t find any spiritualist of the highest elevated rank like Shah Kamal Qadiri after Ghause-e-Azam.” It reveals that his. sainthood and axial centrality (qutbiyyat) is the highest in the world of Islamic spirituality.

Mujadd-i-aif-i thani said: “When glory of the Mashaikh of Qadiriyya is revelaed to us, we don’t find any spiritualist of the highest elevated rank like Shah Kamal Qadiri after Ghause-e-Azam.” It reveals that his. sainthood and axial centrality (qutbiyyat) is the highest in the world of Islamic spirituality.

Shah Kamaal Qadri Kaithli