Sahl al-Tustari Quotes

Sahl al-Tustarī or Sahl Shushtarī according to Persian custom, born Abū Muḥammad Sahl ibn ʿAbd Allāh , was a Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and early classical Sufi mystic. He founded the Salimiyah Muslim theological school, which was named after his disciple Muhammad ibn Salim.Tustari is most famous for his controversial claim that "I am the Proof of God for the created beings and I am a proof for the saints of my time" and for his well-known Tafsir, a commentary on and interpretation of the Qur'an. Wikipedia  

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Famous Sahl al-Tustari Quotes

“It is illicit for the heart to smell the scent of certainty while contentment with other-than-God dwells therein.”

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 54

“The utmost degree of gnosis is dismay and perplexity.”

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 54

“Sufism is to eat little and to take rest with God, and to flee from men.”

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 54

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