My Lord

Eyes are at rest, the stars are setting. Hushed are the stirrings of birds in their nests, Of monsters in the ocean. You are the Just who knows no change, The Balance that can never swerve, The Eternal which never passes away. The doors of Kings are bolted now and guarded by soldiers. Your Door is open to all who call upon You. My Lord, Each love is now alone with his beloved. And I am alone with You.  Rabia al Basri Hazrat Rabbia Basri Rahmatullahe alayha is one of the earliest mystic saints of Islam. She left her worldly life and devoted herself for Allah (swt) in Islam. She was a Muslim Saint and a Sufi...

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Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani -Quotations from Jala'al khawatir

Jala' al-Khawatir (The Removal of Cares) The Fourty-Fourth Discourse A certain righteous man is reported as having said: "The hypocrite [munafiq] remains in one and the same spiritual condition for forty years at a stretch, while the champion of truth [siddiq] experiences transformation forty times every single day." The hypocrite is totally involved with his lower self [nafs], his passions [hawa], his natural inclinations [tab'], his devil [shaitan] and his interest in the things of this world [dunya]. He is committed to their service, from which he never takes a break. He is never known to disagree with their point...

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Hafiz-Some Fill With Each Good Rain

There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that. In one well You have just a few precious cups of water, That “love” is literally something of yourself, It can grow as slow as a diamond If it is lost. Your love Should never be offered to the mouth of a Stranger, Only to someone Who has the valor and daring To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife Then weave them into a blanket To protect you. There are different wells within us. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far, far too deep For that. ...

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Sufi heart with wings

The Symbol of the Sufi Message by Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan The symbol of the Sufi Message, which is a heart with wings, denotes its ideal. The heart is both earthly and heavenly. The heart is a receptacle on earth of the divine Spirit, and when it holds the divine Spirit, it soars heavenward; the wings picture its rising. The crescent in the heart symbolizes responsiveness. It is the heart that responds to the spirit of God, which rises. The crescent is a symbol of responsiveness because it grows fuller as the moon grows fuller by responding more and more to the sun as it progresses. The light one sees in the crescent...

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Did I Not Say To You

Did I not say to you,  “Go not there, for I am your friend; in this  mirage of annihilation I am the fountain of life?”  Even though in anger you depart a hundred thousand years  from me, in the end you will come to me, for I am your goal. Did I not say to you,  “Be not content with worldly forms, for I  am the fashioner of the tabernacle of your contentment?”  Did I not say to you,  “I am the sea and you are a single fish;  go not to dry land, for I am your crystal sea?”  Did I not say to you,  “ Go not like birds to the snare; come, for  I...

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You are one tricky business

Tum Ek Gorakh Dhanda Ho Beautiful Sufi Poetry By Naz Khialvi kabhi yahan tumhein dhuundha kabhi wahan pahunchatumhari deed ki khaatir kahan kahan pahunchagareeb mit gaye paamaal ho gaye lekinkisi talak na tera aaj tak nishan pahuncha Sometime i looked for you here, sometimes i went thereTo have your sight I’ve been everywhereThe dear ones vanished and ruinedbut still no one’s get lead to you         ho bhi nahin aur har jaa ho you are not, yet you are every where tum ek gorakh-dhandha ho you are one tricky business har zarre mein kis shaan se too jalwa numaa haihairaan hai magar ye aql kaisa hai too kya hai With what splendour you can be seen in every speckBut the mind is puzzled what you look like and what you are tum ek gorakh-dhandha ho you...

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