The Vine

The seed of Sufism was sown in the days of Adam; it sprang up during those of Noah; blossomed under Abraham; and, at the time of Moses, the grapes began to form; they came to maturity in the days of Jesus; and in those of Muhammad the wine was pressed from them.

Those of the Sufis who have loved this wine have drunk of it until self-consciousness was drowned...

~ Al-Bistami (d. 874 CE)