Persian Kalam

shud nuur-e-KHudaa jalva-garaz shaan-e-mohammad
aa.iina-e-haq yaa ruKH-e-taabaan-e-mohammad

Kashfi

Did You Know

The Masnavi of Rumi reached the Indian Subcontinent in late 13the century- in 1276 Ad, three years after Rumi's death. The Masnavi was taken to India by one of his disciples, Ahmad Rumi who belonged to the Suhrawardia and Qadariya Sufi orders.

Persian Kalam

taahaa sifatash aamada az hazrat-e-baarii
yaasii.n ba-KHudaa gasht kun.h-e-suu-e-mohammad

Amir Hasan Ala Sijzi

Persian Kalam

arshast kehii.n paaya ze-aivaan-e-mohammad
jibriil-e-amii.n KHaadim-e-darbaan-e-mohammad

Shaikh Sadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

dila KHak-e-rah-e-ku-e-mohammad shau mohammad shau

'niyaaz' andar dilat gar mehr-e-irfaa.n KHudaa baashad
fidaa-e-shaan dil-juu-e-mohammad shau mohammad shau

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelwi

Persian Kalam

sifat chuu.n niist Gair-e-zaat ai dil
KHudaa KHud hast qur.aan-e-mohammad

Maikash Akbarabadi

Persian Kalam

ba-gosh-e-ma.anii ze haq shuniidam manam mohammad manam mohammad
jamaal-e-KHud raa KHud aafriidam manam mohammad manam mohammad

Azeez Safipuri

Persian Kalam

ai 'nasr' bar zabaanam juz naam-e-uu na-yaayad
maa tuutii.em-e-KHush-go guftaar-e-maa mohammad

Nasar

Ghazal

har samt me.n hai tuu jalva-numaa ai nuur-e-mohammad sallallaah
aafaaq ko tuu ne gher liyaa ai nuur-e-mohammad sallallaah

Azeez Safipuri

Persian Kalam

man aashiq-e-jamaal-e-liqaa-e-mohammad
parvaana-e-faroG-e-ziyaa-e-mohammad

Hasan Bihari

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.

Qita

de mohammad hasan ko sabr KHudaa
rahm us kaa bane sukuu.n kaa sabab

Riyaz Khairabadi

Persian Sufi Poetry

mohammad gul ast wa ali bu-e-gul

mohammad gul ast va alii buu-e-gul
buvad faatima andar aa.n barg-e-gul

Amin Sajid

Ghazal

ai shaiKH qadam rakhiyo na is raah me.n zinhaar
hai sajda shikan rishta-e-zunnaar-e-mohabbat

Bedar Meer Mohammad

Ghazal

ai shaiKH qadam rakhiyo na is raah me.n zinhaar
hai sub.ha-shikan rishta-e-zunnaar-e-mohabbat

Bedar Meer Mohammad

Bait

mohammad mohammad kahe jao hamdam

mohammad mohammad kahe jaa.o hamdam
kisii din lagegii ye kashtii kinaare

Yamin Warsi

Persian Kalam

mohammad ishqbaaze KHush-KHisaale
shab-o-roz aa.n KHayaal-e-KHad-o-KHaale

Khwaja Bandanwaz Gesudraz

Persian Kalam

dar jaa.n chuu kard manzil jaanaan-e-maa mohammad
sad dar kushaad dar dil az jaan-e-maa mohammad

Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti

Did You Know

Each year Shaikh Shahabuddin Suhrawardi would leave Baghdad to perform Hajj. But when he grew old and infirm, food prepared for him on the journey did not please him. He no longer eat cold food. His disciple Sheikh Jalaluddin Tabrezi then devised a way to carry a hearth and a pot on his head and to keep the hearth lit without burning himself. Whenever the Sheikh wished to eat, his disciple would then serve him hot food.

Persian Kalam

laulaak ki naazil shuda dar shaan-e-mohammad
juzviist ze-ausaaf-e-faraavaan-e-mohammad

Shah Turab Ali Qalandar Kakorwi