What sweeter than this in the world! Friend met friend and … - Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr

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What sweeter than this in the world!
Friend met friend and the lover joined his Beloved.
That was all sorrow, this is all joy
Those were all words, this is all reality.

Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr

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About Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr

Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr or Abū Saʿīd Abū'l-Khayr (b. 7 December 967 — d. 12 January 1049) was a famous Persian Sufi and Poet who contributed extensively to the evolution of Sufi tradition.

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Native Name: ابوسعید ابوالخیر

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Take one step out of yourself that you may arrive at God.

Hell is where you are and Paradise where you are not.

Love came and flew as blood in my veins
Emptied me of myself and filled me with beloved.
Each part of my being she conquered
Now a mere name is left to me and the rest is she.

What sweeter than this in the world! Friend met friend and the lover joined his Beloved. That was all sorrow, this is all joy Those were all words, t… - Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr

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