Whatever you have in your mind- forget it; whatever you have in your hand - give it; whatever is to be your fate - face it! -

Whatever you have in your mind- forget it; whatever you have in your hand - give it; whatever is to be your fate - face it! -

Pir asked Abu Sa'id whether he wanted to talk to god? Of course, I want to. Then discover you are by yourself, recite, without thee, o beloved, I can not rest; thy goodness towards me I cannot reckon. Though every hair on my body becomes a tongue, a thousandth part of the thanks due to thee I cannot tell.

Pir asked Abu Sa'id whether he wanted to talk to god? Of course, I want to. Then discover you are by yourself, recite, without thee, o beloved, I can not rest; thy goodness towards me I cannot reckon. Though every hair on my body becomes a tongue, a thousandth part of the thanks due to thee I cannot tell.

Realize that you know nothing and you are nobody. It is no easy thing to attain this realization. It doesn’t come with teaching and instruction, nor can it be sewn on with a needle, or tied with a thread. This is a gift from God and a question of whom he bestows it and whom he causes to experience it.

Realize that you know nothing and you are nobody. It is no easy thing to attain this realization. It doesn’t come with teaching and instruction, nor can it be sewn on with a needle, or tied with a thread. This is a gift from God and a question of whom he bestows it and whom he causes to experience it.

The Sufi is he who is pleased with all that God does, in order that God may be pleased with all that he does.

The Sufi is he who is pleased with all that God does, in order that God may be pleased with all that he does.

innumerable are the ways to God, yet the way is but a single step: “take one step out of thyself, that thou mayst arrive at God.

innumerable are the ways to God, yet the way is but a single step: “take one step out of thyself, that thou mayst arrive at God.

A dervish was sweeping the courtyard, Abu Sa'id saw him and said- be like the dust ball that rolls before the broom and not like the rock left behind. One must be like the dust, which has no will of its own but goes wherever the broom (spiritual master) commands- not like the rock, which asserts its own and resists the direction of the guide.

A dervish was sweeping the courtyard, Abu Sa'id saw him and said- be like the dust ball that rolls before the broom and not like the rock left behind. One must be like the dust, which has no will of its own but goes wherever the broom (spiritual master) commands- not like the rock, which asserts its own and resists the direction of the guide.

Sufism is glory in wretchedness and riches in poverty and lordship in servitude and satiety in hunger and clothedness in nakedness and freedom in slavery and life in death and sweetness in bitterness.

Sufism is glory in wretchedness and riches in poverty and lordship in servitude and satiety in hunger and clothedness in nakedness and freedom in slavery and life in death and sweetness in bitterness.

Hell is where you are and Paradise where you are not.

Hell is where you are and Paradise where you are not.

There is nothing inside this coat except Allah.

There is nothing inside this coat except Allah.

Evil is thou’, and the worst evil is thou’, which thou know Est it not.

Evil is thou’, and the worst evil is thou’, which thou know Est it not.

The behavior of a true saint of God towards His creation always remains friendly and affectionate. A spiritual recluse, who ignores mankind and remains involved merely in the ascetic practices, is not a true friend of God.

The behavior of a true saint of God towards His creation always remains friendly and affectionate. A spiritual recluse, who ignores mankind and remains involved merely in the ascetic practices, is not a true friend of God.

Take one stop out of yourself that you may arrive at God.

Take one stop out of yourself that you may arrive at God.

So you wish that God should dwell in your heart, purify your heart from all save Him for the king will not enter a house filled with stores and furniture. He will only enter a heart which is empty of all save Himself.

So you wish that God should dwell in your heart, purify your heart from all save Him for the king will not enter a house filled with stores and furniture. He will only enter a heart which is empty of all save Himself.

To bring joy to a single heart is better than to build many shrines for worship, and to enslave one soul by kindness is worth more than the setting free of a thousand and slaves.

To bring joy to a single heart is better than to build many shrines for worship, and to enslave one soul by kindness is worth more than the setting free of a thousand and slaves.

The true man of God is that who sits in the midst of his fellowmen and rises up and eats and sleeps and buys and sells and gives and takes in the bazaars amongst other people, and who marries and has social dealings with other folk and yet is never for one moment forgetful of God.

The true man of God is that who sits in the midst of his fellowmen and rises up and eats and sleeps and buys and sells and gives and takes in the bazaars amongst other people, and who marries and has social dealings with other folk and yet is never for one moment forgetful of God.

The Sufi is pleased with all that God does in order that God may be pleased with all that he does.

The Sufi is pleased with all that God does in order that God may be pleased with all that he does.

The Sufi is pleased with all that God does in order that God may be pleased with all that he does.

The Sufi is pleased with all that God does in order that God may be pleased with all that he does.

Sufis are God’s elect and are united by a spiritual affinity which is more binding than any ties of blood.

Sufis are God’s elect and are united by a spiritual affinity which is more binding than any ties of blood.

Freedom from lower qualities is an essential qualification required for spiritual progress.

Freedom from lower qualities is an essential qualification required for spiritual progress.

Knowledge of the Unity of God (Tauhid) is revealed in the illuminated hearts of the saints.

Knowledge of the Unity of God (Tauhid) is revealed in the illuminated hearts of the saints.

The carnal self is unreal since it believes in polytheism and remains skeptical about the existence of One God. The negation of this unreal self is necessary for knowing Divine Unity.

The carnal self is unreal since it believes in polytheism and remains skeptical about the existence of One God. The negation of this unreal self is necessary for knowing Divine Unity.

The first step in Sufism is the breaking of inkpot and the tearing up of books and the forgetting of all kinds of intellectual knowledge.

The first step in Sufism is the breaking of inkpot and the tearing up of books and the forgetting of all kinds of intellectual knowledge.

God in His purity looks upon the inmost self (sir) of man and help is given to it from that pure Divine contemplation. This Divine assistance is the guardian of that inmost self, and he who acknowledges the Divine Unity is enabled to do so by at inmost self.

God in His purity looks upon the inmost self (sir) of man and help is given to it from that pure Divine contemplation. This Divine assistance is the guardian of that inmost self, and he who acknowledges the Divine Unity is enabled to do so by at inmost self.

At first God implanted in man’s heart a sense of need and a longing desire and sorrow. Then he looked upon that need and sorrow with Favour and pity and placed: His gift within the heart and that gift is called the mystic shrine -(sir) of God. It is immortal and cannot be destroyed, for it is continually contemplated by God and belongs to Him.

At first God implanted in man’s heart a sense of need and a longing desire and sorrow. Then he looked upon that need and sorrow with Favour and pity and placed: His gift within the heart and that gift is called the mystic shrine -(sir) of God. It is immortal and cannot be destroyed, for it is continually contemplated by God and belongs to Him.

God bestows purity of self upon him who earnestly desires it and is eternally nourished by Him through His contemplation.

God bestows purity of self upon him who earnestly desires it and is eternally nourished by Him through His contemplation.

If men wish to draw near to God, they must seek Him in the hearts of men.

If men wish to draw near to God, they must seek Him in the hearts of men.