“Divinity in Its Transcendence, the Absolute before any Self-manifestation, cannot be contemplated, for contemplation implies a subject and an object, and the Absolute is beyond all duality, all "place" and all knowing. It is the Mystery, the utterly inscrutable secret in the deepest part of Being, veiled behind all the inmost veils, yet somehow luring and teasing the lover. And the lover waits outside the door, ready to surrender his life at a sign.” PoetrySufismSufiSufi PoetryAttar Book:The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry Source: The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry
“The drop of rain knows who and what it is as long as it remains a drop. When it falls back into the sea, its origin, it can no longer know.” SufismSufiSufi PoetryIslamic PoetryAttar Book:The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry Source: The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry