9 Quotes by Pir Zia Inayat Khan

To attain the reality of unity, the believer must undergo deeper and deeper self-forgetting in the remembrance of God. There is no god but God now comes to mean, "there is no existing thing but God." Someone asked Sa'd ad-din Hamuya, "What is God?" He answered, "That which exists is God." The questioner asked, "What is the world?" He answered, "Nothing exists but God." (p. 225)

The journey to God has an end, but the journey in God is endless. (p. 39)

The Messenger said, "The human heart is the House of the All-Merciful." (p. 249)

Knowledge of the Supreme brings immortality. "The wise one - He is not born, He does not die." For one who has died before death, the death of the body is merely a formality. To live in God is to live an endless Life. (p. 38)

For Sufis, the primary zikr, or practice of divine remembrance, is La ilaha illa'Llah, which means in Arabic, "no god but God." Azar Kayvan taught his disciples to recite Nist hasti magar Yazdan, which means in Persian "no existence but God." (p. 93)

The Messenger said, „Love is fire. When it befalls the heart it burns away all but the Beloved.“ (p. 117)

The flame of the mystic‘s heart is love of God and compassion for all of God‘s creatures […] the gnostic‘s love for humanity engulfs the entire world. Distinctions are of no account in this love. The gnostic invokes God‘s mercy equally on sinners and saints, men and women, and people of all races, nations and religions. (p. 199)

All of the prophets and prophetesses of the world have given one message, and the essence of that message is a call to remembrance, a call to remember that we are not here for ourselves. That we are here to serve, and remember, and glorify the one being.

Es mag genügen zu sagen, dass kein Wort, dass jemals aufgeschrieben wurde, wirklich verloren ist - sofern man weiß, wo man es finden kann. Wa Allahu a'lam.