Sarmad Kashani Quotes

Sarmad Kashani or simply as Sarmad was a Persian speaking Armenian mystic and poet who travelled to and made the Indian subcontinent his permanent home during the 17th century. Originally Jewish, he may have renounced his religion to adopt Islam. Sarmad, in his poetry, states that he is neither Jewish, nor Muslim, nor Hindu. Wikipedia

✵ 1590 – 1661

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“He who understood the secrets of the Truth
Became vaster than the vast heaven;
Mulla says “Ahmad went to heaven”;
Sarmad says “Nay, heaven came down to Ahmad.””

Sarmad Kashani

[Asiri 1950, No. 126] Asiri 1950 — Asiri, Fazl Mahmud. Rubaiyat-i-Sarmad. Shantiniketan, 1950. Quoted from SARMAD: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SUFI https://iphras.ru/uplfile/smirnov/ishraq/3/24_prig.pdf by N. Prigarina

“O Sarmad! Thou hast won a great name in the world,
Since thou hast turned away from infidelity to Islam.
What wrong was there in God and His Prophet
That you hast become a disciple of Lacchman and Rama?”

Sarmad Kashani

Source: [Asiri 1950, No. 334] Asiri 1950 — Asiri, Fazl Mahmud. Rubaiyat-i-Sarmad. Shantiniketan, 1950. Quoted from SARMAD: LIFE AND DEATH OF A SUFI https://iphras.ru/uplfile/smirnov/ishraq/3/24_prig.pdf by N. Prigarina

“Except not a moment of peace from love of self,
except no lofty position from lack of will.
Worldliness brings no profit –
Become insignificant, seek no increase.”

Sarmad Kashani

Source: Sarmad, Martyr to Love Divine, p. 241 (2005)

“Death is hard on your trail in this wilderness–
the end of you and all that you amass.
Suffering at the beginning, regret at the end,
and in the end your attachment trample you.”

Sarmad Kashani

Source: Sarmad, Martyr to Love Divine, p. 240 (2005)

“O Beloved, in your mercy forgive me my sins
and accept my night-long weeping.
I live in bewilderment, full of transgressions–
Only your grace will bring me release.”

Sarmad Kashani

Source: Sarmad, Martyr to Love Divine, p. 240 (2005)

“In Life's experience of varied kinds, this have I seen:
Your grace, O Lord, far outweighs my sins.
Strange, your mercy has become my excuse for more transgressions–
The greater your generosity, the greater my sins!”

Sarmad Kashani

Source: Sarmad, Martyr to Love Divine, p. 238 (2005)

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