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Sell not the friendship of the Lord for the friendship of the world and its possessions.

— Sufyan al-Thawri The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

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Moaning and wailing have ten kinds of which nine are full of showoff and only one kind is full of reality.

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There is a punishment for all things. The punishments for the gnostic is to be cut off from His remembrance.

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If one tear falls on account of fear of God, it is better then fasting throughout life.

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Renunciation of the world is reduction of hope for worldly gain, not eating coarse foods or wearing a rough cloak.

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For the people of the world sleep is more profitable than to keep awake, for then they keep off worldly discourses during sleep.

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