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Shams Tabrizi

Shams Tabrizi Books

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Shams Tabrizi, born in 1185 and died in 1248, was a figure whose profession and category remain unclear. He may have been a philosopher, poet, or mystic, who had a profound influence on later generations.

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“There are more fake gurus and false teachers in this world than the number of stars in the visible universe. Don’t confuse power-driven, self-centered people with true mentors. A genuine spiritual master will not direct your attention to himself or herself and will not expect absolute obedience or utter admiration from you, but instead will help you to appreciate and admire your inner self. True mentors are as transparent as glass. They let the Light of God pass through them.” —Shams Tabrizi”

Guru Master Elif Shafak Shams Tabrizi

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“There may be one fault in a man that conceals a thousand qualities, or one excellence that conceals a thousand faults. The little indicates much.”

Men May Littles Quality Thousand Faults Excellence

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“The salat can be made up for, but there is no making up for false show or outward worship without presence.”

Made Shows Worship Making Up

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“Whoever lives as he sees fit will not die as he sees fit.”

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“Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart.”

Heart Soul Evil Seeing Command Als Nafs

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“'Alms in secret extinguish the wrath of the Lord' means you are so immersed in sincerity and in preserving that sincerity that you have no pleasure in giving alms.”

Giving Mean Pleasure Secret Lord Sincerity Wrath Alms

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“When you oppose the shaykh, it's like the slave who kills himself over a quarrel with his master. 'Hey, why are you killing yourself over a quarrel?' He says, 'So my master will suffer loss.'”

Suffering Loss Masters Slave Killing Hey Quarrels Killing Yourself

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“Being the companion of the folk of this world is fire. There must be an Abraham if the fire is not going to burn [you].”

Ifs World Fire This World Folks Companion Abraham

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“No matter what people call you, you are just who you are. Keep to this truth. You must ask yourself how is it you want to live your life. We live and we die, this is the truth that we can only face alone. No one can help us. So consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to live your life?”

People Way Want Matter Helping Faces Dies Asks No Matter What Who You Are Live Your Life

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“There are more fake guides, teachers in the world than stars. The real guide is the one who makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and followed.”

World Want Real Stars Teacher Guides Fake Inner Beauty

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“If the human being is a proud and honorable creature, he shouldn't forget to act that way, even if he falls, even if the whole world is against him, even if he ends as a slave.”

Ifs World Way Humans Ends Whole Fall Human Beings Forget Proud Creatures Slave Whole World Honorable

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“What does patience mean? It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn. Impatience means to be short sighted as to not be able to see the outcome. The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.”

Knows Looks Mean Doe Running Able Night Needed Lovers Moon Rose Dawn Outcomes Impatience Short Sighted Patience And Love Crescent Patience Love Crescent Moon

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“The path to the Truth is a labour of the heart, not of the head. Make your heart your primary guide! Not your mind. Meet, challenge and ultimately prevail over your nafs with your heart. Knowing your ego will lead you to the knowledge of God.”

Mind Heart Challenges Knowing Path Truth Is Ego Guides Primaries Labour Over You Knowledge Of God Nafs

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“Do not worry about tricks and cheaters. If some people are trying to trap and hurt you, Allah is also trapping them. Hole diggers will always fall in their holes. No bad remains unpunished, and no good remains without being awarded, so have faith in justice and let the rest be.”

People Ifs Trying Fall Hurt Justice Worry Remains Tricks Holes Have Faith Traps Cheater

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“A life without love is a waste. 'Should I look for spiritual love, or material, or physical love?', don't ask yourself this question. Discrimination leads to discrimination. Love doesn't need any name, category or definition. Love is a world itself. Either you are in, at the center... either you are out, yearning.”

World Needs Should Looks Spiritual Asks Names Love Is Materials Waste Definitions Discrimination Categories Yearning Should I Without Love Spiritual Love Life Without Love

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“If you expect respect from others, show it first to yourself. You can't expect from others what you don't give to yourself.”

Ifs Giving Firsts Shows

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“While the parts change, the whole always remains the same. For every thief who departs this world, a new one is born. And every decent person who passes away is replaced by a new one. In this way not only does nothing remain the same but also nothing ever really changes.”

World Way Persons Doe Whole Born This World Remains Decent Thieves Replaced Passing Away

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house.”

Wisdom Spiritual House Doors Intellect

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“God is busy with the completion of your work, both outwardly and inwardly. He is fully occupied with you. Every human being is a work in progress that is slowly but inexplicably moving toward perfection. We are each an unfinished work of art both waiting and striving to be completed. God deals with each of us separately because humanity is a fine art of skilled penmanship where every single dot is equally important for the entire picture.”

“If you want to change the way others treat you, you should first change the way you treat yourself. Unless you learn to love yourself, fully and sincerely, there is no way you can be loved. Once you achieve that stage, however, be thankful for every thorn that others might throw at you. It is a sign that you will soon be showered in roses.”

Ifs Way Want Should Firsts Might Achieve Stage Love You Treats Rose Love Yourself Being Thankful Sincerely Treat Yourself Learn To Love Yourself

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“Most of the problems of the world stems from linguistic mistakes and simple misunderstandings. Don’t ever take words at face value. When you step into the zone of love, language as we know it becomes obsolete. That which cannot be put into words can only be grasped through silence.”

Knows World Problem Faces Values Language Simple Mistake Silence Steps Zone Forty Stem Misunderstanding Obsolete Face Value

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“It is easy to love perfection. The difficulty consists in loving the human with his good and bad. We mostly know as much as we love. Only loving God but not its creatures, you can never really know, neither really love.”

Knows Humans Easy Creatures Perfection Difficulty Good And Bad Loving God

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“Instead of resisting to changes, surrender. Let life be with you, not against you. If you think ‘My life will be upside down’ don’t worry. How do you know down is not better than upside?”

Ifs Thinking Knows Life Is Worry Surrender Do You Know Upside Down Resisting

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“A good man complains of no one; he does not look to faults.”

Men Looks Doe Faults Complaining Good Man

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“Most of conflicts and tensions are due to language. Don't pay so much attention to the words. In love’s country, language doesn't have its place. Love's mute.”

Country Language Pay Attention Conflict Dues Tension Mute

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“The universe is a complete unique entity. Everything and everyone is bound together with some invisible strings. Do not break anyone’s heart; do not look down on weaker than you. One’s sorrow at the other side of the world can make the entire world suffer; one’s happiness can make the entire world smile.”

World Looks Heart Together Suffering Universe Sides Break Sorrow Unique Bounds Invisible Strings Entity

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“Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full.”

Knows Needs Night Waiting Seeing Lovers Moon Sitting Rose Patient Time Of Need Foreseeing Sitting And Waiting

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“Don't search for heaven and hell in the future. Both are now present. Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven. Whenever we fight, hate, we are in hell.”

Hate Fighting Heaven Hell Expectations Manage Negotiation Calculations Heaven And Hell

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“The real dirt is not outside, but inside, in our hearts. We can wash all stains with water. The only one we can't remove is the grudge and the bad intentions sticking to our hearts.”

Heart Real Water Intention Remove Dirt Stains Grudge Bad Intentions

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“You can be everything in life but the important thing is to be a good person.”

Persons Important Important Things Good Person Being A Good Person

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“The quest for Love changes us. There is no seeker among those who search for Love who has not matured on the way. The moment you start looking for Love, you start to change within and without.”

Way Moments Love You Forty Quests Seekers Matured Looking For Love Searching For Love

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“The whole universe is sum up in the Human Being. Devil is not a monster waiting to trap us, He is a voice inside. Look for Your Devil in Yourself, not in the Others. Don't forget that the one who knows his Devil, knows his God.”

Knows Humans Looks Whole Universe Waiting Voice Human Beings Forget Devil Monsters Traps

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“You have to live with the people in hypocrisy for them to stay happy with you.”

People Hypocrisy Stay Happy

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“When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness.”

Trying Range Emptiness Emptiness Inside

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“The past is an interpretation. The future is on illusion. The world does not move through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding from the past to the future. Instead, time moves through and within us, in endless spirals. Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness. If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment.”

“It is never late to ask yourself “Am I ready to change my life, am I ready to change myself?”. However old we are, whatever we went through, it is always possible to reborn. If each day is a copy of the last one, what a pity! Every breath is a chance to reborn. But to reborn into a new life, you have to die before dying.”

Ifs Lasts Dies Asks Chance Dying Ready Late Breaths Pity Each Day Copies New Life Reborn Changing My Life

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“It is pointless trying to know where the way leads. Think only about your first step, the rest will come.”

Thinking Knows Way Trying Firsts Steps First Steps Pointless

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“This world is like a mountain. Your echo depends on you. If you scream good things, the world will give it back. If you scream bad things, the world will give it back. Even if someone says badly about you, speak well about him. Change your heart to change the world.”

Ifs World Giving Wells Heart Speak This World Depends Mountain Good Things Changing The World Bad Things Scream Echoes

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“If you look around, you can find a face of God in each thing, because He is not hidden in a church, in a mosque, or a synagogue, but everywhere. As there is no one who lives after seeing him, there is also no one dying after seeing him. Who finds Him, stays forever with him.”

Ifs Looks Faces Church Forever Seeing Dying Mosques Synagogue

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“If you are insulted, if you are accused, if they gossip about you, don't say anything bad. Don't be the one who sees the shame, be the one who corrects it.”

Ifs Shame Gossip Say Anything Accused Insulted

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“The words we use for the Creator are a reflect of ourselves. If we think of God as fear and shame, we are scared and have something to be ashamed of ... But if we see love, compassion and kindness, it is because we possess these qualities.”

Ifs Thinking Use Quality Compassion Kindness Shame Scared Creator Ashamed Kindness And Compassion

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“Be sure that someday you'll praise and thank God for your unanswered prayers that once you had wept for them.”

Prayer Praise Someday Thank God Answered Prayers Unanswered Unanswered Prayers

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“The chemistry of mind is different from the chemistry of love. The mind is careful, suspicious, he advances little by little. He advises “Be careful, protect yourself” Whereas love says “Let yourself, go!” The mind is strong, never falls down, while love hurts itself, falls into ruins. But isn’t it in ruins that we mostly find the treasures? A broken heart hides so many treasures.”

Mind Heart Littles Different Fall Strong Hurt Broken Protect Careful Treasure Ruins Chemistry Be Careful Advise Suspicious Falling Down Protect Yourself Love Hurt

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“For anew Self to be born, hardship is necessary. Just as clay needs to go through intense heat to become strong, Love can only be perfected in pain.”

Needs Self Pain Strong Born Intense Heat Forty Hardship Clay Strong Love

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“Surrendering is not a weakness. At the contrary it is strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a secure place.”

Water Weakness Contrary Surrender Secure Boiling Boiling Water

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“When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness. Human should be like a pot. As the pot is hold by its emptiness inside, human is hold by the awareness of his nothingness.”

Should Trying Humans Awareness Range Emptiness Pot Nothingness Emptiness Inside

Author:Shams Tabrizi

“The past is a fog on our minds. The future? A complete dream. We can't neither guess the future, neither change the past.”

Mind Dream Past Fog Guessing You Can't Change The Past

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“Remove all the walls and curtains so you can get closer and purely love. Have principles but do not use them to exclude or to judge the others. Stay far from idols, specially from those you made from your own principles. Have a powerful faith, but do not play the powerful.”

Made Play Use Powerful Principles Judging Wall Remove Idols Curtains

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“Love is a travel. All travelers whether they want or not are changed. No one can travel into love and remain the same.”

Want Love Is Changed Traveler

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“To get closer to Truth and Right, we need a beautiful and soft heart. Every human learns one day or another to become softer. Some accidentally, some because of disease, some suffer from human loss, some other from material loss ... We all face these situations, but we can either see the good in it and open our hearts, or unfortunately see an another occasion to lock it forever.”

Needs Humans Heart Beautiful Faces Suffering Loss Situation Forever Materials One Day Disease Occasions Locks Soft Heart

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About the Author

Born: 1185
Died: 1248
Known for: Author
Quotes: 61

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