The word ‘Sufi’ is derived from the Arabic word ’suf’ which means wool. Sufi songs resembles a path of devotion and love which leads to none other than God himself. A person can strives towards intimate knowledge or communion with God through listening to Sufi Songs.

The legends of the soulful sufi music are Abida Parvin, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Sabri Brothers, Wadali Brothers, Kailash Kher and others. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, who is a nephew of Late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, has also became famous after rendering several hit sufi kind of songs in many bollywood movies.

Some of the hit sufi songs of bollywood movies are:

1. Teeja tera rang tha main to jiya tere dhang se main to tu hi tha maula tu hi aan maula mere le le meri jaan - Chak De India
2. Aankhein teri kitni haseen ke inka aashiq main ban gaya hoon mujhko chuppa le inme tu ishq hai maula mere maula mere - Anwar
3. Lagan laagi tumse mann ki lagan gali gali ghoome dil tujhe dhoonde tere bin tarse nayan - Paap
4. Tujhe dekh dekh sona tujhe dekh kar hai jagna maine yeh zindagani sang tere bitaani tujhme basi hai meri jaan hai jiya dhadhak dhadhak jaaye - Kalyug
5. Allah ke bande hansde aalah ke bande allah ke bande hansde jo bhi ho kal fir aayega - Waisa Bhi Hota Hai
6. Roothe yaar nu mana le jaadogariyan rab aape man jaavega - Kacche Dhaage
7. Mere mann yeh bata de tu kis aur chala hai tu kya paaya nahi tune kya dhoondh raha hai tu jo hai ansuni jo hai ankahee woh baat kya hai bata mitwaa kahein dhadhkanein tujhse kya - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
8. Ore piya ore piya - Aaja Nachle