Sufi-Terminology

Baiyat-i-Islam was discontainued during the period of the Khulafa-i-Rashideen (rightly guided successors of the Holy Prophet) because, millions of non-Muslims embraced Islam and it was not clear whether the conversion was motivated by pure love of God or by the grandeur of Islam. Baiyat was not popular during the reign of Bani Umayyah, Bani Abbas, because the rulers had become sinners and cruel and had no regard for maintaining the tradition of the Holy Peophet.

Ghazal

kaafir-e-'ishq ko yaaro nahii.n islaam se kaam
gardish-e-chashm se matlab hai nahii.n jaam se kaam

Khwaja Ruknuddin Ishq

Sufi Letter

LETTER 43: GRATITUDE FOR THE BLESSING OF ISLAM

In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate!
Brother Shamsuddin, Islam is the fountainhead of all

Sheikh Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri

Persian Kalam

zaada-e-durdem vaz KHuun-e-jigar parvarda-em
koh-haa-e-Gam agar aayad juu-e-aazaar niist

Zebunnisa Begum

sher

aaGaaz tuu hai anjaam tuu hai iimaan tuu hii islaam tuu hai
hai tujh pe 'aziiz-e-KHasta fidaa ai nuur-e-mohammad sallallaah

Aziz Safipuri

Ghazal

raah lag apnii tuu ai josh-e-bahaar-e-ummiid
dil ko marGuub mire aalam-e-tanhaa.ii hai

Aslam Lakhnavi

Naat-o-Manqabat

sadaa-e-mast mastaan-e-mohammad
kalaam-e-haq hai diivaan-e-mohammad

Aslam Majid

Ghazal

ban ga.ii na.ng-e-chaak daamaanii
jab kabhii KHvaahish-e-rafuu kii hai

Aslam Lakhnavi

Ghazal

kitaab-e-zindagii ke surKH afsaane bhii badle.nge
bahaare.n phuul barsaa.e.ngii viiraane bhii badle.nge

Aslam Lakhnavi

Sufi Quotes

Negation is nothing but an estranged state of affirmation itself. To bring one's denial to acceptance is the task of a learned man. Similarly, bringing non-belief to Islam should be the desire of a believer.

Negation is nothing but an estranged state of affirmation itself. To bring one's denial to acceptance is the task of a learned man. Similarly, bringing non-belief to Islam should be the desire of a believer.

Wasif Ali Wasif

Ghazal

apno.n se ummiid-e-vafaa kii
koso.n duur ik sham.a hai raushan

Aslam Sandelvi

Kalaam

abr hai jaam hai miinaa hai mai-e-gul-guu.n hai
hai sab asbaab-e-tarab saaqii-e-gulfaam nahii.n

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

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

Sufi Proverb

baa-yak tiir do niishaan zadan

(a)To kill two birds with one stone.(b) To aim a single shot at two targets.

Oral Tradition

Ghazal

bahte hu.e ashko.n me.n hai tasviir-e-rukH-e-dost
aa.iina-e-me.araaj-e-vafaa dekh rahe hai.n

Aslam Lakhnavi