Abu Bakr Kalabazi
Sufi Quotes 19
A mystic said: “There are four kinds of thoughts: from God, from an angel, from self, and from Devil. The thought which is from God is an admonition; that from an angel an urge to obedience; that from self the quest of lust; that from Devil the adornment of disobedience.
A mystic said: “There are four kinds of thoughts: from God, from an angel, from self, and from Devil. The thought which is from God is an admonition; that from an angel an urge to obedience; that from self the quest of lust; that from Devil the adornment of disobedience.
A spiritualist said: “The elements of faith are four: unification without limitation, recollection without interruption, state without description, and ecstasy without moment.”
A spiritualist said: “The elements of faith are four: unification without limitation, recollection without interruption, state without description, and ecstasy without moment.”
Kalaabazi summarizes the qualities of saintliness: “withdrawal from the world, inclining the soul away from it, leaving all settled bodies, keeping constantly to travel, denying the carnal soul its pleasures, purifying conduct, cleansing the conscience, dilation of the breast and the quality of leadership.
Kalaabazi summarizes the qualities of saintliness: “withdrawal from the world, inclining the soul away from it, leaving all settled bodies, keeping constantly to travel, denying the carnal soul its pleasures, purifying conduct, cleansing the conscience, dilation of the breast and the quality of leadership.
The doctrine of tawhid is “God is One, Alone, Single, Eternal, Everlasting, Knowing, Powerful, Living, Hearing, Seeing, Strong, Mighty, Majestic, Great, Generous. He is qualified with the attributes wherewith he has named Himself. There is no Eternal but He, and no god beside Him; that He is neither body nor shape nor form nor person, nor element, nor accident.
The doctrine of tawhid is “God is One, Alone, Single, Eternal, Everlasting, Knowing, Powerful, Living, Hearing, Seeing, Strong, Mighty, Majestic, Great, Generous. He is qualified with the attributes wherewith he has named Himself. There is no Eternal but He, and no god beside Him; that He is neither body nor shape nor form nor person, nor element, nor accident.
The qualities of saintliness are withdrawal from the world, inclining the soul away from it, leaving all settled bodies, keeping constantly to travel, denying the carnal soul its pleasures, purifying conduct, cleansing the conscience, dilation of breast and the quality of the leadership.
The qualities of saintliness are withdrawal from the world, inclining the soul away from it, leaving all settled bodies, keeping constantly to travel, denying the carnal soul its pleasures, purifying conduct, cleansing the conscience, dilation of breast and the quality of the leadership.