Sufi Poet Quotes

“The greatest iftar is
to break the fast of apathy,
with the feast of affection.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat

“Love if there is time -
Love, and there is time.
Love if there is breath -
Love, and there is breath.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations

“Love if there is time - Love, and there is time.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Yüz Şiirlerin Yüzüğü (Ring of 100 Poems, Bilingual Edition): 100 Turkish Poems with Translations

“Two Naskars (Sonnet 1541)

There's not one but two Naskars,
one humanitarian, the other sufi -
both rooted in a hatebusting blend
of reason and warmth, humanizing humanity.

The humanitarian sets fire to the blood,
the sufi makes ointment out of wounds.
Though the sufi came after the humanitarian,
it has only magnified the reformer's boon.

Along the journey of a humanitarian,
the sufi emerges from his soulful sea.
Cutting ties with all cave-age customs,
oneness is actualized in mindful diversity.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“Unleash yourself as love testament, be the answer to archaic derangement.”
― Abhijit Naskar, World War Human: 100 New Earthling Sonnets

“There are cracks across my heart, nothing can bar the pouring rays.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Divine Refugee

“New Year's Eve is the occasion
to take stock of your origin,
so that in the reign of new dawn,
you don't forget where you come from.

I too have evolved plenty, from a
dropout engineer to monk to scientist.
But I didn't stop at scientist, and
evolved further into poet dervish.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Azad Earth Army: When The World Cries Blood

“Listen to the silence beyond the words, and you shall hear the divine tune.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Amor Apocalypse: Canım Sana İhtiyacım

“Listen to my silence, you'll hear the universe.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Honor He Wrote: 100 Sonnets For Humans Not Vegetables

“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

“Sufism is the cream of islam.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

“Prototype Human (Sonnet 2249)

The pen is my paradise,
the pen is my grave.
Everybody has all the answers,
I seem to have only questions.

Good thing, I don't know how to write,
methods are obstacle to my madness.
I'm vast enough to contain the world,
asylum pills don't work on pilgrim brains.

My pen never runs out of ink, because
the pen is an extension of my anatomy.
Madness is the first sign of sanity,
oneness is the seed of infinity.

Stereotypes are sanity of the jungle,
prejudice is sacred in the animal kingdom.
Flags are the poison, cosmos is (my) kin -
I am no stereotype, I am the Prototype Human.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“The pen is my paradise, the pen is my grave.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Service of humanity is the supreme shahada.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“No one is kafir, kainat is my kalma, service of humanity is the supreme shahada.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“I have nothing to lose, no reputation, no image, no class.”
― 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 am a muslim poet, yet I refuse to hate my brother from another mother - like many streams finally meet in the sea, we are all born of nature and ultimately disperse into nature.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“I am a muslim poet, yet I refuse to hate my brother from another mother.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Sonnets From The Mountaintop

“Arabic is one of the rarest soulful languages spoken by the human race, yet in the hands of eurocentric propaganda apes are conditioned like pavlov's dogs into believing it to be the most sinister.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“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

“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.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

“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

“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

“If you fail to call any country your own, if the whole charade of nationality and tribal identity feels meaningless to you, then you may come and walk beside Naskar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“If the whole charade of nationality feels meaningless to you, then you may come and walk beside Naskar.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Ek Insaan, aur ek hi lakshya;
Moksh ka matlab ek hi manushya.
Dharm se upar Insaan hi satya;
Imaan Insaaniyat, Mazhab Muhabbat.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Rehmat se jiye to har roz ramzaan.”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

“Finite versus Infinite Naskar (Sonnet 2672)

Can I get my brain back now,
if you're done hijacking it!
"You're welcome to it, as if
it'll make any difference whatsoever,

you yourself have admitted that everything you write from thought is dull, that's why I took over in the first place!"

I admit, I said that, nevertheless, do not underestimate rational thought, it may not come up with magical lines and equations, but it does achieve a great deal with sheer devotion and tedious scrutiny.

Every potential transcendental idea still needs rational thought afterwards to be executed in the mortal world - alright, rational thought is nowhere near as radiant as what might be called divine inspiration, nevertheless, it has its irreplaceable place in society.

Besides, I let you take over because I'd already made my contributions to rationality like any other scientist during my first few years, that was when I didn't know you existed, I had read stories about you, but didn't actually think that you'd turn me into yet another flute, like you once did to my brother Jalal long time ago!”
― Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock