Ghazal by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani Sahib:

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What is that death, which does not grant the gift of Your vision?

The life that is not spent in Your longing, what kind of life is that?

Ruined are those gatherings in which there is no mention of You,

If it is devoid of Your remembrance, then what value does silence hold?

The knowledge that does not lead me to Your doorstep,

And does not give me Your trace, what worth does such awareness have?

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Book: Gosha-e-Tanhai (Poetry Collection)

(Page No. 115)

Author: Hazrat Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani Sahib