Ibn Ata Allah Quotes
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The most beloved manifestation of obedience to God is trust in Him (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)
If you do not know the blessings you have when you have them, then Allah will teach you about them by taking them away from you (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)
If you are aware of your humility, then you are arrogant (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)
Actions are but lifeless forms whose soul is the secret of sincerity in them (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)
Invoking removes darkness and brings forth radiant lights (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)
People praise you for what they suppose is in you; but you must blame your soul for what you know is in it (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)
When the invocation descends into the heart, if there is darkness within, it illuminates it; and if there is already light, the invocation increases the light and intensifies it (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)
... persist in that invocation until the unity of the world is subsumed for you in a single sphere, so that with the eye of your heart you will see naught in the two worlds save the One (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)
Invoking brings the heart closer to the hereafter and keeps the world away from the heart, even though the world is around it. Invoking warns the heedless heart to abandon its pleasures and deceptions (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)
Whenever there remains any support for the ego within, even if it be only an atom’s weight, then you are pretentious and have a devil who leads you astray (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)
So long as you are in this world, be not surprised at the existence of sorrows (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)
A sign of the death of the heart: lack of sadness about beneficial actions you have missed, and lack of regret about your mistakes (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)
If you want a glory that does not vanish, then do not glory in a glory that vanishes (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)
One of the signs of relying on deeds is loss of hope when a misstep occurs (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)
It may well be that you are in a bad state, but to keep company with someone worse than you would allow to see good in yourself (Ibn Ata Allah Quotes)