I looked for Him on the Christian cross, But he was not there.
I went to Hindu temples and shrines – but nothing.
I visited the Ka’aba in Makkah, I did not find Him.
I questioned learned scholars, but He outstripped their understanding.
Finally, when I peered into my own heart – there, and nowhere else, was His home.
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“During the day I praised you and I didn’t know
At night I laid with You and I didn’t know
I had thought that I was myself
but I was entirely You and I …

When Hadrat Ibrahim ibn Ad’ham (may Allah have mercy on him) left his kingdom and went away, a committee was formed to plan how to get him to return. A minister went to him and saw that he was sitting and had a simple blanket on him. The minister said: “Sir, the kingdom is in disarray, you should return.” Hadrat replied…

Shaykh Malik Bin Dinar (rahmatullah alayh) was one of the renowned of his time. It is said that in his early life, he was not a pious man and when someone asked him how he came to repent of his sins and abandon his evil ways, he related the following story about himself:

One day Hadhrat Bayazid Bastami rahmatullah alayhi while in meditation, saw himself in a synagogue dressed as a Jew. At first he was confused, but when he kept on seeing the same vision over and over again, he decided to enact it. So, he dressed himself as a Jew and went to their synagogue.

The story of Shah Abu Saeed Gangohi is well known, in summary, the story is that he went to Shah Nizamuddin Balkhi. When Shah Nizamuddin learned that his shaikh’s grandson was about to arrive, he set out to receive him from one of the stations