The Sound of the whirling dervishes

Sufi music or mystical music is an expression of love, devotion and connection with God. It often throws listeners into the realm of ecstasy. Though various in form, these acts of expressions are common in the peaceful search for the Divine and breed a mystical unity among different schools of thoughts. Subcontinent (India and Pakistan) [...]

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Nasir Khusraw – The Splendour of Wisdom

(He who seeks- shall find)- Sufi Proverb The area of Badakhshan (Eastern Afghanistan, Southern Tajikistan and Northern Pakistan) is blessed with the highest mountain peaks: Lenin Peak, Tirichmir Peak, Pamir Peaks and so on but there is no Mountain high enough to praise Nasir khusraw’s personality, even writers find themselves dumb whilst praising him. Ocean [...]

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Ma’n Kuntu Mawlahu, Faha’za Ali’un Mawla

Ma’n Kuntu Mawlahu, Faha’za Ali’un Mawla  [ He of whom I am the Mawla, of him Ali is also the Mawla]- Hadith Dr Allama Iqbal says, “O’ Allah, what an exalted position Imam Husayn possessed, as his illustrious father (Imam Ali) was the first letter of the Qur’an! A tradition says that Imam Ali said, [...]

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” DOT” / NUQTA IN SUFISM

INSPIRED BY THE PHILOSOPHY OF ” DOT” / NUQTA IN SUFISM Bulleh Shah- Pharh Nukta Chourh Hisabaan Nu Chadd Dozakh Gor Azaabaan Nu Kar Bund Kufar Diyaan Baabaan Nu Ker Saaf Dile Diyan Khuwabaan Nu Gal Aise Ghar Vich Dhukdi Eh Ik Nukte Vich Gahl Mukdi Eh Hold tight to this point, forget your calculations, [...]

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