Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr

Statue of Abū-Sa'īd Abul-Khayr in Nishapur

w:Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr or Abū Saʿīd Abū'l-Khayr (7 December 967 — 12 January 1049) was a famous Persian Sufi and Poet who contributed extensively to the evolution of Sufi tradition.

Quotes

• What sweeter than this in the world!
  Friend met friend and the lover joined his Beloved.
  That was all sorrow, this is all joy
  Those were all words, this is all reality.

• Love came and flew as blood in my veins
  Emptied me of myself and filled me with beloved.
  Each part of my being she conquered
  Now a mere name is left to me and the rest is she.