Quotessence
Home / Authors / Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Seyyed Hossein Nasr Quotes

Professor

Filter quotes by topic

AllIslamSpiritualIslamicWorldHumansProphetSufiSufismAlsIfsHuman BeingsPeopleSoulFormPracticeCenturyExampleFunctionGod LoveModern

Famous Seyyed Hossein Nasr Quotes

“How did the Turks become Muslim? They became Muslim through the Sufis. The Arabs never conquered the Turks. There were people in early Islam who were speaking like Hallaj, who spoke about the Truth, about reaching the Truth, about being one with the Truth, and not only they were not killed, but they were great heroes of their own culture, and there is a university in Turkey named after one [Sufi Saint.]”

PeopleCultureHeroIslamUniversitySaintReachingSpokesSufiTurkeysGreat Hero
Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Create image

“300 years after the rise of Islam there were Zoroastrians in Iran. The Muslim armies never forced people to accept Islam. It was only within Arabia that God ordered the idolaters to have a choice of either embracing Islam or fight against Muslims, because He wanted to remove this terrible idolatry that exited there. But outside Arabia where Islam met Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians and Hindus, they were given a choice by and large. That's why many Christians and Jewish communities survived in the Muslim world, but gradually many of them embraced Islam for different reasons.”

PeopleWorldYearsDifferentReasonWantedChristianChoicesFightingGivenCommunityAcceptingTerribleMetsArmyIslamJewRemoveIranSurvivedIdolatryArabiaMuslim WorldJewish Community
Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Create image

“If you have a billion Muslims, 900 million of them were not brought into Islam by any kind of invasion, but most of them through the Sufis, because human beings are such that they are affected by people of spiritual character. Certainly when they display nobility and hospitality and gentility and love and are not selfish or aggressive, and they are honest.”

PeopleIfsHumansKindCharacterSpiritualHuman BeingsMillionsHonestAnd LoveIslamSelfishBillionsAffectedAggressiveDisplaySufiNobilityHospitalityInvasionGentilityNot Selfish
Author:Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Create image