Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr Quotes

Abū Saʿīd Abū'l-Khayr or Abusa'id Abolkhayr , also known as Sheikh Abusaeid or Abu Sa'eed, was a famous Persian Sufi and poet who contributed extensively to the evolution of Sufi tradition.

The majority of what is known from his life comes from the book Asrar al-Tawhid written by Mohammad Ibn Monavvar, one of his grandsons, 130 years after his death.

The book, which is an important early Sufi writing in Persian, presents a record of his life in the form of anecdotes from a variety of sources and contains a collection of his words.

During his life his fame spread throughout the Islamic world, even to Spain. He was the first Sufi writer to widely use ordinary love poems as way to express and illuminate mysticism, and as such he played a major role in foundation of Persian Sufi poetry. He spent most of his life in Nishapur. Wikipedia  

✵ 7. December 967 – 12. January 1049
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Famous Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr Quotes

“There is nothing inside this coat except Allah.”

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 97

“Evil is thou', and the worst evil is thou', which thou knowest it not.”

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 96

“Hell is where you are and Paradise where you are not.”

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 96

Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr Quotes

“Take one step out of yourself that you may arrive at God.”

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 96

“Freedom from lower qualities is an essential qualification required for spiritual progress.”

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 95

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