Attar

When your heart is cleansed of worldly attributes, the light of the Divine Essence begins to shine within it.

Whoever witnessed my rapture lost himself — however sober he came, he left intoxicated.

Though the rose is possessed of great beauty, its beauty fades within a week.

Whoever loves anything other than the true pearl — the dominion of that thing is fleeting and passes away.

My inner worth must be made manifest — of what use can a man without inner worth ever be?

A hundred thousand who wore green burned in sorrow, before even a single lamp was lit for Adam.

Here, worth belongs neither to the new nor the old — whether you act here or not makes no difference.

When aloe-wood and common firewood both enter the flame, both alike turn to the same ashes.