Abu-Sa'id Abul-Khayr Quotes

Iran, Poet
December 7, 967 – January, 12, 1049.

Abusa'id Abolkhayr or Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr, also known as Sheikh Abusaeid or Abu Sa'eed, was a famous Persian Sufi and poet who contributed extensively to the evolution of Sufi tradition.

The perfect mystic is not an ecstatic devotee lost in contemplation of Oneness, nor a saintly recluse shunning all commerce with mankind, but "the true saint" goes in and out amongst the people and eats and sleeps with them and buys and sells in the market and marries and takes part in social intercourse, and never forgets God for a single moment.

Abu-Sa'id Abul-Khayr
Love came and flew as blood in my veins Emptied me of myself and filled me with beloved. Each part of my being she conquered Now a mere name is left to me and the rest is she.

Abu-Sa'id Abul-Khayr
- Name
- Beloved
- Conquered

What sweeter than this in the world! Friend met friend and the lover joined his Beloved. That was all sorrow, this is all joy Those were all words, this is all reality.

Abu-Sa'id Abul-Khayr
- Reality
- Joy
- Sorrow