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Life, times and Sufi poetry of Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelvi

(O god, my eyes are preoccupied with thee the extent, That I see nothing except thee)
Shah Niyaz Ahmad believed that Suffering implies closeness to God. Niyaz says-

Mustaqim Parwez

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samad qavval aur niyaz qavval

Akmal Hyderabadi

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hazrat shaah niyaz barelvi ki shairi mein irphaan e haq

Ahmad Fakhir

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Characteristics of the Chishtia Silsila - Maikash Akbarabadi

Naz-o-ada sey Juumna, Khwaja ki chukhat chumna
Dekho Niyaz is rang men kaisi suhati hai Basant.

Maikash Akbarabadi

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Kabir as Depicted in the Persian Sufistic and Historical Works- Dr. Qamaruddin

Abul Fazl in his Ain-i-Akbari calls Kabir a Muawahid (Unitarian) and makes a passing reference to

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qavvali ki iijad o irtiqa

Akmal Hyderabadi

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tazkira shankar o shambhu qavval

Akmal Hyderabadi

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qavvali ke qadim o jadid muqable

Akmal Hyderabadi

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sama ke adab o mavane se ka inahraf

Akmal Hyderabadi

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Chandar Bhan Brahman-Iqbal Husain

aaGaz-e-ayyaam-e-shabaab baais-e- shorish-e-mizaj-o- aashuftagii-e-tab.a ast, KHushaa sa.aa’datmandi ki ii.n mausam raa ba-tahammul –o- hauslaa –o-shakebaaii-o- burdbaarii-o-kam-goii-o- kam-aazaarii basar burd.
“The beginning of the youth is the cause of the disturbance of Mind and the uneasiness of temper. Blessed is that youth who passes his time with patience, resolution, endurance, forbearance, quietness, and inoffensiveness.”

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SARMAD: His Life And Quatrains - B.A. Hashmi

O dream of madness, O absurdity!
Now in the desert, now in the garden-close,

Islamic Culture Journal

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Rumi, The Silk Route and Indian Sub-continent

Attar Rooh bood o Sanai du chashm-e-oo
Ma az paye Sanai o Attar Amadeem

Akhlaq Ahmad Ahan

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Women’s voices in Bhakti Literature

I can’t manage them both.
O lord white as Jasmine

Rekha Pande

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If rain can grow sugarcane, man can realize the Divine – the story of Sheikh Muhibullah

O’ Beauty of Truth, the Eternal Light!
Do I call you necessity and possibility,

Meher Murshed

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Nizamuddin Auliya: Amir Khusrau’s soul

O Khusrau, in that place which is no place,
And God himself was the head of that gathering,

Meher Murshed

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

O Khusrau, in that place which is no place,
And God himself was the head of that gathering,

Meher Murshed

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Amir Khusrau and his Adaptability – J. Dadademery

(The fair one lies on the couch with her black tresses scattered on her face
O Khusrau, come home now, for night has fallen all over the world).

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