“Being the companion of the folk of this world is fire. There must be an Abraham if the fire is not going to burn [you].”
“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.”
Shams Tabrizi
“Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house.”
Shams Tabrizi
“The salat can be made up for, but there is no making up for false show or outward worship without presence.”
Shams Tabrizi
“Whoever lives as he sees fit will not die as he sees fit.”
Shams Tabrizi
“Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart.”
Shams Tabrizi