Early Life of Mevlana Rumi
Rumi was born on September 30, 1207 at Balkh, in the Iranian region of Khorasan, part of the current territory...
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Youth and Old Age: Kalam Hafiz Shirazi
I desire that destiny would end this havoc And give us lovers their due credit. In my youth, I had...
Ustad Mehmood Ghaznavi Sabri Qawwal – Letter by Wazir Dayers
Dear Brother W, Before I send you some more Qawwal Bachche qawwali I send you a number of pictures...
Story from Kashf ul Mahjoob by Hazrat Ali Hujwiri R.A.
In Kashf ul Mahjoob , Hazrat Ali Hujwiri R.A. narrates story of a pious women, who with her husband used to...
History of the Qawwal Bachchon ka Gharana: Letter by Wazir Dayers
Dear Brother W, Thanks for your kind reply. Since you don’t know Ustad Bahauddin Khan Qawwal, I hope...
You are me I am you: Verses by Baba Ravidass Sahib
Tohi mohi mohi tohi, Antar kaisa. Kanak katik jaltarang jaisa…. Translation You are me I am you what is...
Love cannot be explained: Rumi Quote
Love cannot be explained. Love can only be experienced. Love cannot be explained, Yet love explains everything. – Mevlana Rumi...
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Meets Javed Akhtar Sahib
In 1996, Nusrat Sahib traveled across the border to meet Javed Akhtar in Mumbai, which led to one of...
Moinuddin Chishti R.A. on Imam Hussain R.A.: Letter by Wazir Dayers
Dear Brother W, The first ten days of the month Muharram are a time of mourning the suffering and martyrdom...
Rumi on Imam Hassan and Hussain R.A.
Oh Murtaza of Love, My Shams Tabraiz, just look at me! I am like Hussain R.A., sitting in my own...
Gharib-o-Saada-ae-Rangeen hay Daastan-e-Haram: Iqbal’s praise of Imam Hussain R.A.
Gharib-o-Saada-ae-Rangeen hay Daastan-e-Haram Nihayet iski Hussain, ibtida hay Ismail. – Dr. Allama Iqbal The story of Kaaba remains straightforward,...
The Noor of Muhammad S.A.W. – Letter by Wazir Dayers
Dear Brother, At the end of the ālāp of the splendid naat “Ya Mustafa, Noor-ul-Huda, Sani Tera Koi...
A Princess and an Old Lady : Miniature Painting Lucknow
A PRINCESS AND AN OLD LADY Opaque watercolour on paper Provincial Mughal, probably Lucknow i c. 1760 The theme...
Smiling in Sunnah
“When you smile to your brother’s face, even it is charity [a good act].” – Prophet Muhammad S.A.W. Here...
Hans Raj Hans visits Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Tomb
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s family migrated from Jalendhar India and settled in Layalpur/Loyalpoor Pakistan [now Faisalabad]. Nusrat Sahib performed...
Eid: A Commemoration of Prophet Abraham’s sacrifice
Eid-al-Azha is here, which commentates the Sunnah of Hazrat Ibrahim A.S, also known as Prophet Abraham in West. Hazrat Ibrahim is...
Ni Main Jana Jogi De Naal”: Explaining Ahad and Ahmad: Letter by Wazir Dayers
Dear Brother W, In the Nusrat Fateh Khan Qawwali “Ni Main Jana Jogi De Naal [Full Version 29 minutes] below, the...
Listen to the Reed: Prologue of Mevlana Rumi’s Masnavi
Mevlana Rumi, like many other Sufis of Islam, was a religious scholar renowned for his knowledge of deen. But it was...
Zafar , Aadmi Usko Na Janiyegaa: Kalam Bahadur Shah Zafar [with translation]
Zafar , Aadmi Usko Na Janiyegaa: Kalam Bahadur Shah Zafar Zafar, Aadmi Usko Na Janiyegaa Ho Wo Kitna Hee, Sahab-E-Fehm-O-Zaka...
Allama Iqbal on Shakespeare, Rumi and Jesus
“To explain the deepest truths of life in the form of homely parables requires extraordinary genius. Shakespeare, Maulana Rum (Jalaluddin)...
