Dervish Quotes

“When a sincere woman begins to dance, the seven heavens, the earth, and all creatures begin to dance.”
― Shams-i Tabrizi

“Allah is the Source of the Entire Universe and is also your Source.”
― Laurence Galian, The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis

“Most students have very little patience when it comes to the Sheikh. As soon as they observe behavior that they “believe” is improper they start saying all sorts of nasty things in public about the Sheikh and run away. All Sheikhs will “appear” to fail you . . . however, this criticism of the Sheikh is due to your nafs seeking an “easy way out.” Very, very few people are truly willing to do the work necessary to rid themselves of egoic pride. Moreover, as we know, egoic pride can infect the dervish at any point on the path.”
― Laurence Galian, The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis

“Serving humanity is the priority of the real dervish, not serving in some overly sentimental sense of being charitable to those “less fortunate” than we are, but through recognizing the Divine Light in all human beings, and acting accordingly. Think of all the numerous ways that our Prophet (Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) would constantly suggest to his community to help those who were poor, sick, widowed, orphaned, and some way in need. Spend your time thinking how you can help your neighbor, rather than worrying about tekke politics. As a dervish, you only exist to serve; forget about sleights to your ego. We are only dust under the feet of Muhammad (s.a.w.s.).”
― Laurence Galian, The Sun at Midnight: The Revealed Mysteries of the Ahlul Bayt Sufis

“The Islam I Live
(Sufi Sonnet 1640)

The Islam I live speaks of love,
The Islam I live is gentle as dove.
The Islam I live claims no convert,
The Islam I live warms all in hug.

The Islam I live transcends doctrine,
The Islam I live transcends the mosque.
The Islam I live holds no faith foreign,
The Islam I live finds good in every walk.

The Islam I live is a walking azaan,
living call to tolerance and acceptance.
Muslim poet am I, from the valley of love,
The Islam I live is the end of violence.

The Islam I live is an act of peace,
a promise of love, in a world of malice.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“The Naskar Code (Sonnet)

Kainat** is my qaum*,
Universe is my aum.
Carrying **cosmos in my chest,
every *community is my home.

Sat* is my nam-e,
*Honesty, my identity.
I am the one who is,
reflection of all humanity.

Bodhi* and dharma** are key to life,
lifting us high above the animals.
*Awareness wakes us to divine vision,
**Duty is the seed of civilization.

Valley of life is without elite divide,
Science, philosophy, divine, all are one.
Scientist, Poet, Dervish, or Philosopher,
Adjectives though plenty, noun is but one.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Kainat** is my qaum*,
Universe is my aum.
Carrying **cosmos in my chest,
every *community is my home.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Little Planet on The Prairie: Dunya Benim, Sorumluluk Benim

“Poetry, my nationality,
words, my brethren.
To the world I'm monsoon,
for inside I'm barren.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Surpass all fear, and share a date. Date shared is bloodshed spared.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“I have nothing to lose, no reputation, no image, no class.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“Sometimes I'm Dervish, sometimes Advaita, and the Brain Scientist keeps out the superstition.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“Childish eurocentric conventions are too puny to contain the vastness of a transcendental human, sometimes I'm Dervish, sometimes Advaita, and the Brain Scientist keeps out the superstition.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“The Beggar King (Sonnet 2314)

I wear the same casual outfit everywhere,
pair of jeans with a shirt or tshirt -
people wear fancy clothes either to
look and feel good, or impress others,
I have no need for either, so I walk like beggar.

Vanity and validation are for the small of mind,
Himalayan Human has no need for cosmetic adornment.
The Sun is beyond the realms of humility and hubris,
I'm neither humble nor hubrous, just burning with mission.

I wear my backbone as battery, brain is my currency,
heart is my bedrock, character is my legacy.
I see neither man nor woman, I only see human;
I see neither rich nor poor, I only see behavior.

Savages are known by aristocratic opulence,
Sapiens is known by vagrant virtue-n-valiance.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“Call me pilgrim or call me beggar,
you be my Shams, I, your Mevlana.
Call me neuro or call me nigger,
to some I'm Valium, to others Viagra.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“Ana al-haqq, ana al-hub - aham bindu, aham brahmanda.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

“I don't need a seat at your table,
all your tables are inconsequential.
You can have your puny jungle,
the Universe belongs to me.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“When The Pillar Gets Weary (Dervish Sonnet 2776)

I don't utter a single word that
I wouldn't want to become part of the canon,
but person can't live on discipline alone,
so, having no lover to take my armor off for,
I found a different way to vent my vulnerability -

in the mainstream work I'm a pillar of strength,
while turkish is quite literally my love language -
english is the language where my brain feels at home,
turkish is the language where my heart finds rest -

none my mothertongue, yet both are my first language,
with spanish as my occasional substitute for english.

English is not my mothertongue,
english is my brother tongue -
spanish is not my mothertongue,
spanish is my cousin tongue -
turkish is not my mothertongue,
turkish is my lover tongue.

My territory is planet earth -
humanity, my civilization.
Figure what I didn't mention,
you'll learn the law of assimilation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“I don't utter a single word that I wouldn't want to become part of the canon, but person can't live on discipline alone, so, having no lover to take my armor off for, I found a different way to vent my vulnerability - in the mainstream work I'm a pillar of strength, while turkish is quite literally my love language - english is the language where my brain feels at home, turkish is the language where my heart finds rest.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Naskaristana 2789

I arrived with a clever brain,
walked among clever apes,
studied history written by winners,
so I could earn some ape respect.

Then I got weary of all the hypocrisy,
idolizing morons as savior of humanity,
mistaking the lens for the landscape,
confusing privilege as social sanity -

frustrated I plunged into fire,
brain, vanity, esteem, the lot,
all reputation burnt to ashes,
what remain is unflinching humanity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“A dervish is no longer a muslim,
just like an advaitin is not a hindu,
and a christly person is not a christian -
religion of a dervish is love,
religion of an advaitin is oneness,
religion of a christ is kindness.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“I am dust, I am ash -
I am cinders, I am grass.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“Marham mazhab nahi dekhta.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“You cannot have a self, and not burn it. You cannot have a life, and not sacrifice it.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“My theology has no relation to scripture, my theology is just human acting at full voltage.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“I am controversial because I ask for tolerance, I am controversial because I'm integration incarnate, I am controversial because I call for humanity, at the expense of both faith and facts.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Sciences and theologies are my playthings, I'm the pulse before reason and scriptures.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hazrat-e Humanity: The Uncultured Polyglot

“Go Burn My Verses (Sonnet 2636)

Burn the verses, I'll write fiction -
burn the fiction, I'll write music -
burn the music, I'll adopt a new language -
burn the language, I'll pick up paintbrush -
burn the paintbrush, I'll grab a soldering iron.

Take away one medium, I'll adopt a new one,
apes don't have the braincells to sabotage my mission.
The only unstoppable organism in the universe,
is the mind that embraces evolution over limitation.

You keep asking, how do I write so immense -
I keep asking, where's the off switch for this!
Every time I decide to take a breather,
ideas start pouring, so I keep typing restless.

You're welcome to burn all my verses,
still you cannot dampen the spark of oneness.
Today I'm Naskar, tomorrow another -
truth will find a postman, across time and space.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Today I'm Naskar, tomorrow another - truth will find a postman, across time and space.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“You keep asking, how do I write so immense - I keep asking, where's the off switch for this! Every time I decide to take a breather, ideas start pouring, so I keep typing restless.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“There is no law, only I am -
no grand design, no master clan -
no sacred script, no chosen land,
only beating hearts and helping hands.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock