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Life, times and Sufi poetry of Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Aap se jo guzar gaya use kya jo ho so ho !
(In Your love , I bear mountains of agony, come what may.

Mustaqim Parwez

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

“The poor are his — and how many they are, swarming to that worn out, marbled tomb. God, but they are rich, clothed with his blessing, uplifted by his glance and in touch with God whose mercy he dispenses. But what is it that emanates from his tomb, that aroma which I do not find elsewhere?
“Mera nasim-e-tu bayad. Sabah koja ke nist?

Meher Murshed

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

Nizamuddin spent his life providing happiness to the human heart and helping the poor — for by doing so he realised his Maker.
You would ask what brought a court poet to the khanqah of a Sufi ascetic who had given up the world to serve the poor? This was a Sufi who had nothing of kings. He could not care less for what they stood for. He had no time for them. Nizamuddin had one King.

Meher Murshed

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Characteristics of the Chishtia Silsila - Maikash Akbarabadi

Ley sang sakhiyan gul badan, rang-e-basanti ka baran
Kya hee Khushi aur aisysh kaa saamaan lati hai Basant.

Maikash Akbarabadi

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qavvali mein tali juzu lazim hai

Akmal Hyderabadi

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A Brief History Of Khanqah Kazmia Qalandaria, Kakori Sharif

Khirad kaa name junoon pad gaya junoon ka khirad,
Jo chahe apka husn-e-karishma-saaz kare

Zunnoorain Haidar Alvi

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Baba Farid: Bringing happiness to the human heart

He lay weak in his cot in his little room. Outside, his sons worried who would

Meher Murshed

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Rang De, Amir Khusrau’s ode to Nizamuddin Auliya, by Chand Tara Orchestra moves the heart

So you begin to think. What would Nizamuddin Auliya have said? What would Amir Khusrau have said?
Sama is movement of the heart when you remember the Beloved.

Meher Murshed

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Qawwalo'n ke Qisse-1 Munshi Raziuddin ka Qissa

Munshi Raziuddin had once come across an old man who spoke only Gujarati, in Madinah during

Arun Prakash Ray

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

Being subjected to torture and ignominy, the scholars and mystics, fled for fear of their lives,

Asiatic Society of Pakistan

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

Fazal Manzil is not just a house — it is a living sanctuary of spiritual history.

Owais Balkhi

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zikr e khair ha hazrat makhdum ahmad charm posh

Raiyan Abulolai

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

He was hungry, was roaming in the streets of Old Dilli. He stopped at a small

Arun Prakash Ray

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

When the blowing wind is long delayed, you may see them all turning to God with humble entreaty”
Jalalu’ddin’s powers as a poet are shown to the best advantage in lofty and sustained flights of imagination. Many such occur in the Mathnawi, but they are too long to be quoted here I must confine myself to a few brief extracts, which seem to me characteristic-

Islamic Culture Journal

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

You make a beeline to your mosques and temples
But you never journey to your soul

Meher Murshed

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

Sufiyana Tafseer :- Allah Ka Pata Allah Walo'n Se Puchh (Be-khabar Uska Haal Nahi Jante)
So, one day he visited Sheikh Jamaluddin Taarik-e-Duniya (R.A). In the first meeting itself, Sheikh recognized his inner-self and eticalness. He made him his disciple (Successor) and gave him the Khilafat.

Kaleem Athar

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

(Oh, sculptor from China, could you make a sculpture portraying my beloved? Either you make one.

Arun Prakash Ray

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What is Sufism ? – Mir Valiuddin

“You are the Outward and there is nothing above you: You are the Inward and there

Islamic Culture Journal

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Mulla Nasruddin Modern Tales- 3

Nasruddin laughed heartily on his way back to the Khanqah, muttering ‘someone must have found happiness and love together, by now. And love and happiness are never lost, you need to look for them at the right places.’

Arun Prakash Ray