Sufi Proverb

taa keh aHmaQ baaqii ast andar jahaa.n mard muflis ke shavad mohtaaj -e-naan

taa keh aHmaQ baaqii ast andar jahaa.n mard muflis ke shavad mohtaaj -e-naan

Oral Tradition

Sufi Quotes

Prayer according to Shariah is service, according to Tariqa proximity, and according to Haqiqa union with God.

Prayer according to Shariah is service, according to Tariqa proximity, and according to Haqiqa union with God.

Khwaja Najmuddin Kubra

Persian Sufi Poetry

aanaa.n ki KHaak raa ba-nazar kiimiyaa kunand
aayaa buvad ki gosha-e-chashme ba-maa kunand

Hafiz

Sufi Quotes

He divides mystical joumey into the stations of faith, fear, reverence, obedience, hope, love, suffering and union with God.

He divides mystical joumey into the stations of faith, fear, reverence, obedience, hope, love, suffering and union with God.

Zunnoon Misri

Sufi Quotes

Your union with God is union through knowledge of Him. Otherwise, God is beyond being united with anything or anything being united with Him!

Your union with God is union through knowledge of Him. Otherwise, God is beyond being united with anything or anything being united with Him!

Ibn-e-Ataullah Sikandari

Persian Sufi Poetry

Gamat baa iin-o-aa.n guftam na-guftam
agarche tark-e-jaa.n guftam na-guftam

Amir Khusrau

Dakni Sufi Kavya

masnawi turab dakani

kahe biibii use ghar me.n bulaa yahaa.n
une.n but-ghar me.n gosha kar bulaa.ii

Shah Miyan Turab Dakni

Sufi Quotes

When Divine union is achieved, there is no need of someone else.

When Divine union is achieved, there is no need of someone else.

Ghaus Ali Shah

Sufi Quotes

All Sufi schools have the same ultimate objective, namely, the attainment of spiritual elevation and union with Allah; no school should therefore claim superiority over the others.

All Sufi schools have the same ultimate objective, namely, the attainment of spiritual elevation and union with Allah; no school should therefore claim superiority over the others.

Khwaja Shamsuddin Sialvi

Sufi Proverb

aanaa.n keh Gani-tar and mohtaaj-tar and

aanaa.n keh Gani-tar and mohtaaj-tar and

Oral Tradition

Sufi Quotes

Just as Union (Wisal) and Separation (Firaq) are both graces of the Beloved, so are both day and night the different forms taken by the Sun.

Just as Union (Wisal) and Separation (Firaq) are both graces of the Beloved, so are both day and night the different forms taken by the Sun.

Wasif Ali Wasif

Sufi Quotes

Union with God is separation from all else and separation from all else is union with Him.

Union with God is separation from all else and separation from all else is union with Him.

Abul Hasan Hankari

Sufi Quotes

If you have not attained to the joy of union with Beloved, lament for your separation from Him. If you have not looked upon the Beauty of the Beloved, arouse yourself, do not sit still, but seek out those mysteries, destined for you and if as yet you do not know ‘then seek them out in shame.’

If you have not attained to the joy of union with Beloved, lament for your separation from Him. If you have not looked upon the Beauty of the Beloved, arouse yourself, do not sit still, but seek out those mysteries, destined for you and if as yet you do not know ‘then seek them out in shame.’

Fariduddin Attar

Persian Sufi Poetry

aanaa.n-ki nosh-e-jur.a-e-jaam-e-balaa kunand
dar jaam-e-KHvesh chuu.n KHizar aab-e-baqaa kunand

Ibrahim Aajiz

Sufi Quotes

Union is the revelation of the heart and the contemplation of the conscience.

Union is the revelation of the heart and the contemplation of the conscience.

Abul Hasan Hankari

Sufi Quotes

This world is for serving the Lord and attainting to union with Him.

This world is for serving the Lord and attainting to union with Him.

Abul Hasan Hankari

Sufi Quotes

Now I am made one with you and from that union my heart in consumed with rapture and my tongue is all bewildered. By union, I have been merged in the Unity, I am now altogether apart from all else. I am You, and you are I, nay, not I, all is altogether You.

Now I am made one with you and from that union my heart in consumed with rapture and my tongue is all bewildered. By union, I have been merged in the Unity, I am now altogether apart from all else. I am You, and you are I, nay, not I, all is altogether You.

Fariduddin Attar

Sufi Quotes

Sama is to hear the sound of bala (yes) affirming the Lordship of God at the Day of Alast. It is to separate oneself from oneself: it is to obtain union with God. It is to become unconscious of individual existence and savour everlasting life in absolute selfextinction. It is to make the head liké the ball before the stroke of His love, and run without head and foot.

Sama is to hear the sound of bala (yes) affirming the Lordship of God at the Day of Alast. It is to separate oneself from oneself: it is to obtain union with God. It is to become unconscious of individual existence and savour everlasting life in absolute selfextinction. It is to make the head liké the ball before the stroke of His love, and run without head and foot.

Rumi

Sufi Quotes

The purpose of evolution is union with God, the one grand principle that guides the evolutionary process is love. Love created this creation. If God had no love for the creation, He would not have created it. It is love now that is acting as the impelling force in the soul and calling it back.

The purpose of evolution is union with God, the one grand principle that guides the evolutionary process is love. Love created this creation. If God had no love for the creation, He would not have created it. It is love now that is acting as the impelling force in the soul and calling it back.

Rumi

Sufi Quotes

He is and there is with Him no before or after, nor above nor below, nor far nor near, nor union nor division, nor how nor where nor place. He is now as He was, He is the One without Oneness and the Single without singleness.

He is and there is with Him no before or after, nor above nor below, nor far nor near, nor union nor division, nor how nor where nor place. He is now as He was, He is the One without Oneness and the Single without singleness.

Muhiuddin Ibn Arabi