Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Sufiyana Qalam, Rohi Rang


sufiyana qalam gayaki continues to live in the interiors of Thar where ordinary desert denizens keep it alive

in tribute to two great ustads of sufiyana qalam gayaki in Pugal, Bikaner, Rajasthan

Mir-i-Aalam Ustad Allah Basaye Khan, Pugal, Bikaner




Maulvi Nathu Khan Sahib, Pugal, Bikaner

Know that hearts and consciences are treasuries of secrets and mines of jewels. Wrapped within them lie their jewels just as fire is enveloped in iron and stone, like water is concealed under dust and loam. There is no way of extracting such hidden things save by the flint and steel of audition to poetry and music (Sama), and there is no entrance to the heart except by the ante chamber of the ears. So musical tones,measured and pleasing, bring forth what is in it and make evident its beauties and defects.”


Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali,The Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya’ ‘ulum al-din) (d. 1111 CE)
 

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