Bayazid Bastami Spiritual Quotes

I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence.

~ Bayazid Bastami ~

"By my life, my grasp is firmer than His"

~ Bayazid Bastami ~

"I saw the Kaaba walking round me"

~ Bayazid Bastami ~

"Glory be to me! How great is My majesty!"

~ Bayazid Bastami ~

"Moses desired to see God; I do not desire to see God;He desires to see me"

~ Bayazid Bastami ~

"Thy obedience to me is greater than my obedience to Thee"

~ Bayazid Bastami ~

"I am I; there is no God but I; so worship me!"

~ Bayazid Bastami ~

I went to a wilderness, love had rained and had covered earth, as feet penetrate snow, I found my feet covered with love.

~ Bayazid Bastami ~

I stood with the pious and I didn't find any progress with them. I stood with the warriors in the cause and I didn't find a single step of progress with them. Then I said, ‘O Allah, what is the way to You?’ and Allah said, ‘Leave yourself and come.’

~ Bayazid Bastami ~