Font by Mehr Nastaliq Web
Sufinama
noImage

Abu Bakr Shibli

861 - 946 | Baghdad, Iraq

Abu Bakr Shibli

Sufi Quotes 31

Love is called ‘Mahabba’ because it obliterates everything but the Beloved from the heart. He also said: “Love means that you are jealous for the Beloved least one like yourself love Him.

Love is called ‘Mahabba’ because it obliterates everything but the Beloved from the heart. He also said: “Love means that you are jealous for the Beloved least one like yourself love Him.

  • Share this

The Sufis are children in the lap of God; Sufism is a flaming flash of lightning and Sufism is being protected from paying heed to creation.

The Sufis are children in the lap of God; Sufism is a flaming flash of lightning and Sufism is being protected from paying heed to creation.

  • Share this

Dissociate with all, for that is the sign of attaining to the nearness of God. Cherish no thought but of Him, for every thought besides Him is mere stupidity.

Dissociate with all, for that is the sign of attaining to the nearness of God. Cherish no thought but of Him, for every thought besides Him is mere stupidity.

  • Share this

For the gnostic there is no attachment, for the lover there is no grievance, for the servant there is no claim, for the one who fears God, there is no rest, and for no one is there escape from God.

For the gnostic there is no attachment, for the lover there is no grievance, for the servant there is no claim, for the one who fears God, there is no rest, and for no one is there escape from God.

  • Share this

Someone asked: “What is love?” He replied: “It is like a cup (of fire) which blazes terribly. When it takes root in the senses and settle in the heart; it annihilates.”

Someone asked: “What is love?” He replied: “It is like a cup (of fire) which blazes terribly. When it takes root in the senses and settle in the heart; it annihilates.”

  • Share this

Related Sufi Poets

Recitation

Jashn-e-Rekhta | 13-14-15 December 2024 - Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium , Gate No. 1, New Delhi

Get Tickets
Speak Now