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علم سے حب رکھنے سے بہتر ہے کا حب کا علم سکھا جائے-
محبّت ایک سوال ہے جس کا جواب صرف محبّت ہے -
علم اتنا  ہی معزز ہو گا جتنا اس کا معلوم-
علم …وصل ے معلوم تک ہے – جس کے بعد اگر اختیار کیا جائے تو قا طہ وصل اور جہالت ہے -
حضرت خادم محبّت

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Continuing the series of images from the Shaykh’s room. Here’s a few verses from the renowned sufi poet of the Punjab Hz Bulle Shah (ra).
The verses mean:
Repetition of the Alif* leads to freedom
From this Alif came the twos, threes and fours
then came the the hundreds thousands and millions
multipying then into the countless things
but the secret [...]

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Insha’Allah I hope to put up some pics that graced the walls of Hz Khadim-e-Mohabbat (ra). He was very fond of pics of the awliya. To start off though here’s something that a dervish from Sindh who came to visit the shaykh presented to him. The words are in Sindhi and mean: “O Allah only [...]

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The master, Hz Khadim-e-Mohabbat, departed from this realm on the 12th of December 1988. Thus today is the twentieth anniversary of his passing. In accordance with sufi custom his Urs is celebrated every year at his tomb in Jhelum, Pakistan. What can a poor lowly beggar offer to a King? These words of Hz Mawlana [...]

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Even the Ism al-Azam (Greatest Name) as far as it is only a Name is not beneficial untill and unless its remembrance is in accordance with the courtesies and demands of the Remembered. All this is only possible when one receives knowledge of this Name (directly) which in turn is only possible when knows the [...]

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There have been requests for more sayings of Hz Khadim-e- Mohabbat (ra). Unfortunately heedlessness has prevented me from complying with this so far. Here then are few more gems from the Master.
- The lack of action (amal) gives birth to verbal incontinence (jaryan e kalam); jaryan* is an illness which is an enemy to manhood.
- [...]

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Work was undertaken to decorate the mizaar sharif of Hz Khadim-e-Mohabbat (RA) recently. Below are a few pictures of the new look.

Outer view of tile work.

View of ceiling.

Close up of Masnavi verses on front wall.

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Urs of Hz Mawlana Rumi (RA)

17th December is the Urs of Hz Mawlana Rumi (RA). People of various religious beliefs and cultural backgrounds gather in Konya every year to pay tribute to this poetic and spiritual genius. Mawlana has touched the hearts of millions and his words are a constant reminder to us of the one thing [...]

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Here are the words to the poem of Hz Amir Khusro sung in the qawwali below. I have taken this poem with the translation from the Amir Khusro website. This is the main poem of the qawwali but as usual Nusrat brings in others too.
Chaap tilak sab cheeni ray mosay naina milaikay
Chaap tilak [...]

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These verses of Hz Amir Khusro really sum up what happens when one encounters a genuine spiritual master. Nothing is ever the same again. This rendition by Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali and Party is also a classic.

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