Sufi-Terminology

“Aviyt sama, it is quoted from Abu Umar that he and Khwar bin Jubair set out

Did You Know

Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia's Khanqah attracted greater number of people as compared to the count of the then Sultans. The Sultans always wondered what lured the common man to the Khanqah. Alauddin Khilji had sent spies to his Khanqah with a view to knowing and if necessary checking such influx of people. The people still kept coming in large numbers.

Doha

rahman gali hai saukari dujo na Thahrahin

'rahman' galii hai saukarii duujo naa Thahraahi.n
aapu ahai to hari nahii.n hari to aapun naahi.n

Raheem

Malfooz

Since the Amir’s name is Mu’in al-Din, he is not ‘Ain al-Din (“Essence of the Faith”)

Maulana Rumi

Rubai

be-taa.at-e-diin-e-bahisht rahmaan ma-taalab
be-KHaatim-e-haqq-e-mulk-e-sulemaa.n ma-talab

Maulana Rumi

Shabad

bismillah rahman rahim

bismillaah rahmaan rahiim
jihi.nkai sadqe bhiinaa bhiin to bheTiilo rahmaan rahiim

Jaambhoji

Sufi-Terminology

Nujaba
They are seventy in number, all named Hassan; they live in Egypt.

Did You Know

A grandson of Hazrat Amir khusrau called khusrau-i-Sani (The second Khusrau) in found in assemblies of

Ghazal

Maulana Syed Shah Sabihul-Haqque ’Sabih’

Did You Know

Shaikh Jamaluddin of Hansi, a senior disciple-of Baba Farid remarks-
"Oh Ahmad! The (mystic) objective cannot be achieved through performance of extraordinary number of prayers and fasts, but by fulfilling the needs of the people."

Malfooz

labored in the hope that there was another word beyond this. Now you have destroyed my

Maulana Rumi

Ghazal

Syed Mazahir Ali Khan ‘mazhar’

Sufi-Terminology

In this verse, the word wasilah means the personality which unites mankind with God. Some people

Ghazal

Syed Shah Ataurrahman ‘Kakovi’

Maktub

Hell

Every man is liable to suffer in hell, and it is difficult to be certain of

Sheikh Sharfuddin Yahya Maneri

Sufi Literature

The HADÎQATU' L-HAQÎQAT (The enclosed garden of the truth)

On the love of the world and the manner of the people of it
There is a great city within the borders of Rûm, where a large number of hawks have made their home. Fustât is the name of that city of renown; it extends to the borders of Dimyât. Within it no

Hakeem Sanayee

Rubai

KHurram dil-e-aa.n kase ki ma.aruuf na shud
dar jubba-o-daraa.a-o-dar-suuf na shud

Omar Khayyam

Rubai

aan raa ke to uqbaa shamrii uqbaa niist
ya.anii jaa-e-taqarrub maulaa niist

Bedil Azeemabadi

Sufi-Terminology

The human body has been likened to a niche, the human heart to the glass, the

Sufi Literature

THE ALCHEMY OF HAPPINESS

Some may object, “ If such is the case, then who can escape hell, for who

Imam Ghazali