Abdelkader El Djezairi

Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all.

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

Turn your face toward the sacred Mosque (Koran 2:144,149,150) Commentary: The word "sacred" means that a heart which has not disengaged itself…

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

Allah is in Himself the non-being and the being, the inexistent and the existent. He is at the same time that which…

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

Fear that man who fears not God.

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz said I have never known Allah May He be exalted except through the coincidence in Him of the opposites.…

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

The pleasure and the love of God for His creatures constitute the original state. His pleasure and love are the means by…

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

When God wanted to create the horse, he said to the South Wind, "I want to make a creature of you. Condense."…

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

O my people, I disavow all that you associate [with God]. I orient my face with an exclusive orientation towards Him, who…

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

The first "station of separation" corresponds to the state of the ordinary man who perceives the universe as distinct from God. Starting…

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

Paraphrased: Among the degrees of the universal Manifestation, each sentient creature typically experiences an illusory sense of autonomy. At the same time,…

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

The absolutely Non-Manifested cannot be designated by any expression which could limit It, Separate It, or include It. In spite of this,…

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

But, in conformity to His wisdom it was right that afterwards the Prophet should be sent back from the vision of pure…

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

By reason of his elegance, he resembles an image painted in a palace, though he is as majestic as the palace itself.

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

If the divine Mercy grants him the knowledge of himself, then his adoration will be pure; and, for him, paradise and hell,…

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

The other world is as to this like the east to the west. We cannot approach the one without turning away from…

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

It is with a word as with an arrow--once let it loose and it does not return.

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

There are two kinds of death, the death which is inevitable and common to all beings, and the death which is voluntary…

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

The diurnal sun sets at night, but the sun of the heart never disappears.

— Abdelkader El Djezairi

Some men, like spaniels, will only fawn the more when repulsed, but will pay little heed to a friendly caress.

— Abdelkader El Djezairi