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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.

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

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

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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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Hope is the vision of God in His perfect Beauty.

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