Quote by Amir Khusrow: “The heart, like a mirror, reflects the beloved's face when polished clean.”

This metaphor suggests that inner purity and spiritual refinement allow one to perceive divine love or the true essence of the beloved. It emphasizes introspection and spiritual cleansing as prerequisites for deeper understanding and connection.

As a Sufi mystic and disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya, Khusrow's poetry often uses metaphors of love and spiritual purification to describe the path to divine realization, a core tenet of Sufism.

Indian Sufi musician, poet, and scholar born in 1253 in Patiali in present-day Uttar Pradesh, considered the father of qawwali music and one of the most important figures in the development of the Hindustani classical tradition. He wrote in both Persian and Hindi and is regarded as one of the greatest poets of the Delhi Sultanate period.