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Mahmud Shabistari was a prominent Persian poet born in 1288 in Khorasan and died in 1340. His poetry works hold a significant place in the history of Persian literature and are considered as a forerunner of the Renaissance in Persian literature.

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All Spiritual Heart Spirituality Atoms Beloved Hundred Ocean Unity Void Absent Absolutes Chamber Church Cry Display Distinction Drop Of Water Duality Dwelling Dwelling Place

Famous Mahmud Shabistari Quotes

“Go sweep out the chamber of your heart. Make it ready to be the dwelling place of the Beloved. When you depart out, He will enter it. In you, void of yourself, will He display His beauties.”

Heart Ready Beloved Void Display Chamber Dwelling Dwelling Place

Author:Mahmud Shabistari

“In the empty heart, void of self can be heard the echoing cry, "I am the Truth." Thus is man one with the eternal. Travelling, travel and traveller have become one.”

Men Heart Self Spiritual Spirituality Heard Cry Eternal Empty Void Traveller Empty Heart

Book:The Secret Rose Garden

Source: The Secret Rose Garden

“Penetrate the heart of just one drop of water, and you will be flooded by a hundred oceans.”

Inspirational Heart Water Ocean Hundred Unity Just One Penetrate Drop Of Water

Author:Mahmud Shabistari

“Every particle of the world is a mirror. In each atom blazes forth the light of a thousand suns. Open the heart of a raindrop and you will find a hundred oceans. In a grain of sand lies the seed of a thousand beings.”

World Heart Light Lying Sun Thousand Ocean Hundred Mirrors Seeds Sand Atoms Grain Particles Raindrops Grains Of Sand

Author:Mahmud Shabistari

About the Author

Born: 1288
Died: 1340
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 9

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