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:<small> Statements of the Sufi traditions sorted alphabetically by author or source </small>
:<small> Statements of the Sufi traditions sorted alphabetically by author or source </small>
[[File:Michael Melgar LiquidArt resize droplet.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Sea]] will be the Sea<br>Whatever the drop's [[philosophy]]. ~ [[Attar of Nishapur|Attar]] ]]
[[File:Michael Melgar LiquidArt resize droplet.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Sea]] will be the Sea<br>Whatever the drop's [[philosophy]]. ~ [[Attar of Nishapur|Attar]] ]]
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[[File:Mevlana Konya.jpg|thumb|right|To a Sufi, revelation is the inherent property of every soul. There is an unceasing flow of the divine stream, which has neither beginning nor end. ~ [[Inayat Khan]] ]]
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[[File:Mevlana Konya.jpg|thumb|right|To a Sufi, [[revelation]] is the inherent property of every [[soul]]. There is an unceasing flow of the divine stream, which has neither beginning nor end. ~ [[Inayat Khan]] ]]
[[File:Allahumahabbah.svg|thumb|right|Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere [[opinion]], bewilderment is [[intuition]]. ~ [[Rumi]] ]]
[[File:Allahumahabbah.svg|thumb|right|Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment. Cleverness is mere [[opinion]], bewilderment is [[intuition]]. ~ [[Rumi]] ]]
<!-- [[File:Dcp7323-Edirne-Eski Camii Allah.jpg|thumb|right|Come even though you have broken your vows a thousand times, Come, and come yet again. Ours is not a caravan of [[despair]]. ~ [[Rumi]] ]]
<!-- [[File:Dcp7323-Edirne-Eski Camii Allah.jpg|thumb|right|Come even though you have broken your vows a thousand times, Come, and come yet again. Ours is not a caravan of [[despair]]. ~ [[Rumi]] ]]
[[File:Sunrise in Constanta,Romania.JPG|thumb|right|This is how [[Mansur Al-Hallaj|Hallaj]] said, ''I am [[God]]'', <br> and told the [[truth]]! <p> The ruby and the sunrise are one.]] -->
[[File:Sunrise in Constanta,Romania.JPG|thumb|right|This is how [[Mansur Al-Hallaj|Hallaj]] said, ''I am [[God]]'', <br> and told the [[truth]]! <p> The ruby and the sunrise are one.]] -->
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[[File:Wingedheart.svg|thumb|right|Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: <br> every success depends upon focusing the heart. ~ [[Rumi]] ]]
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[[File:Wingedheart.svg|thumb|right|Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: <br> every [[success]] depends upon focusing the [[heart]]. ~ [[Rumi]] ]]
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[[File:Alī.png|right|thumb|250px|Ali is considered to be the "Father of Sufism" in Islamic tradition]]
[[File:Alī.png|right|thumb|250px|Ali is considered to be the "Father of Sufism" in Islamic tradition]]
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** [[Inayat Khan]], in ''The Spiritual Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan'', Vol. I, ''The Way of Illumination'', Section I - The Way of Illumination, Part III : The Sufi
** [[Inayat Khan]], in ''The Spiritual Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan'', Vol. I, ''The Way of Illumination'', Section I - The Way of Illumination, Part III : The Sufi
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* Is a Sufi a follower of Islam? '''The word ''Islam'' means 'peace'; this is the Arabic word. The Hebrew word is ''Salem'' (Jeru-salem). Peace and its attainment in all directions is the goal of the world.''' <br> But if the following of Islam is understood to mean the obligatory adherence to a certain rite; if being a Muslim means conforming to certain restrictions, how can the Sufi be placed in that category, seeing that the Sufi is beyond all limitations of this kind? So, far from not accepting the Quran, the Sufi recognizes scriptures which others disregard. But the Sufi does not follow any special book. The shining ones, such as 'Attar, Shams-i Tabriz, Rumi, Sadi, and Hafiz, have expressed their free thought with a complete liberty of language. '''To a Sufi, revelation is the inherent property of every soul. There is an unceasing flow of the divine stream, which has neither beginning nor end.'''
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* Is a Sufi a follower of Islam? '''The word ''Islam'' means 'peace'; this is the Arabic word. The Hebrew word is ''Salem'' (Jeru-salem). Peace and its attainment in all directions is the goal of the world.''' <br> But if the following of Islam is understood to mean the obligatory adherence to a certain rite; if being a Muslim means conforming to certain restrictions, how can the Sufi be placed in that category, seeing that the Sufi is beyond all limitations of this kind? So, far from not accepting the Quran, the Sufi recognizes scriptures which others disregard. But the Sufi does not follow any special book. The shining ones, such as '[[Attar]], [[Shams Tabrizi|Shams-i Tabriz]], [[Rumi]], Sadi, and Hafiz, have expressed their free thought with a complete liberty of language. '''To a Sufi, revelation is the inherent property of every [[soul]]. There is an unceasing flow of the divine stream, which has neither beginning nor end.'''
** [[Inayat Khan]], in ''The Spiritual Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan'', Vol. I, ''The Way of Illumination'', Section I - The Way of Illumination, Part III : The Sufi
** [[Inayat Khan]], in ''The Spiritual Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan'', Vol. I, ''The Way of Illumination'', Section I - The Way of Illumination, Part III : The Sufi