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Fariduddin Attar Quotes

12th–13th-century Persian Sufi poet, best known for the Conference of the Birds, an allegory of the soul's journey to the divine.

4 sourced quotes from Fariduddin Attar across Sufism.

“The Seven Valleys of the soul are seven, and the journey through them is the work of a lifetime: Quest, Love, Knowledge, Independence, Unity, Bewilderment, Annihilation.”

The Conference of the Birds · 12th century Sufism

“The drop becomes the ocean. The ocean is the drop.”

The Conference of the Birds Sufism

“They reached the Simorgh — and saw that the Simorgh was themselves.”

The Conference of the Birds · climax Sufism

“All the prophets begin with the same word: come.”

attributed Sufism