Great Sufi Wisdom
The voices of Punjab’s Sufi poets, carried forward.
ساڈی بولی، ساڈا ورثہ
Baba Farid, Shah Hussain, Sultan Bahu, Bulleh Shah, Waris Shah, Khawaja Ghulam Farid and Mian Muhammad Bakhsh — in the original Punjabi with English rendering and transliteration by Prof. Saeed Ahmad.
Saif-ul-Malook
A masterpiece, read line by line.
سیف الملوک
A reprint of the 1869 first edition, four companion books for reading the poem — and more than 150 weekly reading sessions of the Punjabi Sufi Sangat.
Punjabi Folk Wisdom
Five little books of big wisdom.
لوک دانش
Fables, Sheikh Saadi’s tales, tiny tales from Punjab and Kashmir and a picture dictionary for young readers — the set of 5 for Rs. 500.
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The series
Great Sufi Wisdom عظیم صوفی دانش
Featured edition
سیف الملوک و بدیع الجمال
Saif-ul-Malook · 1869 First Edition (Reprint)
The poem as its first readers held it
A reprint of the first edition of Saif-ul-Malook, printed in 1869 — Mian Muhammad Bakhsh’s masterpiece as its first generations read it, with the ornate lithographed cover of the original. Reprinted by Prof. Saeed Ahmad from his collection, which holds…
Rs. 1,000- From the collection of Prof. Saeed Ahmad
- Companion dictionary available
- Read along with the Sangat sessions
Verse of the day · Waris Shah
پہلے آپ ہے رب نے عشق کیتا، معشوق ہے نبی رسول میاںPehle aap hai Rabb ne ishq keeta, mashooq hai Nabi Rasool miyan
“it was the Lord Himself who loved first, and His beloved is the Prophet.”
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The Professor
A lifetime spent reading the poets with the people of Punjab.
Prof. Saeed Ahmad has spent decades translating, explaining and teaching the great Punjabi Sufi poets — from the Great Sufi Wisdom series, now read in French, Russian, Romanian and Kikongo, to more than 150 weekly sessions of Saif-ul-Malook with the Punjabi Sufi Sangat.
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Read the poets in their own words کلام
فریدا جو تیں مارن مُکیاں، تنہاں نہ ماریں گھُمFarida jo tain maran mukkian, tinhan na maarin ghumm