Quotes, Sayings and inspirational Thoughts: Quotes on Obedience

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioF28Zb7EsYjnXj6emOrRAVLdBuBRV20ZS3AXraAVBIcHWDfllg0yXW3usfyfL-gLhvbkdDT6g4tveUlBVE6qUb1bA4_tuDJMgyQl67Q_rwx8WsO7lRHbeCQQPBIn-sHSDCGmPgMN/s1600/Spiritual+Quotes+by+Bayazid+Bastami.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="Bayazid Bastami Quotes, Bayazid Bastami Spiritual Quotes" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhioF28Zb7EsYjnXj6emOrRAVLdBuBRV20ZS3AXraAVBIcHWDfllg0yXW3usfyfL-gLhvbkdDT6g4tveUlBVE6qUb1bA4_tuDJMgyQl67Q_rwx8WsO7lRHbeCQQPBIn-sHSDCGmPgMN/s320/Spiritual+Quotes+by+Bayazid+Bastami.jpg" title="Bayazid Bastami Quotes" width="320" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">~ Bayazid Bastami ~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"By my life, my grasp is firmer than His"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">~ Bayazid Bastami ~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"I saw the Kaaba walking round me"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">~ Bayazid Bastami ~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Glory be to me! How great is My majesty!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">~ Bayazid Bastami ~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Moses desired to see God; I do not desire to see God;He desires to see me"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">~ Bayazid Bastami ~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Thy obedience to me is greater than my obedience to Thee"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">~ Bayazid Bastami ~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"I am I; there is no God but I; so worship me!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">~ Bayazid Bastami ~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I went to a wilderness, love had rained and had covered earth, as feet penetrate snow, I found my feet covered with love.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">~ Bayazid Bastami ~</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">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.’</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">~ Bayazid Bastami ~</span></b></div></div>

I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence. ~ Bayazid Bastami ~ "By my life, my grasp is firmer than His...