Abd-al-Rahman

Abd-al-Rahman (d. 1709) (Rahman Baba) was an Indian Sufi writer and mystic of Chisti order. He is known for his uniquely sad and ascetic poetry.

Wisdom & Quotes

• O Palm, thou art a stranger in the West,

Far from thy Orient home, like me unblest,
Weep! But thou canst not, dumb, dejected tree,
Thou art not made to sympathise with me.
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But yonder tall groves thou rememberest not,
As I, in hating foes, have my old friends forgot.

Samuel Johnson