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> [The covenant of your servanthood is that you be a servant to God, not to someone else, and that you know that everything except God is a servant to God, as He Most High has said, "There is none in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/the-covenant-of-your-servanthood-is-that-you-be-a-servant-to-god-not/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

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## More by Ibn Ata Allah

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/paraphrased-the-way-of-al-junayd-includes-among-other-things/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

> [Actions are but lifeless forms whose soul is the secret of sincerity in them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/actions-are-but-lifeless-forms-whose-soul-is-the-secret-of-sincerity/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

> [Extinction is the beginning of the path: it is traveling to God Most High. Guidance comes afterwards. What I mean by guidance is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/extinction-is-the-beginning-of-the-path-it-is-traveling-to-god-most/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/invoking-the-letters-of-god-s-name-without-presence-of-mind-is/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/allah-was-when-there-was-nothing-else-than-him-and-his-throne-was/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

> [If you do not think well of Him because His qualities are beautiful then think well of Him because of the way He treats…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/if-you-do-not-think-well-of-him-because-his-qualities-are-beautiful/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

> [People praise you for what they suppose is in you; but you must blame your soul for what you know is in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/people-praise-you-for-what-they-suppose-is-in-you-but-you-must-blame/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

> [When He gives, He shows you His Kindness; when He deprives, He shows you His power. And in all that, He is making Himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/when-he-gives-he-shows-you-his-kindness-when-he-deprives-he-shows-you/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

> [It is impossible that this gnosis resulting in the heart should be achieved by man for any other purpose than to obey God, love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/it-is-impossible-that-this-gnosis-resulting-in-the-heart-should-be/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/if-you-make-demands-on-him-you-doubt-him-if-you-seek-him-you-are/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

> [I know of nothing more useful to you than four matters: surrender to Allah, to humbly entreat Him, to think the best of Him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/i-know-of-nothing-more-useful-to-you-than-four-matters-surrender-to/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

> [Encompass with your mercy and compassion all animals and creatures. Do not say, "this is inanimate and has no awareness." Indeed, it does; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/encompass-with-your-mercy-and-compassion-all-animals-and-creatures-do/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

> [. . . persist in that invocation until the unity of the world is subsumed for you in a single sphere, so that with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/persist-in-that-invocation-until-the-unity-of-the-world-is-subsumed/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

> [My god how gentle you are with me in spite of my great ignorance and how merciful You are with me in spite of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/my-god-how-gentle-you-are-with-me-in-spite-of-my-great-ignorance-and/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

> [When the heart becomes empty, the mimbar of the Divine Oneness is placed therein and the sultan of gnosis sits upon it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-ata-allah/when-the-heart-becomes-empty-the-mimbar-of-the-divine-oneness-is/)

[Ibn Ata Allah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-ata-allah/)

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