WORDS OF WISDOM AND BEAUTY FROM THE GREAT SUFIS

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Who are the SUFIS?

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[Ali_R]

Let me add this here as well. Please ppl don't hesitate. Post and Participate.

• "Learn no more knowledge, O friend!
  This knowledge will be of no avail to you
  You need to read only Alif
  You read and read and pile your books into a heap
  The Quran and other books are lying all around you
  By reading and reading you become Mullah and Qazi
  But God is pleased without their knowledge
  Your avarice is whetted every day
  you always aim at personal gain." -- Bulleh Shah

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• “na maiN momin vich masiitaaN, na maiN muusaa, na fir'aun!”
  

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do carry on.


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Heres another great man

"And protect your heart from being inclined toward what you have renounced of people and desires and wishes and option and effort and from losing patience and harmony and pleasure with God at the time of the befalling of calamity."
-Abdul Qadir Gilani

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[Asif]

Indeed he is! Huzoor Sayyidina Ghawth al AZam Shaykh Abd ul Qadir Jilani radhi Allahu anhu is indeed the Sultan of the Saints! All his books are wonderful.

He (quds sirruhu) said:

"If my murid is not good, let him not worry--for I am good!"

Khawaja e Khawajagaan Sultan Bahauddin Shah Naqshband quds sirruhu said,
,

"Whoever asks to be in the Way of God has asked for the way of affliction. It was narrated by the Prophet , 'Whoever loves me I will burden him.' One person came to the Prophet and said, 'O Prophet I love you,' and the Prophet said, 'Then prepare yourself to be poor.' Another time a person came to the Prophet and said, 'O Prophet I love God,' and the Prophet said, 'Then prepare yourself for affliction.'"

He recited a verse:

"Everyone desires the good,
But no one has attained the Ascension,
Except by loving
The One who created the good."

He said, "Everyone who likes himself, must deny himself, and whoever wants other than himself, wants in reality only himself."





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[Asif]

Shaykh al Akbar Ibn Arabi quds sirruhu has said,


O Marvel! a garden amidst the flames.
My heart has become capable of every form:
it is a pasture for gazelles and a convent for Christian monks,
and a temple for idols and the pilgrim's Kaa'ba,
and the tables of the Torah and the book of the Quran.
I follow the religion of Love: whatever way Love's camels take,
that is my religion and my faith.

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THE WHISPERED PRAYER OF THE LOVERS

In the Name of God, the All-merciful,
the All-compassionate

1 My God,
who can have tasted the sweetness of Thy love,
then wanted another in place of Thee?
Who can have become intimate with Thy nearness,
then sought removal from Thee?

2 My God, place us with him
whom Thou hast
chosen for Thy nearness and Thy friendship,
purified through Thy affection and Thy love,
given yearning for the meeting with Thee,
made pleased with Thy decree,
granted gazing upon Thy face,
shown the favour of Thy good pleasure,
given refuge from separation from Thee and Thy loathing,
settled in a sure sitting place in Thy neighbourhood,
singled out for true knowledge of Thee,
made worthy for worship of Thee,
whose heart Thou hast captivated with Thy will,
whom Thou hast picked for contemplating Thee,
whose look Thou hast made empty for Thee,
whose breast Thou hast freed for Thy love,
whom Thou hast made
desirous of what is with Thee,
inspired with Thy remembrance,
allotted thanksgiving to Thee,
occupied with obeying Thee,
turned into one of Thy righteous creatures,
chosen for whispered prayer to Thee,
and from whom Thou hast cut off all things
which cut him off from Thee!

3 O God,
place us among those
whose habit is rejoicing in Thee and yearning for Thee,
whose time is spent in sighing and moaning!
Their foreheads are bowed down before Thy mightiness,
their eyes wakeful in Thy service,
their tears flowing in dread of Thee,
their hearts fixed upon Thy love,
their cores shaken with awe of Thee.
O He
the lights of whose holiness
induce wonder in the eyes of His lovers,
the glories of whose face
arouse the longing of the hearts of His knowers!
O Furthest Wish of the hearts of the yearners!
O Utmost Limit of the hopes of the lovers!
I ask from Thee love for Thee,
love for those who love Thee,
love for every work which will join me to Thy nearness,
and that Thou makest Thyself more beloved to me
than anything other than Thee
and makest
my love for Thee
lead to Thy good pleasure,
and my yearning for Thee
protect against disobeying Thee!
Oblige me by allowing me to gaze upon Thee,
gaze upon me with the eye of affection and tenderness,
turn not Thy face away from me,
and make me one of the people of happiness with Thee
and favoured position!
O Responder,
O Most Merciful of the merciful!

duas of Imam Zeinul Abidin, the son of Imam Hussain and grandson of Ali and Fatima.

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THE WHISPERED PRAYER OF THE REPENTERS

In the Name of God, the All-merciful,
the All-compassionate

1 My God, offenses have clothed me
in the garment of my lowliness,
separation from Thee has wrapped me
in the clothing of my misery!
My dreadful crimes have deadened my heart,
so bring it to life by a repentance from Thee!
O my hope and my aim!
O my wish and my want!
By Thy might,
I find no one but Thee to forgive my sins
and I see none but Thee to mend my brokenness!
I have subjected myself to Thee in repeated turning,
I have humbled myself to Thee in abasement.
If Thou castest me out from Thy door,
in whom shall I take shelter?
If Thou repellest me from Thy side,
in whom shall I seek refuge?
O my grief at my ignominy and disgrace!
O my sorrow at my evil works and what I have committed!

2 I ask Thee, O Forgiver of great sins,
O Mender of broken bones,
to overlook my ruinous misdeeds
and cover my disgraceful secret thoughts!
At the witnessing place of the Resurrection,
empty me not
of the coolness of Thy pardon and forgiveness,
and strip me not
of Thy beautiful forbearance and covering!

3 My God,
let the cloud of Thy mercy cast its shadow
upon my sins
and send the billow of Thy clemency
flowing over my faults!

4 Verse 4 translation missing in original book!


5 My God,
if remorse for sins is a repentance,306
I - by Thy might - am one of the remorseful!
If praying forgiveness for offenses is an alleviation,
I am one of those who pray forgiveness!
To Thee I return
that Thou may be well pleased!

6 My God,
through Thy power over me,
turn toward me,
through Thy clemency toward me,
pardon me,
and through Thy knowledge of me,
be gentle toward me!

7 My God,
Thou art He who hast opened a door to Thy pardon
and named it 'repentance',
for Thou said,
Repent to God with unswerving repentance.307
What is the excuse
of him who remains heedless of entering the door
after its opening?

8 My God,
though the sins of Thy servant are ugly,
Thy pardon is beautiful.

9 My God,
I am not the first
to have disobeyed Thee,
and Thou turned toward him,
or to have sought to attain Thy favour,
and Thou wert munificent toward him.
O Responder to the distressed!
O Remover of injury!
O Great in goodness!
O Knower of everything secret!
O Beautiful through covering over!
I seek Thy munificence and Thy generosity
to intercede with Thee,
I seek Thy side and Thy showing mercy
to mediate with Thee,
so grant my supplication,
disappoint not my hope in Thee,
accept my repentance,
and hide my offense,
through Thy kindness and mercy,
O Most Merciful of the merciful!

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THE WHISPERED PRAYER OF THOSE WHO HOLD FAST

In the Name of God, the All-merciful,
the All-compassionate

1 O God,
O Shelter of the shelter-seekers!
O Refuge of the refuge-seekers!
O Deliverer of the perishing!
O Preserver of the pitiful!
O Merciful toward the miserable!
O Responder to the distressed!
O Treasure of the utterly poor!
O Mender of the broken!
O Haven of the cut off!
O Helper of the abased!
O Granter of sanctuary to the fearful!
O Aider of the troubled!
O Fortress of the refugees!
If I seek not refuge in Thy might,
in whom shall I seek refuge?
If I seek not shelter in Thy power,
in whom shall I seek shelter?
Sins have made me seek asylum in laying hold
on the skirts of Thy pardon,
offenses have compelled me to beg the opening
of the doors of Thy forgiveness,
evildoing has summoned me to dismount
in the courtyard of Thy might,
fear of Thy vengeance has prompted me
to cling to the handhold of Thy tenderness!
It is not right for him who holds fast to Thy cord
to be abandoned,
nor proper for him who seeks the sanctuary of Thy might
to be surrendered or disregarded.
My God,
empty us not of Thy defending,
strip us not of Thy guarding,
and protect us from the roads of destruction,
for we are in Thy eye and under Thy wing!
I ask Thee
by those whom Thou hast singled out,
Thy angels and the righteous among Thy creatures,
to assign over us a protector through which Thou wilt
deliver us from destructions,
turn aside from us blights,
and hide us from the striking of great afflictions,
to send down upon us some of Thy tranquillity,
to wrap our faces in the lights of love for Thee,
to give us haven in Thy strong pillar,323
and to gather us under the wings of Thy preservation!
By Thy clemency and Thy mercy,
O Most Merciful of the merciful!

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In the Name of God, the All-merciful,
the All-compassionate

Your hope in my heart is the rarest treasure
Your Name on my tongue is the sweetest word
My choicest hours
Are the hours I spend with You --

O God, I can't live in this world
Without remembering You--
How can I endure the next world
Without seeing Your face?

I am a stranger in Your country
And lonely among Your worshippers:
This is the substance of my complaint.

-Excerpts from

Doorkeeper of the Heart
Versions of Rabi'a

Charles Upton

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Originally posted by R_B_B:
RUMI

Junaid

Hallaj

Rabia

to name a few.

Salaam,

"Sufi"? could any one enlighten me who do we mean using this term (I mean the definition of "Sufi") and is it different from "Muslim".

I have heard of "Irfan" and "Spirituality" that a Muslim practices and attains living within the boundaries of what has been prescribed by Islam and its shari'at.

I find Sa'di's below verse very inspiring:

If you look to your friend for his favours,
You are tied to yourself not to your friend
A breach of the Way it was if the saints
Desired of God aught other than God.

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