This is what Qawwali teaches us. That love for God, oneself, one’s passions and others is rooted in the destruction of ...
The much-anticipated Sufi Festival 2025 is set to take place at the historic Ahsan Manzil in Old Dhaka on Thursday (February 20). The festival will run from 10am to 9:30pm. For all latest news, follow ...
Sufi masters have instructed that it is advisable to busy the self with something worth doing. If not, the self shall busy you with something not worth your time. The profound wisdom of these words ...
Abida Parveen, born in 1954 in Larkana, is not just a name but an institution in the world of Sufi music. From an early age, her voice had begun garnering appreciation in her hometown, but it was her ...
Renowned poet Rumi's timeless wisdom suggests love isn't found externally but by dismantling internal barriers. His ...
When Aditya Dhar approached Satinder Sartaaj for the song, their conversation went beyond music. The Sufi icon also brought ...
Affan Yesvi is a Sufi scholar, columnist, and entrepreneur. As a descendant of the 11th-century Sufi saint, Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi - a mystic, poet, and founder of the Yasaviyya Sufi order in Central ...
Sufi singer-composer Bismil is set to embark on a global tour of ‘Bismil ki Mehfil’. The tour will cover ten cities across the US and Canada. The tour will start on April 27 in New York, followed by ...
one cannot blame Bollywood entirely for having taken the music form and adapted it according to its needs. Having laid that to rest, MensXP brings you the 10 best Sufi songs in Bollywood. We start off ...
Drumming, dancing, and bright lights. Pakistan’s centuries-old tradition of honoring Sufi saints comes alive during annual festivals known as Urs. In the eastern city of Lahore, as many as one million ...
Mohammad Nooraee knew exactly what he needed when Brandeis University students asked him to distill the essence of Sufism, an Islamic mystical tradition. Nooraee, director of the Nimatullahi Sufi ...
When radical Islamists lash out at cultural sites they consider un-Islamic, a frequent target is Sufi Islam shrines. Islamists in Tunisia have attacked almost 40 Sufi shrines in recent months, Sufi ...