Saakin: Probably the more promising Sufi Rock Band right now
Sufi Rock is a genre that is not stranger for readers of TheSufi.com. Whether it is the pioneers of Sufi Rock, the greatest South Asian band ever Junoon, or more experimental and classica focuses...
View ArticleApna Das Tikaana: Punjabi Poem by Baba Bulleh Shah with English Translation
Let me know my native place Now let me know my native place. From where I came, wherein solace; The piles of wealth that fatten pride, Will not accompany you when die; Ye take to plunder robbing mass...
View ArticleAmma Babe di Bhulyai – Punjabi Kalam by Bulleh Shah
Adam, Eve committed fault, But their son’s applause in vault; For tiny grain such havoc played, Squabbles in every house have swayed. Wars and fighting we have nourished, As they all with wheat...
View ArticleBullah Keh Janaa Main Kon – Kalam Bulleh Shah with Translation
Bullah! I know not who I am I am not Maumin, bird ol mosque, Nor infidelity is my task Nor I am righteous, soaked in sin; Nor I am Moses, nor Pharaoh Bullah! I know not, who I am Nor am I filthy,...
View ArticleRecite Alif it is release of all pains – Kalam Bulleh Shah with English...
Recite Alif, it is release of all pains Recite Alif, it is release. From one there are two, three and four, Then lac, ten million-thousand more; From there onward would reckon steer, The secret of this...
View ArticleRanjha Ranjha Kar Di Ni Main Aape Ranjha Hoyi – Punjabi Kalam by Bulleh Shah
Repeating my beloved Ranjha, Ranjha. I have become mysell Ranjha; Call me now as ‘Dhido Ranjha , Not by the name of Heer but Ranjha. Ranjha in me, I in his heart, None else is there on lines! chart; I...
View ArticleOn the Rank of Poverty: Excerpt from Hazrat Ali Hajvairi’s Kashf-ul-Mahjoob
As mentioned in the Kashf ul Mahjoob, Poverty has a great rank in the Way of Sufis who Seek of Truth. Allah SWT state in the glorious Quran to give alms to the poor, those who are fighting for God’s...
View ArticleInfluence Of The Mathnavi On Muslim Thought In South Asia
Below text is the speech delivered by Dr. Javed Iqbal, son of Dr. Muhammad Iqbal at Seljuk University Konya for the Second International Mevlana Rumi Congress. It is in public domain and reproduced...
View ArticleThe Truth: Sufi Quote by Ibn Arabi
She has flustered all the scholars of Islam. And experts who have studied the Psalms. Every Jewish Rabbi. And every Christian Priest. Source
View ArticleShaykh Nazim on Shaykh Sheikh Mehmet Adil
Views of Khaldoun Hamadé , a follower of Shaykh Nazim on Sheikh Mehmet Adil Truly I do believe that Mawlana Shaykh Mehmet is the greatest living saint of our time and I am very lucky and happy to have...
View ArticleWhy Dr. Allama Iqbal was critical of poetry of Hafiz?
Hafiz whose original name was Shamsuddin was a great Persian poet. He died in 1389, and his mausoleum at Shiraz in Iran is a national shrine. His collection of poetry contains four thousand couplets,...
View ArticleHazrat Syed Ali Hamdani in poetry of Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal
Hazrat Syed Ali Hamdani was a saint of great spiritual eminence. He was born at Hamadan in Iran in 1314 AD. In 1373 along with a number of scholars and other followers the saint came to Kashmir. The...
View ArticleTheSufi.com interviews Joumana Medlej, our favourite Kufic artist
In recent times, we have seen some amazing new talent in the field of Islamic Art and Calligraphy. However, when it comes to Kufic calligraphy and Kufic Square art, Joumana Medlej outshines this space...
View Article8 things that the Seeker of Truth must not rely on: Sufi Quotes by Ibne Arabi
Those of Sufi path often refer to Ibne Arabi as the ‘Al-Shaykh’ as matter of reverence since he is hailed as the forefather of Sufism. Ibne Arabi documented some great advice for seeker of the Truth in...
View ArticleMullah Nasreddin Hodja [or Hooja] responds to Priest Scholars questions
A LETTER for you Nasr-ed-Din Hodja Effendi!” The Mayor’s messenger beamed as he handed a piece of paper to the surprised Hodja. “A letter? For me?” The Hodja stared at the paper and turned it over and...
View ArticleThe Story of Mullah Nasreddin and the Scholar
When a foreign scholar came to Aksehir and asked to talk to the wisest man in town, they called Hodja. When they met, the man drew a circle on the ground with a long stick. Then, Hodja got the stick...
View ArticleThe Final verses by Hazrat Shams-e-Tabrizi R.A. and Maulana Rumi
There are many accounts of the disappearance of Hazrat Shams Tabraiz and subject to great deal of research by scholars. However, today we look at the verses from final time of Hazrat Shamz Tabraiz as...
View Article5 best mystical Rubaiyat [couplets] of Omar Khayyam
Rubaiyat [couplets] of Omar Khayyam on Life, Drinking, Wisdom and Today I fell asleep, and Wisdom said to me: ‘Sleeping, the rose of happiness never bloomed. Why do you do a thing which is next to...
View ArticleMullah Nasruddin on the discord among Muslim Ulema and Philosophers: Sufi Story
All thinkers, logicians and Ulema were called up at court to examine case of Mullah Nasruddin, since he was accused of telling people that these learned folks are confused and ignorant themselves so...
View ArticleAdab [Spiritual Courtesy] in Sufism
Adab is spiritual courtesy and sincere good behavior and manners. Adab implies sincerity in manners [genuity] as well of humility. For if a person is aware of his manners [i.e. pretending them] then he...
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