Sufism Quotes

Sufism has always had the function of purifying Islamic ethics and that fasting and tazkiya is like lighting a lamp.

Things which are seemingly opposed may in fact be working together

Saying of the ProphetDeathDie before your death.

A Sufi is one who is not bound by anything nor does he bind anything

Those who say ‘I am ready to learn’, or ‘I am not ready to learn’ are as often mistaken as they are correct in their surmise.

The aspirant has to be guided by a mentor. The stage at which this guidance can take effect is seldom, if ever, perceptible to the learner.

Debating whether one trusts or not is a sign that one does not want to trust at all, and therefore is still incapable of it.

Do not dwell upon whether you will put yourself into the hands of a teacher. You are always in his hands.

If you forsake a path, it is because you were hoping for conviction from it. You seek conviction, not self-knowledge.

Understanding and knowledge are completely different sensations in the realm of Truth than they are in the realm of society.

Unbelief and belief are both marching on His road, while both are saying, ‘He is one and He has no associates’.

The secret protects itself. It is found only in the spirit and practice of the Work.

When you feel least interested in following the Way which you have entered, this may be the time when it is most appropriate for you.

When you get a principle on which everyone is agreed, you get the beginning of complacency and deterioration.

The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss.

Practise your knowledge, for knowledge without practice is a body without life

The totality of life cannot be understood, so runs Sufi teaching, if it is studied only through the methods which we use in everyday living.

The pathways into Sufic thinking are, it is traditionally said, almost as varied as the number of Sufis in existence.

At His door, what is the difference between Muslim and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought.

Saying of the Prophet.Ink and Blood:The ink of the learned is holier than the blood of the martyr.

At His door, what is the difference between Moslem and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought.

It is necessary to note, " says Rumi, "that opposite things work together, even though nominally opposed" (Fihi Ma Fihi).

The selection and following of a spiritual guide is the most important duty of a Sufi.

And Rumi tells us, ‘Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue’.

Q: How can I help myself?A: By remembering the proverb: ‘The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service’, from Saadi.

God provides the food, men provide the cooks.

Everything man needs is in the world.

The great poet Hafiz says that you should dye your prayer-carpet with wine if your teacher tells you to do so.

The skilled artisan uses the same iron to make a horseshoeAs he does for a polished mirror for the King.

Hariri says, in his Maqamat: ‘Safety is on the river’s BANK.

Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied.

Nothing can defile the Sufi, and he in fact purifies everything.” Abu-Turab al-Nakhsabi.

Satisfaction is a treasure which does not decay.Proverb

He who is fortunately enlightened [the Sufi]Knows that sophistry is from the devil and love from Adam.

The hearts of the noble are the graves of confidences.

SOVEREIGNTYSovereignty is a wind of change. (Hariri)

Sufism is the essence of all religions.

There are as many paths to Truth as there are souls of men.

The bowl is warmer than the soup.

Before the antidote arrives from Iraq The man with snake-bite will be dead.

He who sleeps on the Road will lose either his hat or his head.

Angels are the powers hidden in the faculties and organs of man

Sandals. The Sufi teacher Ghulam-Shah was asked what pattern he used in formulating his courses for disciples. He said: 'Barefoot until you can get sandals, sandals until you can manage boots.

We seek the fire of the spark that is already within us.

Careful preparation is necessary before people can perceive something which is there all the time.

All forms are limited. Some of the limitations are time, place, culture, language.

That which is capable of perceiving objective reality is, in Sufism, the human soul (ruh).

Sufis hold that the superior experience and knowledge comes to a man or woman in exact accordance with his worth, capacity, and earning of it.

Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests.

If you are 'humble', it may help you in ordinary life. If you are not, you will get nowhere in higher things.