"The thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it."
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Quoted earlier in "Translations of Eastern Poetry and Prose" by RA Nicholson (p.140) (Macmillan, 1922)
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Bayazid Bastami
Bayazid Bastami (Persian ۚۧÙŰČÙŰŻ ŰšŰłŰ·Ű§Ù Ù ), also known as Abu Yazid Bistami or Tayfur Abu Yazid al-Bustami, (804 â 874 or 877/8 CE) was a Persian Sufi born in Bostam (alternate spelling: Bastam), Iran. The name Bastami means "from the city of Bastam." Bayazid Bastami had great influence on Sufi mysticism and is considered to be one of the important early teachers of Sufi Islam.
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