The islamic Path

How can people in this world grasp his reality? They, who are asleep and pleased by dreams from him. How beautiful what has been said about his reality! 'Your Light is everything and everything else is particles.' O Prophet, your soldiers in any time are your Companions. Imam Busayri, (al Burda)

“I will cry to Thee, and cry to Thee, and cry to Thee, until the milk of Thy kindness boils up.” Hazrat Jalal Udin Rumi ra

Maturity cannot be achieved alone. There is a need for guidance and discipline. The path is unknown, the night is dark, and the road full of danger. Dangers included preoccupation with selfishness, false visions, misinterpretations of mystical states, arrest in development, fixation in a particular state, appeal to various drugs to create false mystical experiences and not infrequently, overwhelming anxiety and insanity... Mohammad Shafi

Dance, dervish dance—- bring the face of god before you. only love can lift the heart up so high that its true color is restored by the sun! see him near and clapping, that perfect one who fathers divine rhythm. O Dance, dervish dance, and know you bring your master happiness whenever you smile. last night so many tears took flight because of joy that the sky god crowded and complained when I discovered god hiding again in my heart and I could not cease to celebrate... Hafiz

سورة القدر 1 إِنَّا أَنزَلْنَاهُ فِي لَيْلَةِ الْقَدْرِ Lo! We revealed it on the Night of Predestination. 2 وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Night of Power is! 3 لَيْلَةُ الْقَدْرِ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أَلْفِ شَهْرٍ The Night of Power is better than a thousand months. 4 تَنَزَّلُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالرُّوحُ فِيهَا بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهِم مِّن كُلِّ أَمْرٍ The angels and the Spirit descend therein, by the permission of their Lord, with all decrees. 5 سَلَامٌ هِيَ حَتَّىٰ مَطْلَعِ الْفَجْرِ (

Lovers die a different death at every moment And the kinds of death they die are not just one Thus the Sufi dies at every moment... Hazrat jalal Udin Rumi ra

This magnificent refuge is inside you. Enter. Shatter the darkness that shrouds the doorway… Be bold. Be humble. Put away the incense and forget the incantations they taught you. Ask no permission from the authorities. Close your eyes and follow your breath to the still place that leads to the invisible path that leads you home... St. Teresa of Avila’s spiritual instruction

[There is a] falling away of the ego-center, which leaves us looking into a dark hole, a void or empty space in ourselves. Without the veil of the ego-center, we do not recognize the divine; it is not as we thought it should be. Seeing the divine, eye to eye, is a reality that shatters our expectations of light and bliss. From here on we must feel our way in the dark, and the special eye that allows us to see in the dark opens at this time... Bernadette Roberts, a contemporary Christian mystic

wo kah bhi gaye aur khuch na kaha hum sun bhi liay aur kuch na suna hona tu phir bhi wo jo tunay likh diya ab kahna kaisa aur sunana kiya suna tha yeh shab tu hazroon baras ki thi ghari main he guzar gye ab diya jalana kaisa ... by Shahzad Khan

Whoever seeks Me will find Me. Whoever I love, I will kill , and Whoever I kill, his blood money will I pay, I Myself and his blood money... Hadith of the Prophet Mohammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam

I am afraid that my tears might tear away the veil of my grief… that this hidden secret might become the world’s fable. They say that a stone becomes a ruby when it attains the stage of Patience. Certainly it does! – but only with blood... Hafiz

“There has to be blood, there has to be blood ………..if you are not bleeding you are not a Sufi, you are reading books on Sufism, listening to music on Sufism but being a Sufi is bleeding and loving and dying and coming alive….” Abu saeed abil khair

al-Quds Day /Jumat-ul-Wida ... Juma-tul-Wida is the Last Friday of Ramadan. The Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) said” any one who worships Allah in Friday will receive protection from Allah for the entire week”. The importance of Friday is more then other days of the week. The Prophet Mohammad said: “Allah Almighty forgives the sins committed between two Fridays of the one who performs his Friday Namaaz regularly”. Juma-tu-Wida is the day of acceptance of prays (Dua). Sayyid Ibn Tawus and Shaykh al-Saduq have both narrated the following on the authority of Jabir ibn `Abdullah al-Ansariy: I visited the Messenger of Allah (a.s) on the last Friday of Ramadan. As he saw me, he said, “Jabir: This is the last Friday of Ramadan. You should thus bid it farewell by saying the following: اللّهُمّ لا تَجْعَلهُ آخِرَ العَهْدِ مِنْ صِيَامِنَا إِيَّاهُ (allahumma la taj`alhu akhira al`ahdi min siyamina iyyahu) “O Allah: (please) do not make it the last of our fasting in this month;” فَإِنْ جَعَلْت...

As long as you have breath, as long as the sun shines, and the trees and the grass sustain life, no dreams are too huge to come alive...

“There once was a King who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists tried. The King looked at all the pictures, but there were only two he really liked and he had to choose between them. One picture was of a calm lake. The lake was a perfect mirror, for peaceful towering mountains were all around it. Overhead was a blue sky with fluffy white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a perfect picture of peace. The other picture had mountains too. But these were rugged and bare. Above was an angry sky from which rain fell and in which lightening played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall. This did not look peaceful at all. But when the King looked, he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. There, in the midst of the rush of angry water, sat the mother bird on her nest… perfect peace. Which picture do you think won the prize? The Ki...

I drew the image of Your Beautiful Face on the house of my heart The house was wrecked but the drawing remained on that wall... Rahmat Ali Shah

What provisions do I need for the Journey? None save to leave my abode, casting aside my possessions I melt in Your presence... Hakim Sinai

Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees... Hazrat jalal Udin Rumi

Shahaadat hai matloob-o-maqsood-e-momin Na maal-e-ghaneemant na kishwar kushai Its shahaadat (being a helping hand to Allah’s ultimate cause of welfare) that is the desire and intention of a momin; neither material gain nor worldly applause... Allama Iqbal

Look at me as many times as you wish, but you won’t get to know me; since you have last seen me, I’ve changed a hundred times. Come into my eyes, and look at me through them’ for I have chose a Home far beyond what eyes can see. You’re happy headed and dead drunk’ but I am a happy, headless drunk. You’re a laughing lover, but I’ve been laughing without a sound. Hazrat Jalal Uddin Rumi ra

The wisest mind has something yet to learn...

All year round the lover is mad, Unkempt, lovesick and in disgrace. Without love there is nothing but grief. In love… what else matters? Hazrat Jalal Udin Rumi ra

... All is movement Nothing is ever the same. When mind and heart are still, the Gaze of the inner eyes is pulled within the Light of the Eternal Calm...

In the body or out of the body, my soul and spirit are free. Praise heaven for this mystery and for the love that dwells within my heart. The fire in my chest never dies, and my heart is ever awake. My outer life has vanished, but love’s breath still breathes for me. Last night, within my heart. I heard your whispers of love, and my heart is still quivering to know you were there... Hafiz

Last night before dawn, freedom from all suffering They gave me; In the darkness of night, Water of Life-everlasting, They gave me. What a fortunate dawn and joyful night was that Night of Power When the Supreme Authority of God's Commanding They gave me. Hafiz, rejoice, rejoice then thankfully scatter the sugar of thanks: Realization of the Divine Beloved, sweetly swaying, They gave me... Hafiz

The heart was essentially created for making rounds (tawaf) of the love of God... Khawaja Moinuddin chishti ra

Feed your heart on the love of God that you may become immortal, and your face illumined with Divine Light... Hazrat Jalal Udin Rumi ra

A murid said to his pir: ‘What am I to do? I am troubled by the people, many of whom pay me visits. By their coming and going they encroach upon my precious time.’ He replied: ‘Lend something to every one of them who is poor and ask something from every one who is rich and they will come round thee no more.’ Hazrat Sheikh Saadi ra

Nushirvan was riding his horse with the speed of an arrow when he saw in the road an old man [bent] like a bow. The old man was planting a number of trees. The king said to him: “Since thy hair has turned to milk, And since thou wilt remain only a few more days, why art thou planting trees here?” The old man replied: “There is reason enough. Since many have planted for us, So that today we have the benefit thereof, we too are planting for others. One should take each step in accordance with one’s capacity, for in every step there should be order. The king was pleased with the old man’s speech. He filled his hand with gold and said: “Take this.” The old man said to him: “victorious king, already today my trees have borne fruit. For If I live to be over seventy thou knowest that I have not fared badly by this planting. The planting did not make me wait ten years; it has borne gold as fruit this very day.” The king was even more pleased with this reply of his, and he b...

My soul is like a young doe-eyed maid with lips still bruised from last night’s Divine Passion but my Master makes me live like a humble servant when any king would trade his throne for the splendor my eye can see... Hafiz

My heart sits on the arm of God like a tethered falcon suddenly unhooded. I am now blessedly crazed because my Master’s astounding effulgence is in constant view. My piercing eyes, which have searched every world for tenderness and love, now lock on the Royal Target - the Wild Holy One whose beauty illuminates Existence! Hafiz

In the morning when I began to wake, it happened again - that feeling that You, Beloved, had stood over me all night keeping watch, that feeling that as soon as I began to stir You put Your lips on my forehead and lit a Holy Lamp inside my heart... Hafiz

Burden bearing camels are the most common camel in Arab countries. You can see the difference in its larger size, its strength and its endurance. It can, in case of need, remain more than 2 months without drinking and 2 weeks without eating, although when given the chance it will drink and eat every day...An ordinary riding camel will normally proceed at about 5/6 kms/hour, its fastest racing speed being perhaps 20kms/hour, but a racing camel can reach 40km/hour, sometimes more. Their endurance is astonishing: although a good camel can cover 50 or 60 kms a day for several successive days, over 100kms in 12 hours is not extraordinary. A very good camel can cover 120 or 130kms in 12 hours. Some specially bred camels have been known to continue at racing speed for up to 18 hours. If you calculate the distance this covered, you can see just how valuable they were to the Bedouin and why they earned their name...Camel milk is more nutritious than cow's milk since it is heavy in protein....

Haiderium Qalandaram Mastam Banda-E-Murtaza 'Ali Haastam 'Ali shah hayder Imaman Kabira Ke ba'd az Nabi ('Alaihes Salto Salaam) shud Bashiran Nazira Zamin aasmaan arsh o kursi ze hukmash 'Ali daan ala kullay shay'in Qadeera... Hazrat Jami 'Alaiher Rehma

Those unable to grieve, or to speak of their love, or to be grateful, those who can’t remember God as the source of everything, might be described as a vacant wind, or a cold anvil, or a group of frightened old people. Say the Name. Moisten your tongue with praise, and be the spring ground, waking. Let your mouth be given its gold-yellow stamen like the wild rose’s. As you fill with wisdom, and your heart with love, there’s no more thirst. There’s only unselfed patience waiting on the doorsill, a silence which doesn’t listen to advice from people passing in the street... Hakim Sanai ra

“If I repent now will God forgive me? No, but if God forgives you, you will repent.” Hazrat Rabia Basri ra