O young men! Be charitable (tasaddaqu) enough to grant me a grain of honesty (sidq)! You are under no obligation to me as far as the goods of your household possessions are concerned. I want nothing from you except honesty and sincerity (ikhlas) and even this is for your benefit. I want you for your…
O you who lay claim to knowledge, do not take from the hand of your lower self (nafs), your natural impulses (tab’) and your devil (syaitan). Do not take from the hand of your present existence (wujud). Do not take from the hand of your pretense (riya’) and your hypocrisy (nifaq). Your pious abstinence (zuhud)…
The worship of the ignorant person does not amount to anything; indeed, he is in total corruption and total darkness. Knowledge is also useless without practice, and practice is useless without sincerity (ikhlas). All practice without sincerity is useless, and is not accepted of the practitioner. If you have knowledge and do not put it…
When the human being is sound, there is none so sound as he. When he is pure, there is none so pure as he. When he is near to his Lord, there is none so near as he. The ignorant person sees with the eye of his head, the intelligent person sees with the eyes…
O my people! If my speech is not getting through to you, then hear it with faith (iman) and belief (tasdiq). My speech is addressed to the heart, so you must listen to it with your hearts and your innermost beings (asrar), then you will be inwardly and outwardly refreshed and the power of your…
There is no escape from trial and tribulation, especially for those who make pretentious claims. Were it not for tribulation and trial, many people would lay claim to saintship (wilaya). This is why a certain wise man said: “Tribulation has been put in charge of saintship, so that it cannot be pretended” One of the…
O young man! Attend to your own needs, be useful to yourself and then to others. Do not be like the candle that burns itself out while providing light for others. Do not embark on something on account of you, your passions (hawa) and your lower self (nafs). When the Lord of Truth wants you…
O young man! Do not regard creatures in terms of survival (baqa) but view them rather in terms of annihilation (fana). Do not consider them in terms of injury and benefit, but see them rather in terms of incapacity and degradation. Affirm the Oneness of the Lord of Truth, have total trust in Him and…
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