Intellect takes you to thedoor, but it doesn't take you into the house.
Shams-e-Tabrīzī (orShams al-Din Mohammad, literally: Sun of Islam;1185–1248) was a Nizari Ismaili IranianSufimystic, born in the city of Tabriz in Iranian Azerbaijan, who is credited as the spiritual instructor ofMewlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi and is referenced with great reverence in Rumi's poetic collection, in particularDiwan-i Shams-i Tabrīzī (The Works of Shams of Tabriz). Tradition holds that Shams taught Rumi in seclusion inKonya for a period of forty days, before fleeing forDamascus. The tomb of Shams-i Tabrīzī was recently nominated to be aUNESCO World Heritage Site.
Maqalat-i Shams-i Tabrizi [Discourse of Shams-i Tabrīzī] as translated and annotated by William C. Chittick (2004)
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.
Intellect takes you to thedoor, but it doesn't take you into the house.
The salat can be made up for, but there is no making up for false show or outward worship without presence.
Whoever lives as he sees fit will not die as he sees fit.
Nothing kills the soul that commands toevil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing thebeauty of theheart.
Alms in secret extinguish thewrath of the Lord means you are so immersed insincerity and in preserving that sincerity that you have no pleasure in giving alms.
You have to live with the people inhypocrisy for them to stay happy with you.
He saidThe Sufi is the son of the moment.
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.
Being the companion of the folk of this world isfire. There must be anAbraham if the fire is not going to burn [you].
