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Quotes from The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam — Abu Talib al-Makki

d. 996 Iraq

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The servant does not attain to assurance of the doctrine of the Unity except by means of gnosis.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

Gnosis truly, is a light which God casts into the heart. True knowledge of God is gained when the lover comes in contact with the Beloved through secret communion with Him.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

Pure love of God illuminates the soul of the lover and the mysteries of His divinity are revealed by God when the vision of the Beloved is contemplated.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

Asceticism concerns the soul for the next world. True asceticism means the thrusting out from the heart of all worldly thoughts reckoning them as vanity. It leads ultimately to friendship with God.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

O Lord! Increase light within me and give me light and illuminate me.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

Patience is a true means for reaching God. In patience the soul rejoices spiritual bliss and kinship with the Beloved. This is stage when the seeker of God heartily welcomes afflictions which appear on the way to Him

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

Love leads to knowledge of the Divine mysteries and those who love abide in God and look to Him only, and He is nearer to them than all else and to them in given a vision of Him unveiled and they see Him with the eye of certainty.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

Patience has three stages; first, it means that the servant ceases to complain and this is the stage of repentances; second, he becomes satisfied with what is decreed, and this is the rank of the ascetic; third, he comes to love whatever his Lord does with him and this is the stage of the true friends of God.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

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