sher

'riyaaz' maut hai is shart se hame.n manzuur
zamii.n sataa.e na marne pe aasmaa.n kii tarah

Riyaz Khairabadi

sher

hai yahii shart bandagii ke liye
sar jhukaa.uu.n terii KHushii ke liye

Sadiq Dehlvi

Ghazal

hai yahii shart bandagii ke liye
sar jhukaa.uu.n terii KHushii ke liye

Sadiq Dehlvi

Bait

shart-e-dair-o-haram nahin koi

shart-e-dair-o-haram nahii.n ko.ii
us kaa jalva kahaa.n nahii.n saaheb

Athar Niazi

sher

azm-o-istiqlaal hai shart-e-muqaddam ishaq me.n
ko.ii jaada kyuu.n na ho insaan us par jam rahe

Kamil Shattari

Naat-o-Manqabat

sharii'at Gaus-e-aazam kii tariiqat Gaus-e-aazam kii
nizaam-e-diin-o-duniyaa hai amaanat Gaus-e-aazam kii

Manzoor Aarfi

Sufi-Terminology

Shariat is the outer code of injunctions and prohibitions, further details are explained in books of jurisprudence.
Tareeqat is the way of the seekers. A refinement of manners; to change vices into virtues. This is also called the ‘inward journey’ (safr-dar-watan).

Rubai

bazm-e-ishrat me.n chashm-e-nam-naak huu.n mai.n
parvaane jo jal bujhe hai.n vo KHaak huu.n mai.n

Kausar Khairabadi

Ghazal

ba-har-lamha tafsiir-e-soz-e-mohabbat sharii.at nahii.n hai to phir aur kyaa hai
tasavvur tire taaq-e-abruu kaa shab bhar ibaadat nahii.n hai to phir aur kyaa hai

Turfa Qureshi

Pad

awwal manzil hai talib ke chalne ko rah shariat ki

avval manzil hai taalib ke chalne ko raah sharii.at kii
behtar hai iskii KHaatir chalnaa pahle Dagar tariiqat kii

Kavi Dildar

Sufi Quotes

I have come to a raging river, where man is in great travail. How Strange it is that there is neither a boat nor a boatsman. Shariat (law) is the boat and Tariqat (way) is the sail. Haqiqat (reality) is the anchor, and reason alone can find no way.

I have come to a raging river, where man is in great travail. How Strange it is that there is neither a boat nor a boatsman. Shariat (law) is the boat and Tariqat (way) is the sail. Haqiqat (reality) is the anchor, and reason alone can find no way.

Lal Shahbaz Qalandar

Kalaam

KHushii se duur huu.n naa-aashnaa-e-bazm-e-’ishrat huu.n
saraapaa dard huu.n vaabasta-e-zanjeer-e-qismat huu.n

Shah Mohsin Danapuri

sher

KHushii se duur huu.n naa-aashnaa-e-bazm-e-ishrat huu.n
saraapaa dard huu.n vaabasta-e-zanjeer-e-qismat huu.n

Shah Mohsin Danapuri

sher

KHushii se duur huu.n naa-aashnaa-e-bazm-e-ishrat huu.n
saraapaa dard huu.n vaabasta-e-zanjeer-e-qismat huu.n

Shah Mohsin Danapuri

Kalaam

hai nahii.n jis me.n haqiiqat vo sharii'at kaisii
jis me.n iKHlaas na ho vo hai tariiqat kaisii

Tasadduq Ali Asad

Rubai

tashriih-e-sharii'at-o-tariiqat ye hai
aqtaab-o-auliyaa kii sunnat ye hai

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

sher

mire Gam-e-nihaa.n me.n hai naved-e-ishrat-aafrii.n
bahaar hii bahaar hai mirii KHizaa.n liye hu.e

Bedam Shah Warsi

Naat-o-Manqabat

hubb-e-nabii ke vaaste hubb-e-'alii hai shart
hubb-e-’alii kii shart me.n niiyat husain hai.n

Khwaja Shayan Hasan

Masnavi

bayaan-e-aa.nkii kushtan-o-zahr daadan-e-mard-e-zargar ba-ishaarat-e-ilaahii buud na ba-havaa-e-nafs-o-ta.ammul-e-faasid
kushtan-e-ii.n mard bar dast-e-hakiim

Rumi

sher

aish-o-ishrat vasl-o-raahat sab KHushii me.n shariik
be-kasii me.n aah ko.ii puuchhne vaalaa nahii.n

Mirza Fida Ali Shah Manan