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Learn from the Hindu how worship is done: Amir Khusrau

Learn also from him how worship is done.
–Amir Khusrau

Meher Murshed

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The Idea of India in Amir Khusrau

It appears that by the thirteenth century, the concept of India as a distinct geographical entity,

Ali Nadeem Rezavi

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Amir Khusrau and his Adaptability – J. Dadademery

Amir Khusraw, who formed a part of Bughra Khon’s retinue, keenly observed these developments. The clash was averted by well – intentioned people, who brought about reconciliation between father and son. Khusraw composed a “qasida” on the occasion and offered it to Bughra Khan.
Later, at Kaiqobad’s desire, he composed a Mathnavi “Qiran-us-Sadain” commemorating the event. Even in this he could not resist the urge to sing the praise of the beauty of Delhi

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AMIR KHUSRAU AND INDIAN MUSIC-S. K. SINHA

Amir Khusraw was a Sufi; he took to devotional music and introduced the present Quawali style

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qavvali aur amir khusrau ka mauqif

Akmal Hyderabadi

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amir khusrau ko hazrat nizamuddin auliya ki chhoot

Akmal Hyderabadi

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

Amir Khusrau once wrote:
“Composing panegyric kills the heart,

Meher Murshed

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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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Nizamuddin Auliya: Amir Khusrau’s soul

Khusrau once wrote:
‘Composing panegyric kills the heart,

Meher Murshed

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This Path is not about religion: Just faith

Khusrau was away in Bengal on a campaign when Nizamuddin passed. On hearing the news, he

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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amir khusrau ki jartar e tajavuz

Akmal Hyderabadi

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

Nizamuddin was that perfected spirit. He could feel others’ pain. And in Amir Khusrau, Nizamuddin found that perfected spirit. Khusrau too felt the pain of others.
Nizamuddin was the shield of his people against the treacherous times, against life’s beatings of the soul. And no one other than Amir Khusrau realised that when the master would be reunited with his Love, the pain would be so intense that the lacerations would appear on his soul. Khusrau would not survive.

Meher Murshed

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

There is a story by the late sixteenth century historian Muhammad Qasim Hindu Shah, better known

Meher Murshed

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Characteristics of the Chishtia Silsila - Maikash Akbarabadi

Among the Chishti saints, by far, the most prominent figure is that of Hazarat Nizamuddin Auliya

Maikash Akbarabadi

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Rumi, The Silk Route and Indian Sub-continent

As a matter of fact, baring Sultan Walad, the son of Maulana, and Ahmad Rumi, one

Akhlaque Ahmad Ahan

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

“At first it seemed that he didn’t care for us. He would stay in shrines and

Meher Murshed

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What is Sufism ? – Mir Valiuddin

Scholars wrangle about the derivation of the word Sufi though about its exact connotation I do not think that there is any reason to quarrel. Let us cast a hurried glance at the various attempts of the lexicographers:—
1. Some say: “The Sufis were only named Sufis because of the purity (Safa) of their hearts and the cleanliness of their acts.”

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Nizamuddin Auliya: The Darwesh of Love

Khusrau would pray most of the night himself. Once Nizamuddin asked him: “Turk, what is the state of being occupied?” “There are times at the end of the night when one is overcome by weeping,” he replied. “Praise be to God, bit by bit is being manifest,” Nizamuddin said.
Nizamuddin loved Sama, it was a path to the Divine. Khusrau transformed Sama into Qawwali for his master.

Meher Murshed

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Music and Musicians of the court of Shah Jahan – A. Hatim.

3. Those mystics not only delighted in listening to music but many of them were first-class musicians themselves.
4. That the Deccan still maintained its reputation as the home of high-class music, as it did in the days of Amir Khusrau.

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