I have heard a story. It happened in Ajmer… You must have heard about one Sufi mystic, Moinuddin Chishti, whose dargah, whose tomb, is in Ajmer. Chishti was a great mystic, one…
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In search of a master
There is a famous Sufi story: A man went in search of a Master. He was ready to go around the world, but he was determined to find the Master, the true…
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The holy shadow
Let me tell you a very famous Sufi story, “The Holy Shadow.” There once lived a saint so good that the angels came from heaven to see how a man could be…
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Way to be pure
It happened….A man used to come to a great saint, and he would always ask, ‘Sir, one thing puzzles me. You are so innocent, so pure, how is this possible? Suspicion arises…
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Meeting the dervish
I only long to meet a true friend of God.And wish to reach the presence of this friend.From grief, my heart won’t openWithout seeing the face of the friend. Many people wanted…
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The centuries-old tradition of Basant Panchami at Nizamuddin Dargah is so heartwarming!
Synopsis Basant Panchami, the Hindu festival that marks the onset of spring, is dedicated to Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, and art. On this auspicious day, devotees adorn themselves in…
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The sufi philosophy of personal experience
This interchange between the Sufi mystic, Simab, and a nobleman named Mulakab, is as a preserved in oral transmission staged by wandering dervishes. dialogue often Mulakab: ‘Tell me something of your philosophy…
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God is you as you would like to be
Now this small parable. Imam Muhammed Baqir is said to have related this illustrative fable: ‘Finding I could speak the language of ants, I approached one and enquired, “What is God like?…
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Simple thinking
A certain man who was fond of studying all kinds of systems of thought wrote to a Dervish Master, Abdul-Aziz of Mecca, asking whether he could talk to him in order to…
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Saving from peril
Hasan of Basra relates: ‘I had convinced myself that I was a man of humility and less than humble in my thoughts and conduct to others. ‘Then one day I was standing…