God Most High has said, "Is the reward of virtue aught save virtue?" . . . Know, O man, that the covenant of servanthood is incumbent upon you, and t….

It is impossible that this gnosis resulting in the heart should be achieved by man for any other purpose than to obey God, love Him, and worship Him.….

The gnosis of God is intermediate between immoderation, which is ascribing human characteristics to God, and negligence, which is denying any attribu….

Invoking brings the heart closer to the hereafter and keeps the world away from the heart, even though the world is around it. Invoking warns the hee….

The realization of 'La ilaha illa Allah' is one of the states of the heart that can be neither expressed by the tongue nor thought out by the mind..

He whose wealth or children distract him from remembering God is lost; but the one who remembers God experiences delights sweeter than the pleasure o….

The most beloved manifestation of obedience to God is trust in Him.

Whenever there remains any support for the ego within, even if it be only an atom's weight, then you are pretentious and have a devil who leads you a….

Nothing is difficult, if you seek it through your Lord; nothing is easy, if you seek it through your self..

Allah was when there was nothing else than Him, and His Throne was upon the water, and He wrote in the Reminder (al-dhikr) all things, and He created….

If you make demands on Him, you doubt Him. If you seek Him, you are absent from Him. If you seek other-than-Him, you are shameless before Him. If ….

Extinction is the beginning of the path: it is traveling to God Most High. Guidance comes afterwards. What I mean by guidance is the guidance of God,….

Encompass with your mercy and compassion all animals and creatures. Do not say, "this is inanimate and has no awareness." Indeed, it does; it is you ….

Invoking the letters of God's Name without presence of mind is invocation of the tongue; invoking with presence of mind is invocation of the heart; a….

I seek refuge in Thee from every hope which would distract me..

Invoking removes darkness and brings forth radiant lights..

Paraphrased: The way of al-Junayd includes among other things abstaining constantly from resisting God Most High in whatever happens to one, whether ….

Do not despair when in spite of intense supplication, there is a delay in receiving the expected gift. He has guaranteed that he will respond in….

Your Saying "God is Most Great" does not mean that He is greater than something else, since there is nothing else alongside of Him, so that it could ….

The signs of the soundness of the servant's love for his Lord are three: absence of self-willing; pleasure in every event which takes place through d….

The covenant of your servanthood is that you be a servant to God, not to someone else, and that you know that everything except God is a servant to G….