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THE KHAN KHANAN AND HIS PAINTERS, ILLUMINATORS AND CALLIGRAPHERS- M. MAHFUZ UL HAQ .

WE know so little about the life-history of the artists of the period of Akbar and

Islamic Culture Journal

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Kabir as Depicted in the Persian Sufistic and Historical Works- Dr. Qamaruddin

In the present age of comparative religious tolerance, it is no great to feat to preach

Sufinama Archive

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Sufi practices as the cause of spiritual, mental and physical healing at Chishti shrines in India and Pakistan

Fulfilment of financial desires
Mostly people denied any financial gain as their reason to visit Dargah. There

Mazhar Farid Chishti

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Learn from the Hindu how worship is done: Amir Khusrau

There are as many paths as there are grains of sand. -Nizamuddin Auliya
Oh you who sneer at the idolatry of the Hindu,

Meher Murshed

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Mystics of the sayyid Lodi period (1414 AD. To 1526 AD. )- A.Halim

Shaikh Khanu (Akhbar al-Akhyar, p. 220) of Gwalior was a holy man of his times and

Asiatic Society of Pakistan

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Life, times and Sufi poetry of Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

(O love, if you be our guide for a few days, We will certainly acquire perfect knowledge and saintship)
Jise dekhna hi muhaal tha na tha us ka naam-o-nishaan khain,

Mustaqim Parwez

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What is Sufism ? – Mir Valiuddin

‘ Bishr ibn al-Harith’ said : “The Sufi is he whose heart is sincere (Safa) towards God.” Another great Sufi has said: “The Sufi is he whose conduct towards God is sincere, and towards whom God’s blessing is sincere.”
But if the term Sufi were derived from ‘Safa’ the correct form would be ‘Safawi’ and not Sufi !

Islamic Culture Journal

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Nizamuddin Auliya: The Darwesh of Love

Nizamuddin completed his education and wanted to be a judge. He ran to Najeebuddin asking him to read the Surat Al Fatiha as a blessing for his success. He said nothing. Nizamuddin asked again. And Najeebuddin said: “Don’t be a judge, be something else.”
This changed Nizamuddin’s life.

Meher Murshed

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

Sub'ḥana Dhī Al-Mulki wal-Malakuti, Sub'ḥana Dhi Al-Izzati Wal-Aẓamati wal-Haibati wal-Qudrati wal-Kibriyai wal-Jabaruti.
Her voice was gentle yet

Owais Balkhi

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The Idea of India in Amir Khusrau

To be the place of my birth (maulud), abode (mawa) and motherland (watan) (3)
He further justifies the praise and precedence which his motherland deserves by citing a well-known tradition of the Prophet: “the love of motherland is an essential part of the true faith (hub al-watan min al-iman)”.’He asserts that this is an essential part of his creed (din). (4)

Ali Nadeem Rezavi

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If rain can grow sugarcane, man can realize the Divine – the story of Sheikh Muhibullah

Sheikh Saeed, like his eminent grandfather Sheikh Abdul Quddus Gangohi was a great pantheist. Sheikh Muhibullah

Meher Murshed

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hazrat ghaus gvaliyri aur yog par unki kitab "bahr ul hayat"

Suman Mishra

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Significance of Sufism for Positive Existence in the Contemporary world

to his life at Ajmer and later his entombment earned Ajmer the title of renowned pilgrim

Dr. Sameera Khan

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Baba Farid: Bringing happiness to the human heart

One of the reasons Nizamuddin was now in Ajodhan was because of Baba Farid’s brother, Najeebuddin

Meher Murshed

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

His expression rarely changes. His face is gaunt and wrinkled; he seems lost in another world; his eyes are sunken, but look right into you.
“God did not create religions to divide Hindus, Muslims and Christians. Sufis only believe in God; nothing else matters.”

Meher Murshed

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In conversation with the Guardian saint of Delhi, and the mystic of Sindh Farid Ayaz.

I had met Farid Ayaz Sahab in 2012, while gatecrashing in a private concert hosted by

Arun Prakash Ray

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RABIA, THE WOMAN SUFI-CLAUD FIELD

Rabia, the daughter of Ismail, a woman celebrated for her holy life, and a native of

Sufinama Archive

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Murshid-e-Yagana, Faiz Bakhsh-e-Zamana, Hazrat Syedna Faiz-ur-Rasool

7) Hazrat Sadiduddin Huzaifa Al-Mar'ashi (d. 890)
8) Hazrat Aminuddin /Abu Hubaira Al-Basri (d. 900)

Kaleem Athar

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Basant: The day hope lived in Nizamuddin Auliya again

There was a day when hope died in Nizamuddin Auliya’s Khanqah. That was the day he buried his nephew Taqiuddin Nooh, the apple of his eye, quite like his favourite disciple, Amir Khusrau, court poet of the sultans of Delhi and master musician.
The master grieved. He had not known grief such as this; this dark; this enveloping; this debilitating; this ravaging. And he had befriended grief many a time.

Meher Murshed

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Malfuzat : An Analysis of the criticism on Anees-ul-Arwah

Malfuzat is generally defined as discourses, conversations and sermons delivered by Sufi in the assemblies of

Aatif Kazmi