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Al-Fudayl ibn 'Iyad on God

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Whom God loves, on him He sends sufferings and whom He does not like, on him He bestows comforts.

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

God revealed to the mountain, I will speak a prophet upon one of you; so the mountains raised themselves high is pride while Mount Sinai lowered itself humbly. Then God spoke to Moses on this mountain because of its humility.

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

About solitude, he says: when night comes I become happy that I am alone, and I become one with God, without separation; when morning comes I get grieved on account of my disgust with the appearance of those who enter and disturb me in my loneliness.

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

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