sufis

Saying of the ProphetObjectsIt is your attachment to objects which make you blind and deaf.

Saying of the ProphetAccusationsAnyone reviling a brother for a sin will not himself die before committing it.

Saying of the ProphetHelping othersI order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Muslim or not.

Saying of the ProphetAngerYou ask for a piece of advice. I tell you : 'Do not get angry.' He is strong who can withhold anger.

Teaching:One hour's teaching is better than a whole night of prayer.Saying of the Prophet

Saying of the ProphetMonkishnessNo monkery in Islam.

Saying of the Prophet. The Bequest: I have nothing to leave you except my family.

The more wakeful a man is to the things which surround him, the more asleep is he, and his waking is worse than his sleep.

People who have fallacious objectives are like the barren soil. The flowers grow from soil which is composed of the right objectives.

_ the Sufi attitude is: __et the real truth, whatever it may be, be revealed to me_.

Definition of a SufiTo learn, people must give up a great deal, and this includes ritual as something from which they imagine they might learn. It is to emphasise this that Abu-Yaqub al-Susi, quoted in Kalabadhi's Taaruf, states that the Sufi is 'One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk. As Prince Dara Shikoh says, in a Persian poem: Do you wish to be included with the Lords of Sight? From speech (then) pass on to experience. By saying 'Unity', you do not become a monotheist; The mouth does not become sweet from the word 'Sugar

Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.

Laziness - The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.

Mediation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.

No practice exists in isolation.

Sufis hold that the superior experience and knowledge comes to a man or woman in exact accordance with his worth,capacity,and earning of it.

Sufism is transmitted by means of the human exemplar, the teacher.