Naat-o-Manqabat

shamsuzzuhaa badruddujaa terii ba.Dii tauqiir hai
suurat terii shaah-e-umam allaah kii tasviir hai

Fana Bulandshahri

Naat-o-Manqabat

thii bahut 'azmat ba.Dii hazrat 'umr faaruuq kii
shaan aur haibat ba.Dii hazrat 'umr faaruuq kii

Haadi Qadri

Naat-o-Manqabat

mohammad naaKHudaa hai.n jab unhe.n kahiye to kyaa kahiye
do-'aalam ke nigahbaa.n aur fakHr-e-ambiyaa kahiye

Unknown

Sufi Proverb

har giz badii ki tavaanii badushman marsaa.n mubaadaa ki rozii dost gardad

Don’t do the worst you can to your enemy, for perchance he may someday become a friend.

Oral Tradition

Sufi Proverb

har aa.nkah tuKHm badii kast-o-chashm nekii daast. dimaaG behuudah paKHt-o-KHeyaal baatil bast

har aa.nkah tuKHm badii kast-o-chashm nekii daast. dimaaG behuudah paKHt-o-KHeyaal baatil bast

Oral Tradition

Naat-o-Manqabat

ne’mat hai ba.Dii shafqat-e-mahbuub-e-ilaahii
allaah rakhe ulfat-e-mahbuub-e-ilaahii

Aarif Naqshbandi

Naat-o-Manqabat

sab se ba.Dii hai chiiz mohabbat rasuul kii
miltii hai KHush-nasiib ko ulfat rasuul kii

Abdul Lateef Shauq

Naat-o-Manqabat

sab se ba.Dii yahii to faziilat ’alii kii hai
siirat jo hai nabii kii vo siirat 'alii kii hai

Umar Layeeq Hussaini

Naat-o-Manqabat

mere saabir ba.Dii ummiid-e-karam laa.e hai.n
tere diivaane tire dar pe chale aa.e hai.n

Fana Bulandshahri

Naat-o-Manqabat

dil me.n dard-e-shah-e-kaunain kii daulat hai ba.Dii
huu.n to naadaar mai.n lekin mirii qiimat hai ba.Dii

Munawwar Badayuni

Naat-o-Manqabat

ba.Dii uu.ncho.n se uu.nchii hai terii sarkaar yaa saabir
sadaa rahmat barastii hai tere darbaar yaa saabir

Abdul Sattar Niazi

Khaaliq baari

Khaaliq-bari

KHalaf supuut muKHaalif bairii
kursii taKHt juulaan hai be.Dii

Amir Khusrau

Sufi Proverb

agar shabha-e-hama shab-e- qadr buude, shab-e-qadr be-qadr buude

If every night were the Precious Night, the Precious night would be no longer precious. Note: The Precious (or Dear) Night, is the night on which the Quran was given.

Oral Tradition

Rubai

aa.n baada ki qaabil-e-hayaatast ba-zaat
gaahe haivaa.n mii-shavad ba-gaah nabaat

Omar Khayyam

Sufi Proverb

gar sang-e-hama la'l-e-badaKHshaa.n buudi. pas qiimat-e-sang-o-la'l yaksaa.n buudi

gar sang-e-hama la'l-e-badaKHshaa.n buudi. pas qiimat-e-sang-o-la'l yaksaa.n buudi

Oral Tradition

Rubai

gar baada ba-koh bar zanii raqs kunad
naaqis buvad aa.n-ki baada raa naqs kunad

Omar Khayyam

Rubai

'aashiq hama roza mast-o-shaidaa baada
diivaana-o-shoriida-o-rusvaa baadaa

Omar Khayyam

Sufi Proverb

garvaziir az KHudaaii tarsidii. hamchunaa.n kaz mulk mulk buudi

garvaziir az KHudaaii tarsidii. hamchunaa.n kaz mulk mulk buudi

Oral Tradition

Persian Sufi Poetry

man az kujaa pand az kujaa baada ba-gardaa.n saaqiyaa
ai jaam-e-jaa.n afzaa-e-raa bar zer-e-jaan-e-saaqiyaa

Rumi

Persian Kalam

dar mai-kada KHud saaqii-o-KHammaar tuu buudii
KHud baada-o-KHud majlis-o-KHud yaar tuu buudii

Auhadi