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At the close of 13th century, there come a Saint from Lakhnauti, named Sirajuddin, to meet

Persian Sufi Poetry

az aan gulshan giriftaram shamma-i baz

az aa.n gulshan giriftaaram shamma-ii baaz
nihaadam naam uu raa gulshan-e-raaz

Mahmud Shabistari

Ghazal

KHaanqaah-e-chisht me.n jis ne qadam pahlaa rakhaa
duusraa us kaa qadam phir arsh-e-baalaa par hu.aa

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelwi

Ghazal

ko.ii ye kah de gulshan gulshan
laakh balaa.e.n ek nasheman

Jigar Moradabadi

Persian Kalam

sarsabzii-o-shaadaabii-e-ii.n gulshan-e-islaam
gul kard ze raihaan-e-gulistaan-e-mohammad

Kashfi

Persian Kalam

az sharaab-e-Gaus-e-aazam gulshan-o-gulzaar mast
shaaKH mast-o-meva mast-o-barg mast baar mast

Fazil Deen

Ghazal

gulshan me.n jaa ke daaG-e-jigar jab dikhaa diyaa
phuulo.n ko ham ne paikar-e-hairat banaa diyaa

Meer Wali Warsi

Ghazal

ko.ii samjhegaa kyaa raaz-e-gulshan
jab tak uljhe na kaa.nTo.n se daaman

Fana Nizami

Persian Kalam

ai ka.aba talab chand kunii qat-e-bayaabaa.n
chuu.n ka.aba-e-ushshaaq buvad ruu-e-mohammad

Amir Hasan Ala Sijzi

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

Sufi-Terminology

During sama, one day Khwaja Maudood Chishti suddenly disappeared. Afterwards an elder (buzurg) enquired about this unusual event. Khwaja Maudood said,
“I shall not reply until I am directed to.”

Persian Kalam

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

Nasar

Persian Kalam

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

Khwaja Bandanwaz Gesudraz

Persian Sufi Poetry

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

bakkan KHaalii masaam az bo.e gul-haa-e-jahaa.n ai dil
bayaa dil-daada-e-buu-e-mohammad shau mohammad shau

Shah Niyaz Ahmad Barelwi

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

Ghazal

nasīm-e-sub.h gulshan meñ guloñ se kheltī hogī
kisī kī āḳhirī hichkī kisī kī dil-lagī hogī

Seemab Akbarabadi

Persian Kalam

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

Hasan Bihari

Maktub

Letter No. 2- On Nearness to God

“Khwaja Najmuddin the younger, Khwaja Mohammed Tariq and other dervishes were once in attendance upon Khwaja

Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti

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

Nazm

KHwaja-ji

chisht-nagar me.n nis din mele ishq yahaa.n mahfil me.n khele
aa.nkh me.n aa.nsuu lab pe taraane ye chishtii sauGaate.n hai.n

Wasif Ali Wasif