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From Hyderabad to Paris: A Journey of the Heart to Fazal Manzil

This pilgrimage was not just a journey of the body — it was a movement of the heart, reconnecting with the roots of a living spiritual tradition that continues to nourish seekers across the globe. Fazal Manzil stands today not just as a monument to a Sufi master but as a lighthouse of love, humility and spiritual unity that transcends time, culture, and geography.

Owais Balkhi

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A Faqir has no religion – there is only Haq and love, says Sain Zuhoor

This is the belief of a Faqir – Sain Zuhoor.
At age seven, Zuhoor saw a hand beckoning him to a shrine. That dream came to him every night. The image stayed with him all day. It was 1944.

Meher Murshed

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An Apple that ravaged a Sufi’s soul

The couple led a content married life. They had a son called Abdul Qader. He would grow be to be known as Gaus-ul-Azam. But that is another story.

Meher Murshed

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Music and Musicians of the court of Shah Jahan – A. Hatim.

The artists of the Qawwali school were Rauza Qawwal and Kalu Qawwal, the latter being a disciple of Sher Muhammad.
There were only two court musicians representing the Persian school of music, Muhammad Baqi Mughal, a good composer whose accomplishments declined owing to his taking too much opium, and Mir Imad, also a musician-composer, a Sayyid of Herat whose father had migrated from Central Asia.

Sufinama Archive

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PERSIAN POETRY AND LIFE IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY- REYNOLD A NICHOLSON

A thorn in the foot is so hard to find how is it, then with a thorn in the heart ? Answer that !
Somebody sticks a thorn under a donkey’s tail. The donkey does not know how to get rid of it. He starts jumping

Islamic Culture Journal

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Annemarie Schimmel - A Bridge Between East and West Through Sufism

“I cannot speak for all Muslims, but I know that a believer absolutely trusts in what

Owais Balkhi

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Nizamuddin Auliya: A life spent in bringing happiness to the human heart

This was the Chishti mystic’s life: Serve the poor. But first you had to conquer all

Meher Murshed

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A Brief History Of Khanqah Kazmia Qalandaria, Kakori Sharif

Muslim Sufi ideology had been spread by the saints who came from various Islamic countries. The

Zunnoorain Haidar Alvi

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Shah-e-Wilayat Syed Hussain Sharfuddin: A Legacy of Spirituality and Nobility

Shah-e-Wilayat was the son of Syed Mir Ali Buzurg, a distinguished scholar, and Bibi Umme Habiba,

Sahil Razvi

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Nizamuddin Auliya to Amir Khusrau: I am weary of everyone, even myself, but never of you

Even if the poetry is fresh and eloquent.
A lamp is extinguished by a breath,

Meher Murshed

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PAANCH PIR- MUHAMMAD ENAMUL HAQ

It is very difficult to determine the personnel of the ‘Paanch Piriya’ cult with any precision

Asiatic Society of Pakistan

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The Prince and The Four Darweshes

He returned to his palace and the next morning he formed his council ministers: there were four dervishes, a priest, a one-legged man, a trader and a scholar. The kingdom saw prosperity and peace. The land was happy.

Meher Murshed

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Mulla Nasiruddin Modern Tales- 4

Nasruddin was taking a stroll in the streets of Konya. A few hundred meters from the

Arun Prakash Ray

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Yaar tori Basant manai

Few minutes back, I received a video call from her from the Dargah, the qawwals singing a zesty “Hazrat Khwaja sang kheliye dhamal” celebrating Sufi Basant. I was extremely happy for her, a once upon a time stranger, now a friend. As Suman Mishra of Sufinama says, “Hum Nizam walo'n ki baat hi kuchh aur hain”
“Nijamuddīn ke darvajje par

Arun Prakash Ray

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Qawwalo'n ke Qisse-12 Farid Ayaz Qawwal ka Qissa

He woke up in a dingy room of a Delhi 6 guest house, he doesn’t keep

Arun Prakash Ray

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Baba Farid: Bringing happiness to the human heart

The sultan arrested Syedi Maula and his followers. He started arguing with Syedi Maula and in a fit of rage got an elephant to trample him. As Syedi was dying, a fanatic ripped him up with a razor, slashing his body over and over again before driving a knife into his body. A massive storm hit Delhi as life ebbed away from Syedi Maula. The sultan had him mangled on a rumour.
The Darwesh of hope

Meher Murshed

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Women’s voices in Bhakti Literature

She died at the young age of eighteen. In a verse, Chokhamela says that if he

Rekha Pande

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qavvali ka ‘ahd e iijad aur maqsad e iijad

Akmal Hyderabadi

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Nizamuddin Auliya: Amir Khusrau’s soul

Even if the poetry is fresh and eloquent.
A lamp is extinguished by a breath,

Meher Murshed

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SARMAD: His Life And Quatrains - B.A. Hashmi

Wealth is a tyrant mightier than kings.
Lo ! how a dinar-greedy eye doth blind !

Islamic Culture Journal