Sufi Proverb

KHud karda raa tadbiir niist

One cannot avoid the consequences of one’s own act.
As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai zaahidaa.n ai zaahidaa.n taa chand zii.n tadbiir-haa
ai Gaafilaa.n ai Gaafilaa.n taa chand zii.n hirs-o-havaa

Rumi

Ghazal

qatl-e-'aashiq ke liye tadbiir pahle aur thii
ab adaa hai naazukii shamshiir pahle aur thii

Qabil Bandvi

Ghazal

gaaliyaa.n de kar bajaa.e qum ke ai rashk-e-masiih
aap ne mere jalaa.e hai.n na.ii tadbiir se

Bedam Shah Warsi

Rubai

andesha-e-tadbiir-e-tuu paayast ba-sa.ng
dar besha-e-andesha nihaa.n ast pala.ng

Sarmad Kashani

Ghazal

ishve se Gamze se shoKHii se adaa se naaz se
miTne vaalaa huu.n miTaa diije kisii tadbiir se

Bedam Shah Warsi

sher

mujh ko mil jaaye to tadbiir-e-tasallii puuchhuu.n
tuu ne jis aa.nkh se aashiq kaa ta.Dapnaa dekhaa

Muztar Khairabadi

sher

nahii.n chaltii ko.ii tadbiir Gam me.n
yahī kyaa kam hai jo aa.nsuu ravaa.n hai

Benazir Shah Warsi

sher

nahii.n chaltii ko.ii tadbiir Gam me.n
yahī kyaa kam hai jo aa.nsuu ravaa.n hai

Benazir Shah Warsi

Ghazal

kab tiraa diivaana aave qaid me.n tadbiir se
juu.n sadaa niklaa hii chaahe kHaana-e-zanjiir se

Khwaja Meer Dard

Kalaam

cha.Dhaanaa par mansuur ko tadbiir kis kii hai
kaho to fatvaa-e-takfiir kii tahriir kis kii hai

Farhat

Persian Sufi Poetry

guftam ki KHataa kardii va tadbiir na ii.n buud
guftaa che tavaa.n kard ki taqdiir chunii.n buud

Hafiz

Kalaam

use kyaa paa.oge paane kii KHud tadbiir ulTii hai
shikaarii kii kamaa.n me.n dekh lo KHud tiir ulTii hai

Azizuddin Rizwan Qadri

Persian Sufi Poetry

haasil na-shud chuu gah gah kaame ze tiir-e-tadbiir
tadbiir raa guzaaram gardan niham qazaa raa

Zebunnisa Begum

Krishn Bhakti Sufi Kalaam

ustaad kaa Gam kyaa
lo ho ga.ii tadbiir

Hafeez Jalandhari

Kalaam

yukhribuuna buyuutahum bi-aidiyahum
sau tadbiir dekhnaa ai 'taaj'

Zaheer Ahmad Taj

Nazm

jawab-e-shikwa

maa-sivaa-allaah ke liye aag hai takbiir tirii
tuu musalmaa.n ho to taqdiir hai tadbiir tirii

Allama Iqbal

Persian Sufi Poetry

'aql baa-tadbiir-o-andesha kunad
rafta baashad 'ishq bar haftum samaa

Rumi

Naat-o-Manqabat

'alii 'alii 'alii dam 'alii 'alii
har Gam kii tadbiir 'alii hai

Unknown

Persian Sufi Poetry

agarche KHur ba-charKH-e-chaarmiin ast
shu.aa.ash nuur-e-tadbiir-e-zamiin-ast

Mahmood Shabistari