Witnessing Light

Âyam be sar-e-kûye to pûyân pûyân Rukhsâr be âb-e-dîde shûyân shûyân Bîchâre rah-e wasl-e to jûyân jûyân Jân mîdeham o nâm-e to gûyân gûyân ...

What is the root of all conflict? Love? Money? Desire...? No! The root of all conflict is "me." The root of all conflict and e...

"You may attempt to do 100 things in this world, only Love will give you release from the bondage of yourself." - Jami (Sufi) If I...

The point is to remind us that we are free. And we are truly free when we are free of the entity that truly enslaves us: a sleeping mind

Imam al-Qastalani narrates in his Mawahib Ladunniyyah that when Nabi Muhammad( s.a.w.) died, his daughter, Sayyidah Fatimah (r.a.) took sand...

Ay dust hejaab-e to kasi nist to'i Andar rah-e to khaar o khasi nist to'i Goftam keh be ma'shuq rasam yaa narasam Az to bar ma...

Nothing left to hide, not anymore, so empty tonight is my heart's core; My sweetest dream a nightmare has become, I see no hope for the...

The following quotations of the scholars of Shariah regarding the precedence of the knowledge and science of Tasawwuf (Purification of the S...

Come and rest in my lap my child, No fear, no sadness here resides… This is and end much waited, No more tears for these eyes… Let me sing...

I'm not a loner. I just like to be alone when I am sad, and I am sad all the time.

the tearful eye, the noisy spirit are not enough, the accusation of hidden love is not enough, lets go today in the bazaar in chains, let...

"A woman's heart should be so lost in God, that a man must seek Him in order to find her" -anon.

I love... Waking up to your name Hearing your voice Feeling your body against mine Sensing your quiet demeanor Seeing your beautiful eyes ...

Sometimes in the night, I feel so strange, Nothing seems right I feel afraid, So I turn on all the lights I feel alone, And I stare with tr...

Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual." — Imam Al Ghazal...

Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star. - Confucius

Could one not imagine oneself in a state which compares to being awake, just as wakefulness compares to being asleep? Being awake would be l...

No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance. - Confucius

I slip in and out of the Sea at night with this Amazed soul I have. I am like a magnificent, magic ocean turtle Who sets aside his vast win...

Burning, burning, I drift and tread. Love spattered my body with blood. I'm not in my senses nor mad, Come, see what love has done to me...

When it seems That I will fall And everything Feels so wrong When I’m just Too weak within Lord your love Makes me strong..

Hide me as a secret that will never shine on lips like my words.

I envy the sand that met his feet I’m jealous of honey he tasted sweet Of birds that hovered above his head Of spiders who spun their sacred...

Last night I lost my grip on reality and welcomed insanity. Love saw me and said, I showed up. Wipe your tears and be silent. I said, O Love...

Love’s fire, for a lifetime, burned my heart and soul until the Beloved taught me the way of the lover. Love’s jealousy gave me no chance t...

Deficiency in the hope for Divine Forgiveness when error and sin are committedis a sign of reliance on one's virtuous deeds. In every si...

Hazrat Ali (RTA) narrated from The Prophet (SAW)[ peace be upon him]: The Arch Angel Gabriel said to me: “Love whom you would for you shall ...

BismillahirRahmanirRahim Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi, radhiAllahu anh, in Mabda wa Ma'ad "You may know that the obligation to the Shaykh ...

BismillahirRahmanirRahim “O people, by Allâh I have visited kings. I went to Caesar, Chosroes and the Negus, but by Allâh I never saw a king...

Friend! Nobody veils you, but yourself. In your path there is no thorn or weed, but yourself. You said: Shall I reach the Beloved or not?...

Life is an invitation; it asks to be discovered by the one who lives it. Often, I say to myself, "Go ahead and explore what you're...

Listen for the stream that tells you one thing. Die on this bank. Begin in me the way of rivers with the sea --Rumi I wonder from these thou...

This being human is a guest-house. Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpe...

Come closer so I can hear you breathe, the rhythm of your existence ever so sweet. Whirl in this melody, you are heavens treat, deep in my h...

The source of belief, is love. The source of proof, is doubt. Oh Lord, let love be sufficient for me, and make me not of those who require p...

My Master taught me a lesson: “Any moment you are negligent in remembrance of God is a moment spent in denial of God.” - Sultan Bahu , from ...

I have always known that at last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today. - Narihira (9th century Japan)...

I'm drowning in this, Falling apart in the mist, I'd rather see you one more time then die, I'd love to see you smile, To see th...

I am on a journey of love I am on a journey of love The journey that I am on has said to gain a lover Oh lovers let me find this supreme lov...

The butterfly throws itself into the burning fire If you must love, then you will need that much courage At each step, the heart is pushed t...

Like a quiet river, this song-of-mine is so deep and so silent and so wise, that I can only speak of it with my eyes.” —Heather K. O’Hara

Peace be unto thee, stranger, enter and be not afraid. I have left the gate open and thou art welcome to my home. There is room in my house ...

The entire world, in sama, whirls in ecstasy. But what in a mirror does a blind man see? Shaikh Sa'di of Shiraaz

The map of love has no cardinal points, for the compass of the lover directs only to the Beloved. When the lover meets the Beloved, the east...

I saw my Lord with the eye of my heart. I said ,” No doubt, You are the One, You are, You are “. You are the One that has sensed every “wher...

Your Soul was created on earth Solely to accompany my Soul Journeying on the ocean of life until the end What I need is not your mortal form...

When someone arrives at our door step,we know who sent him, so we can't refuse" Sulthanul Awliya Mawlana Syaikh Muhammad Nazim A...

"Do you think we came from the Divine Presence with our whole originality, our whole personality? Never. We are like one ray of the sun...

The heart of man has been constituted by the Almighty that, like a flint, it contains a hidden fire which is evoked by music and harmony and...

The Messenger of God said, "There are four kinds of hearts: There is a bare heart within which is a shining lamp, and this is the heart...

If you are coming here like this cup you are not taking anything. This cup is full. Whatever you put in, it is not going to take more. If yo...

If you could get rid Of yourself just once, The secret of secrets Would open to you. The face of the unknown, Hidden beyond the universe ...

The direction for kings is the crown and the belt; and the direction for the worldly-minded is gold and silver; and the direction for those ...

Heart has died. Thought I tried. Evil mind, So unkind, Stole you away. Not a day Passes by Without a sigh. Thinking of you. What sh...

Whatever I do, the responsibility is mine, but like one who plants an orchard, what comes of what I do, the fruit, will be for others. I off...

I want to beg of you much as I can to be patient toward all that's unsolved in your heart, and learn to love the questions themselves, l...

One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough. by Hafiz

As waves upon my head, the circling curl. So in this sacred dance, weave ye and whirl. Dance then O heart, a whirling circle be. Burn ...

Knowledge is like a lamp. Love is like the sun. Upon the rising of the sun, the lamp is rendered useless!

Until you see, how can you find? This is true for all but Lovers: For how can they seek the Beloved being Blind, Until they have discovered...

I have become drunk in the fermentation of Love. O Lord, what is to be done? My mind sees 2 but my heart sees 1.

O Giver of life! Grant me a life in Love! O Giver of death! Grants me a death in Love! And O Lover of ur Beloved! Raise me once ag...

The eye of the mind is blinded by reality, while the eye of the heart is enlightened by divinity. Yet still, both are limited by material...

The science of the heart is taught within the faculty of love.

The mind perceives fantasy while the heart experiences reality!

Is it not strange that the beauty of the sun can only be perceived from its reflection on the moon? Yet we say the moon is beautiful!

Love is the wine! The ego is the swine!

When two flames unite, a single fire is born! The flame is not the fire, nor is it other than the fire! by Zakir

Oh dreamer, be the dream! Oh lover, be the beloved! And Oh seeker, be the sought after!

The melody of love can only be heard by the heart.

Compassion be thy grape, the sweetest in taste, all harvested in respect for Thy sake. Matured over time, no doing of mine, let love be th...

When the madness, being love, enters the faculty of truth, being the heart, the heart is rendered mad, and love demonstrates the truth...

The difference between love and hate, is that one consumes the heart, while the other consumes the mind... by Zakir.

When I ask you to listen to me, And you start giving me advice, You have not done what I asked. When I ask that you listen to me, And you b...

It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad; and it is better still to sit with the good than alone. It is better to speak to a s...

They say the Sufi way is to give one’s life away. The Sufi way is to become a sultan on the throne of the soul. In the station of th...