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The Masnavi of Rumi reached the Indian Subcontinent in late 13the century- in 1276 Ad, three years after Rumi's death. The Masnavi was taken to India by one of his disciples, Ahmad Rumi who belonged to the Suhrawardia and Qadariya Sufi orders.

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Rumi, The Silk Route and Indian Sub-continent

As a matter of fact, baring Sultan Walad, the son of Maulana, and Ahmad Rumi, one

Akhlaque Ahmad Ahan

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The human being is on a journey, and this world is an abode of Passage, not an abode of rest His mother’s womb is the beginning of his journey, and the next world is his goal. His lifetime is the journey’s distance his years its way stations, his mouths its parasangs, his days its miles, his breaths its steps.”

The human being is on a journey, and this world is an abode of Passage, not an abode of rest His mother’s womb is the beginning of his journey, and the next world is his goal. His lifetime is the journey’s distance his years its way stations, his mouths its parasangs, his days its miles, his breaths its steps.”

Hazrat Ali

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The poor and the aggrieved enjoy an early Hearing. You'll be asked about your deeds, and the relations you maintained with mankind.

The poor and the aggrieved enjoy an early Hearing. You'll be asked about your deeds, and the relations you maintained with mankind.

Ghulam Muhiuddin Gilani

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Human being is an inverted tree. The reason behind it is that the tree on earth has its roots in the ground, feet and branches are in the air toward the heaven. Since the human is the best of creation, his head is his root and his branches and limbs are his feet. This is why he is called an inverted tree.

Human being is an inverted tree. The reason behind it is that the tree on earth has its roots in the ground, feet and branches are in the air toward the heaven. Since the human is the best of creation, his head is his root and his branches and limbs are his feet. This is why he is called an inverted tree.

Khwaja Shamsuddin Sialvi

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A wiseman’s mind is the safest custody of secrets; an open and pleasant countenance gets more friends; patience and forbearance will hide, and cover may defect.

A wiseman’s mind is the safest custody of secrets; an open and pleasant countenance gets more friends; patience and forbearance will hide, and cover may defect.

Hazrat Ali

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Kubra gives an exact description of the revelations of coloured light that occurs to the initiate during his spiritual training: These are dots and spots and circles; the soul passes through periods of black colour and of black and red sports until the appearance of the green colour indicates that divine grace in near-green has always been considered the highest and heavenly colour.

Kubra gives an exact description of the revelations of coloured light that occurs to the initiate during his spiritual training: These are dots and spots and circles; the soul passes through periods of black colour and of black and red sports until the appearance of the green colour indicates that divine grace in near-green has always been considered the highest and heavenly colour.

Sheikh Najmuddin Kubra

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Although hunger is an affliction to the body, it illumines the heart, purifies the soul, and leads the spirit into the presence of God.

Although hunger is an affliction to the body, it illumines the heart, purifies the soul, and leads the spirit into the presence of God.

Data Sahib

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Contentment is the capital which will never come to an end.

Contentment is the capital which will never come to an end.

Hazrat Ali

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It is an elevated stage on the path leading to the realization of God that the seeker of the goal can witness the Universe and its panorama through his two fingers only.

It is an elevated stage on the path leading to the realization of God that the seeker of the goal can witness the Universe and its panorama through his two fingers only.

Khwaja Gharib Nawaz

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Whosoever eats much falls a prey to passion. In an empty stomach settles the grace of the Lord and His effulgence. (Light)

Whosoever eats much falls a prey to passion. In an empty stomach settles the grace of the Lord and His effulgence. (Light)

Yahya bin Ma'az

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AMIR KHUSRAU AND INDIAN MUSIC-S. K. SINHA

Amir Khusrau’s contribution to Indian music, thus, has been very substantial. By introducing Khayal type of

Sufinama Archive

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The same God is to be found in mosque, the church and pagoda.(Buddhist temple)

The same God is to be found in mosque, the church and pagoda.(Buddhist temple)

Haji Waris Ali Shah

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You will leave behind everything in this world except pious deeds. Whatever you earn here, shall be recompensed in the Hereafter. The corporeal world in an abode of affliction and the Hereafter an abode of bliss and comfort.

You will leave behind everything in this world except pious deeds. Whatever you earn here, shall be recompensed in the Hereafter. The corporeal world in an abode of affliction and the Hereafter an abode of bliss and comfort.

Mian Sher Muhammad Sharaqpuri

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Negate all that come to in vision and understanding even if it is the vision of the Unity in multiplicity. For the real Unity does not appear in multiplicity: what actually appears is a reflection or an image of that Unity, not the Unity itself, unless you reach wonder and unknowing, you will not attain annihilation.

Negate all that come to in vision and understanding even if it is the vision of the Unity in multiplicity. For the real Unity does not appear in multiplicity: what actually appears is a reflection or an image of that Unity, not the Unity itself, unless you reach wonder and unknowing, you will not attain annihilation.

Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi

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A devotee’s heart gets settled at any of the following four places, and nowhere else, viz in solitude, in the mosque, in the graveyard and in the wilderness.

A devotee’s heart gets settled at any of the following four places, and nowhere else, viz in solitude, in the mosque, in the graveyard and in the wilderness.

Yahya bin Ma'az

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For an Arif it is an ordinary miracle that he ascends beyond the Heaven by taking only one step and reaches the ‘Veil of Divine Glory’. But God alone knows the secret implications of that stage. He cannot say where it leads him ultimately to, and what he perceives in that mysterious state when he returns.

For an Arif it is an ordinary miracle that he ascends beyond the Heaven by taking only one step and reaches the ‘Veil of Divine Glory’. But God alone knows the secret implications of that stage. He cannot say where it leads him ultimately to, and what he perceives in that mysterious state when he returns.

Khwaja Gharib Nawaz

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Ritual prayer is a purification for hearts and an opening- up of the door of the invisible domains.

Ritual prayer is a purification for hearts and an opening- up of the door of the invisible domains.

Ibn-e-Ataullah Sikandari

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The friends of God behold in every gift and benefit the Giver and the Benefactor.

The friends of God behold in every gift and benefit the Giver and the Benefactor.

Data Sahib

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The gnosis (Marifat) is not only an act of intuitive perception and mystical knowledge, but also the recognition and confession on the past of man of his fundamental state as a creature before God’s sovereignty.

The gnosis (Marifat) is not only an act of intuitive perception and mystical knowledge, but also the recognition and confession on the past of man of his fundamental state as a creature before God’s sovereignty.

Sahl bin Abdullah Tustari