sher

farishte kyuu.n sataate hai.n lahad me.n
KHudaa maalik hai jo chaahe sazaa de

Muztar Khairabadi

sher

sataataa hai mujhe sayyaad zaalim is liye shaayad
ki raunaq us ke gulshan kii mire shaGl-e-fuGaa.n tak hai

Wali Warsi

Sufi Quotes

On the shaykh-disciple relationship: “What is Shaikh’s being? Being. What’s a disciple? Non-existence. Until a disciple ceases to exist he is not a disciple. Though they may be possessed of learning, yet they change from state to state. You should know that all this learning bears no relationship to the interior, for the inner power makes this request: “No, let me see it!” It does not accept any one’s report.

On the shaykh-disciple relationship: “What is Shaikh’s being? Being. What’s a disciple? Non-existence. Until a disciple ceases to exist he is not a disciple. Though they may be possessed of learning, yet they change from state to state. You should know that all this learning bears no relationship to the interior, for the inner power makes this request: “No, let me see it!” It does not accept any one’s report.

Shams Tabrez

Sufi Quotes

The seeker knows the Truth in the state of self-annihilation. In this state, knowledge of the Pure Divine Essence is revealed. In other words, Godhead is known by the gnostic when he is separated from himself.

The seeker knows the Truth in the state of self-annihilation. In this state, knowledge of the Pure Divine Essence is revealed. In other words, Godhead is known by the gnostic when he is separated from himself.

Qazi Hamiduddin Nagori

Sufi Quotes

Ascension is the state that gives way to descent.

Ascension is the state that gives way to descent.

Wasif Ali Wasif

Sufi Quotes

The mystic never returns to his selfhood after having experienced the state of Fana.

The mystic never returns to his selfhood after having experienced the state of Fana.

Abu Bakr Kalabazi

Sufi Quotes

Whose inner state is better than his outer state, is friend (Wali) of God. Whose inner and outer states are alike, is savant. And whose outer condition is better than his interior, is ignorant and cunning.

Whose inner state is better than his outer state, is friend (Wali) of God. Whose inner and outer states are alike, is savant. And whose outer condition is better than his interior, is ignorant and cunning.

Shafique Balkhi

Sufi Quotes

Sometime auliya Allah unveil Divine mysteries, but they do it on account of their over-intoxicated state. But there are other consummate elect who never disclose arcane secrets of divinity.Thus it requires widest receptacle on Sufi path so that secrets of His divinity remain concealed.

Sometime auliya Allah unveil Divine mysteries, but they do it on account of their over-intoxicated state. But there are other consummate elect who never disclose arcane secrets of divinity.Thus it requires widest receptacle on Sufi path so that secrets of His divinity remain concealed.

Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

Sufi Quotes

When asked to say about the sign of the gnostic, he replied: “One state does not hold the gnostic back from another state and one station does not veil him from changing stations.”

When asked to say about the sign of the gnostic, he replied: “One state does not hold the gnostic back from another state and one station does not veil him from changing stations.”

Junaid Baghdadi

Sufi Quotes

Whoever bows his head with humility, like a servant, God will exalt his state in both worlds.

Whoever bows his head with humility, like a servant, God will exalt his state in both worlds.

Data Sahib

Sufi Quotes

In the state of elevation, the mystic may be able to read heavenly books in languages and characters previously unknown to him and learn the heavenly names of things and beings in including his own eternal name which is different from his worldly name.

In the state of elevation, the mystic may be able to read heavenly books in languages and characters previously unknown to him and learn the heavenly names of things and beings in including his own eternal name which is different from his worldly name.

Khwaja Najmuddin Kubra

Sufi Quotes

The condition of the soul after death, depends upon the degree of illumination and purification it has reached during this life: life is a constant process of striving to attain that primordial (azli) light in its purity. The perfect state is granted only to the elect few, yet it should be everybody's goal.

The condition of the soul after death, depends upon the degree of illumination and purification it has reached during this life: life is a constant process of striving to attain that primordial (azli) light in its purity. The perfect state is granted only to the elect few, yet it should be everybody's goal.

Sheikh Shahabuddin Suhrawardi

Ghazal

ishq hai dil ko sataataa raat din
yaar hai mukh.Daa chhupaataa raat din

Mira'n Shah Jalandhari

Sufi Quotes

Spiritual Guide should be perfect, well versed in the vicissitude of the mystic path, and firmly established in his high state. He should be a,man who has experienced both the horror of God’s Majesty and the delight of His beauty.

Spiritual Guide should be perfect, well versed in the vicissitude of the mystic path, and firmly established in his high state. He should be a,man who has experienced both the horror of God’s Majesty and the delight of His beauty.

Sheikh Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri

Sufi Quotes

Ibn Arabi does not accept the doctrine of unification with God because this logically implies man’s earlier ‘separation’ or apartness from God. Man's union with God may be viewed only as his awareness of his existing identity with God. Man never becomes God. The Sufi, in his perfect state of mystical experience, knows that his soul and body are nothing but the Internal and External sides of One Absolute.

Ibn Arabi does not accept the doctrine of unification with God because this logically implies man’s earlier ‘separation’ or apartness from God. Man's union with God may be viewed only as his awareness of his existing identity with God. Man never becomes God. The Sufi, in his perfect state of mystical experience, knows that his soul and body are nothing but the Internal and External sides of One Absolute.

Muhiuddin Ibn Arabi

Pad

satuti

daaridu deshi sabhko ha.nsai aisii dasaa hamaarii
asT dasaa sidhi kartalai sabh kirpaa tumhaarii

Raidas

Ghazal

zamaane me.n ma.ashuuq ai 'benaziir'
sataate hai.n par is qadar bhii nahii.n

Benazir Shah Warsi

Sufi Quotes

There are three types of knowledge: Knowledge of Sayings which is Shariah, knowledge of actions which is Tareeqat, and knowledge of esoteric state which is Haqeeqat.

There are three types of knowledge: Knowledge of Sayings which is Shariah, knowledge of actions which is Tareeqat, and knowledge of esoteric state which is Haqeeqat.

Makhdoom Jalaluddin Bukhari

Sufi Quotes

The lovers of God hold Strange state. May they sustain wound or salve, it is equal to them. They are such people who hate worldly kingship: They are patient with their poverty in the quest of Him. They drink wine of grief, bear worldly trails, still they remain silent.

The lovers of God hold Strange state. May they sustain wound or salve, it is equal to them. They are such people who hate worldly kingship: They are patient with their poverty in the quest of Him. They drink wine of grief, bear worldly trails, still they remain silent.

Saadi Shirazi

Sufi Quotes

Meditation is this that one should know Allah Most High is also well aware of his state and that He sees him. It is not meditation to sit with the head placed on the knees.

Meditation is this that one should know Allah Most High is also well aware of his state and that He sees him. It is not meditation to sit with the head placed on the knees.

Makhdoom Jalaluddin Bukhari