Tasawwuf Quotes

“Sufism (tasawwuf) is not wearing clothes that you patched; it is not weeping when the singers sing their songs; and it is not dancing, shouting, experiencing ecstatic states, or passing out as if you’ve gone mad. Rather, Sufism is to become whole without any impurities; to follow the truth, the Qur’an, and this religion; and to be seen in a state of awe, broken and remorseful about all of your sins.”

“The aspirant has to be guided by a mentor. The stage at which this guidance can take effect is seldom, if ever, perceptible to the learner.”

“None should say: ‘I can trust,’ or ‘I cannot trust’ until he is master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.”

“The would-be Sufi needs guidance precisely because books, texts, while telling you what is needed, do not tell you when.”

“Now that I have found thee, I know that in the first step I took, I moved away from thee.”

“The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service”

“In the realm of Greater Understanding, the workshop is dismantled after the work is finished.”

“The teaching must, of course, work with the best part of the individual, must be directed to his or her real capacity.”

“A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information....The key is the teacher.”

“Do not dwell upon whether you will put yourself into the hands of a teacher. You are always in his hands.”