Sufi Proverb

jaa.e keh namak Khori namakdaan mashikan

jaa.e keh namak Khori namakdaan mashikan

Oral Tradition

Rubai

ai charKH-e-falak na naa.n shanaasii na namak
paivasta maraa barahna saazii chuu samak

Omar Khayyam

Persian Sufi Poetry

shakkariin-e-la.al-e-tuu kaan-e-namak ast
garche shakkar na ma-kaan-e-namak ast

Amir Khusrau

Sufi Quotes

Haraam (unlawful) comes upon mankind from three things:

Haraam (unlawful) comes upon mankind from three things:
1. the weakness of natural disposition

Abu Ali Ahmad Rudbari

Rubai

paanii me.n namak Daalviyaa.n dekhyaa ise
jab ghul gayaa namak bolnaa kise

Khwaja Bandanawaz Gesudaraz

Rubai

ai az haram zaat-e-tuu 'aql aagah nii
vaz maa'siyat-o-taa'at maa mustaGnii

Omar Khayyam

Rubai

mai.n to sanam-parast huu.n mujh ko haram se kyaa Garaz
teraa karam nasiib ho baaG-e-iram se kyaa Garaz

Fana Bulandshahri

Kalaam

kahuu.n kyaa mai.n furqat-e-yaar me.n mujhe khaanaa-piinaa haraam hai
usii Gam me.n jaa.n pe aa banii ko.ii dam me.n kaam tamaam hai

Tahir Moradabadi

Ghazal

haram me.n dair me.n kyuu.n be-haqiiqat chaar-suu hotii
javaa.n qadmo.n pe jhuk jaatii jabii.n to aabruu hotii

Behzad Lakhnavi

Ghazal

zahe nasiib haraam-o-halaal se vaaqif
meraa shu.uur hai duniyaa kii chaal se vaaqif

Khwaja Shayan Hassan

Ghazal

na mehraab-e-haram samjhe na jaane taaq-e-but-KHaana
jahaa.n dekhii tajallii ho gayaa qurbaan parvaana

Bedam Shah Warsi

Ghazal

ahl-e-dair-o-haram rah ga.e
tire diivaane kam rah ga.e

Fana Nizami Kanpuri

Sufi Quotes

Do not respond to harm with harm. This is the way to smooth the path of brotherhood.

Do not respond to harm with harm. This is the way to smooth the path of brotherhood.

Abu Abdul Rahman Sulami

Persian Kalam

saakin-e-dair-o-haram sho yaa sar-e-baazaar baash
baash har jaa.e ki KHvaahii dar talaash-e-yaar baash

Unknown

Naat-o-Manqabat

haram huzuur kaa baaG-e-iram huzuur kaa hai
har ek zarra pe lutf-o-karam huzuur kaa hai

Muhammad Aasif Noori

Kalaam

na hai but-kada kii talab mujhe na haram ke dar kii talaash hai
jahaa.n luT gayaa hai sukuun-e-dil usii rahguzar kii talaash hai

Ameer Bakhsh Sabri

Ghazal

tujhii ko jaan-e-jaa.n dair-o-haram me.n jalva-gar dekhaa
tuu hii har jaa nazar aayaa jahaa.n dekhaa jidhar dekhaa

Aughat Shah Warsi

Ghazal

sajda-guzaar sehn-e-haram bhii mo.atakif but-KHaana bhii
dil jaisaa hushiyaar na dekhaa dil jaisaa diivaana bhii

Aslam Sandelvi

Ghazal

na dair meñ na haram meñ jabīñ jhukī hogī
tumhāre dar pe adā merī bandagī hogī

Fana Bulandshahri

Ghazal

rakkhaa nahii.n hai dair-o-haram ne qarii.n mujhe
jaane pukaartii hai kahaa.n kii zamii.n mujhe

Haseeb Jamal