Poets · Mystics · Wanderers
The most radical, courageous, and loving thinkers our world has ever produced. Click any card to read their full story.
A Sufi In Action
He wrote no poetry and had little formal schooling. He simply did what his mother taught him: if you want to love God, do good for humanity. He built Pakistan's largest humanitarian organization on that one lesson.
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1877–1938 · Sialkot, Punjab
The Poet of the East — who dreamed of a humanity awakened to its divine potential
“Beyond the stars, there are other worlds still. There are still more trials of love ahead.”
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1207–1273 · Balkh (modern Afghanistan) / Konya (Turkey)
The greatest mystical poet in human history — whose love dissolved every border
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there.”
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1680–1757 · Uch Sharif, Punjab
The rebel saint who tore down every wall — caste, creed, and convention
“Tear down the mosque, tear down the temple, tear down everything in sight — but do not break a human heart, for that is …”
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1440–1518 · Varanasi, India
The weaver-saint who stitched together Islam and Hinduism with threads of pure truth
“I have been thinking of the difference between water and the waves on it. Rising, water still, water. Falling back, it i…”
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1048–1131 · Nishapur, Khorasan (modern Iran)
Mathematician, astronomer, and poet — who found God in a wine cup and eternity in a single moment
“I sent my Soul through the Invisible, some letter of that After-life to spell: and by and by my Soul return'd to me, and…”
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1538–1599 · Lahore, Punjab
The saint of Lahore who danced his way to God and scandalized everyone doing it
“Neither Hindu nor Muslim am I. I have taken the path of love and left both behind.”
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“The Sufi is the one whose thought keeps pace with the foot — present in every step, not lost in the destination.”
— Ibn Arabi