927 Quotes About Sufism

Like the bat, the Sufi is asleep to 'things of the day' - the familiar struggle for existence which the ordinary man finds all-important - and vigilant while others are asleep. In other words, he keeps awake the spiritual attention dormant in others. That 'mankind sleeps in a nightmare of unfulfillment' is a commonplace of Sufi literature

Öldüğümüzde mezarımızı toprakta değil, insanların kalbinde arayın.

Whoever enters the Way without a guide will take a hundred years to travel a two-day journey. . . . – Rumi (p. 123)

The Sufi‘s book is not composed of ink and letters: It is naught but a heart white as snow. The scholar‘s provisions are the marks of the pen. What are the Sufi‘s provisions? The footprints of the saints. – Rumi (p. 131)

Come with meJust let's let our words rest Time for you toJoin God’s shibboleth Take a deep breath And you will see The truth inside Sufi rhapsody The truth inside Dancing blissfully The truth insideA gift from the Almighty The truth insideYour spirit is heavenly Heed my words dear one Signing off Mowlavi

What else can I say?You don't know your own worth.Do not sell yourself at a ridiculous price,You who are so valuable in God's eyes.(Rumi)

You are more valuable than bothheaven and earth. What else can I say?You don't know your own worth.Do not sell yourself at a ridiculous price,You who are so valuable in God's eyes.(Rumi)

The fall of man is the result of the blinding of the ‘eye of the heart’ (chashm-i dil or ‘ayn al-qalb), which alone sees with the vision of gnosis.

He says, "There’s nothing left of me.I’m like a ruby held up to the sunrise.Is it still a stone, or a worldmade of redness? It has no resistanceto sunlight."This is how Hallaj said, I am God,and told the truth!The ruby and the sunrise are one.Be courageous and discipline yourself.Completely become hearing and ear, and wear this sun-ruby as an earring.===* As quoted in Head and Heart : A Personal Exploration of Science and the Sacred (2002) by Victor Mansfield