"If He opens a door for you, thereby……" — Ibn Ata Allah
"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, He has not opened if for you but out of a desire to make Himself known to you. Do you not know that He is the one who presented the knowledge of Himself to you, whereas you are the one who presented Him with deeds? What a difference between what He brings to you and what you present to Him!"
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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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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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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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