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Quotes from The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam — Al-Qushayri

980–1072 Iran

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Love is the effacement of the lover's attributes and the establishments of the Beloved's Essence.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

Hope and fear are like the two wings of a bird, when it is flying straight to its destination; of one wing fails its flights fails and if both fails, it dies.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

Gratitude is the vision of the Gives, not of the gift-it comes from God Himself.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

The Sharīāh is concerned with the observance of the outward manifestations of religion, while Haqīqat is concerned with an inward vision of Divine Power.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

Hope is the vision of God in His perfect Beauty.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

According to the Sufīs Mārīfat is the attitude of the man who acknowledges God in His Names and Attibutes; who is sincere in his actions, who frees himself from the blameworthy traits of character and from weaknesses and lets his heart dwell with God.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

The Law exists to regulate mankind whilst the Reality makes us aware of the dispositions of God. The Law exists for the service of God, whilst the Reality exists for contemplation of Him. The Law exists for obeying what he had ordained whilst the Reality is concerned with witnessing and understanding the Order he has decreed.

The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

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