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Famous Idries Shah Quotes
“Saying of the Prophet Sleep Sleep is the brother of death.”
“Saying of the Prophet Monkishness No monkery in Islam.”
“The sight of God in woman is the most perfect of all." Ibn Arabi.”
“Angels are the powers hidden in the faculties and organs of man”
“As Ibn Arabi says: ‘Absolute existence is the source of all existence’.”
“Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity.”
“Better the demon which makes you improve than the angel who threatens.”
“Satisfaction is a treasure which does not decay. Proverb”
“Have the nature of a dervish: then wear a stylish cap.”
“I ask about the sky, but the answer is about a rope.”
“One day the cub will become a wolf, even if it has been reared among the sons of man.”
“Each flies with its own kind: pigeon with pigeon, hawk with hawk.”
“Be kind to the hawk and harm the sparrow.”
“The question of divine knowledge is so deep that it is really known only to those who have it.”
“Hariri says, in his Maqamat: ‘Safety is on the river’s BANK.”
“Practise your knowledge, for knowledge without practice is a body without life”
“A Sufi has a right to be served, but he has no right to demand. Maruf Karkhi of Khorasan”
“Saying of the Mulla Nasrudin. If I survive this life without dying, I'll be surprised.”
“I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages. Rabia”
“Service I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages. Rabia el-Adawia.”
“I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages.”
“It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.”
“The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.”
“The secret of Sufism is that it has no secret at all'.”