Ghazal

mat puuchh mujh se kyuu.n hai tiraa ra.ng zard phir
uThne lagaa hai siine me.n zaalim vo dard phir

Khwaja Ruknuddin Ishq

Sufi Quotes

Servitude is abandoning all activity other than the work that is the root of repose.

Servitude is abandoning all activity other than the work that is the root of repose.

Junaid Baghdadi

Sufi Quotes

Love is the very essence of God. It is love which lies at the root of all things; it is the cause of the origin of the world and the heavens.

Love is the very essence of God. It is love which lies at the root of all things; it is the cause of the origin of the world and the heavens.

Hussain Bin Mansoor Hallaj

Kalaam

aa bhii jaa rut badal jaa.egii
chaa.ndnii raat Dhal jaa.egii

Fana Bulandshahri

Sufi Quotes

Suhrawardi is the master of the philosophy of illumination. He says: “What is conceived metaphysically as existence (wujud) coincides with what is grasped in terms of root experience as Light (nur). In this context existence is light.

Suhrawardi is the master of the philosophy of illumination. He says: “What is conceived metaphysically as existence (wujud) coincides with what is grasped in terms of root experience as Light (nur). In this context existence is light.

Sheikh Shahabuddin Suhrawardi

Sufi Quotes

Religion is the root and Sufism is the branch.

Religion is the root and Sufism is the branch.

Data Sahib

Sufi Quotes

"Love" It is like a cup (of fire) which blazes terribly. When it takes root in the senses and settle in the heart; it annihilates.

"Love" It is like a cup (of fire) which blazes terribly. When it takes root in the senses and settle in the heart; it annihilates.

Abu Bakr Shibli

Hori

rang racho basant nai rut hazrat nabi rasul ki

ra.ng raacho basant na.ii rut hazrat nabii rasuul kii
har harii ra.ng hasan kii haralii laal laal kaliyaa.n husain kii laalii

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Chhand

raje bhaje raj chhoDi ran chhoDi rajput rautau chhoDi raut ranai chhoDi ranaju

raaje bhaaje raaj chho.Di ran chho.Di rajpuut rautau chho.Di raa.ut ranaa.ii chho.Di raanaajuu
kahai kavi 'ga.ng' huul samud ke chahuu.n kuul kiyo na krai qabuul tiya KHasmaanaa juu

Gang

sher

patte TuuT ga.e Daalī se ye kaisī rut aa.ī
maalā ke manke bikhre haiñ de ga.e yaar judā.ī

Wasif Ali Wasif

Basant

aayo basant na.ii rut laagii
laa.e hai.n shyaam guhaar na.ii

Shah Turab Ali Qalandar

Chhand

jhukat krpan maidan jayon udot bhan ekan ten ek mano sukhma jarad ki

jhukat krpaan maidaan jayo.n udot bhaan ekan te.n ek mano sukhmaa jarad kii
kahai.n kavi 'ga.ng' tere bal kii bayaari laage phuuTii gaj ghaTaa ghan ghaTaa jayo.n sard kii

Gang

Hori

sun mori sajni rut phagun ki hai bahaar

sun morii sajnii rut phaagun kii hai bahaar
horii khele dhuum machaave naache de de taar

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Sufi Quotes

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

Sufi Proverb

tuKHm-e- murGash Zardah na-darad

tuKHm-e- murGash Zardah na-darad

Oral Tradition

Sawan

saavan kii rut aa.ii
chalo sakhii jhuulan chaliye

Makhdoom Khadim Safi

Sawan

saavan kii rut aa.ii saa.ii.n
birhan kii sudh liye.n gusaa.ii.n

Makhdoom Khadim Safi

Ghazal

firāq-e-yār ne bechain mujh ko raat bhar rakkhā
kabhī takiya idhar rakkhā kabhī takiya idhar rakkhā

Ameer Minai

sher

vafūr-e-be-ḳhudī-e-bazm-e-mai na puuchho raat
ko.ii ba-juz nigah-e-yaar hoshiyaar na thaa

Aasi Ghazipuri

sher

vo uruuj-e-maah vo chaa.ndnii vo KHamosh raat vo be-KHudii
vo tasavvuraat kii sarKHushii tire saath raaz-o-niyaaz me.n

Seemab Akbarabadi