Hazrat Inayat Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan
Inayat Khanwas the founder of The Sufi Order in the West in 1914and teacher of Universal Sufism. He initially came to the West as a Northern Indian classical musician, having received the honorific "Tansen" from the Nizam of Hyderabad, but he soon turned to the introduction and transmission of Sufi thought and practice. Later, in 1923, the Sufi Order of the London period was dissolved into a new organization, formed under Swiss law, called the "International Sufi Movement". His message...
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth5 July 1882
fate world
Instead of lamenting your fate, create your world.
heart men light
Among all the valuable things of this world, the word is the most precious. For in the word one can find a light which gems and jewels do not possess; a word may contain so much life that it can heal the wounds of the heart. Therefore, poetry in which the soul is expressed is as living as a human being. The greatest reward that God bestows on man is eloquence and poetry. This is not an exaggeration, for it is the gift of the poet that culminates, in time, with the gift of prophecy.
reality illusion reason
Reason is the illusion of reality
strong broken
One is never so strong as when one is broken.
pain healing remedy
Love itself is the healing power and the remedy for all pain.
dancing soul bells
When one bell is rung, by the sound of that one bell other bells will also vibrate. So it is with the dancing of the soul...it produces its reaction, and that again, will make other souls dance.
joy ingredients existence
You carry all the ingredients to turn your existence into joy. Mix them, Mix them!
soul truth-is
The soul of all is one soul and the truth is one truth, under whatever religion it is hidden.
country law knowing
Living in the world without insight into the hidden laws of nature is like not knowing the language of the country in which one was born.
heart eye
As one can see when the eyes are open, so one can understand when the heart is open.
men selfishness blind
Selfishness keeps man blind through life.
world rise-above this-world
If you will not rise above the things of this world, they will rise above you.
loss gains
For every loss, there is a hidden gain. And for every gain, there is a hidden loss.
beauty beautiful funny-friend
Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.