Sufi Proverb

chuu.n aahang-e-raftan kunad jaan-e-paak. cheh bar taKHt murdan cheh bar ruu-e-paak

chuu.n aahang-e-raftan kunad jaan-e-paak. cheh bar taKHt murdan cheh bar ruu-e-paak

Oral Tradition

Naat-o-Manqabat

taaj aur taKHt nahii.n chaahiye haashaa mujh ko
de madiine kii gadaa.ii mire aaqaa mujh ko

Shah Saalim Qadri Badayuni

Kalaam

na savaal hai taKHt-o-taaj kaa na qasam se zar kaa KHayaal hai
mere chaara-gar mere mehrbaa.n tire ek kaa savaal hai

Faraz Warsi

Pad

bhula baiTha kyun hai tu KHalwat mein aali taKHt bana

bhuulaa baiThaa kyuu.n hai tuu KHalvat me.n aalii taKHt banaa
hoshiyaar agarche teraa in rozo.n hai baKHt banaa

Kavi Dildar

Pad

sha adham ne taKHt taj ko hath mein apne laya jab

shaa adham ne taKHt taaj ko haath me.n apne laayaa jab
ra.nj sivaa 'dildaar' nahii.n kuchh haasil us kaa paayaa tab

Kavi Dildar

Ghazal

taKHt-e-zarrii.n baadshaaho.n ke liye
boriyaa a.alam-panaaho.n ke liye

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Persian Kalam

baaz bar takHt-e-dilam shud jalva-gar sultaan-e-ishq
soKHt raKHt-e-hastiyam az aatish-e-sozaan-e-ishq

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Bait

faqiron ko hai apna boriya hi taKHt-e-sultani

faqiiro.n ko hai apnaa boriyaa hii taKHt-e-sultaanii
sulaimaan-e-zamaana hai har ik mor apne rauzan me.n

Shah Akbar Danapuri

Ghazal

na KHvaahaa.n taaj-e-KHusrav kaa na mai.n taKHt-e-sikandar kaa
muqaddar us jagah le chal bhikaarii huu.n mai.n jis dar kaa

Fazlur Rahman Maah

Naat-o-Manqabat

na taKHt-o-taaj kii KHvaahish na daulat par nazar rakho
nazar ke saamne bas usva-e-kHair-ul-bashar rakhau

Rais Ahmad Numani

sher

dekhte the taKHta-e-gul-haa-e-aatish kii bahaar
jis tarah yaaro KHaliilullaah payambar aag me.n

Shah Naseer

Ghazal

takHta-e-mashq-e-jafaa Thahraa to ye dil Thahraa
chuur jo shiisha hu.aa un ke muqaabil Thahraa

Nazar Bhagalpuri

Naat-o-Manqabat

na to taKHt-o-taaj kii justujuu na to maal-o-zar kii talaash hai
jahaa.n naqsh-e-paa-e-mohammadii usii rah-guzar kii talaash hai

Dr. Shah Khusro Hussaini

Sufi Articles

Life, times and Sufi poetry of Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Kahin faani kahin baqaa dekha !
Kahin hai baadshah-e-takht nasheen,

Mustaqim Parwez

Dakni Sufi Kavya

bhala santan ka sang

bahotaa.n ke taKHt chaDhe
aisaa mala.ng faqiir

Eknath

Persian Sufi Poetry

ba-taKHt-o-baKHt chuu.n naazad ki roze raKHt bar bandii
ba-taKHt-o-baKHt ke naazad kase kuu raKHt bar bandad

Hakim Sanai

Khaaliq baari

Khaaliq-bari

KHalaf supuut muKHaalif bairii
kursii taKHt juulaan hai be.Dii

Amir Khusrau

Allusion

Takht-e-Sulaiman (The Throne of Solomon)

It is famous that the throne of Prophet Solomon used to soar through the air. Sheikh Saadi expresses:
Na khud sareer-e-Sulaiman ba baad raftii bas

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Kalaam

kahii.n hai baadshaah-e-taKHt-nashii.n
kahii.n kaasa liye gadaa dekhaa

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Persian Kalam

toraa sultaanii-e-kaunain dadand
pas aa.n ki taKHt-o-sultaa.n aafriidand

Shams Maghribi