"Extinction is the beginning of the path: it……" — 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 guidance of God, as described by the Friend of God, Abraham: "Lo! I am going unto my Lord Who will guide me.""
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Ibn Ata Allah
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44 Quotes by Ibn Ata Allah
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If you are aware of your humility, then you are arrogant.
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If you do not think well of Him because His qualities are beautiful then think well of Him because of…
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I know of nothing more useful to you than four matters: surrender to Allah, to humbly entreat Him, to think…
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Actions are but lifeless forms whose soul is the secret of sincerity in them
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Nothing is difficult, if you seek it through your Lord; nothing is easy, if you seek it through your self.
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People praise you for what they suppose is in you; but you must blame your soul for what you know…
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If He opens a door for you, thereby making Himself known, pay no heed if your do not measure up…
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The signs of the soundness of the servant's love for his Lord are three: absence of self-willing; pleasure in every…
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When the invocation descends into the heart, if there is darkness within, it illuminates it; and if there is already…
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Let your invocation be the all-embracing Name, which is Allah, Allah, Allah, or if you so wish, Huwa, Huwa, Huwa;…
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The reality of the invocation is when the Invoked takes possession of the heart, and He is One. Separation and…
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. . . persist in that invocation until the unity of the world is subsumed for you in a single…
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