Love itself cannot be divorced from the suffering which comes from being separated from the object of love. Seyyed Hossein Nasr More Quotes by Seyyed Hossein Nasr More Quotes From Seyyed Hossein Nasr How did the Turks become Muslim? They became Muslim through the Sufis. The Arabs never conquered the Turks. There were people in early Islam who were speaking like Hallaj, who spoke about the Truth, about reaching the Truth, about being one with the Truth, and not only they were not killed, but they were great heroes of their own culture, and there is a university in Turkey named after one [Sufi Saint.] Seyyed Hossein Nasr turkeysheropeople Look at Senegal, about 90% of the Muslims in Senegal are Tijani or Qadiri Sufis. Among them, they have very great teachers who have written poems about al-Hallaj, and they have not been killed. In fact, it's Sufism that brought Islam through all of Senegal, right under our noses the last couple of centuries. And you can go down the same line through Indonesia and Malaysia. Seyyed Hossein Nasr islamcoupleteacher One of the greatest problems of humanity is how to live in a multi religious society without losing one's religion - without relativising everything. Seyyed Hossein Nasr losingreligioushumanity Once you've fallen in love, it's turned around your whole life. You keep thinking about this girl all the time instead of thinking about other things. Since the object of love is that particular person, being separated brings about a longing and pain. Seyyed Hossein Nasr paingirllove-is There is no religion in the world where there is a possibility of spiritual development outside of the context of that religion. This is only a modern invention. For example, Christian mystics were also Christians. They also went to Church and followed Christian laws. Hindu mystics were practicing Hindus; they didn't kill cows and have steak. They follow the Hindu laws and so on and so forth down the line and Sufism is no exception. Seyyed Hossein Nasr spiritualchristianlaw The Shariah has many other functions but also protects the tarqiah; it protects the spiritual path. Seyyed Hossein Nasr functionpathspiritual There are millions and millions of Sufis who have existed in Islamic history and have the deepest impact on every aspect of Islamic culture and civilization to philosophy to art to science to social structure to economics who have not met the destiny of al-Hallaj. Seyyed Hossein Nasr islamicphilosophyart
