Skip to content

To remain satisfied and grateful for the pleasure of the Beloved, at the cost of religion and heart is necessarily passionate love, which in Sufi terminology is called faithfulness.

— Bu Ali Shah Qalandar The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

Another quote →

Topics

More quotes by Bu Ali Shah Qalandar

Become lover. Think both the worlds beauty of the Beloved and think own self the beauty of the Beloved.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

When His (God) beauty has permeated in each and every iota of the world, why should I sit like an ascetic (hermit) in a corner!

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

Devotion to God and service to fellow beings is the pivot of life.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

Search your heart within where lies the key to all Divine mysteries, and where God has placed treasures of Divine, mystical and spiritual powers.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

Beloved has been created in your image and sent to you in order to put you on the right path.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

All Bu Ali Shah Qalandar quotes →

You may also like

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind.

William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595)

To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.

Bertrand Russell Marriage and Morals (1929)

Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

Sanu Sharma

Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

Alexander Pope

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Bu Ali Shah Qalandar (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.