Sufi Quotes

Someone asked Ibrahim; “Why don’t you drink the water of Zamzam? “He answered, “If I had a bucket, then I would drink it.”

Someone asked Ibrahim; “Why don’t you drink the water of Zamzam? “He answered, “If I had a bucket, then I would drink it.”

Ibrahim ibn Adham

Naat-o-Manqabat

zamzam-e-ishq se dho dho ke nikhaare alfaaz
mai.n ne tab na.at kii taKHtii pe utaare alfaaz

Naseer Seraji

Ghazal

saaz-e-fitrat hai zamzama-e-piir-vaaz
zarra-zarra hai gosh bar-aavaaz

Bedar Shah Warsi

Allusion

Jam-e-Jam (The ghoblet of Jamshid)

King Jamshid possessed a goblet about which it is said that gazing into it granted knowledge of events occurring throughout the world for the entire day. The goblet had lines and markings that could indicate the speed of celestial bodies.
This goblet is also referred to as the Jaam-e-Jahan’numa and Jaam-e-Jahaanbeen (Cup of the World). It is said that King Jamshid invented grape wine, and he used to drink wine from this very goblet

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Persian Sufi Poetry

dile ke Gaib numaayast va jaam-e-jam daarad
ze-KHaatme ke dame gum shavad che Gam daarad

Hafiz

Gagar

zamzam ho yaa kausar pyaare
duulhaa morii gagariyaa bhar de

Aiyub Ali Razvi

Naat-o-Manqabat

mujh se kahtaa hai meraa naama-e-a'amaal dhulaa
aab-e-zamzam se mayassar jo nahaanaa hogaa

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Naat-o-Manqabat

aab-e-zamzam to piyaa KHuub bujhaa.e.n pyaase.n
aa.o KHud sha-e-kausar kaa bhii dariyaa dekho

Ahmad Raza Khan

Ghazal

saaqii tirii mahfil me.n ham jaam uchhaale.nge
jab ka.aba me.n jaa.e.nge zamzam se nahaa le.nge

Fana Nizami Kanpuri

Sufi-Terminology

Prayer (salaat) after circumambulation (tawaaf) means that the pilgrim has reached perfection and has been identified

Ghazal

'riyaaz' kausar-o-tasniim sab vahii.n hote
jo pii ke ham sar-e-zamzam kabhii vuzuu karte

Riyaz Khairabadi

sher

u.Dtii thii vo shai aatii thii.n jannat kii havaa.e.n
ab rindo.n kaa jamghaT sar-e-zamzam nahii.n hotaa

Riyaz Khairabadi

Kalaam

zamzam hī pe chhoḌo mujhe kyā tauf-e-haram se
ālūdā-ba-mai jāma-e-ehrām bahut hai

Mirza Ghalib

Ghazal

u.Dtii thii vo shai aatii thii.n jannat kii havaa.e.n
ab rindo.n kaa jamghaT sar-e-zamzam nahii.n hotaa

Riyaz Khairabadi

Naat-o-Manqabat

mu.nh po.nchh ke kahnaa vo miraa shaiKH-e-haram se
haa.n naam se zamzam ke zaraa qibla-e-dii.n aur

Riyaz Khairabadi

Ghazal

giraa sajde me.n tujh ko dekhte hii vaa.e rusvaa.ii
kiyaa thaa jis valii ne aab-e-zamzam se vuzuu barso.n

Aziz Safipuri

Ghazal

aab-e-zamzam se mai.n dho luu.n apnii peshaanii ke ta.ii.n
dar pe tab us ke iraada jab.ha-saa.ii kaa karuu.n

Ehsanullah Khan Bayan

Naat-o-Manqabat

yahii sochat huu.n ratyaa sagarii bharuu.n kaise mai.n zamzam kii gagrii
bat.haa bastii yasrib nagrii yaa rab miraa bhii hogaa jaanaa

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Kalaam

kar yaqii.n vaa'iz ki juu-e-aab-e-zamzam ho ravaa.n
pii ke rakh de.n jis jagah rastaa hu.aa paimaana ham

Ehsan Danish