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hazrat makhduma bibi kamal, kako

Raiyan Abulolai

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

(d) Sardar Hostel
(e) Orphanage (Yateem Khana)

Kaleem Athar

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

Saifuddin lived adjacent to a man with a gift for prophecy. He took one look at baby Abul Hassan and said: “You have brought someone who will be two steps ahead of the poet Khaqani.”
Abul Hassan would grow up to be known as Amir Khusrau — the master poet and musician; the confidante of sultans; and oddly enough the favourite disciple of Nizamuddin — the dervish who despised politics, who shunned sultans.

Meher Murshed

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Nizamuddin Auliya: The Darwesh of Love

Abul Hasan Yameenuddin was born to Saifuddin and Daulat Naz. He was born into riches and

Meher Murshed

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

The master once said in his assembly: “People who eat food in front of me I

Meher Murshed

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Nizamuddin Auliya: Amir Khusrau’s soul

Both master and disciple believed in tolerance. Nizamuddin would quote Shaikh Abu Saeed Ibn Abul Khair’s saying often: “There are as many paths as there are grains of sand.”
Amir Khusrau’s couplet sums up what Nizamuddin stood for: tolerance.

Meher Murshed

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Basant: The day hope lived in Nizamuddin Auliya again

Come, come yet again, come.
Some attribute this verse to Rumi; some to Sheikh Abu Saeed Abul Khair.

Meher Murshed

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An Apple that ravaged a Sufi’s soul

Abu Saleh Musa Jangi Dost lived sometime in the eleventh century in Naif town in the

Meher Murshed

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Baba Farid: Bringing happiness to the human heart

Qutbuddin Kaki told him he had done right as he had eaten what came from the

Meher Murshed

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Life, times and Sufi poetry of Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

In the later generation of Urdu poets Mir Taqi Mir, Khwaja Mir Dard, Khwaja Haider Ali Aatish, Mirza Ghalib, Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-jana, Sheikh Ibrahim Zauq, Dag Dehlvi, Amir Minai were followers of Tasawwuf.
While most of them strictly followed the path of Sufism and lived their life accordingly, some of them were influenced by the idea of Sufism and made it the guiding concept to express their experiences in the form of poetry.

Mustaqim Parwez

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Bruce Lawrence’s Morals for the Heart: You may not see Nizamuddin but you can hear him

Ma’dan-e jan makhzan-e asrar-e u!
“The gem of the soul is the height of his lights,

Meher Murshed

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The Prince and The Four Darweshes

The night sky was coal black; the Moon was hidden by a blanket of thick grey

Meher Murshed

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This Path is not about religion: Just faith

The lyrical notes enveloped his senses. He was mesmerized. A band of wandering minstrels was exhorting

Meher Murshed

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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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A Brief History Of Khanqah Kazmia Qalandaria, Kakori Sharif

In such Mehfils, Shah Mustafa Haidar Qalander remained always a source of inspiration. Shah Mustafa Haider

Zunnoorain Haidar Alvi