God bestows His anguish (Dard) on the enlightened one.

God bestows His anguish (Dard) on the enlightened one.

Never let a beggar-turn empty-handed from the door but give something even if you have to contract a loan for the purpose.

Never let a beggar-turn empty-handed from the door but give something even if you have to contract a loan for the purpose.

Everybody wants to take something to eternity from this world, but there is nothing in this world that can find a passage there except ego lessness (Nesti).

Everybody wants to take something to eternity from this world, but there is nothing in this world that can find a passage there except ego lessness (Nesti).

The best title for a devotee is “slave of the Lord.”

The best title for a devotee is “slave of the Lord.”

If in any community a person gains enlightenment and nearness of God, God in His grace for his sake forgives the whole community its transgressions.

If in any community a person gains enlightenment and nearness of God, God in His grace for his sake forgives the whole community its transgressions.

There are three final states in spirituality. In the first, you consider yourself just as God considers you. In the second state, you become His and He becomes yours. In the third state, you cease to exist, and He alone fills thee.

There are three final states in spirituality. In the first, you consider yourself just as God considers you. In the second state, you become His and He becomes yours. In the third state, you cease to exist, and He alone fills thee.

When one repeats the Name of the Lord, the tongue is so burnt that it cannot repeat the Name over again. If it is seen to repeat it, it is really uttering His praise.

When one repeats the Name of the Lord, the tongue is so burnt that it cannot repeat the Name over again. If it is seen to repeat it, it is really uttering His praise.

The worldlings get what is recorded in their destiny, but the saint receives that which is not mentioned in the scroll of his destiny.

The worldlings get what is recorded in their destiny, but the saint receives that which is not mentioned in the scroll of his destiny.

There are some devotees of the Lord who are His beloveds. When they call Him by name, all the birds of air and beasts of the forest stand in silence whilst the angels in heaven shudder and the earth and the heaven are illuminated. Such is the majesty of the utterance of the Name by them that the earth stans quaking.

There are some devotees of the Lord who are His beloveds. When they call Him by name, all the birds of air and beasts of the forest stand in silence whilst the angels in heaven shudder and the earth and the heaven are illuminated. Such is the majesty of the utterance of the Name by them that the earth stans quaking.

God’s love claims him whose heart is reduced to ashes for Him.

God’s love claims him whose heart is reduced to ashes for Him.

Endure tears in the world that you might laugh in the next world.

Endure tears in the world that you might laugh in the next world.

None could tread one step successfully in the Path without the help of the Lord. One could never succeed by one’s personal effort and perseverance.

None could tread one step successfully in the Path without the help of the Lord. One could never succeed by one’s personal effort and perseverance.

If even a drop of the grace of the Lord should fall to your lot, you shall not desire anything in the world, neither talk to nor hear anyone.

If even a drop of the grace of the Lord should fall to your lot, you shall not desire anything in the world, neither talk to nor hear anyone.

To see God along with thy self is non-existence (Fana); and to see God alone and not thy self is tertial existence (Baqa).

To see God along with thy self is non-existence (Fana); and to see God alone and not thy self is tertial existence (Baqa).

Dwell in the company of the Lord and forsake the company of the world because one should associate oneself with a friend and there is no friend superior to the Lord.

Dwell in the company of the Lord and forsake the company of the world because one should associate oneself with a friend and there is no friend superior to the Lord.

Whom the Lord guides, the Path is shortened for him.

Whom the Lord guides, the Path is shortened for him.

The greatest activity is the remembrance and recollection of the Lord and after that come, in order of preference, purity of. life, charity and austerity.

The greatest activity is the remembrance and recollection of the Lord and after that come, in order of preference, purity of. life, charity and austerity.

Things are first sought in the world and then achieved afterwards, but God is met first and then He is sought.

Things are first sought in the world and then achieved afterwards, but God is met first and then He is sought.

When the servant of the Lord is lodged in non-existence (Nesti) he is cloaked with garment of divine existence.

When the servant of the Lord is lodged in non-existence (Nesti) he is cloaked with garment of divine existence.

It is veils that wrap past, present and future time from your view, When the veils are withdrawn one can see all.

It is veils that wrap past, present and future time from your view, When the veils are withdrawn one can see all.

The Vision of God is such that, after it comes to your lot, you see nothing besides Him all the twenty-four hours of the day.

The Vision of God is such that, after it comes to your lot, you see nothing besides Him all the twenty-four hours of the day.

When people seek the Lord with seamstress and are lost to themselves, God is met.

When people seek the Lord with seamstress and are lost to themselves, God is met.

Some of the friends of the Lord seated in the world can read the scroll of destiny.

Some of the friends of the Lord seated in the world can read the scroll of destiny.

He who sacrifices his honor for the sake of the Lord, the Lord thereafter cloaks him with the garment of His honor.

He who sacrifices his honor for the sake of the Lord, the Lord thereafter cloaks him with the garment of His honor.

When the Lord leads one to the Path, he dwells in the Plane of Unity with Him (Tauhid) and none expect God knows about his state.

When the Lord leads one to the Path, he dwells in the Plane of Unity with Him (Tauhid) and none expect God knows about his state.

A Sufi does not need the light of the sun or the moon, for the Effulgence of the Lord is with him and it is brighter than that of all satellites.

A Sufi does not need the light of the sun or the moon, for the Effulgence of the Lord is with him and it is brighter than that of all satellites.

In the Path of the Lord there is God and God alone and nothing besides.

In the Path of the Lord there is God and God alone and nothing besides.

Whosoever by God's grace sees Him sees not creatures. He who attains to the vision of the Lord is lost to himself.

Whosoever by God's grace sees Him sees not creatures. He who attains to the vision of the Lord is lost to himself.

Continue spiritual practices till the spiritual practices themselves abandon you.

Continue spiritual practices till the spiritual practices themselves abandon you.

The more you serve our teacher, the more you rise spiritually.

The more you serve our teacher, the more you rise spiritually.

If even once in your lifetime you have caused annoyance and pain to the Lord, it behooves you to seek His forgiveness throughout your life, for although He might in His grace forgive you, yet you should always feel agony in your heart that you displeased the Lord and did not follow his precept.

If even once in your lifetime you have caused annoyance and pain to the Lord, it behooves you to seek His forgiveness throughout your life, for although He might in His grace forgive you, yet you should always feel agony in your heart that you displeased the Lord and did not follow his precept.

The way of God-realization is the privilege of the pure love-intoxicated; for to talk in ecstasy with the Lord is really enjoyable.

The way of God-realization is the privilege of the pure love-intoxicated; for to talk in ecstasy with the Lord is really enjoyable.

A man must carry on his devotional practice for full forty years - and then he can expect salutary results. Ten year’s spiritual practice is necessary to correct errors of tongue, ten years for reducing the extra fat on the body, ten years for correcting the vagaries of the heart and the last ten years for correcting whatever other vagaries are left behind.

A man must carry on his devotional practice for full forty years - and then he can expect salutary results. Ten year’s spiritual practice is necessary to correct errors of tongue, ten years for reducing the extra fat on the body, ten years for correcting the vagaries of the heart and the last ten years for correcting whatever other vagaries are left behind.