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You do not so act as to avoid Hell and enter Heaven.

— Ibrahim ibn Adham The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004)

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You know death must overtake you but you make no preparation for it.

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

If you like to be saint of God, then desire not the things of this world or the next. Empty yourself for God. Turn your face to Him so that He may turn to you and make you His saint.

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

You know the Devil is your enemy but you do not deal with him as such.

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

O God, thou knowest that is my eyes the eight Paradises have a little worth when they are compared with that honour which thou hast shown me in giving Thy love or that familiarity which Thou hast given me by he commemoration (dhikr) of Thy Name or that freedom from all else which Thou hast granted me when I meditate on the greatness of Thy Glory.

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