Shams Tabrizi quotes

Being the companion of the folk of this world is fire. There must be an Abraham if the fire is not going to burn. (Shams Tabrizi)
Whoever lives as he sees fit will not die as he sees fit. View quote
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You have to live with the people in hypocrisy for them to stay happy with you. View quote
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Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart. View quote
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Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house. View quote
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The salat can be made up for, but there is no making up for false show or outward worship without presence. View quote
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When you oppose the shaykh, it's like the slave who kills himself over a quarrel with his master. Hey, why are you killing yourself over a quarrel? He says, So my master will suffer loss. View quote
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There may be one fault in a man that conceals a thousand qualities, or one excellence that conceals a thousand faults. The little indicates much. View quote
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We can only learn and advance with contradictions. The faithful inside should meet the doubtful. The doubtful should meet the faithful. Human slowly advances and becomes mature when he accepts his contradictions. View quote
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Alms in secret extinguish the wrath of the Lord means you are so immersed in sincerity and in preserving that sincerity that you have no pleasure in giving alms. View quote
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He said The Sufi is the son of the moment. (Shams Tabrizi)
Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full. View quote
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