If you make intense supplication and the timing of the answer is delayed, do not despair of it. His reply to you is guaranteed; but in the way He chooses, not the way you choose, and at the moment He… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
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… — 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
. . . persist in that invocation until the unity of the world is subsumed for you in a single sphere, so that with… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
My god how gentle you are with me in spite of my great ignorance and how merciful You are with me in spite of… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
When the heart becomes empty, the mimbar of the Divine Oneness is placed therein and the sultan of gnosis sits upon it. — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
