Shams Tabrizi Quotes

It is pointless trying to know where the way leads. Think only about your first step, the rest will come.

Don’t judge the way other people connect to God; to each his own way and his own prayer.

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.

No matter what people call you, you are just who you are. Keep to this truth. You must ask yourself how is it you want to live your life. We live and we die, this is the truth that we can only face alone. No one can help us. So consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to live your life?

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 are more fake guides, teachers in the world than stars. The real guide is the one who makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and followed.

The salat can be made up for, but there is no making up for false show or outward worship without presence.

The whole universe is sum up in the Human Being. Devil is not a monster waiting to trap us, He is a voice inside. Look for Your Devil in Yourself, not in the Others.
Don’t forget that the one who knows his Devil, knows his God.

اعلموا أننى عاشق متفان ،و لا أتورع عن العشق . رأيت كثيرا من العارفين، و ظفرت بخدمتهم ،و عرفت الفرق بين الصادق و الكاذب ، من ناحية القول و من ناحية الحركات. و اذا لم يكن العارف محمودا جدا و مختارا فإن قلبى لا يلتفت إليه،و طائر القلب هذا لا يلتقط كل حبة.
و إن نجوما كثيرة كانت تتلألأ في حياتي ،و هي جميعا إما أفلت أو توارت وراء سحب الحياة السود. أما مولانا فهو مهبط وحيي و إلهامي . لست أدﻻي ،أي بنبوع محبة هذا الرجل العظيم،ينبوع كل من شرب منه جرعة يرى في داخله شمسا ساطعة محرقة،تظهر في كانونها الحقيقة المطلقة

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.

When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness. Human should be like a pot. As the pot is hold by its emptiness inside, human is hold by the awareness of his nothingness.

It is pointless trying to know where the way leads. Think only of the first step. The rest will come.

الجُبن غذاء كلب الصيد. و هل يأكل الأسد الجُبن؟
يأكل الأسد قلب الصيد و كَبِدَه,
.لكل شخص غذاء

You have to live with the people in hypocrisy for them to stay happy with you.

A good man complains of no one; he does not look to faults.

ما وراء هؤلاء العلماء البارزين..الذائعي الصيت بين الناس..والمحتفى بهم فوق منابر الوعظ...واللقاءات الروحية..هناك خدام الله
يمشون في خفاء
أكثر كمالا
محبوبون حقا
بعضهم ينفذ إلى أسرار البعض الآخر
لكن، لا كتاب يقص حكاية هذا الحبيب.