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qavvali ek taal ka naam bhi

Akmal Hyderabadi

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khavatin ki qavvali se dilchaspi aur qavvali mein ashiqana mazamin ki ibatida

Akmal Hyderabadi

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qavvali mein adab e sama se inhiraf ka sabab

Akmal Hyderabadi

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Life, times and Sufi poetry of Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Aate hi us ke saamne yun aap se hum chal basey !
Suraj ka chehra dekhte jaise ki shabnam chal basey !

Mustaqim Parwez

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zikr e khair ha hazrat makhdum ahmad charm posh

Raiyan Abulolai

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qavvali mein tali juzu lazim hai

Akmal Hyderabadi

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Yaar tori Basant manai

Few minutes back, I received a video call from her from the Dargah, the qawwals singing a zesty “Hazrat Khwaja sang kheliye dhamal” celebrating Sufi Basant. I was extremely happy for her, a once upon a time stranger, now a friend. As Suman Mishra of Sufinama says, “Hum Nizam walo'n ki baat hi kuchh aur hain”
“Nijamuddīn ke darvajje par

Arun Prakash Ray

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Rumi, The Silk Route and Indian Sub-continent

Haft shah’r e eshq ra Attar gasht
Ma Hunooz andar kham-e-ek kuche-yim

Akhlaq Ahmad Ahan

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sama ke adab o mavane se ka inahraf

Akmal Hyderabadi

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

Amir Hasan was a man about town and legend has it that he even liked his drink. According to Jamali, a contemporary, the change came when one day Amir Hassan was drinking by a river bank with a few friends. Nizamuddin was returning to Ghayaspur from Mehrauli after visiting the grave of Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki. A drunk Amir Hasan apparently said this to Nizamuddin:
“We know each other as friends;

Meher Murshed

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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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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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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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qavvali mein khavatin se muqable

Akmal Hyderabadi