Shams Tabrizi

thumb|right|Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house. Shams-e-Tabrīzī (or Shams al-Din Mohammad, literally: Sun of Islam; 1185–1248) was a Nizari Ismaili Iranian Sufi mystic, born in the city of Tabriz in Iranian Azerbaijan, who is credited as the spiritual instructor of Mewlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Rumi and is referenced with great reverence in Rumi's poetic collection, in particular Diwan-i Shams-i Tabrīzī (The Works of Shams of Tabriz). Tradition holds that Shams taught Rumi in seclusion in Konya for a period of forty days, before fleeing for Damascus. The tomb of Shams-i Tabrīzī was recently nominated to be a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Quotes Me & Rumi (2004) Maqalat-i Shams-i Tabrizi [Discourse of Shams-i Tabrīzī] as translated and annotated by William C. Chittick (2004) There may be one fault in a man that conceals a thousand qualities, or one excellence that conceals a thousand faults. The little indicates much. Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house. The salat can be made up for, but there is no making up for false show or outward worship without presence. Whoever lives as he sees fit will not die as he sees fit. Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart. Alms in secret extinguish the wrath of the Lord means you are so immersed in sincerity and in preserving that sincerity that you have no pleasure in giving alms. You have to live with the people in hypocrisy for them to stay happy with you. He said The Sufi is the son of the moment. When you oppose the shaykh, it's like the slave who kills himself over a quarrel with his master. Hey, why are you killing yourself over a quarrel?He says, So my master will suffer loss. Being the companion of the folk of this world is fire. There must be an Abraham if the fire is not going to burn [you]. External links Category:1180s births Category:1248 deaths Category:Mystics Category:12th-century Persian poets Category:13th-century Persian poets Category:Persian-language poets Category:Poets from Iran Category:Sufi poets Category:Philosophers from Iran Category:Motivational authors