Ghazal

muKHaddaraat-e-giroh-e-muslim hamaarii haalat me.n kyaa rahii hai
ye Gaflat-e-be-panaah tauba ki qaum-e-muslim pe chhaa rahii hai

Sayyada Khairabadi

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Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman

Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged

Maulana Rumi

Ghazal

iltijaa-e-'sayyada' sun le baraa.e mustafaa
qaum-e-muslim ko bahaar-e-aalam-e-taqdiir de

Sayyada Khairabadi

Persian Kalam

shore ba-sar uftaada rusvaa-e-mohabbat raa
saakin naa-tavaa.n kardan GauGaa-e-mohabbat raa

Hazeen

Persian Kalam

ai dost ba-har manzil ham-KHaana turaa yaabam
dar kishvar-e-jaan-o-dil jaanaana turaa yaabam

Hazeen

Did You Know

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

Malfooz

Water cannot leave the sea except through the sun’s heat in the form of a cloud;

Maulana Rumi

Bait

yar ham-ahang ba-har sina-e-tang

yaar ham-aaha.ng ba-har siina-e-ta.ng

Mulla Jami

Persian Kalam

ba-har ruu-e-jamaal-e-yaar hastam
saraapaa maz.har-e-dildaar hastam

Arif

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

Bait

yar ham-aghosh ba-har baada-nosh

yaar ham-aaGosh ba-har baada-nosh
tuu pas-e-zaanuu-e-Gam andar-KHarosh

Mulla Jami

Sufi-Terminology

Some auliya have epiphanies (tajalli) of Divine Acts; others of Divine Names; and some of Divine

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I want to see you

then let them part,
just the slightest bit,

Maulana Rumi

Qita

ajab nahii.n ko.ii muslim kare jo da.av-e-ishq
qasam ke vaaste allaah kii kitaab rahe

Ameer Minayee

Sufi-Terminology

No Difference among Sufis
The great family of Muslim mystics are unanimous in their views on sama. The Shaikhs of the Naqshbandiah lineage have been misunderstood when they declare sama as unlawful. Their stance is: “We do not say it is forbidden; but we do not indulge in it.”

Sufi-Terminology

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

Persian Sufi Poetry

sawal - che bahar-ast aan ki ilmash sahil aamad

ba-ruu-e-bahar ba-nashiinad dahan baaz
buKHaare murtafa.a gardad ze-dariyaa

Mahmud Shabistari

Sufi Literature

THE ALCHEMY OF HAPPINESS

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

Imam Ghazali

Malfooz

Rumi said: If I appear lacking in gratitude and appreciation for the kindness and support you

Maulana Rumi

Malfooz

Every moment we receive a slap from the unseen world. Whatever our plans—one slap and we

Maulana Rumi