Attar of Nishapur: Quotes about God

Attar of Nishapur was Persian Sufi poet. Explore interesting quotes on god.
Attar of Nishapur: 36 quotes6 likes

“Know then, that both this visible world and that
Which unseen is, alike are God Himself,
Naught is, save God: and all that is, is God.”

Attar of Nishapur

"All Pervading Consciousness"
Context: Yet what are seas and what is air? For all
Is God, and but a talisman are heaven and earth
To veil Divinity. For heaven and earth,
Did He not permeate them, were but names;
Know then, that both this visible world and that
Which unseen is, alike are God Himself,
Naught is, save God: and all that is, is God.

“Yet what are seas and what is air? For all
Is God, and but a talisman are heaven and earth
To veil Divinity.”

Attar of Nishapur

"All Pervading Consciousness"
Context: Yet what are seas and what is air? For all
Is God, and but a talisman are heaven and earth
To veil Divinity. For heaven and earth,
Did He not permeate them, were but names;
Know then, that both this visible world and that
Which unseen is, alike are God Himself,
Naught is, save God: and all that is, is God.

“Do all you can to become a bird of the Way to God;
Do all you can to develop your wings and your feathers.”

Attar of Nishapur

"In the Dead of Night" as translated by Andrew Harvey and Eryk Hanut in Perfume of the Desert

“All things are but masks at God's beck and call,
They are symbols that instruct us that God is all.”

Attar of Nishapur book The Conference of the Birds

As translated by Raficq Abdulla
The Conference of the Birds (1177)