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

Despite his prominence, Shah-e-Wilayat’s name is seldom mentioned in major historical texts related to the broader

Sahil Razvi

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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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A Brief History Of Khanqah Kazmia Qalandaria, Kakori Sharif

Woh apni shan-e- yaktai ka jalwa yon dikhata hai.”
(All at once the lines of my hands brightened up, It is the time when thou place thy hand upon that of mine. At a fairly particular time He reveals me upon myself, that way he exhibits the shining pride of his oneness.)

Zunnoorain Haidar Alvi

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Annemarie Schimmel - A Bridge Between East and West Through Sufism

Schimmel explained how Hazrat Gesu Daraz, a disciple in the chain of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya and

Owais Balkhi

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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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A Sufi Journey to the Blessed Feet of My Shaykh

As the date of my journey for the Urs of a luminous soul in my lineage,

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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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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Rumi, The Silk Route and Indian Sub-continent

Shamsuddin of Tabrez to whom he had dedicated his collection of Ghazaliat as Diwan e Shams-e-Tabrezi.

Akhlaque Ahmad Ahan

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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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zikr e ghaus e a’zam abdul qadir jilani

Maikash Akbarabadi

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qavvali ka ‘ahd e iijad aur maqsad e iijad

Akmal Hyderabadi

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qavvali ka ahad e iijad aur samaji pas e manzar

Akmal Hyderabadi

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qavvali mein aqval e rasul ka isti’mal aur aqval e khusrau ka isti’mal

Akmal Hyderabadi

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mujid e qavvali

Akmal Hyderabadi

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qavvali ka maqsad e iijad

Akmal Hyderabadi

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qavvali ka muqam e iijad

Akmal Hyderabadi