Abida Parveen Collaboration with Atif Aslam, Jabbar Abbas and Waheed Ali...
Abida Parveen, the undisputed Queen of Sufi Music for many decades, has done some exceptional collaborations. Whether it with Sindhi Folk Artist Waheed Ali Khan or Atif Aslam, the heartthrob of...
View ArticleOne of the meanings of death is that it manifests the Truth – From Rumi’s...
Moses said, “O Lord of the Reckoning, You created the form: how did You destroy it again? You have made the form, male and female, that gives joy to the spirit; and then You destroy it: why?” God said,...
View ArticleMawhub Art Gallery holds Artoze Art Exhibition – By Aymen Zaheer
The Artoze Art Exhibition was launched on the last Friday of this past month by Mawhub Art Gallery, featuring artists from all over the Kingdom. The two-day art exhibition comprising of a galaxy of...
View ArticleIf anyone wants to meet God with love: Verses from Rumi’s Masnavi
“If anyone wants to meet God with love, God too will meet him with love” [This is a Hadith] Everyone’s death reflects his own qualities, my son: to the enemy of God an enemy, and to the friend of God a...
View ArticleBadi Shan Wala Hai Madiney Ka Waali – Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s beautiful Naat
Mian Yousuf Salahuddin is credited with the preserving the cultural heritage of Lahore Inner City as well its music. His PTV programme not only introduced budding musicains but also featured legends in...
View ArticleMoses and the lost lamb: Story from Rumi’s Masnavi
They say that when Moses (Upon Him Be Peace) was still the shepherd of the Prophet Shuayb (Upon Him Be Peace) and had not yet received divine inspiration, he was one day feeding his sheep. By chance...
View ArticleTu Ghani Az Har Do Alam: A poem that Dr Iqbal penned but doesn’t belong to him!
Tu Ghani Az Har Do Alam man Faqir: A poem that Dr Iqbal penned but doesn’t belong to him! This Sufi story goes back more than a century now. In small city of Dera Ghazi Khan [Punjab], a boy was born...
View ArticleAyah of the Day – 24 May 2021
Ayah of the Day – 24 May 2021 وَيَبْقَىٰ وَجْهُ رَبِّكَ ذُو ٱلْجَلَـٰلِ وَٱلْإِكْرَامِ Only your Lord Himself, full...
View ArticleHazrat Ali Hujwiri on Hazrat Abu Bakr
“Our abode is transitory our life therein is but a loan our breaths are numbered and our laziness is inevitable.” Hazrat Abu Bakr Sadiq RA By this, Hazrat Abu Bakr Sadiq RA signified that the world is...
View ArticleHazrat Abu Bakr advise for Sufism followers
Zuhri relates that, when Abu Bakr RA received the oaths of allegiance as Caliph, he mounted the pulpit and pronounced an oration, in the course of which he said: “By God, I never coveted the command...
View ArticleYeh Azroo Bhi Bari Cheez Hai Magar Hamdam: Faiz Ahmed Faiz Verse
وہ رات جو کہ ترے گیسوؤں کی رات نہیں وصالِ یار فقط آرزو کی بات نہیں Na Aaj Lutf Kar Itna Ke Kal Guzr Na Sakey Woh Raat Jo Tere Gaisaoon Ki Raat Nahin Yeh Azroo Bhi Bari Cheez Hai Magar Hamdam...
View ArticleHazrat Ali R.A. in words of Hazrat Ali Hajvery
“Hazrat Ali’s rank in this Path of Sufism were very high. He explained the principles ( asul) of Divine truth with exceeding subtlety, so that so that Hazrat Junayd Baghdadi said: “Ali is our Shaykh as...
View ArticleKhushoo (خشوع) in Prayers: Sufi Stories from Kashf al-Mahjub
Khushoo (خشوع) is an arabic word which loosely translates as attentiveness and submissiveness and that one disconnects from everything else. In Quran and Hadith, the word Khushoo refers to devotedness...
View ArticleThe Building of the Kaaba: Sufi Story by Hajjaa Amina
Ibrahim (as) was ordered to rebuild the Kaaba, which had been hidden in the earth after the flood of Prophet Nuh [Noah]. At the time of the flood, Mount Qubays (a mountain outside of Mecca) asked...
View ArticleGhazal by Zeb-un-Nissa Makhfi – Daughter of Aurangzeb
The Princess Zeb-un-Nissa was the eldest daughter of the Mogul Emperor Aurungzeb, and was born in 1639 . She came of a distinguished line, in direct descent from Genghis Khan and Tamerlane . Her Mughal...
View ArticleThe Story of Man who greased his Moustaches: By Maulana Rumi
A person, who was held in low esteem because of his poverty, used to grease his moustache every morning so he can go among the rich, saying, “I have eaten some well-greased food at the dinner party.”...
View ArticleBeautiful Hamd and Naat by the Greatest Qawwal NFAK – Letter from Wazir Dayers
Dear Brother W This evening I’ve been listening to the superb Hamd and Naat that Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Sahib sang in Paris in March 1988: “Ya Hayyu, Ya Qayyum” and “Ya Mustafa, Noor-ul-Huda, Sani...
View ArticleThe Seven Sleepers in Surah Kahf: Story in Sohbat by Hajjah Amina
In the old days there was a king whose name was Diglianus who ruled over the land of Tarsus. He made all his people worship him like pharaoh. He had seven wazirs who looked after his kingdom. They were...
View ArticleAyyazi’s return to the greater Jihaad – Story from Rumi’s Masnavi
Ayyazi was a gallant warrior who lived during the times of Samanids dynasty, the rulers of the greater Khorasan [Persian Empire] between 819 and 999 AD. This story is from Mevlana’s Rumi’s Masnavi that...
View ArticleDivine Love: Poem by Iqra Jamal
Love for Divine is the witness of thy faith; Just like Angelic spirits in Sovereign’s subways Love can feel you regretful after making err; Just like Hazrat Adam (A.S) in Godly Paradise Love can turn...
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