People praise you for what they suppose is in you; but you must blame your soul for what you know is in… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
I know of nothing more useful to you than four matters: surrender to Allah, to humbly entreat Him, to think the best… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
Know that the science of unveiling has no end to it, for it consists in the journey of the intellect in the… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
If He opens a door for you, thereby making Himself known, pay no heed if your do not measure up to this.… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
God Most High has said, "Is the reward of virtue aught save virtue?" . . . Know, O man, that the covenant… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
Your Saying "God is Most Great" does not mean that He is greater than something else, since there is nothing else alongside… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
If you do not know the blessings you have when you have them, then Allah will teach you about them by taking… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
The covenant of your servanthood is that you be a servant to God, not to someone else, and that you know that… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
Paraphrased: The way of al-Junayd includes among other things abstaining constantly from resisting God Most High in whatever happens to one, whether good or… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
Actions are but lifeless forms whose soul is the secret of sincerity in them — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
Extinction is the beginning of the path: it is traveling to God Most High. Guidance comes afterwards. What I mean by guidance is the… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
Invoking the letters of God's Name without presence of mind is invocation of the tongue; invoking with presence of mind is invocation of the… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
Allah was when there was nothing else than Him, and His Throne was upon the water, and He wrote in the Reminder (al-dhikr) all… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
If you do not think well of Him because His qualities are beautiful then think well of Him because of the way He treats… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When He gives, He shows you His Kindness; when He deprives, He shows you His power. And in all that, He is making Himself… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
It is impossible that this gnosis resulting in the heart should be achieved by man for any other purpose than to obey God, love… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
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… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
I know of nothing more useful to you than four matters: surrender to Allah, to humbly entreat Him, to think the best of Him,… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
Encompass with your mercy and compassion all animals and creatures. Do not say, "this is inanimate and has no awareness." Indeed, it does; it… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image