Allow the wisdom of Sufi masters through these inspiring Sufi quotes offer guidance and insight on love, spirituality, and the human experience.
Sufism is a mystical Islamic belief system, with its own set of rituals, beliefs, and practices. At its core, Sufism is about achieving a closer connection to God and seeking spiritual enlightenment.
Sufis follow the teachings of Islam and seek to understand the deeper meaning of the religion. By following certain practices; such as prayer, meditation, and contemplation… they can become closer to God and gain a greater understanding of the divine.
Sufism has often been misunderstood by outsiders, who see it as a departure from mainstream Islam. However, Sufis see themselves as practicing a deeper and more meaningful form of Islam. They believe that by following the Sufi path, they can achieve a state of inner peace and enlightenment.
In this article, we have compiled a collection of powerful and inspiring Sufi quotes from Sufi masters and scholars. Whether you are a student of Sufism or simply seeking wisdom and inspiration, these quotes are sure to resonate with you on a deep level.
So, let dive into our collection of Sufi quotes and discover the timeless wisdom of these spiritual masters.
Sufi love quotes
When you are able to love someone unconditionally, without reason, you can begin to understand God’s unconditional love for you.
Habib Ali al–Jifri
Oh, Lord, nourish me not with love, but with the desire for love.
Ibn Arabi
Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.
Rumi
Only those who overflow with love will build the happy and enlightened world of the future.
Fethullah Gulen
Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love.
Rumi
Islam didn’t make it Haram for you to fall in love. It didn’t forbid you from wanting someone. It only guides that love so it protects you, her, your families and especially saves you from humiliation on judgment day. If you love her so much, why are you ok with letting her engage in this questionable relationship knowing full well that she will have to answer Allah just like you will. You don’t love her enough to save her from that?
Nouman Ali Khan
I believe in the religion of Love, whatever direction its caravans may take, for Love is my religion and my faith.
Ibn Arabi
There is nothing like marriage, for two who love one another.
Ibn Majah
The highest degree of love is Tatayyum (total enthrallment). The lowest degree is ‘alaqah (attachment), when the heart is attached to the beloved: then comes sabahah (infatuation), when the heart is poured out: then gharam (passion), when love never leaves the heart: the nashaq (ardent love), and finally tatayyum.
Ibn Taymiyyah
Amongst the friends of Allah (Awliya), the Qur’an is considered as a love letter from Allah, which inevitably is read continuously to remind them of their Beloved.
Muhammad Tahir–ul–Qadri
Spiritual sufi quotes
Not every man with a heart is understanding, nor every man with an ear a listener, and nor every man with eyes able to see.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Faith does not increase, nor does it decrease; because a diminution in it would be unbelief.
Abu Hanifa
You say that you are just a body, but inside of you is something greater than the Universe.
Al–Shafi’i
Listen to your heart and not your ego. Your ego prompts you to boast of vain assertions to obtain the glory of this world. Turn away from vanity and seek Him in the recesses of your heart and soul.
Abdul–Qadir Gilani
The loftiest in status are those who do not know their own status, and the most virtuous of them are those who do not know their own virtue.
Al–Shafi’i
Take someone who doesn’t keep score, who’s not looking to be richer, or afraid of losing, who has not the slightest interest even in his own personality: he’s free.
Rumi
He who prays five times a day is in the protection of God, and he who is protected by God cannot be harmed by anyone.
Abu Bakr
All humans are dead except those who have knowledge; and all those who have knowledge are asleep, except those who do good deeds; and those who do good deeds are deceived, except those who are sincere; and those who are sincere are always in a state of worry.
Al–Shafi’i
Strange, that I came into the world with nothing, and now I am going away with this stupendous caravan of sin! Wherever I look, I see only God.
Muhi al–Din Muhammad
When light engages the heart, it causes an illumination of the path, a purification of the consciousness, an enlightenment of the intellect and an establishment of the foundations of dhikr and shukr and of beautiful worship.
Habib Umar bin Hafiz
Sufi quotes on peace
Explore the rich tradition of Sufi quotes and uncover new insights into the peaceful state!
Be grateful for your life, every detail of it,
and your face will come to shine like a sun,
and everyone who sees it will
be made glad and peaceful.
Rumi
There is peace in solitude, away from the evils of people.
Ali Ibn Abi Talib
When you feel a peaceful joy, that’s when you are near truth.
Rumi
There is tranquility and peace in anonymity and confidentiality.
Umar ibn Al–Khattab
All your anxiety is because of your desire for harmony. Seek disharmony, then you will gain peace.
Rumi
To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, to sleep less is a prayer and there is peace in solitude.
Umar ibn Al–Khattab
My dear heart, never think you are better than others. Listen to their sorrows with compassion. If you want peace, don’t harbor bad thoughts, do not gossip and don’t teach what you do not know.
Rumi
The skin of a beloved or favorite person becomes soft just like his heart. His dedication is prominent. The softness of his skin and heart is noticeable and he finds peace only in the Remembrance of his Creator.
Uthman ibn Affan
Peaceful is the one who’s not concerned with having more or less. Unbound by name and fame, he is free from sorrow from the world and mostly from himself.
Rumi
For a day, just for one day, Talk about that which disturbs no one And bring some peace into your Beautiful eyes.
Hafez
Sufi quotes on life
Dive into the mystical world of Sufism with our ten inspiring Sufi quotes that speak about life!
Life consists of two days: one for you and one against you, so when it’s for you don’t be proud or reckless, and when it’s against you be patient, for both days are test for you
Ali ibn Abi Talib
O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out.
Abu Bakr
This wordly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you.
Ibn Qayyim Al–Jawziyya
Don’t sit and wait. Get out there, feel life. Touch the sun, and immerse in the sea.
Rumi
Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our indolence is manifest.
Abu Bakr
God has created man with his intellect intact so that he may create the world anew every day.
Abu’l Walid Muhammad ibn Rushd
Do not look back,
No one knows how the world ever began.
Do not fear the future, Nothing lasts forever.
If you dwell on the past or future,
You will miss the moment.
Rumi
He who avoids complaint invites happiness.
Abu Bakr
Aim to live in this world without allowing the world to live inside you because when a boat sits on water it sails perfectly, but when water enters inside the boat, it sinks.
Ali Ibn Abi Talib
It’s your road and yours alone. Others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you.
Rumi
Sufi sayings
Width of life is more important than length of life.
Avicenna
All actions without love are just like dust in the air.
Habib Umar bin Hafiz
The more brilliant the lightning, the quicker it disappears.
Avicenna
As you can taste a pot full of food with a spoon likewise someone’s tounge can tell you about his heart.
Ibn Qayyim Al–Jawziyya
Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
Hafez
Is it the fault of wine if a fool drinks it and goes stumbling into darkness?
Avicenna
What we speak becomes the house we live in.
Hafez
The different sorts of madness are innumerable.
Avicenna
In the late hours of the night, befriend the prayer mat.
Muhammad Tahir–ul–Qadri
A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.
Saadi
Sufism quotes on death
Discover the profound wisdom of the Islamic tradition through these Sufi quotes that speak about death!
Wealth remains behind on earth while ibadaah accompanies you into the grave.
Al–Shafi’i
Before death takes away what you are given, give away what there is to give.
Rumi
If you suffer [death] in the way of God, it will be your profit in this world, and your reward in the next.
Hassan al–Banna
One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Life comes to pass, yet death is very much closer.
Abu Bakr
Grieve not; though the journey of life be bitter, and the end unseen, there is no road which does not lead to an end.
Hafez
If Allah created you for this world, He would have created you without death.
Habib Umar bin Hafiz
A real man is one who fears the death of his heart, not of his body.
Ibn Qayyim Al–Jawziyya
Think not I dread to see my spirit fly,
Through the dark gates of fell mortality;
Death has no terrors when the life is true;
‘Tis living ill that makes us fear to die.
Omar Khayyam
From God we have come and to God we must return.
Omar Mukhtar
Sufi quotes about afterlife
Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.
Imam Al–Ghazali
There are five dark matters and five lamps. Love of this world is darkness, and the fear of Allah is its lamp. Sin is darkness, and its lamp is repentance. The grave is darkness, and its lamp is ‘none has the right to be worshipped but Allah, and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.’ The hereafter is darkness, and its lamp is the good deed. The Siraat is darkness, and its lamp is certainty of faith.
Abu Bakr
If you believe in justice, surely you believe in the hereafter, because this world is not just.
Nouman Ali Khan
World is that work which does not serve the purpose of acquiring the Hereafter.
Uthman ibn Affan
Losing time is harder than death, as losing time keeps you away from Allah and the Hereafter, while death keeps you away from the worldly life and people.
Ibn Qayyim Al–Jawziyya
If you do not prepare now for the Afterlife, then when will you do so?
Imam Al–Ghazali
Concern with this world is darkness in the heart, but concern with the Hereafter is light in the heart.
Uthman ibn Affan
Honour and dignity in this World is measured by wealth while honour and dignity in the Hereafter is measured by good deeds.
Umar ibn Al–Khattab
Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Contentment is the greatest door that one enters to Allah, it is the source of tranquility for the worshiper and paradise on earth. Whoever does not enter it will not enter the Paradise in the Hereafter.
Ibn Taymiyyah
Sufi quotes on friendship
Let these Sufi quotes inspire you to live a life filled with love and compassion toward your friend and companion!
Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.
Saadi
Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship, since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters.
Hafez
A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in timeof need, behind your back, and after your death.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
I love my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind.
Just in case…
Heart might stop. Mind can forget.
I Love them with my Soul.
Soul never stops or forgets.
Rumi
It’s never the value of water but thirst, it’s never the value of life but death and it’s never about the friendship but trust.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.
Hafez
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
Saadi
Among the principles of the Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah lie the attitude of peace and purity of their heart and tongue towards the Sahaba (Companions) of the Prophet (SAW).
Ibn Taymiyyah
You need to be a better friend to them than anyone else. This society offers lots of evil friends. Before they make those kinds of friends, they need to find their best friend in you.
Nouman Ali Khan
Lights are all friends of each other.
Shams Tabrizi
Sufi quotes on humanity
Discover the wise of Sufi quotes to transform your life and deepen your connection to the horizontal side… to the people!
Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Disrespect earns the displeasure of the creator and the creation.
Abdul–Qadir Gilani
Your acts of kindness are iridescent wings of divine love, which linger and continue to uplift others long after your sharing.
Rumi
Love is one of the most subtle blessings that the All–Merciful One has bestowed upon humanity.
Fethullah Gulen
Seek the fellowship of those who enjoy fellowship with the Lord.
Abdul–Qadir Gilani
Awaken your heart to kindness and mercy for the people and love and tenderness for them. Never, never act with them like a predatory beast which seeks to be satiated by devouring them, for the people fall into two categories: they are either your brethren in faith or your kindred in creation.
Ali ibn Abi Talib
If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
Abu Bakr
He who comes to take the love of God can have no taste for the love of the world.
Abu Bakr
A person is truly a human if he or she learns, and teaches, and inspires others. It is difficult to regard as truly human someone who is ignorant and has no desire to learn.
Fethullah Gulen
To admonish your brother in private is to advise him and improve him. But to admonish him publicly is to disgrace and shame him.
Al–Shafi’i
Sufi quotes about Divine
Allah knows exactly what to give you to help you return to Him. The events in your life are purposeful, appropriate and non–random.
Hamza Yusuf
My sin burdened me heavily. But when I measured it against Your Grace, O Lord, Your forgiveness came out greater.
Al–Shafi’i
When Allah tests you it is never to destroy you. When He removes something in your possession it is only in order to empty your hands for an even greater gift.
Ibn Qayyim Al–Jawziyya
Allah makes the way to Jannah easy for him who treads the path in search of knowledge.
Abu Hurairah
Someone who seeks to travel the path of Allah should begin with a sound repentance from all his sins.
Abdullah ibn Alawi al–Haddad
The pleasure and the love of God for His creatures constitute the original state. His pleasure and love are the means by which He has brought His creatures into existence and are the cause of that bringing into existence. He who knows that he possesses neither being nor act rediscovers himself in that original state of pleasure and divine love.
Abdelkader El Djezairi
Who are we to wish for Paradise? It will be enough if Allah spares us his wrath.
Abu Hanifa
Love of Allah is the power of the heart, the sustenance of the heart, the light of the heart.
Ibn Qayyim Al–Jawziyya
Whoever doesn’t worship God by choice will worship the creation by necessity.
Habib Umar bin Hafiz
It is He who is revealed in every face, sought in every sign, gazed upon by every eye, worshipped in every object of worship, and pursued in the unseen and the visible. Not a single one of His creatures can fail to find Him in its primordial and original nature.
Ibn Arabi
Final thoughts
Sufi quotes offer a rich source of wisdom and inspiration for those seeking guidance on the spiritual path. These words of wisdom, often expressed through poetry and prose, offer insight on love, the human experience, and the nature of the divine.
Whether you are familiar with Sufism or just discovering this mystical tradition, these quotes can offer a sense of peace and enlightenment to your daily life. So, always try to reflect upon these beautiful Sufi quotes to find enlightenment in your daily life and allow them to enrich your soul.
Hope you have enjoyed our collection of Sufi quotes. Did you found any quote that speak to you? If so, please consider sharing it with others who might also find inspiration in these words of wisdom.
If you are seeking personal spiritual growth, greater compassion and understanding for others, or simply a seeker of inner peace, Sufism has much to offer. With patience, dedication, and an open heart, you too can embark on the path of Sufism and discover the wonders that await.