Nice Manqabat of Hz Khawaja Sahib (ra)

Came across this recently and liked it so I thought I’d share it with friends. The poet Noorani Mian hails from the famous spiritual line of Kichocha Sharif in India. Part 1 is found below and Part 2 here.

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Listen, O Drop!!

Listen, O drop, give yourself up without regret,
and in exchange gain the Ocean.
Listen, O drop, bestow upon yourself this honor,
and in the arms of the Sea be secure.
Who indeed should be so fortunate?
An Ocean wooing a drop!
In God’s name, in God’s name, sell and buy at once!
Give a drop, and take this Sea full of [...]

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How the Awliya are One

If ten lamps are present in one place,
each differs in form from another;
yet you can’t distinguish whose radiance is whose
when you focus on the light.
In the field of spirit there is no division;
no individuals exist.
Sweet is the oneness of the Friend with His friends.
Catch hold of spirit.
Help this headstrong self disintegrate;
that beneath it you may [...]

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Memorable Naat by Pir Naseeruddin (ra)

A few selected verses from this Naat by Pir sahib:
lo Madinay ki tajalli se lagay huwe hein
dil ko ik matlaya e anwar banay huwe hein
sharam e isyan se nehein samane jaya jata
ye be kaya kam hai tere sheher mein ayay huwe hein
hazir o nazir o noor o bashar o ghaib ko chor
shukr kar woh tere [...]

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Pir Naseeruddin Sings Kalam of Bedam Warsi

A great combination!

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Celebrate! The month of fasting has come.

Celebrate! The month of fasting has come.
Pleasant journey to the one
Who is the company of the fasting.
I climbed the roof to see the Moon,
Because I really missed fasting
By heart and soul.
I lost my hat while looking at the Moon.
the Sultan of fasting made me drunk.
O Muslims, I have been drunk
since that day I lost my [...]

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A Few Gems from Shaykh Ahmad Sam’ani (ra)

I first encountered Shaykh Ahmad Sam’ani’s beautiful book on the Divine Names many years ago through an article by Prof. William Chittick written as a response to comments by Pope John Paul II that the God of Islam was distant and unloving (not his exact words). This is a common criticism/misunderstanding of many Christians who [...]

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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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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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