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Khanqah-e-Arifia

Nurturing Love, Peace, and Harmony

Khanqah-e- Arifia was established by Hazrat Makhdum Shah Arif Safi Mohammadi (d. 1903), a Great Sufi of the 19th century from the Allahabad region. Khanqah-e- Arifia has been spreading the message of love, peace, harmony, co-existence acceptance and tolerance and providing spiritual healing to the masses. Khanqah is located at Saiyed Sarawan, Kaushambi, Allahabad (India). It has been serving society through varied services since its establishment i.e. 1886. The current Sajjadah Nasheen (Successor) Sheikh Abu Saeed Shah Ehsanullah Mohammadi Safawi, distinguished Sufi has established a public charitable trust “Shah Safi Memorial Trust” in the year 2004, to disseminate the vision and mission of the Khanqah in more systematic and organized ways. Khanqah also runs a society namely Khanqah-e-Arifia Welfare Society which administered school i.e., St. Sarang Convent School and further activities of Khanqah.

Founder of Shah Safi Memorial Trust 

Sheikh Abu Saeed Shah Ehsanullah Mohammadi Safawi a Sufi, Preacher, Reformist and Peace Maker of current era. He is well-renowned Sufi in India and abroad. His magnetic personality, high moral values, exemplary character, and Sufi style of living attract people from all walks of life towards him. He believes in the traditional Islamic ideas.  

Shah Safi Memorial Trust

A Source of Inspiration

Shah Safi Memorial trust is a registered organization. It has many subsidiaries working on different areas such as Islamic education through accredited Madrasas and modern education through recognized Schools. It also has a media house and publication division. The trust emphasizes on the subjects which are seminally related to socially compelled elements.

Jamia Arifia

Encouraging Intellectual and Spiritual Growth

Jamia Arifia was established in the year 1993 with the aims to provide modern Islamic education and also bridge the gap between spirituality and intellectuality, orthodoxy and modernity. Jamia Arifia is recognized with several universities i.e., Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh Muslim University, Maulana Azad National Urdu University and Jamia Al-Azhar Egypt. Many of the students of Jamia Arifia are serving the society in different capacities such as religious and social reformers and preachers. More than 100 alumni are also pursuing higher education in different universities in India and abroad.

St. Sarang Convent School

A Beacon of Modern and Spiritual Education

St. Sarang Convent School, Saiyed Sarawan, Kaushambi was established in 2021. It is a need of time to establish an ideal English medium school with aims to provide and alternate platform to the community, who aligns the modern education vis a vis to spiritual and divine values. The mission of the school is to provide comprehensive, inclusive, accessible and affordable education for all.

Shah Safi Academy

A Haven of Sufi Literature and Research

Shah Safi Academy is a dedicated research and publication unit which publishes monthly and annual magazines and does research on authentic reference books like Khizr’e Rah (Monthly), Al-Ehsan (Annually), Majma As-Suluk, Risala Al-Makkiya, Fawaide Sadiya, Maraj Al-Bahrain etc. One of the objectives the publication unit is to provide authentic Arabic and Persian Sufi literature through translation in Urdu, Hindi and English.

Promoting Communal Harmony and Peace

The trust is tremendously determined to organize at least one program every month with aim to assemble for a divine blessings and purification. And organize two biannual programs on mass level on the occasion of Urs. The trust also organizes the national annual peace conference on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad SAW. Other aims of this program are to disseminate the message of peace, love, communal harmony and co-existence. 

Sufi Music (Sema) and Culture

One of the features of the Chishti chain is to conduct Sema. This Khanqah also organizes Sufi music (Sema) with an aim to save and preserve the real spirit of Sema and provide the platform to those people who seek spiritual enlightenment and upliftment through Sema.

Conference, Seminar and Workshops

Trust regularly organizes seminars, workshops, Conferences and Extension lectures on various current issues of Islam and spirituality in collaboration with other organizations and Institutions.

Other Social Activities and National Integration 

Trust also works for orphans’ education, facilitate marriage of needy people, distribute ration kits, cloths, medicine and volunteer services to the needy and in natural calamities. Trust also provides shelter and Langar (mess facility) for all. 

Khanqah has also been serving Langar (Mess facility) for Shah Safi Academy over 150 years availing more than 700 individuals. 

Shah Safi Memorial Trust

Delhi Unit

With branches across India, the Delhi unit of Shah Safi Memorial Trust actively upholds the trust's vision and mission through diverse activities, including organizing speeches, seminars, and Sufi spiritual programs, offering educational guidance, extending financial assistance to students in need, and fostering communal bonding through Langar on various occasions. In all its endeavors, Khanqah-e-Arifia and the Shah Safi Memorial Trust illuminate the path to love, peace, and harmony, empowering individuals to find spiritual solace and contribute to the betterment of society.