Abdul-Qādir Bedil

Mirza Abdul-Qādir Bedil, Mawlānā Abul-Ma'ālī Mīrzā Abdul-Qādir Bēdil (or Bīdel), also known as Bīdel Dehlavī (1644– 5 December 1720), was a Sufi saint and a remarkable poet from the Indian subcontinent.

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 * It's in your nature to accept advice readily so don't fail in reaping benefit through me, This collection of our thought is open to all: so, read it and satisfy yourself completely.
 * Bedil: Selected Poems, p. 53

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 * Beauty, which the mirror of creation was beautifying, with a hundred thousand suns each atom caressing, despite its great glory was behind the unseen's veil... it did not know itself until humanity was blossoming.
 * Bedil: Selected Poems, p. 59

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 * In this sea where rise up storms of 'me' and 'we', some of the population find escaping not so easy. No one's should be burdened by carrying another, every wave is a bridge, to be crossing over...'me'.
 * Bedil: Selected Poems, p. 62