Sufi Quotes

Heaven becomes valuable when it has been taken away.

Heaven becomes valuable when it has been taken away.

Wasif Ali Wasif

Sufi Quotes

On a very cold day someone saw him shivering by having taken off his robes, and asked Bishr Hafi, “Why are you wearing so few?”

On a very cold day someone saw him shivering by having taken off his robes, and asked Bishr Hafi, “Why are you wearing so few?”
He replied! “I remember the poor and their state, and I have nothing to give them. So, I wanted to suffer the cold as they do.”

Bishr Hafi

Sufi Quotes

Just as Union (Wisal) and Separation (Firaq) are both graces of the Beloved, so are both day and night the different forms taken by the Sun.

Just as Union (Wisal) and Separation (Firaq) are both graces of the Beloved, so are both day and night the different forms taken by the Sun.

Wasif Ali Wasif

Saakhi

birah ka ang - mans gaya pinjar raha takan lage kag

maa.ns gayaa pinjar rahaa taakan laage kaag
saahib ajhu.n na aaiyaa ma.nd hamaare bhaag

Kabir

Sufi Quotes

Food should not be taken alone.

Food should not be taken alone.

Nizamuddin Auliya

Sufi Quotes

Blind conformity had taken the place of spiritual enthusiasm.

Blind conformity had taken the place of spiritual enthusiasm.

Data Sahib

Sufi Quotes

Longing is assuaged by meeting God and looking upon Him, but ardent desire continues even after the meeting has taken place.

Longing is assuaged by meeting God and looking upon Him, but ardent desire continues even after the meeting has taken place.

Abu Ali Daqqaaq

Sufi Quotes

Then the mystic aspires to be one of those who merge their will in the Divine Will and this Unity with God is not attained in truth except by detachment from all the creatures. that his reason (Aql) was taken away from him.

Then the mystic aspires to be one of those who merge their will in the Divine Will and this Unity with God is not attained in truth except by detachment from all the creatures. that his reason (Aql) was taken away from him.

Abdul Wahaab Sha'rani

Sufi Quotes

it is necessary to have a guide for the spiritual journey. Choose a master, for without one this journey is full of trials, fears and dangers. With no escort, you would be lost on a road you have already taken. Do not travel alone on the path.

it is necessary to have a guide for the spiritual journey. Choose a master, for without one this journey is full of trials, fears and dangers. With no escort, you would be lost on a road you have already taken. Do not travel alone on the path.

Rumi

Sufi Quotes

The Sufi is he who would not object if his blood were shed and his property taken.

The Sufi is he who would not object if his blood were shed and his property taken.

Sahl bin Abdullah Tustari

Sufi Quotes

Mankind has states, but the gnostic has none. His human traits are effaced, and his essence has passed away into the essence of another. His traits are gone because the traits of another have taken their place.

Mankind has states, but the gnostic has none. His human traits are effaced, and his essence has passed away into the essence of another. His traits are gone because the traits of another have taken their place.

Bayazid Bastami

Sufi Quotes

Neither Hindu nor Muslim, let us sit to spin, abandoning pride. Neither a sunni nor a shia, | have taken the path of complete peace and unity, Neither am I hungry, nor satisfied, nor naked, nor covered. Neither am I weeping nor laughing nor deserted nor settled. Neither a sinner I, nor pious one. Bullah, in all hearts I feel the Lord.

Neither Hindu nor Muslim, let us sit to spin, abandoning pride. Neither a Sunni nor a Shia, | have taken the path of complete peace and unity, neither am I hungry, nor satisfied, nor naked, nor covered. Neither am I weeping nor laughing nor deserted nor settled. Neither a sinner I, nor pious one. Bullah, in all hearts I feel the Lord.

Bulleh Shah

Ghazal

saa.njh savere nain bichhaa kar raah takuu.n mai.n saajan kii
raam hii jaane kab chamkegii qismat mere aa.ngan kii

Tufail Hoshiarpuri

Ghazal

kyuu.n mu.nh takuu.n na diida-e-hairat se chaah kaa
aa.iina ruu-e-yaar banaa hai nigaah kaa

Kunwar Sukhraj Bahadur ‘Rahmati’

Sufi Proverb

aab az aab takaan namii KHurad

There is not even a ripple in the water ( i.e. peace prevails everywhere ). (2) It won’t cause a ripple.

Oral Tradition

Sufi Quotes

When God loves a man, He endows him with three qualities in token thereof:

When God loves a man, He endows him with three qualities in token thereof:
a bounty like that of the sea, a sympathy like that of the sun and a humility like that of the earth.

Bayazid Bastami

Raga Based Poetry

darbari deshi ToDi - anhad shabd upjyau mo ghaT mein takaun dhyan dharun ashTyam

anhad shabd upjyau mo ghaT me.n taakau.n dhyaan dharuu.n ashTyaam
khaDaj rishabh gaa.ndhaar maddhyam pancham dhaivat

Tansen

Kalaam

tarse.n a.nkhiyaa.n mor yaa.n take.n tumhaarii baaT
sau shak karoge ik jabr-e-intiqaal me.n

Unknown

Kalaam

zaahid to baKHshe jaa.e.n gunahgaar mu.nh take.n
ai rahmat-e-KHudaa tujhe aisaa na chaahiye

Muztar Khairabadi

Kalaam

jo tasavvur me.n tiraa paikar-e-zebaa dekhe.n
ruu-e-vashshams take.n matl.a-e-siimaa dekhe.n

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer