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Suf, Tasawwuf aur Mausiqi: Episode-1 (Fariduddin Ayaz)

We travelled by an auto rickshaw in the streets of Old Delhi, people from air conditioned SUVs rolled down their window to wish him with the humblest of salaams, he responded to them with his folded hands. Some strangers from the pavement recognized him at Connaught place and requested him to pray for them. He… continue reading

Music and Musicians of the court of Shah Jahan – A. Hatim.

The artists of the Qawwali school were Rauza Qawwal and Kalu Qawwal, the latter being a disciple of Sher Muhammad.
There were only two court musicians representing the Persian school of music, Muhammad Baqi Mughal, a good composer whose accomplishments declined owing to his taking too much opium, and Mir Imad, also a musician-composer, a Sayyid of Herat whose father had migrated from Central Asia.

Chandar Bhan Brahman-Iqbal Husain

Maraa dilest ba-kufr-aashnaa ki chandii.n baar
Ba-kaabaa burdam-o-baazash barhaman aawardam
“I possess the heart of an infidel. Many a time I took it to the Ka’ba but always brought it back a Brahman”.

शैख़-ए-तरीक़त हज़रत सय्यद अ’ल्लामा मोहम्मद अ’ली शाह मयकश रहमतुल्लाह अलै’ह-सवानेह और किरदार

हुल्या देखो तो ठेठ अकबराबादी और दिल टटोलो तो मक्की मदनी-ओ-बग़दादी-ओ-अजमेरी। मयकश साहिब शाइ’री में इस क़द्र सही मज़ाक़ और लतीफ़ तबीअ’त रखते हैं कि बस उसके आगे ख़ुदा का ही नाम है।
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हज़रत शैख़ बू-अ’ली शाह क़लंदर

नाम-ओ-नसबः- नाम शैख़ शर्फ़ुद्दीन और लक़ब बू-अ’ली क़लंदर था।इमाम-ए-आ’ज़म अबू हनीफ़ा की औलाद से थे।सिलसिला-ए-नसब ये है।शैख़ शर्फ़ुद्दीन बू-अ’ली क़लंदर बिन सालार फ़ख़्रुद्दीन बिन सालार हसन बिन सालार अ’ज़ीज़ अबू बक्र ग़ाज़ी बिन फ़ारस बिन अ’ब्दुर्रहीम बिन मोहम्मद बिन वानिक बिन इमाम-ए-आ’ज़म अबू हनीफ़ा। इनके वालिद सन 600 हिज्री में इ’राक़ से हिंदुस्तान आए।वो बड़े… continue reading

Modern Tales Of Mulla Naseeruddin-11

Every morning she went out to ‘meet’ the Mevlana. Read Coleman Barks’ translation of Mevlana’s works and Brad Gooch’s account of Rumi’s life for hours while sitting on the floor. I did the same for almost six hours the previous day there, so I could feel the way she had felt.