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Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami
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Ahmad Ibn Abolhasan Jāmi-e Nāmaghi-e Torshizi (1048— 1141) was a Persian poet and Sufi writer.
Quotes
چون تیشه مباش و جمله زی خود متراشچون رنده ز کار خویش بی بهره مباشتعلــیم ز اره گیر در امــر معاشچیزی سوی خود میکش و چیزی می پاش
translation:
Don't be like axe and don't offend anyoneDon't be useless like a planeJust be like a saw in your lifeDo something for yourself and something for others
Nafahat al-Uns (Breaths of Fellowship)
See also
Category:1048 births
Category:1141 deaths
Category:Persian literature
Category:Sufi poets
Category:11th-century Persian poets
Category:Medieval poets
Category:Poets from Iran
Category:People from Torbat-e Jam
Category:Muslims from Iran