If the eight paradises are exhibited in our cell and the dominion of both the world along with their code is given to us, we will not forgo that one sigh which bursts out from the depth of the heart at dawn in recollection (of God) in the state of longing for Him.

If the eight paradises are exhibited in our cell and the dominion of both the world along with their code is given to us, we will not forgo that one sigh which bursts out from the depth of the heart at dawn in recollection (of God) in the state of longing for Him.

When God loves a man, He endows him with three qualities in token thereof:

a bounty like that of the sea, a sympathy like that of the sun and a humility like that of the earth.

No suffering can be too great, no devotion too high, for the piercing insight and burning faith of true lover.

When God loves a man, He endows him with three qualities in token thereof:

a bounty like that of the sea, a sympathy like that of the sun and a humility like that of the earth.

No suffering can be too great, no devotion too high, for the piercing insight and burning faith of true lover.

When I considered world to be my enemy and I went to God, His love possessed me to such an extent that I became enemy of myself.

When I considered world to be my enemy and I went to God, His love possessed me to such an extent that I became enemy of myself.

The gnostic flies and the ascetic travels afoot.

The gnostic flies and the ascetic travels afoot.

The saints of God are His brides and none looks upon brides save those of their family. They are veiled in seclusion in His presence by intimacy. No one sees them, neither in the world nor the next.

The saints of God are His brides and none looks upon brides save those of their family. They are veiled in seclusion in His presence by intimacy. No one sees them, neither in the world nor the next.