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

2. Bahbood – He was a Khasa Khail of the Khan Khanan. Formerly he was a

Islamic Culture Journal

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

Suman Mishra

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

17 See Fawaid-ul-Fawad chapter II Majlis No 33

Aatif Kazmi

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

Amir Hassan went on to compile Fawaid-ul-Fawad with the devotion of a penitent. Amir Khusrau said

Meher Murshed

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

His father was Hazrat Syed Faiyazuddin and mother Hifazat Bibi. Hazrat was born of this couple, he grew up under his well qualified parents, they were fervent piety, dedicated to higher moral and spiritual values. They must have developed an other-worldly outlook and it must have run into the veins of their son.
As it is quoted in Fawaid-ul-Fawad ”a son is strongly influenced by the piety of his parents”

Kaleem Athar

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Baba Farid: Bringing happiness to the human heart

The master was teaching Sheikh Shahabuddin Suhrawardi’s Awarif-ul-Ma’arif, regarded as a manual for Sufis wanting to

Meher Murshed

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Characteristics of the Chishtia Silsila - Maikash Akbarabadi

Saifinat-ul-Auliya.

Maikash Akbarabadi

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

Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi was propagating another doctrine – Wahadat-ul-Shuhood or the Unity of Witness. Simply put Wahadat-ul-Shuhood believes that Everything is from Him, while Wahadat-ul-Wujood subscribes to the belief Everything is Him.
Do I call you Abraham, Eve and Seth,

Meher Murshed

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Chandar Bhan Brahman-Iqbal Husain

Saib, one of the greatest Persian poets, incorporated Brahman’s verses in his personal anthology of verses. This was the greatest compliment that a poet like Saib could pay to Brahman.
Brahman in his Letters’ enumerates seven of his works, viz. (1) Divan consisting of Ghazals and Mathnawi, (2) Guldasta, (3) Chahar Chaman (4) Tuhfat-ul-Anwar (5) Karnama. (6) Tuhfat-ul-Fusaha, and (7) Majma’-ul-Fuqara.

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Hazrat Syed Fariduddin Tavela Bukhsh Chishti

Hazrat Akhi Siraj (Aina-e-Hind)
Hazrat Ala-ul-Haq Pandvi

Syed Yusuf Shahab

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Nizamuddin Auliya: Amir Khusrau’s soul

The family found an inn, which only allowed women to stay. Bibi Zulaikha and Nizamuddin’s sister, Zainab, moved there. The sultan’s army minister, Imad-ul-Mulk, gave Nizamuddin refuge in one of his homes close by.
Saifuddin Shamsi, Imad-ul-Mulk’s son-in-law, had been killed in battle. Imad-ul-Mulk was now bringing up his grandson, Amir Khusrau. Nizamuddin and Khusrau lived in the same house.

Meher Murshed

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What is Sufism ? – Mir Valiuddin

The Companions of the Left-Hand (Ashab-ul-Mash’ama);And
Those nearest to God (Muqarrabin).

Islamic Culture Journal

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

Live so with good and bad that after thy death, the Musalmans may wish to bury and the Hindus to burn thee (according to their rites).
The eighteenth century author of lqtabas-ul-Anwar writes on the authority of Mir’at-ul-Asrar by Abdur-Rehman Chishti of Amethi that,

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Nizamuddin Auliya: The Darwesh of Love

The family found an inn, which only allowed women to stay. Bibi Zulaikha and Nizamuddin’s sister,

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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TASAWWUF AND MODERN RESEARCH – KHAJA KHAN.

By loving and worshipping God, man’s nafs attains to the stage of Mutma’inna which is addressed thus:
“Ya iyyahal-nafs-ul-Mutmainnatu irjii ila rabbika raziyatam murziyya fadkhuli fi’ibadi wa’d khull jannati”

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Life, times and Sufi poetry of Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Shah Niyaz believes in the Sufi doctrine of Wahdat-ul-Wujood. It signifies that there is only one reality in existence. Everything else is a form of that reality.
Aalam kahe his ko jahaan yaani jahaan-e-jism-o-jaan

Mustaqim Parwez