Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri, born in 1866 near Multan, Pakistan, was a prominent Sufi saint. He received traditional Islamic education and later joined the Qadri order. After further studies in Baghdad, he returned to India to teach and preach. Qadri authored several books on Sufism, including the well-known “Sufi Manual,” and composed poems and songs still sung today. Known for his piety and love for humanity, he died in 1952, leaving behind a legacy of spiritual guidance and inspiring quotes.
Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri Qutoes
01. “The perfect spiritualists who are the bearers of Divine mysteries always conceal them.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
02. “The greatest war is always against the baser instinct, i.e., lower self.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
03. “Divine vision is possible only through the eyes of the heart.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
04. “He who is benevolent to mankind is a friend of God.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
05. “Attributes are never separate from the Essence as an adjective is never separate from the noun.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
06. “The Spiritual Guide (Pir) is the jointer and preventer, i.e., he joins with God and prevents from other than God.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
07. “It is hunger which saturates the soul.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
08. “You dive into the interior of the Universe so that the veil of veil is demolished.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
09. “He who does not tread the spiritual path and he who knows the path but does not guide others are niggard.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
10. “The lovers of God don’t differentiate between the reality of mankind and the reality of faith. He who forgets the reality of mankind, his faith is not trustworthy.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
11. “Gnostics do not look at the exterior; rather, they peep into the interior. They don’t care about outward expression; rather, they concentrate on their inner meanings.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
12. “All the intellectuals of the world attained salvation through less talk.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
13. “Divine Unity is neither numerical nor finite.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
14. “You may understand or not the reality of mankind, it is like a bubble in the ocean of Truth. God created mankind for Himself – and the entire Universe for him.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
15. “You are swimming in His ocean of Divine light, He is hidden in your soul. There is no analogy of this world except like ice in the water and water in the ice.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
16. “The corporeal being is a veil. Efface the defilement of false ego, suspicion, self-conceit in the blazing fire of intense love.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
17. “Less food, less sleep, and less speech is the practice of those who resolve.”
— Khwaja Karimullah Abbasi Qadri
