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Saying of the Prophet
Oppression
When oppression exists, even the bird dies in its nest. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Reflection
The Faithful are mirrors, one to the other. — Idries Shah

When a belief becomes more than an instrument, you are lost. You remain lost until you learn what 'belief' is really for. — Idries Shah

At His door, what is the difference between Moslem and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Monkishness
No monkery in Islam. — Idries Shah

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

That which is capable of perceiving objective reality is, in Sufism, the human soul (ruh). — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Objects
It is your attachment to objects which make you blind and deaf. — Idries Shah

Inner Knowledge
You want to become wise in one lesson: First become a real human being. — Idries Shah

Man thinks many things. He thinks he is One. He is usually several. Until he becomes One, he cannot have a fair idea of what he is at all. — Idries Shah

What has he found who has lost God?
And what has he lost who has found God? — Ibn 'Ata'illah Al-Iskandari

Similitude of the heart is like that of a telephone operator between man and God. — Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi

Love is an involuntary gift that manifests unplanned. — Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi

Saying of the Prophet
Tasks
Whoever makes all his tasks one task, God will help him in his other concerns. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
The Tongue
A man slips with his tongue more than with his feet. — Idries Shah

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza
Penitent: Someone who has been made incapable of enjoying himself. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Truth
Speaking the truth to the unjust is the best of holy wars. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Practice
Who are the learned? Those who put into practice what they know. — Idries Shah

Whoever knows God, does not (any longer) say "God". — Idries Shah

Sufism, they say, is that which enables one to understand religion, irrespective of its current outward form. — Idries Shah

Much religious teaching in the world is in reality a confused or deteriorated form, very different from its roots. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Some behaviour
I am like a man who has lighted a fire, and all the creeping things have rushed to burn themselves in it. — Idries Shah

If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion. — Idries Shah

A wise teacher is a keen and true student of absolute beauty and truth, and he searches everywhere for them in nature with all his heart — Sadegh M. Angha

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

Day and Night
The night is long: do not shorten it by sleep. The day is fair: do not darken it with wrongdoing. — Idries Shah

The means through which people may perceive Truth have forms; Truth has no form. — Idries Shah

The Sufi saying has it: God, to the bee, is something which has TWO stings! — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet.
Lies, promises, trust
He is not of mine who lies, breaks a promise or fails in his trust. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Food
Nobody has eaten better food than that won by his own labour. — Idries Shah

Saadi's dictum, in the Bostan: 'The Path is not in the rosary, the prayer-mat and the robe — Idries Shah

The Sufis say, "This is not a religion; it is religion — Idries Shah

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza
Emotionalist:
A man or woman who thinks he has experienced the divine. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
The Judge
A man appointed to be a judge has been killed without a knife. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Struggle
The holy warrior is he who struggles with himself. — Idries Shah

Soar on to the King, the crown jewel,
And then you'll truly see
That nothing is as beautiful
As His grand Majesty. — Alexis York Lumbard

Do not be frightened, friend. Let us dance our way to God. — Kamand Kojouri

It was being written in the East that 'Sufism was formerly a reality without a name: now it is a name without a reality'. — Idries Shah

Sufism is the essence of all religions. — Idries Shah

Forms are vehicles and instruments, and vehicles and instruments cannot be called good or bad without context. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Women
Women are the twin-halves of men. — Idries Shah

Helping others
I order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Moslem or not. — Idries Shah

One of the great Sufis said: 'A saint is a saint unless he knows that he is one. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Envy
Envy devours good deeds, as a fire devours fuel. — Idries Shah

I am an idol worshipper; for I understand what idol worship means, and the idolater does not. — Idries Shah

Sufism is, in fact, not a mystical system, not a religion, but a body of knowledge. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Distribution
God it is who gives: I am only a distributor. — Idries Shah

Great men are great until they know it. Saints are holy until they know it. — Idries Shah

A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work — Idries Shah

Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means. — Idries Shah

The sight of God in woman is the most perfect of all. Ibn Arabi. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Love
Do you think you love your Creator? Love your fellow-creature first. — Idries Shah

You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude. — Idries Shah

Well-meant techniques such as arbitrary self-mortification, are useless. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Anger
You ask for a piece of advice. I tell you: 'Do not get angry.' He is strong who can withhold anger. — Idries Shah

Angels are the powers hidden in the faculties and organs of man — Idries Shah

Service
I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages.

Rabia el-Adawia. — Idries Shah

They will become Godly when they will have God in their hearts. — Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi

Saying of the Prophet
THE PEOPLE
It is the people who are God's family.
(Muhammad the Prophet) — Idries Shah

Deteriorated science is a cult, so is imitative or deteriorated Sufism. — Idries Shah

A Sufi is alive to the value of time, and is given, every moment, to what that moment demands. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Humility
Humility and courtesy are themselves a part of piety. — Idries Shah

One should not pray if that prayer is vanity. — Idries Shah

All forms are limited. Some of the limitations are time, place, culture, language. — Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet
Understanding
Speak to everyone in accordance with his degree of understanding. — Idries Shah

The power of Allah: no sound, no shape, no form. But when it manifests, none can resist it. — Idries Shah