sher

saahil tah se duur sivaa tah saahil se duur sivaa
qismat qa.ar-e-samundar me.n kashtii aaj Dubotii hai

Riyaz Khairabadi

Persian Kalam

raftam andar tah-e-KHaak uns-e-butaanam baaqiist
’ishq jaanam ba-rabuud aafat-e-jaanam baaqiist

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Bait

aan KHwajgi dar tah-e-KHak shud

aa.n KHvaajgii dar tah-e-KHaak shud
nako shud ki KHas kam jahaa.n paak shud

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Ghazal

hijr-e-aasaar thaa ik shahar tah-e-dil na rahaa
aa ga.e tum to ko.ii chaah ke qaabil na rahaa

Saima Zaidi

Sufi Quotes

The dance symbolizes the ecstasy both of dying to self and of attaining to life everlasting of Fanaa and Baqaa- a doubly rapturous experience. Rumi says they dance where they mortify themselves, they dance in their own blood.

The dance symbolizes the ecstasy both of dying to self and of attaining to life everlasting of Fanaa and Baqaa- a doubly rapturous experience. Rumi says they dance where they mortify themselves, they dance in their own blood.

Rumi

Sufi Quotes

Once addressing three hidden men, he said: “God has given such power to the Sufi saints that they look at the phenomenal world but no one can see them. They don’t stand in need to journey since they have encircled the entire universe but are out of it themselves. They may go anywhere at will in no time.”

Once addressing three hidden men, he said: “God has given such power to the Sufi saints that they look at the phenomenal world but no one can see them. They don’t stand in need to journey since they have encircled the entire universe but are out of it themselves. They may go anywhere at will in no time.”

Shah Kamaal Qadri Kaithli

Ghazal

rah-e-hayaat kaTii is tarah ki uTh Th kar
mai.n baiTh baiTh gayaa gard-e-kaarvaa.n kii tarah

Riyaz Khairabadi

Sufi Quotes

When Hallaj was in prison, he was asked: “what is love?” He answered: “You will see it today and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.” And that day they cut off his hands and feet, and the next day they put him on the gallows, and the third day they gave his ashes to the wind.

When Hallaj was in prison, he was asked: “what is love?” He answered: “You will see it today and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.” And that day they cut off his hands and feet, and the next day they put him on the gallows, and the third day they gave his ashes to the wind.

Hussain Bin Mansoor Hallaj

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

Gnostics do not look at the exterior, rather they peep into the interior, They don’t care of outward expression, rather they concentrate on their inner meanings.

Gnostics do not look at the exterior, rather they peep into the interior, They don’t care of outward expression, rather they concentrate on their inner meanings.

Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri

Kalaam

tah-ba-tah tiirgiyaa.n zehn pe jab TuuTtii hai.n
nuur ho jaataa hai kuchh aur huvaidaa teraa

Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi

Sufi Quotes

Once he said to Farid: “There are such spiritualists on this way that they drink oceans of Divine mysteries, still they are unaware of what they have drunk. Rather implore for more.

Once he said to Farid: “There are such spiritualists on this way that they drink oceans of Divine mysteries, still they are unaware of what they have drunk. Rather implore for more.

Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

Sufi Quotes

As long as they do not see their merit, the possessors of merit are virtuous. When they attribute virtue to themselves, their merits are cancelled. Saints do not claim sainthood. The ones who claim to be saints, even if they were, are deprived of their sanctity.

As long as they do not see their merit, the possessors of merit are virtuous. When they attribute virtue to themselves, their merits are cancelled. Saints do not claim sainthood. The ones who claim to be saints, even if they were, are deprived of their sanctity.

Shah Shuja Kirmani

Sufi Quotes

Sufis eat only food whose source they know. They avoid eating the food of unjust and sinful people.

Sufis eat only food whose source they know. They avoid eating the food of unjust and sinful people.

Abu Najeeb Suhrawardi

Sufi Quotes

The beauty of worldly allurements makes it lovers so much oblivious that they forget the passage of temporal as well as celestial worlds. They fail to understand the challenge before them.

The beauty of worldly allurements makes it lovers so much oblivious that they forget the passage of temporal as well as celestial worlds. They fail to understand the challenge before them.

Bu Ali Shah Qalandar

Sufi Quotes

His servants make attainment of sustenance easy. They drive off tribulation, confer elevated ranks, administer affairs of the world. They cause rain to fall and the earth is sustained due to their presence.

His servants make attainment of sustenance easy. They drive off tribulation, confer elevated ranks, administer affairs of the world. They cause rain to fall and the earth is sustained due to their presence.

Ahmad Raza Khan

Sufi Quotes

Wear with mankind what they wear and eat what they eat. But be Separate from them inwardly.

Wear with mankind what they wear and eat what they eat. But be Separate from them inwardly.

Abu Ali Daqqaaq

Ghazal

saahil tah se duur sivaa tah saahil se duur sivaa
qismat qa.ar-e-samundar me.n kashtii aaj Dubotii hai

Riyaz Khairabadi

Sufi Quotes

The Shaikh advised his followers to subject material ego (nafs) to self mortification. They were to eat less, sleep less and avoid company. They could engage themselves in anything they liked but had to keep their hearts busy in zikr (praise of God).

The Shaikh advised his followers to subject material ego (nafs) to self mortification. They were to eat less, sleep less and avoid company. They could engage themselves in anything they liked but had to keep their hearts busy in zikr (praise of God).

Naseeruddin Charagh-e-Dehli