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Wisdom Quotes by Ibn Ata Allah
- If you are aware of your humility, then you are arrogant.
- If you do not think well of Him because His qualities are beautiful then think well of Him because of the way He treats you.
- 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…
- Actions are but lifeless forms whose soul is the secret of sincerity in them
- Nothing is difficult, if you seek it through your Lord; nothing is easy, if you seek it through your self.
- 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,…
- The realization of 'La ilaha illa Allah' is one of the states of the heart that can be neither expressed by the tongue nor thought…
- 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…
- One of the signs of relying on deeds is loss of hope when a misstep occurs.
- The ambition of the spiritual traveller never wants to stop with what it has been shown save that the voices of reality call to him,…
- It may well be that you are in a bad state, but to keep company with someone worse than you would allow to see good…
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