Quotes About Faith

Do not dwell upon whether you will put yourself into the hands of a teacher. You are always in his hands.

None should say: 'I can trust' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.

Una barba mejor que la tuya. "Todos los verdaderos devotos llevan barba," dijo el Imán a su audiencia. "Muéstrenme una barba espesa y brillante, y yo les mostraré a un verdadero creyente!" "Mi cabra tiene una barba mucho más tupida y larga que la tuya," contestó Nasrudín. "¿Eso significa que es mejor musulmán que tú?".

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza Community: Irrationals unified by hope of the impossible.

The hearts of the noble are the graves of confidences.

Trust is needed before lessons can be learnt.

Miracles, to the Sufi, are not evidential, they are instrumental.

Las personas de este mundo tienen un destino fijado. Pero quien está desarrollado espiritualmente recibe lo que 'no' está en su destino.

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

Conviction, far from being based upon reason, is the enemy of reason; because rationality does not change, while convictions do, all the time.

The person who has not seen the face of trust - has seen nothing. The person who has not found contentment - has found nothing.

None should say: 'I can trust,' or 'I cannot trust' until he is master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.

Debating whether one trusts or not is a sign that one does not want to trust at all, and therefore is still incapable of it.

Ser un Sufi es desligarse de ideas fijas y preconcebidas, y no intentar eludir el propio destino. Abu-Said, hijo de Abi-Khair

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

Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza Adherent: Someone who will believe anything except what he should.

Dicho del Profeta Tareas Quienquiera que haga de todas sus tareas una tarea, Dios le ayudará en sus otros asuntos.

Unbelief and belief are both marching on His road, while both are saying, 'He is one and He has no associates'.

La incredulidad y la creencia están ambas marchando sobre SU camino, mientras ambas dicen: 'Él es uno y Él no tiene socios'.

Aquel que es afortunadamente iluminado (el Sufi) Sabe que la sofistería procede del diablo, y el amor de Adán.

Dicho del Profeta No es de los míos quien miente, rompe una promesa o defrauda la confianza depositada en él.

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

Soy un adorador de ídolos; pues comprendo lo que significa adorar ídolos; y el idólatra no.

Dicho del Profeta Reflejo Los creyentes son espejos, unos para otros.