Muzaffer Ozak Quotes

SUFISM is not different from the mysticism of all religions. Mysticism comes from Adam (God’s Peace upon him). It has assumed different shapes and forms over many centuries, for example, the mysticism of Jesus (God’s Peace upon him), of monks, of hermits, and of Muhammed (God’s Peace and Blessings upon him). A river passes through many countries and each claims it for its own. But there is only one river.

Love makes us speak; love makes us moan; love makes us die; love brings us to life; love makes us drunk and bewildered; it sometimes makes one a king. Love and the lover have no rigid doctrine. Whichever direction the lover takes he turns toward his beloved. Wherever he may be, he is with his beloved. Wherever he goes, he goes with his beloved. He cannot do anything, cannot survive for one moment even, without his beloved. He constantly recalls his beloved, as his beloved remembers him. Lover and beloved, rememberer and remembered, are ever in each other’s company, always together.

Keçi gibi olma! Koyun atlamış su arkından kuyruğu kalkmış, keçi gülermiş, niye gülüyorsun demişler, koyunun edep yeri göründü demiş..halbuki keçininki hep açık!...hiç kapanmaz onunki!...böyle olma sakın ha!! Kimle konuşursan konuş kendini ondan dûn gör! "Belki bu zât Allah'a benden daha yakındır" diyeceksin..Konuştuğun genç ise yine böyle düşüneceksin, diyeceksin ki "bu adam gençtir, benim kadar günah işlememiştir bunun günahı benden azdır" Kendinden yaşlı ile konuşacaksın, şöyle düşüneceksin; diyeceksin ki "bu benden yaşlıdır, ben bunun kadar Allah demedim, Allah'a bu kadar ibadet etmedim, bunun ibadeti benden fazladır" diyeceksin! böyle düşüneceksin! Kâfirle konuştuğun vakit, şunu da hatırlayacaksın; diyeceksin ki "bu adama son nefeste iman nasib olursa, bu ehl-i saadetten olur, ya benim imanın selb olursa, halim nice olur" diyeceksin!!

Temâyülât-ı kalbiyye irâde-i cüziyyeden değildir! (Kalbin nerelere meyl edeceği yani neyi ve kimi seveceği insanın iradesinde değildir)

Many struggle in the maze of religion and religious differences. They are like dogs fighting over a bone, seeking their own selfish interests. The solution is to remember that there is only one Creator, who provides for all of us. The more we remember the One, the less the fighting.

That is true for everything. God provides your sustenance. Whatever is meant to come to you, you will receive.

That is true for everything. God provides your sustenance. Whatever is meant to come to you, you will receive.

The gifts of God often come to you from the hands of other human beings, through God’s servants. And so, Divine love also expresses itself between human beings. The sheikhs are the pourers of the wine and the dervish is the glass. Love is the wine. By the hand of the wine pourer, the glass—the dervish— is filled.

You can get there by yourself, but that is the hard way. Our personal goals all lead to the same end. There is only one truth. But why deny the thousands of years of experience found in religion? There is real wisdom available from so many years of seeking and trial and error.

The essence of God is love and the Sufi path is a path of love. It is very difficult to describe love in words. It is like trying to describe honey to someone who has never tasted or even seen honey, who doesn’t know what honey is. Love is to see what is good and beautiful in everything. It is to learn from everything, to see the gifts of God and the generosity of God in everything. It is to be thankful for all God’s bounties. This is the first step on the road to the love of God. This is just a seed of love. In time, the seed will grow and become a tree and bear fruit. Then, whoever tastes of that fruit will know what real love is.

All of creation is God’s manifestation. But, as some parts of the earth receive more light than others, some people receive more light. The prophets received the most Divine light. Besides quantity there is quality. There is the question of what attributes are being manifested. Some people are manifestations of different Divine attributes. The prophets manifest all of the Divine attributes. The moon reflects the light of the sun. The sun is Truth; the moon is each prophet.