Did You Know

Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia's Khanqah attracted greater number of people as compared to the count of the then Sultans. The Sultans always wondered what lured the common man to the Khanqah. Alauddin Khilji had sent spies to his Khanqah with a view to knowing and if necessary checking such influx of people. The people still kept coming in large numbers.

Sufi Articles

In conversation with the Guardian saint of Delhi, and the mystic of Sindh Farid Ayaz.

I had met Farid Ayaz Sahab in 2012, while gatecrashing in a private concert hosted by

Arun Prakash Ray

Kalaam

mast-e-alast saaqii mujh ko banaa rahaa hai
kaif-e-sharaab-e-ulfat aa.nkho.n me.n aa rahaa hai

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Kalaam

sharaab-e-ulfat pilaa de saaqii 'azaab kaisaa savaab kaisaa
tuu mast-e-KHvaaja banaa de saaqii 'azaab kaisaa savaab kaisaa

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Ghazal

saaqii ko kis ne mujh se bezaar kar diyaa hai
aane se mai-kada me.n inkaar kar diyaa hai

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Kalaam

saaqii tuu diye jaa mai jis ko tuu diyaa chaahe
vo sab me.n suhaagan hai jis ko ki piyaa chaahe

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Chhand

dalhi chalat halhalat bhumi thal thal jimi chal dal

dalhi chalat halhalat bhuumi thal thal jimi chal dal
pal pal khal khalbhalat bikal baalaa kar kul kal

Gang

Sufi Quotes

Formerly the practice of Sufism was known and the pretense unknown; nowadays the pretense is known, and the practice is unknown.

Formerly the practice of Sufism was known and the pretense unknown; nowadays the pretense is known, and the practice is unknown.

Data Sahib

Naat-o-Manqabat

mohammad naaKHudaa hai.n jab unhe.n kahiye to kyaa kahiye
do-'aalam ke nigahbaa.n aur fakHr-e-ambiyaa kahiye

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Sufi Quotes

tum jis se bhalai na kar sake, us se bhalai ki ummid na rakho.

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Persian Kalam

saaqii qadahe ba-deh az aa.n raah
kuu mast kunad quluub-o-arvaah

Ahmad Shahjahanpuri

Rubai

saaqii nazare ba-be-kasaa.n bahr-e-KHudaa
ba-shikan tap-e-maa bul-havasaa.n bahr-e-KHudaa

Omar Khayyam

Persian Sufi Poetry

biyaa saaqii naqaab az ruKH bar-andaaz
sharaab-e-niistii dar saaGar andaaz

Rumi

Kalaam

sharaab-KHaana kaa tujh se qiyaam hai saaqii
kisii se kyaa hai Garaz tujh se kaam hai saaqii

Wasil Yazdani

Persian Kalam

saaqii ba-nuur-e-baada bar afroz jaam-e-maa
mutrib bago ki kaar-e-jahaa.n shud ba-kaam-e-maa

Hafiz

Kalaam

saaqii ne dast-e-jaam-e-haqiiqat banaa diyaa
aa.nkhe.n milaa ke mujh ko KHudaa se milaa diyaa

Kaleem

Ghazal

nigaah-e-mast saaqii ne banaayaa mujh ko diivaana
niraalii chaal hai apnii 'ajab hai haal mastaana

Khalil Safipuri

Rubai

saaqii ba-baram gar but-e-yaaquut lab ast
dar aab-e-KHizr bajaa.e aab-e-’nab ast

Omar Khayyam

sher

apnaa be-KHud mujhe lillah banaa le saaqii
burqa phir chehra-e-anvar se haTaa le saaqii

Dard Kakorvi

Persian Sufi Poetry

saaqii hadiis-e-sarv-o-gul-o-laala mii-ravad
vii.n bahs baa-salaasa-e-Gassaala mii-ravad

Hafiz