Sufi Proverb

mushk aanst kah KHud baboyad nah aankah attar bagoyad

mushk aanst kah KHud baboyad nah aankah attar bagoyad

Oral Tradition

Masnavi

dast-e-uu dar kaar-haa dast-e-kHudaast
dast-e-naaqis dast-e-shaitaanast-o-dev

Rumi

Persian Kalam

'attar'-e-za.iif raa az ii.n sir
juz guft miyaa.n-tahii nishaa.n chiist

Fariduddin Attar

Persian Sufi Poetry

dafn mii-kardand marde raa ba-KHaak
shaiKH-e-basrii shud ba-pesh-e-aa.n maGaak

Fariduddin Attar

Persian Sufi Poetry

man az kujaa pand az kujaa baada ba-gardaa.n saaqiyaa
ai jaam-e-jaa.n afzaa-e-raa bar-rez jaan-e-saaqiyaa

Rumi

Rubai

ai shaiKH ye zohd-e-KHud-numaa kuchh bhii nahii.n
ye makr ye sheva-e-riyaa kuchh bhii nahii.n

Pir Naseeruddin Naseer

Sufi Quotes

GENEROSITY

SOME ISRAELITES INSULTED JESUS ONE DAY AS HE WALK THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE. HE ANSWERED THEM ONLY BY REPEATING PRAYERS IN THEIR NAME. SOMEONE SAID TO HIM - YOU PRAYED FOR THESE MEN. DO YOU NOT FEEL ANGER AT THEIR TREATMENT OF YOU? HE ANSWERED - I COULD SPEND ONLY WHAT I CARRY IN MY PURSE.

Fariduddin Attar

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SATAN

SOMEONE ASKED SATAN - O WRETCHED ONE, WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT YOU HAD BEEN CURSED, WHY DID YOU ACCEPT IT SO WHOLEHEARTDLY IN YOUR HEART LIKE A TREASURE ? SATAN REPLIED - A CURSE IS THE KINGS ARROW.WHEN HE FIRES IT , HE LOOKS TO THE TARGET. IF YOU HAVE EYES, LOOK AT THE ARCHER'S TARGET, NOT AT HIS ARROW.

Fariduddin Attar

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Wisdom

A GREAT MAN SUMMONED HIS WISE MEN. HE ORDERED THEM - CREATE FOR ME A SAYING

Fariduddin Attar

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SATAN

RABIA WAS ASKED - DO YOU LOVE THE LORD OF GLORY ? SHE SAID - I

Fariduddin Attar

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PATIENCE

KHAFIF WENT OUT ON A PILGRIMAGE AND CARRIED ONLY A JUG AND A ROPE TO DRAW

Fariduddin Attar

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SELF TRANSFORMATION

SO COMPLETE WAS THE BAYAZID'S ABSORPTION IN GOD THAT, EVERY DAY WHEN HE WAS CALLED BY

Fariduddin Attar

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SELF TRANSFORMATION

THE FIRST STEP IS TO SAY - GOD . AND NOTHING ELSE; THE SECOND IS INTIMACY; AND THE THIRD IS TO BURN.

Fariduddin Attar

Sufi Quotes

KNOWING GOD

IBRAHIM DREAMED HE SAW THE ANGEL GABRIEL WRITING DOWN THE NAMES OF THE FRIENDS OF GOD. IBRAHIM ASKED - IS MY NAME THERE? NO! THE ANGEL REPLIED . IBRAHIM SAID - I AM THE FRIEND OF THE FRIENDS OF GOD. GABRIEL WAS SILENT FOR A LONG TIME. THEN HE SAID - IBRAHIM, I AM WRITING YOUR NAME AT THE HEAD OF THIS LIST.

Fariduddin Attar

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SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE

ONE DAY A MAN SEATED NEXT TO HASAN DISPLAYED A MIRACLE BY BRINGING OUT A LIVE

Fariduddin Attar

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Self knowledge

on day dhu l nun reached a canal, where he performed his ablutions. He saw a

Fariduddin Attar

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SELF TRANSFORMATION

BAYZID SAID - PARADISE IS OF NO WORTH FOR THOSE WHO LOVE. RABIA HAD A RELATED SAYING - FIRST THE NEIGHBOR, THEN THE HOUSE. THAT IS , THE NEIGHBOR, OR GOD, IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE HOUSE, OR PARADISE.

Fariduddin Attar

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ZIKR (REMEMBRANCE)

WHEN THE PAINTINGS ARE HIDDEN, YOU WILL SEE THE PAINTER. O BROTHER! I WILL TELL YOU THE MYSTERY OF MYSTERIES. KNOW, THEN , THAT PAINTING AND PAINTER ARE ONE ! WHEN YOUR FAITH IS MADE PERFECT, YOU WILL NEVER SEE YOURSELF, SAVE IN HIM.

Fariduddin Attar

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CONTEMPLATION AND KNOWLEDGE

HASAN AL BASRI ASKED - AL AJAMI, HOW DID YOU ATATIN TO SUCH SPIRITUAL HEIGHT ? BY WHITENING THE HEART, BY PRAYERS AND NOT BY DARKENING PAPERS BY WRITING.

Fariduddin Attar

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CONTEMPLATION AND KNOWLEDGE

SALIH ALWAYS TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES,.WHO KNOCKS AT THE DOOR OF SOMEONE CONSTANTLY, ONE DAY THE DOOR MUST BE OPENED TO HIM.RABIA ONE DAY HEARD IT AND SAID - SALIH, HOW LONG WILL YOU GO ON PREACHING THUS, USING THE FUTURE TENSE, SAYING - WILL BE OPENED? WAS THE DOOR EVER CLOSED? SALIH BOWED IN SUBMISSION TO HER.

Fariduddin Attar