Abu-Sa'id Abul-Khayr Professions : Poet Born : December 7, 967 Died : January 12, 1049 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Abu-Sa'id Abul-Khayr The perfect mystic is not an ecstatic devotee lost in contemplation of Oneness, nor a saintly recluse shunning all commerce with mankind, but "the true saint" goes in and out amongst the people and eats and sleeps with them and buys and sells in the market and marries and takes part in social intercourse, and never forgets God for a single moment. Abu-Sa'id Abul-Khayr single-mom spiritual god Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
