Sufi Literature

THE ALCHEMY OF HAPPINESS

We come now to the purely religious use of music and dancing : such is that

Imam Ghazali

Persian Sufi Poetry

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qishra-haa-e-KHushl raa jaa aatish-ast
qishr-e-paivasta ba-maGz-e-jaa.n KHush-ast

Maulana Rumi

Sufi-Terminology

Believe ye then part of the Book,
And deny part? (Al-Baqana, 2:85)

Did You Know

Shah Hussain has been the source of all the Punjabi Vedantic Sufi Poets, prominent or ordinary, who wrote often him notable Shah Sharaf, Sultan Bahu. Bulleh Shah, Shah Murad. His poetry proved a storehouse of poetic Symbols and literary expressions of mystical experiences which others borrowed from it so much so his style has also been followed.

Sufi-Terminology

(1) When a pure and sensitive person hears sama, his heart becomes soft, without spiritual exercises, whether

Did You Know

The bulk of Sufi poetry written by Sufis of Daccan was sung by village women while engaged in various household chores. There are several versions of charkhanama, Chakkinama, lun Nama (Lullaby), Shadi Nama and Suhagan Nama.

Did You Know

Sufi Khanqahs were the only place in medieval India where people professing different religions enjoying different social status met and rubbed shoulders. Their distribution of food (langers) was free for all.

Maktub

Origin of theosophy

The origin of theosophy. The institution of theosophy (tasavvuf) is ancient. It has been practiced by

Sheikh Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri

Sufi-Terminology

6. Khilafat-e-takleef: When a murid tries to get khilafat from his sheikh by personal effort and recommendations

Sufi-Terminology

Or, when a Sufi hears the hadis that “The angel of blessings does not visit a house having a dog or a portrait (taswir),” he arrives at the conclusion that a heart full of the ‘dog’ of lust for wealth and poetraits of other than God, does not receive blessings. This sort of interpretation is perfectly justified in Sufi circles. Examples of this type of reasoning are abundantly available in Sufi literature.
For example if someone reads the Quranic ayah:

Sufi-Terminology

Sulook is the way to reach God through clear intuition, not by logic or rationalism. The

Maktub

Death

Death (to an ordinary mortal) is more painful than a cut with the sword or the axes, or the extraction of flesh from his body...
A calm look, and the repetition of the holy formula, these are becoming on the part of the dying man.- letter 97.

Sheikh Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri

Sufi-Terminology

the person who can overwhelm time and circumstances, a complete sufi

Malfooz

It is better not to question what Sufis say, since this obliges them to invent a

Maulana Rumi

Sufi-Terminology

Shaikh are of three categories:
(i) Shaikh-e-kaamil (a perfect guide) is perfect in himself, but cannot take others to perfection. Nevertheless he can initiate the seekers (salik) on the Sufi path.

Maktub

The steps of a disciple.

Religion is for the desire-nature; the path, for the heart; truth for the soul. Religion leads

Sheikh Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri

Sufi-Terminology

In Sufism, adaab (good manners) is of paramount importance. It is said by a Sufi Shaikh: “Tasawwuf is wholly adab.” IN the realm of love, etiquette and good manners (adaab0 are of utmost importance except of course, when the seeker is overwhelmed with spiritual intoxication.
Mir sits far from this heart-burning.

Malfooz

From a certain tree, sweet fruit grows. Although that fruit is only one part, yet God has chosen and distinguished that part above the whole, for in it God deposited a sweetness that He did not deposit in the rest. By virtue of that flavor, that part became superior to the whole, and proved the pith and purpose of the tree. So God declares:
“Nay, but they wonder that a warner has come to them from amongst themselves.”

Maulana Rumi

Malfooz

Until a thing passes away, its true meaning cannot be known. No one’s life can be

Maulana Rumi

Hikaayat

Story 2 - The Morals of Dervishes - gulistaan-e-sa.adii

A slave has nothing to command; whatever thou commandest I obey.
I saw a mendicant at the door of the Ka'bah

Shaikh Sadi