Shams Tabrizi Quotes

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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.

Shams Tabrizi

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].

Shams Tabrizi

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.

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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.

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

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Whoever lives as he sees fit will not die as he sees fit.

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Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house.

Shams Tabrizi

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

Shams Tabrizi

Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart.

Shams Tabrizi

Shams Tabrizi

Shams Tabrizi

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Born: 1185

Died: 1248 (aged 63)

Bio: Shams-i-Tabrīzī or Shams al-Din Mohammad was a Persian Muslim, who is credited as the spiritual instructor of Mewlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi and is referenced with great reverence in Rumi’s poetic collection, in particular Diwan-i Shams-i Tabrīzī (The Works of Shams of Tabriz).

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