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Hazrat Syed Fariduddin Tavela Bukhsh Chishti

Hazrat Moinuddin Sani Chishti
Hazrat Naseeruddin Sani Chishti

Syed Yusuf Shahab

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Chishti Sufis and the Idea of Co-existence

Sufis, the people of love, peace and harmony were the examples of co-existence. In this essay,

Aatif Kazmi

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Sufi practices as the cause of spiritual, mental and physical healing at Chishti shrines in India and Pakistan

Sufi Dargahs hold immense position in the society of Pakistan generally and in the Punjab particularly.

Mazhar Farid Chishti

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hazrat shaah fariduddin ahmad chishti

Raiyan Abulolai

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Characteristics of the Chishtia Silsila - Maikash Akbarabadi

A characteristic does not mean a quality which in not to be found in anyone else.

Maikash Akbarabadi

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

17) Hazrat Moinuddin Chishti (Garib Nawaz) (d. 1236)
18) Haztar Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (d. 1235)

Kaleem Athar

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Baba Farid: Bringing happiness to the human heart

Farid placed his head at the man’s feet.
The great Saint of Ajmer, Moinuddin Chishti, who introduced Chishti Sufism to the Indian subcontinent, had made Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki his successor. Farid had just made Qutbuddin his master and followed him to Delhi.

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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Rumi, The Silk Route and Indian Sub-continent

Az Kalila baaz khaan in qissa ra
Wandaraan qissa talab kon hissa ra

Akhlaq Ahmad Ahan

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

If we read carefully the narration of ‘Siyar-ul-Auliya’ which Prof. Habib has quoted proves that he

Aatif Kazmi

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Life, times and Sufi poetry of Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Shah Niyaz (1742 – 1833 AD) of Bareilly was a profound Sufi and an authority on

Mustaqim Parwez

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

“The world needs humanity. We need peace. We need someone to share our pain and sorrow. Why did Hindus, Muslims and Christians flock to Moinuddin Chishti, Qutbuddin Kaki, Baba Farid and Nizamuddin Auliya? It is because they hurt no one’s sentiments. Everyone was equal in their eyes. Religion did not matter. Humanity did.”
Bulleh Shah’s Aik Alif is this Faqir’s soul.

Meher Murshed

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Chandar Bhan Brahman-Iqbal Husain

Labrez ada-e-shukr-e-ehsaan-e-tu baad
Chu.n zaat-e-tu khalq ra nigahbaa.n baad

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Nizamuddin Auliya: The Darwesh of Love

Nizamuddin’s disciple and Amir Khusrau’s close friend, Amir Hasan Sijzi, had a slave named Malih, who

Meher Murshed

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Nizamuddin Auliya: Amir Khusrau’s soul

Even if it is the breath of Jesus.’
The Chishti creed

Meher Murshed

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

The creed was simple: Devote your life to God, serve the poor and the needy to

Meher Murshed

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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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Mulla Nasruddin Modern Tales- 3

Nasruddin reached Ajmer railway station in the afternoon. He took an auto rickshaw to the serpentine

Arun Prakash Ray