According to the Sufis Marifat is the attitude of the man who acknowledges God in His Names and Attributes, who is sincere in his actions, who frees himself from the blameworthy traits of character and from weaknesses and lets his heart dwell with God.

According to the Sufis Marifat is the attitude of the man who acknowledges God in His Names and Attributes, who is sincere in his actions, who frees himself from the blameworthy traits of character and from weaknesses and lets his heart dwell with God.

When Sufi becomes alien to creatures, free from the frailties of self; when in his innermost being he is in continuous communion with God, and at each moment truly comes back to God, when he has knowledge of God by receiving His secrets concerning the operating of His decrees; then he will be called Aarif and his condition will be called Marifat.

When Sufi becomes alien to creatures, free from the frailties of self; when in his innermost being he is in continuous communion with God, and at each moment truly comes back to God, when he has knowledge of God by receiving His secrets concerning the operating of His decrees; then he will be called Aarif and his condition will be called Marifat.

Sufism has two sides: ecstasy (Wajd) and visions (dumb). Visions belongs to novices and the expression of such visions is delirium. Ecstasy belongs to adepts, and the expression of ecstasy, while it continues, is impossible.

Sufism has two sides: ecstasy (Wajd) and visions (dumb). Visions belongs to novices and the expression of such visions is delirium. Ecstasy belongs to adepts, and the expression of ecstasy, while it continues, is impossible.

The Divine revelation which comes to those who are waiting in expectation for it, comes like flashes of lighting, then like rays of light and then the light in its full splendor.

The Divine revelation which comes to those who are waiting in expectation for it, comes like flashes of lighting, then like rays of light and then the light in its full splendor.

Hope is the vision of God in His perfect Beauty.

Hope is the vision of God in His perfect Beauty.

Love is the effacement of the lover’s attributes and the establishment of the Beloved’s Essence.

Love is the effacement of the lover’s attributes and the establishment of the Beloved’s Essence.

Hope and fear are like the two wings of a bird, when it is flying straight to its destination; if one wing fails its flight fails and if both fails, it dies.

Hope and fear are like the two wings of a bird, when it is flying straight to its destination; if one wing fails its flight fails and if both fails, it dies.

Sufi is like the disease called Bisram, which begins with delirium and ends in silence; for when you have attained ‘fixity’ you are dumb.

Sufi is like the disease called Bisram, which begins with delirium and ends in silence; for when you have attained ‘fixity’ you are dumb.

Gratitude is the vision of the Gives, not of the gift-it comes from God Himself.

Gratitude is the vision of the Gives, not of the gift-it comes from God Himself.