Masnavi

savaal kardan-e-rasuul az 'umar az sabab-e-ibtilaa-e-arvaah baa.ii.n aab-o-gil ajsaad
guft yaa-'umar che hikmat buud-o-sirr

Rumi

Sufi Proverb

taa aab gil aalood na-shawad maahii giir nami aayad

taa aab gil aalood na-shawad maahii giir nami aayad

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

aab az sarchashma-e-gil aaluud ast

aab az sarchashma-e-gil aaluud ast

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai dil-e-man dar havaayat ham-chu aab-o-maahiyaa.n
maahii jaanam ba-miirad gar ba-gardad yak zamaa.n

Rumi

Masnavi

aab-o-aatish ai KHudaavand aan-e-tust
gar tuu KHvaahii aatish aab-e-KHush shavad

Rumi

Ghazal

ye dil ka.abe kaa ka.aba hai ye but-KHaane kaa but-KHaana
ise kahte hai.n aashiq jalva-gaah-e-husn jaanaana

Anwar Firozpuri

Kalaam

mai.n tanhaa aab-o-ra.ng bazm-e-imkaa.n ho nahii.n saktaa
ye dil vaapas agar tuu is me.n mehmaa.n ho nahii.n saktaa

Seemab Akbarabadi

Sufi Articles

Rumi, The Silk Route and Indian Sub-continent

Ke ba jaamash na-yarzad mulk-e-Parweez
Ze ash’aar-e-Jalaluddin-e-Rumi

Akhlaq Ahmad Ahan

Persian Kalam

haq raa ba-talab-e-masjid-o-mai-KHana kudaam ast
az baada ba-go shiisha-o-paimaana kudaam ast

Hazeen Zaidpuri

Rubai

KHush aab-o-havaa diida na bar ruu-e-zamii.n
mushkil ki agar zer-e-zamiin ast chunii.n

Sarmad Kashani

Kalaam

ai jaan-e-jahaa.n kab tak ye gosha-e-tanhaa.ii
sab diid ke taalib hai.n jitne hai.n tamaashaa.ii

Maulana Abdul Qadeer Hasrat

Sufi Quotes

The Sufi way

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.

Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi

Ghazal

sarzamiin-e-chisht kii aab-o-havaa kuchh aur hai
diin-o-duniyaa se niraalaa aur hii kuchh taur hai

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Ghazal

'ishq me.n be-kaar dekhaa taaj-o-takHt-o-farsh-e-gil
qais ko har kHaar-e-farsh qaaqum-o-sanjaab thaa

Abul Hayat Qadri

Kalaam

pa.Dho baada-gusaaro ab namaaz-e-kHud faraamoshii
sadaa-e-qulqul-e-miinaa hu.ii takbiir-e-mai-KHaana

Maulana Abdul Qadeer Hasrat

sher

meraa ghar ghar nahii.n tum bin ye siyah-KHaana hai
ab siyah-KHaane me.n aa jaa.o ujaalaa ho kar

Hairat Shah Warsi

Persian Sufi Poetry

ai tu aab-e-zindagaanii fasqinaa
ai tuu dariyaa-e-ma'aanii fasqinaa

Rumi

Sufi Quotes

Once he said to Shaikh Jalaluddin Thansiri: “It is incumbent on Faqir not to talk anything of the world with Faqir. If you want to know about the king, it is better for you to sit and inquire from the people walking in the street.” At another occasion, he said to Jalaluddin: “Faqir is blessing for the people not a troublesome figure for them. You are immersed in contemplation of Divine beauty, but the people are suffering for want of food. It does not behove Faqir.”

Once he said to Shaikh Jalaluddin Thansiri: “It is incumbent on Faqir not to talk anything

Shah Kamaal Qadri Kaithli

Kalaam

tujh pe qurbaa.n ai hasiin-o-mahjabii.n ye jaan-o-dil
tuu azal hii se KHataa-kaaro.n kaa pardaa-posh hai

Abdul Hadi Kavish

Bait

hai darun-e-KHana qalb-o-jigar tanzil-e-nur

hai daruun-e-KHaana qalb-o-jigar tanziil-e-nuur
aa.nkh kii putlii hai tasviir dar-e-aa.alii liye

Wasif Raza Wasif