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

— Al-Qushayri The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2002)

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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.

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

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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.

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