Sufi Quotes

The first station of trust in God is that the servant be between the hands of God exactly as the dead body is between the hands of the one who washes the dead.

The first station of trust in God is that the servant be between the hands of God exactly as the dead body is between the hands of the one who washes the dead.

Sahl bin Abdullah Tustari

Rubai

aa.n kas ki turaa taaj-e-jahaa.n-baanii daad
maa raa hama asbaab-e-pareshaanii daad

Sarmad Kashani

Persian Sufi Poetry

sar-gashtagii az gardish-e-dauraa.n KHabaram daad
vaz aabla-paa KHaar-e-bayaabaa.n KHabaram daad

Hasan Imam Warsi

Sufi Quotes

You consign your dead parents to the grave and yet you do not take lesson from the incident (and feel as if you are immortal).

You consign your dead parents to the grave and yet you do not take lesson from the incident (and feel as if you are immortal).

Ibrahim ibn Adham

Sufi Quotes

He used to wear red dress. He said: “I wear this dress to please my Lord. I am like dead body who is moved by God Himself. I don’t know why red raiment has been made specific for me.”

He used to wear red dress. He said: “I wear this dress to please my Lord. I am like dead body who is moved by God Himself. I don’t know why red raiment has been made specific for me.”

Shah Kamaal Qadri Kaithli

Masnavi

jumla raa vaa'da ba-daad aa.n nek mard
guft tuutii raa che KHvaahii armuGaa.n

Rumi

Rubai

tan dar Gam-e-rozgaar be-daad ma-deh
jaa.n raa Gam za guzishtagaa.n yaad ma-deh

Omar Khayyam

Ghazal

detaa huu.n daad fitrat-e-haq-shanaas ko mai.n
ha.ngaama-e-KHudii me.n bhuulaa na KHudaa ko mai.n

Seemab Akbarabadi

Sufi Quotes

Shah Kamal wrote to Shaikh Abdul Ahad Kabali. O Dear! Dive into the sea of violent love. If tide of the sea throws you on the sea-shore, it is good and it is a great success. And if driven into the abyss of the sea, no one would criticise you nor shall we. If time is wasted while sitting at the sea-shore, you shall deserve dead fish. And if like driver dive into the depth of the sea, you shall be deserving radiant pearl.

Shah Kamal wrote to Shaikh Abdul Ahad Kabali. O Dear! Dive into the sea of violent

Shah Kamaal Qadri Kaithli

Kalaam

naaz bhii hotaa rahe hu.ii hai be-daad bhii
sab gavaara hai jo tum sunte raho fariyaad bhii

Jaleel Manikpuri

Ghazal

dekh kar baa.nkii adaa ik baanii-e-be-daad kii
dil me.n dard aisaa hu.aa be-saaKHta fariyaad kii

Aughat Shah Warsi

Bait

suKHan ki dad KHuda se wasul karti hai

suKHan kii daad KHudaa se vasuul kartii hai
zabaan aaj sanaa-e-rasuul kartii hai

Muzaffar Warsi

Kalaam

shikvaa kisii se kyaa kare.n be-daad yaar kaa
afsaana kyaa sunaa.e.n dil-e-be-qaraar kaa

Aazam Chishti

Ghazal

falak se daad paa jaa۔uu.n adaalat ho to aisii ho
judaa hote hai.n vo ham se qayaamat ho to aisii ho

Aasi Ghazipuri

Sufi Quotes

Love demands something dynamic; it needs the dynamism of the sacrifice of self. It is waves of love that turn the circling heavens. But for love, the world would be frozen dead.

Love demands something dynamic; it needs the dynamism of the sacrifice of self. It is waves of love that turn the circling heavens. But for love, the world would be frozen dead.

Rumi

Sufi Quotes

The folk of God are those who excelled others in altruism: they are be like those who spend nights in prayers but their heart is dead.

The folk of God are those who excelled others in altruism: they are be like those who spend nights in prayers but their heart is dead.

Saadi Shirazi

Masnavi

baaz guftan-e-baazargaa.n baa-tuutii aa.n-che diid az tuutiyaan-e-hidustaa.n
kard baazargaa.n tijaarat raa tamaam

Rumi

Rubai

az aatish-e-maa duud kujaa buud ii.n-jaa
vaz maaya-e-maa suud kujaa buud ii.n-jaa

Omar Khayyam

Kalaam

jalva-e-husn-e-azal diida-e-bianaa mujh se
jaane kyaa soch ke phir kar liyaa parda mujh se

Jawed Washisht

Rubai

har kas ba-havas baaG-e-jahaa.n diid-o-guzasht
kHaar-o-gul-e-pazh.murda ba-ham chiid-o-guzasht

Sarmad Kashani