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When you oppose the shaykh, it's like the slave who kills himself over a quarrel with his master. 'Hey, why are you killing yourself over a quarrel?' He says, 'So my master will suffer loss.'

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Shams Tabrizi
Age: 63 †
Born: 1185
Born: January 1
Died: 1248
Died: January 1
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Shams-e Tabrizi
Shams-i Tabrizi
Shams ad-Din Muhammad
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