Sufism, also known as Tasawwuf, variously defined as “Islamic mysticism”, “the inward dimension of Islam” or “the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam”, is mysticism in Islam, “characterized … [by particular] values, ritual practices, doctrines and institutions” which began very early in Islamic history and represents “the main manifestation and the most important and central crystallization of” mystical practice in Islam. Profoundly inspirational sufism quotes will brighten up your day and make you feel ready to take on anything.
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Famous Sufism Quotes
The death of the heart is ignorance and life of the heart is knowledge. Imam Ghazali
Seek the spirit, forget the form. Bulleh Shah
Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God wil open up a new path only for you. Be thankful! It is easy to be thankful when all is well. A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has been given but also for all that has been denied. Elif Shafak
I am the drop that contains the ocean. Yunus Emre
Do not feel lonely, the entire universe is inside you. Rumi
The thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it. Bayazid Bastami
If u make a frequent practice of invoking blessing and peace on him, perhaps you will attain the station of witnessing him. Imam Al Shaarani
The beloved does not drink a single drop of water without seeing His Face in the cup. Mansur Al Hallaj
My Beloved is always with me. Rabia al Basri
Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. Rumi
Experience shows that the spirit is nothing but awareness. Whoever has greater awareness has greater spirit When the spirit becomes greater and passes beyond all bounds, the spirits of all things become obedient to it. Rumi
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. Rumi
Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form. Rumi
Find the sweetness in your own heart, then you may find the sweetness in every heart. Rumi
Whatever you have in your mind forget it; Whatever you have in your hand give it; Whatever is to be your fate face it! Abu Sa’id
If I repent now will God forgive me? No, but if God forgives you, you will repent. Rabia Basri
Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along. Rumi
Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever rising waves Hazrat Inayat Khan
These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them. Rumi
Come, come, whoever you are. Wanderer, worshiper, lover of leaving. It doesn’t matter. Ours is not a caravan of despair. Come, even if you have broken your vows a thousand times. Come, yet again, come, come. Rumi
Be sure that someday you’ll praise and thank God for your unanswered prayers that once you had wept for them. Shams Tabrez
Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames Rumi
From each, love demands a mystic silence. Attar Of Nishapur
If Allah created you for this world, He would have created you without death. Habib Umar bin
You have no choice. You must leave your ego on the doorstep before you enter love. Kamand Kojouri
The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you. Rumi
If someone remarks: What an excellent man you are! and this pleases you more than his saying, What a bad man you are! know that you are still a bad man. Sufyan Al Thawri
Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it. Hazrat Inayat Khan
When in the eyes of the beloved riches count not, gold and dust are as one to thee. Saadi Shirazi
Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground. Rumi
I know you re tired but come, this is the way. Rumi
There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled. You feel it, don’t you? Rumi
Sufism is not a religion or a philosophy, it is neither deism nor atheism, nor is it a moral, nor a special kind of mysticism, being free from the usual religious sectarianism. If ever it could be called a religion, it would only be as a religion of love, harmony, and beauty. Hazrat Inayat Khan
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Rumi
Everything in the universe is within you. Ask all from yourself. Rumi
The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart Rumi
Hide not behind the veil, my love, I long to have a glimpse of you. Bulleh Shah
If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished? Rumi
The Sufi is a lover of God, and like any other lover, he proves his love by constant remembrance of his Beloved. This constant attention to God has two effects: one outward and the other inward. Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it. Bayazid Bastami
Only that amount from your possessions are for you alone which you have sent ahead of you to the Hereafter the balance of that wealth which you have left, in this World belongs to your heirs. Maula Ali
When you’re not here, I can’t go to sleep. Praise God for those two insomnias! And the difference between them Rumi
Close your eyes, fall in Love, stay there. Rumi
When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. Rumi
If light is in your heart, you will find your way home Rumi
The light which shines in the eye is really the light of the heart. Rumi
You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean. Idries Shah
Love is the bridge between you and everything. Rumi
If you have never trodden the path of love, go away and fall in love; then come back and see us. Jami
Be grateful for whoever comes, because each has been sent as a guide from beyond. Rumi
Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth. Rumi
Happy are those who find fault with themselves instead of finding fault with others. Muhammad
Let go of thought and bring it not into your heart, for you are naked and thought is an icy wind. You think in order to escape from torment and suffering, but your thinking is torment’s fountainhead. Know that the bazaar of God’s Making is outside of thought Rumi
Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.
Only from the heart can you touch the sky. Rumi
We carry inside us the wonders we seek outside us
As long as any speech is locked away in the mouth, then you are its owner. When it leaves your mouth then from that point onwards it owns you. Maula Ali
The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep
Would you become a pilgrim on the road of love? The first condition is that you make yourself humble as dust and ashes. Rumi
Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open?
