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Quotes from The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam — Ibrahim Khawas

d. 910

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Patience is adherence to the ordinance of the Book (Quran) and the Sunnah.

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

Whoever genuinely trusts in God when dealing with himself will also trust in God when dealing with others.

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

Excess of knowledge does not make one great scholar, rather savant is that, who acting on his knowledge adheres to Sunnah may amount of his knowledge be little.

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

That servant who is claimant of Divine knowledge but seeks peace in other than God, is entrapped in severe affliction. But when comely he seeks forgiveness of the Almighty, his affliction is eliminated.

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

If the claimant of Divine knowledge does not alienate himself from the common folk, Allah Most High separates him from His mercy making him lustful, so much so people hate him. He loses world and faith.

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

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ibrahim Khawas (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.