Ajmer Sharif (may God increase its eminence)

Aasra hai ghareebon ka ghar aap ka
sajda gah e jahan sang e dar aap ka
hai nishan e Haram, hai zameen ka bharam
aastan aap ka Khawaja Hind ul Wali!

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Love for You Took Away My Rosary

Love for you took away my rosary and gave verses and songs; I
cried “No strength (save with God)” and repented oft, but my
heart did not heed.
At Love’s hand I became a singer of odes, hand-clapping; love
for you consumed reputation and shame and all that I possessed.
Once I was chaste and self-denying and firm-footed as a
mountain; [...]

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Mander on the Homogenization of Global Consciousness

“One of the main goals of economic globalization is that every place on earth should be more or less like every other place. Whether it’s the US, Europe, or once-distant places like Asia, Africa, or South America, all countries are meant to develop the same way. The same franchise fast food, the same films and [...]

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The Station of No Station

The name and sign of the sage do not appear
‘Tis not wisdom to be “son of such- and- such”
Who leaves his place has no space
The people of Truth possess no signs
They leave no trace that they should be known by their trace
They raise no dust that they should be known by their dust
Do not think [...]

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Love is a Lion

In God’s eyes, whoever has no tint of Love is
naught but wood and stone.
Love wrings water from rocks, Love cleans
rust from mirrors.
Unbelief has come in war, faith in peace – Love
strikes a fire to both peace and war.
In the ocean of the heart Love opens its mouth
and like a whale swallows down the two worlds.
Love [...]

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Clarification on Shahab Sahib (ra)

Visitors to this blog will know that I have posted a number of pieces on the life and teachings of Qudratullah Shahab (ra) in the past and I can say (based on the feedback I get) that these posts of been very popular with people. To my mind this is an indication of the immense [...]

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