Quotes by Ibn Ata Allah

Ibn Ata Allah

. . . 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.

Eye

Heart

Two Worlds

Actions are but lifeless forms whose soul is the secret of sincerity in them

Islamic

Spiritual

Wisdom

Do not despair when in spite of intense supplication, there is a delay in receiving the expected gift. He has guaranteed that he will respond in what He chooses for you, and not what you choose for yourself, and at the time He chooses not the time you desire.

Despair

Islamic

Wisdom

Encompass with your mercy and compassion all animals and creatures. Do not say, “this is inanimate and has no awareness.” Indeed, it does; it is you yourself who have no awareness! So let existence be as it is, and be merciful towards it with the mercifulness of the Creator in the midst of His creation.

Animal

Compassion

Doe

Extinction is the beginning of the path: it is traveling to God Most High. Guidance comes afterwards. What I mean by guidance is the guidance of God, as described by the Friend of God, Abraham: “Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me.”

Extinction

Friendship

Mean

God Most High has said, “Is the reward of virtue aught save virtue?” . . . Know, O man, that the covenant of servanthood is incumbent upon you, and that the covenant of Lordship is incumbent upon His magnanimity, as He Most High has said, “. . . and fulfill your covenant, I shall fulfill My covenant.”

Covenant

Men

Rewards

He whose wealth or children distract him from remembering God is lost; but the one who remembers God experiences delights sweeter than the pleasure of food and drink.

Children

Cooking

Remembering God

I know of nothing more useful to you than four matters: surrender to Allah, to humbly entreat Him, to think the best of Him, and to perpetually renew your repentance to Him, even if you should repeat as in seventy times in a day.

Islamic

Thinking

Wisdom

If He opens a door for you, thereby making Himself known, pay no heed if your do not measure up to this. For, in truth, He has not opened if for you but out of a desire to make Himself known to you. Do you not know that He is the one who presented the knowledge of Himself to you, whereas you are the one who presented Him with deeds? What a difference between what He brings to you and what you present to Him!

Doors

Islamic

Wisdom

If you make demands on Him, you doubt Him. If you seek Him, you are absent from Him. If you seek other-than-Him, you are shameless before Him. If you make demands on other-than-Him, you are distant from Him.

Doubt

Islamic

Wisdom

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Despair

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Extinction

Eye

Feet

Friendship

Giving

Gnosis

Heart

Inspire

Islamic

Kindness

Loss

Manifestation

Mean

Men

Names

Obedience

Oneness

Passion

People

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Realization

Remembering God

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Self

Shows

Soul

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Quotes by Ibn Ata Allah

Ibn Ata Allah

. . . 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.

Actions are but lifeless forms whose soul is the secret of sincerity in them

Do not despair when in spite of intense supplication, there is a delay in receiving the expected gift. He has guaranteed that he will respond in what He chooses for you, and not what you choose for yourself, and at the time He chooses not the time you desire.

Extinction is the beginning of the path: it is traveling to God Most High. Guidance comes afterwards. What I mean by guidance is the guidance of God, as described by the Friend of God, Abraham: “Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me.”

He whose wealth or children distract him from remembering God is lost; but the one who remembers God experiences delights sweeter than the pleasure of food and drink.

I know of nothing more useful to you than four matters: surrender to Allah, to humbly entreat Him, to think the best of Him, and to perpetually renew your repentance to Him, even if you should repeat as in seventy times in a day.

If you make demands on Him, you doubt Him. If you seek Him, you are absent from Him. If you seek other-than-Him, you are shameless before Him. If you make demands on other-than-Him, you are distant from Him.

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