Category Archives: Navid Zaidi

Silence is Golden

Posted on May 4, 2013 by sufiways

by Navid Zaidi چُپ کر کے کریں گزارے نوں سچ سن کے لوک نہ سہندے نیں سچ آکھیے تاں گل پیندے نیں پھر سچے پاس نہ بہندے نیں سچ مٹھا عاشق پیارے نوں چُپ کر کے کریں گزارے نوں Pass … Continue reading →

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Quest for Reality and the Meaning of Prayer

Posted on May 1, 2013 by sufiways

by Navid Zaidi The Sufi’s book is not composed of ink and letters: It is not but a heart white as snow. The scholar’s possession is pen-marks. What is the Sufi’s possession? – foot-marks. The Sufi stalks the game like … Continue reading →

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Existence and Nonexistence

Posted on April 20, 2013 by sufiways

by Navid Zaidi الف الله چنبے دی بوٹی ، میرے مرشد من وچ لائی هُو نفی اثبات دا پانی ملیا ، هر رگے هر جائی هُو ( Sultan Bahu) My Master has planted in my heart the jasmine of God’s … Continue reading →

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Ego’s Attachments

Posted on April 16, 2013 by sufiways

by Navid Zaidi مکّے  گیاں  گَل  مُکدی  ناهیں بهاویں  سَو  سَو  جُمعے  پڑہ  آئیے گنگا  گیاں  گل  مکدی  ناهیں بهاویں  سو سو  غوطے  کهایئے بُلّهے  شاه  گل  تیّوں  مکدی جے  ُمیں ُ  نوں  مَنوں  گوایئے Visiting Mecca will not give … Continue reading →

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Error is part of life

Posted on April 7, 2013 by sufiways

RUMI’S INVITATION by Navid Zaidi Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, Lover of leaving- it doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows A hundred times, a thousand times. Come, … Continue reading →

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