5 Sufi Quotes - Which One Will Change Your Life?
These are some of the most powerful Sufi quotes I have come across, and all of them have had an impact in my life and helped to set the course of my spiritual evolution.
In this article I will discuss some meanings of the quotes and how they can change your life.
1.
"How many people welcome a day whose end they will not live to see, and expect a tomorrow which they do not reach? -The Messenger of God, Prophet Muhammad ibn Abdullah (s) These Sufi quotes can show you the error we make in living our lives as if we are going to live forever.
If we could meditate on this quote and make it part of our lives, we would soon see what was worth spending our time on, and redouble our efforts in our spiritual evolution.
2.
"One of the most important doors to the Presence of Allah is to eat with Awareness.
The food gives the body strength, and to eat with consciousness gives the body purity.
" -Shaykh Muhammad Baha'uddin Shah Naqshband Having enough energy to carry out our day to day tasks is demanding enough, but for spiritual evolution we must conserve energy wherever we can, because we must have lots of spare energy to develop with.
These Sufi Quotes address that.
How many times do we eat on the run or in front of the TV set mindlessly? Eating consciously nourishes our body and soul so we get the most benefit from our food.
3.
"To protect your heart from evil thoughts is very difficult, and I protected my heart for twenty years without letting in a single whisper.
" -Shaykh Ala'uddin al-Bukhari al-Attar Protecting your heart from evil thoughts or inclinations is vigilance, or consciousness.
It is indeed one of the hardest things we can attempt, but every effort made at awareness of what is entering your heart is cumulative and new efforts are built upon the old.
4.
"If you were to examine yourself, you would find that you are nothing, and you would find God there, that is, you would find God instead of finding yourself.
" -Shaykh Ahmad Al-Alawi Now we come to the essence of the ancient Greek aphorism, "Know Thyself.
" This is the greatest mystery of our existence, the reality of our being.
This Sufi quote alone, if used as a tool on your path, will bring you oceans of self-realization.
5.
"For every condition, you must make ready "Alhamdulillah (praise and thanks be to god)", and then every difficulty goes away, it brings solutions for every difficult problem.
" Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani Gratitude is an essential emotion for happiness in this life and the next.
It contains in itself acceptance of the moment.
Once we can accept and be grateful for every moment and situation, then we can embrace it and become present.
Now pick one of these Sufi Quotes that speaks to your heart the most, sit in a quiet spot and meditate on it, and you will find levels and levels of understanding.
You will find these Sufi quotes to be oceans of knowledge, and as soon as you think you have taken some wisdom from them they will open new vistas for you to explore.
-Daud Zambrano
In this article I will discuss some meanings of the quotes and how they can change your life.
1.
"How many people welcome a day whose end they will not live to see, and expect a tomorrow which they do not reach? -The Messenger of God, Prophet Muhammad ibn Abdullah (s) These Sufi quotes can show you the error we make in living our lives as if we are going to live forever.
If we could meditate on this quote and make it part of our lives, we would soon see what was worth spending our time on, and redouble our efforts in our spiritual evolution.
2.
"One of the most important doors to the Presence of Allah is to eat with Awareness.
The food gives the body strength, and to eat with consciousness gives the body purity.
" -Shaykh Muhammad Baha'uddin Shah Naqshband Having enough energy to carry out our day to day tasks is demanding enough, but for spiritual evolution we must conserve energy wherever we can, because we must have lots of spare energy to develop with.
These Sufi Quotes address that.
How many times do we eat on the run or in front of the TV set mindlessly? Eating consciously nourishes our body and soul so we get the most benefit from our food.
3.
"To protect your heart from evil thoughts is very difficult, and I protected my heart for twenty years without letting in a single whisper.
" -Shaykh Ala'uddin al-Bukhari al-Attar Protecting your heart from evil thoughts or inclinations is vigilance, or consciousness.
It is indeed one of the hardest things we can attempt, but every effort made at awareness of what is entering your heart is cumulative and new efforts are built upon the old.
4.
"If you were to examine yourself, you would find that you are nothing, and you would find God there, that is, you would find God instead of finding yourself.
" -Shaykh Ahmad Al-Alawi Now we come to the essence of the ancient Greek aphorism, "Know Thyself.
" This is the greatest mystery of our existence, the reality of our being.
This Sufi quote alone, if used as a tool on your path, will bring you oceans of self-realization.
5.
"For every condition, you must make ready "Alhamdulillah (praise and thanks be to god)", and then every difficulty goes away, it brings solutions for every difficult problem.
" Shaykh Nazim Adil al-Haqqani Gratitude is an essential emotion for happiness in this life and the next.
It contains in itself acceptance of the moment.
Once we can accept and be grateful for every moment and situation, then we can embrace it and become present.
Now pick one of these Sufi Quotes that speaks to your heart the most, sit in a quiet spot and meditate on it, and you will find levels and levels of understanding.
You will find these Sufi quotes to be oceans of knowledge, and as soon as you think you have taken some wisdom from them they will open new vistas for you to explore.
-Daud Zambrano
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