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An Apple that ravaged a Sufi’s soul

Abu Saleh Musa Jangi Dost lived sometime in the eleventh century in Naif town in the

Meher Murshed

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

Whenever Bibi Zulaikha looked at her son’s feet, she would say: “Nizamuddin, I see the signs of a bright future. You will be a man of destiny some day.”
Nizamuddin returned to Delhi from Ajodhan after spending time with his master Baba Farid, learning the life and ways of Chishti Sufis.

Meher Murshed

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

Amir Khusrau would pray most of the night. Once his master Nizamuddin Auliya 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.
But what was being manifested in Khusrau?

Meher Murshed

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Baba Farid: Bringing happiness to the human heart

Qutbuddin Kaki told him he had done right as he had eaten what came from the

Meher Murshed

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Nizamuddin Auliya: The Darwesh of Love

Nizamuddin is no longer the Guest of God, he is Mahbob-e-Ilahi, Beloved of God. For he lived only for one Love.
Nothing else mattered.

Meher Murshed

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

Ma’dan-e jan makhzan-e asrar-e u!
“The gem of the soul is the height of his lights,

Meher Murshed

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The Prince and The Four Darweshes

The night sky was coal black; the Moon was hidden by a blanket of thick grey

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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Nizamuddin Auliya: Amir Khusrau’s soul

It was 1253, Saifuddin Shamsi, a Turk, was celebrating the birth of his second son in

Meher Murshed

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Learn from the Hindu how worship is done: Amir Khusrau

There are as many paths as there are grains of sand. -Nizamuddin Auliya
Oh you who sneer at the idolatry of the Hindu,

Meher Murshed

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Life, times and Sufi poetry of Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

Shah Niyaz Ahmed also received spiritual blessings from other saints of other Sufi orders. He was

Mustaqim Parwez

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A Brief History Of Khanqah Kazmia Qalandaria, Kakori Sharif

Ba Soo-e-sahne chaman shahid-e-bahar biya
Khusha bahar-e-junoon marhaba sitamgar-e-mun

Zunnoorain Haidar Alvi

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qavvali ka ‘ahd e iijad aur maqsad e iijad

Akmal Hyderabadi

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

His expression rarely changes. His face is gaunt and wrinkled; he seems lost in another world; his eyes are sunken, but look right into you.
“God did not create religions to divide Hindus, Muslims and Christians. Sufis only believe in God; nothing else matters.”

Meher Murshed

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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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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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mujid e qavvali

Akmal Hyderabadi

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qavvali ka maqsad e iijad

Akmal Hyderabadi