By reason of his elegance, he resembles an image painted in a palace, though he is as majestic as the palace itself..

But, in conformity to His wisdom it was right that afterwards the Prophet should be sent back from the vision of pure Unity and that he should return….

Paraphrased: Among the degrees of the universal Manifestation, each sentient creature typically experiences an illusory sense of autonomy. At the sam….

Fear that man who fears not God..

Allah is in Himself the non-being and the being, the inexistent and the existent. He is at the same time that which we designate by absolute non-bein….

Some men, like spaniels, will only fawn the more when repulsed, but will pay little heed to a friendly caress..

O my people, I disavow all that you associate [with God]. I orient my face with an exclusive orientation towards Him, who created the heavens and the….

The first "station of separation" corresponds to the state of the ordinary man who perceives the universe as distinct from God. Starting from here, t….

Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous..

The pleasure and the love of God for His creatures constitute the original state. His pleasure and love are the means by which He has brought His cre….

When God wanted to create the horse, he said to the South Wind, "I want to make a creature of you. Condense." And the Wind condensed..

Turn your face toward the sacred Mosque (Koran 2:144,149,150) Commentary: The word "sacred" means that a heart which has not disengaged itself from t….

Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all..

If the divine Mercy grants him the knowledge of himself, then his adoration will be pure; and, for him, paradise and hell, recompense, spiritual degr….

The absolutely Non-Manifested cannot be designated by any expression which could limit It, Separate It, or include It. In spite of this, every allusi….

Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz said I have never known Allah May He be exalted except through the coincidence in Him of the opposites. 'He is the First and the….

There are two kinds of death, the death which is inevitable and common to all beings, and the death which is voluntary and particular to certain ones….

The other world is as to this like the east to the west. We cannot approach the one without turning away from the other..

The diurnal sun sets at night, but the sun of the heart never disappears..

It is with a word as with an arrow--once let it loose and it does not return..