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Shams Tabrizi Quotes

Total quotes: 17
“Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house.”
— Shams Tabrizi, Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-I Tabrizi
Tagged: Intellect, door
“ God does not take us at our word. He looks deep into our hearts. It is not the ceremonies or rituals that make a difference, but whether our hearts are sufficiently pure or not.’”
— Shams Tabrizi, Rumi's Sun: The Teachings of Shams of Tabriz
Tagged: God, Hearts, Ceremonies, Rituals, Pure heart
“You have to live with the people in hypocrisy for them to stay happy with you.”
— Shams Tabrizi, Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-I Tabrizi
Tagged: Hypocrisy, Happiness
“It is that power that is within you, by means of which you move and attain liberation. It is the soul, but what is it when you have placed the soul underneath your arm?”
— Shams Tabrizi, The Conversations(Maqalat) of Shams of Tabriz
Tagged: Power, Liberation, Soul
“The mind constricts; love unbinds.
The mind says, ‘Don’t let go or overflow.’
Love says, ‘Be free without formality.’”
— Shams Tabrizi, The Conversations(Maqalat) of Shams of Tabriz
Tagged: Mind, Love, Formality
“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, Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-I Tabrizi
Tagged: Fault, Virtue, excellence
“The Truth is the Kadim, the Ancient One; He is the being who has no beginning. Where can the one who is ‘created afterwards’ find the one who has no beginning? How can he understand Him? Where is the soul and the great God that has created everything?”
— Shams Tabrizi, The Conversations(Maqalat) of Shams of Tabriz
Tagged: Truth, God, Ancient One
“Whoever lives as he sees fit will not die as he sees fit.”
— Shams Tabrizi, Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-I Tabrizi
Tagged: Life, Death, Karma, Decisions
“I begin in the name of God, the infinitely Compassionate and Merciful, and I ask His help. This book was gathered from the words of the beloved Mevlana Shamsuddin Tabrizi, the Sultan of those who have attained. May God not deprive us of his abundant blessings.”
— Shams Tabrizi, The Conversations(Maqalat) of Shams of Tabriz
Tagged: Sufism, God, prayer
“Don’t be hurt if I speak straightforwardly with my friends. I gave my word not to be hypocritical. Because you couldn’t wait for the word I wanted to say, it was lost. No other words come to mind. If you have something to say, wait until I have finished speaking. These dervish conversations are subtle. If something is lost now, the words that will come will be different.”
— Shams Tabrizi, The Conversations(Maqalat) of Shams of Tabriz
Tagged: Sufism
“Sema is permitted for the pure servants of God, because their hearts are clean. They love for the sake of God, and their anger is for God; their hearts are strong. If my swearing and shouting ever reaches the ears of a hundred-year-old unbeliever, he turns into a believer. If they lightly touch the ears of an unbelievers, he turns into a saint and enters paradise.”
— Shams Tabrizi, The Conversations(Maqalat) of Shams of Tabriz
Tagged: Sufism, Sema, Hearts, Clean, God, Unbeliever, saints, Paradise
“‘The One’ is one of the pure attributes of this God of Power and Greatness, one of His happy names. Who are you and what is your word? These are the words of Truth, spoken from wisdom. In other words, these point toward the great ones. Yes, it also exists, but which one is yours? I speak from my state. I am never interested in these. If you also have something to tell, tell it to me. If a subtle flow begins in you, share it with us! As Mevlâna has said, ‘One has to seal these words with the Qur’an or the traditions (hadith) so that their meaning might be explained and they will be in line with the true aim.’”
— Shams Tabrizi, The Conversations(Maqalat) of Shams of Tabriz
Tagged: The One, Quran, Hadith, Greatness, Truth
“The mirror is the Truth, Itself. He thinks the mirror is someone other than himself. The mirror answers anyone who addresses It. Due to the inclination of the mirror, he also has an inclination toward the mirror. If he, on the other hand, had broken the mirror, he would have broken me too. Hasn’t it been said, ‘I am near to those whose hearts have been broken’? In short, it is impossible for the mirror to bow down and honor itself. It is like a touchstone or a balance; it always inclines toward the Truth.”
— Shams Tabrizi, The Conversations(Maqalat) of Shams of Tabriz
Tagged: Mirror, Truth, Touchstone
“The first effect on someone who finds his way to our gatherings is that he will chill; he’ll lose interest in the conversations of others. He may not only become cool to their conversations; he cannot even join them. Some of our friends find their joy in cannabis. This is the fantasy of the devil. Here, there is not place for the fantasy of the angels. How much less is there a place for the fantasies of the devil! We don’t even accept the illusions of the angels, so what can the illusions of the devil be? Why don’t our friends take pleasure in that clean and infinite universe of ours? This universe embraces them and makes them drunk without ever making them aware of it. Everyone is in unanimous agreement that this universe is not a forbidden substance. Whereas wine is forbidden.”
— Shams Tabrizi, The Conversations(Maqalat) of Shams of Tabriz
Tagged: Sufism, Wine, Cannabis, The Devil, Angels
“In the people of God, these manifestations and visions are more common during the Sema, when they have passed beyond their usual universe of existence. Sema carries them out of other universes to the Truth. It is true that there is a kind of Sema that is forbidden; but it is blasphemy to say that the Sema performed by God’s people is a sin. That hand which moves without the Divine exuberance will burn in hell for sure, and the hands that rise in Sema will reach paradise — for sure. And there is a Sema that is permissible but not obligatory. This is the Sema of those Sufis and ascetics who live in a state of fasting. It brings tears and softness of heart to them. There is no doubt that they will also enter Paradise. And another Sema is religiously a must. This is the Sema of the attained ones who have reached the holy state of mind. And another is a duty applicable to all, as the daily prayers and the fast of Ramadan. Just as food and water are necessary in the time of hunger and thirst, this Sema is necessary for the spiritually mature, because it increases their joy of life. If one of the mature ones begins to whirl in the East, another one starts moving in the West. They are aware of each other’s state.”
— Shams Tabrizi, The Conversations(Maqalat) of Shams of Tabriz
Tagged: Sufism, People of God, Sema, blasphemy, East and West
“In my dream I had told you, when my chest and his joint together, this becomes his rank. He had seen lots of dreams before this one, too. In the end he leaves as one in submission (muslim) and freedom. If Muhammad had not prayed for his community, if he had not begged, ‘O Great God, show my people the right way. Guide them out of ignorance,’ how would that Abu Jahl have heaved a sheep’s stomach on the Prophet without his hands shriveling or swelling. In the end, that Prophet was a single horseman on their path. One needs to note that a single misbehavior toward him and immediately trouble catches up with him. He is the kind of person before whom human beings and angels put their ladders down in admiration of his qualities and words. Acrobats who astonish people with their rope skills are amazed at the length and strength of his rope, and by the fearlessness and heroism of his feats. Hearts leap at the sight of his miracles. And those who see him riding and cropping a black lion as if it were a lazy donkey can never forget him.”
— Shams Tabrizi, The Conversations(Maqalat) of Shams of Tabriz
Tagged: Sufism, Muhammad, Muslim, Islam, Prophet, Dreams, Donkey
“The shaikh said, ‘The Caliph has forbidden the Sema.’ This prohibition turned into a knot within a certain dervish. He fell ill and they took him to a specialist. He examined his pulse and looked for the cause of illness. It was like nothing he had ever learned about. He couldn’t find anything wrong with him, but the dervish died. Afterwards, the doctor performed an autopsy and found the knot within his chest. It had become a carnelian. The doctor kept this gem until a time when he needed some extra cash. The gem passed from hand to hand until it reached the caliph, who had the gem set into a ring. One day, that same caliph was attending a Sema, watching from above, when he discovered that his clothes were covered with blood. He examined himself but could find no wound anywhere. He felt for his ring and the stone was gone. Later they traced that gem back to its original owner and the doctor told them the whole story mentioned above.”
— Shams Tabrizi, The Conversations(Maqalat) of Shams of Tabriz
Tagged: Sufism, Caliph, Sema, Autopsy, Blood, Illness, Carnelian
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