All Quotes By Tag: Sufism

“He knows all my thoughts. He knows all I’ve ever done and He loves me all the same. What is our purpose, you ask. It is to love like God.”

“Writing poems is simply an excuse to remember You.”

“Close your eyes. Meditate on your love. This is God.”

“إن لم يكن الله موجودًا؛ فسيكون الموت نهاية كل شيء. وفي هذه الحال تصير نتيجة الحياة، مع فرضيّة وجود الله؛ تجنُّب كثير من الملذات، وهي خسارة كبيرة حقًا. فنحنُ نعيش مرة واحدة فقط.”

“Hak cihâna tolıdur kimseler Hakk’ı bilmez / Anı sen senden iste o senden ayru olmaz.”

“Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be clinically alive and yet, despite all appearances, spiritually dead.”

“Sufilere sohbet gerek Ahilere ahret gerek Mecnunlara Leyla gerek Bana seni gerek seni”

“We cannot hunt for love. We can only surrender and become love’s prey.”

“Three ThingsThree things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity.(Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Mohammed the Prophet),”

“They will become Godly when they will have God in their hearts.”

“Not a believer in the mosque am I,Nor a disbeliever with his rites am I.I am not the pure amongst the impure,I am neither Moses nor Pharaoh.Bulleh, I know not who I am.Not in the holy books am I,Nor do I dwell in bhang or wine,Nor do I live in a drunken haze,Nor in sleep or waking known.Bulleh, I know not who I am.Not in happiness or in sorrow am I found.I am neither pure nor mired in filthy ground.Not of water nor of land,Nor am I in air or fire to be found.Bulleh, I know not who I am.Not an Arab nor Lahori,Not a Hindi or Nagouri,Nor a Muslim or Peshawari,Not a Buddhist or a Christian.Bulleh, I know not who I am.Secrets of religion have I not unravelled,I am not of Eve and Adam.Neither still nor moving on,I have not chosen my own name!Bulleh, I know not who I am.From first to last, I searched myself.None other did I succeed in knowing.Not some great thinker am I.Who is standing in my shoes, alone?Bulleh, I know not who I am.”

“در غم ما روزها بی گاه شدروزها با سوزها همراه شد”

“Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.”

“What has he found who has lost God?And what has he lost who has found God?”

“Recognizing a ‘True Master’ is possible only when the postulant, man or woman, is what we call ‘sincere’.”