927 Quotes About Sufism

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

Many Sufis are not guides.

As with any other specialisation, teaching is a vocation, open only to those who are truly capable of discharging its functions.

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

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

Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means.

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

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

What is humanity? To feel pain at the sorrows of our neighbours, to feel humiliated at the humiliation of fellow-beings.