BETWEEN ME AND YOU THERE LINGERS AN IT IS I. WHICH TORMENTS ME. AH ! LIFT THROUGH MERCY THIS IT IS I. FROM BETWEEN US BOTH !

BETWEEN ME AND YOU THERE LINGERS AN IT IS I. WHICH TORMENTS ME. AH ! LIFT THROUGH MERCY THIS IT IS I. FROM BETWEEN US BOTH !

IF YOU WERE TO PLACE BEFORE ME HELLFIRE, WITH ALL IT CONTAINS OF TORMENT, I WOULD THINK LIGHTLY OF IT IN COMPARISION WITH MY STATE WHEN YOU ARE HIDDEN FROM ME. FORGIVE THE PEOPLE AND DON’T FORGIVE ME.HAVE MERCY UPON THEM,AND DON’T HAVE MERCY UPON ME.I DONOT INTERCEDE WITH YOU FOR MYSELF OR BESEECH YOU FOR WHAT IS DUE TO ME. DO WITH ME WHAT YOU WILL.

IF YOU WERE TO PLACE BEFORE ME HELLFIRE, WITH ALL IT CONTAINS OF TORMENT, I WOULD THINK LIGHTLY OF IT IN COMPARISION WITH MY STATE WHEN YOU ARE HIDDEN FROM ME. FORGIVE THE PEOPLE AND DON’T FORGIVE ME.HAVE MERCY UPON THEM,AND DON’T HAVE MERCY UPON ME.I DONOT INTERCEDE WITH YOU FOR MYSELF OR BESEECH YOU FOR WHAT IS DUE TO ME. DO WITH ME WHAT YOU WILL.

SATAN SAID - BECAUSE HIS KEEPSAKE WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY BELOVED, I DON’T CARE IF IT IS GOOD OR BAD. ANYONE WHO DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN THE TWO IS STILL IMMATURE IN LOVE. FROM THE HAND OF THE FRIEND IT MATTERS NOT WHETHER IT IS HONEY OR POISON, SWEET OR SAUR, GRACE OR WRATH. WHEN THE KING BESTOWS HIS OWN SPECIAL CLOAK AND CAP ON LOVER, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.

SATAN SAID - BECAUSE HIS KEEPSAKE WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY BELOVED, I DON’T CARE IF IT IS GOOD OR BAD. ANYONE WHO DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN THE TWO IS STILL IMMATURE IN LOVE. FROM THE HAND OF THE FRIEND IT MATTERS NOT WHETHER IT IS HONEY OR POISON, SWEET OR SAUR, GRACE OR WRATH. WHEN THE KING BESTOWS HIS OWN SPECIAL CLOAK AND CAP ON LOVER, NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.

Divine love is realized through suffering-man can be united with the divine will by accepting suffering and even longing for it.

Divine love is realized through suffering-man can be united with the divine will by accepting suffering and even longing for it.

When God wishes to conquer a heart, He entrusts it with secrets, which the heart then perceives and proclaims.

When God wishes to conquer a heart, He entrusts it with secrets, which the heart then perceives and proclaims.

The meaning of noble character is that the harshness of men does not affect you once you have become attentive to God.

The meaning of noble character is that the harshness of men does not affect you once you have become attentive to God.

When the servant reaches the station of gnosis, God makes even his stray thoughts a means of inspiration, and He guards his inmost being lest thoughts of other-then-Him occur there.

When the servant reaches the station of gnosis, God makes even his stray thoughts a means of inspiration, and He guards his inmost being lest thoughts of other-then-Him occur there.

Anal-Haq ‘I am God’. I saw my Lord with the eye of the heart. I said: “Who art thou?” He answered: “Thou”.

Anal-Haq ‘I am God’. I saw my Lord with the eye of the heart. I said: “Who art thou?” He answered: “Thou”.

The sign of the gnostic is that he is empty both of this world and of the Hereafter.

The sign of the gnostic is that he is empty both of this world and of the Hereafter.

God transcends all human qualities, and He is other than ‘man’. The mystic only realizes Divine Attributes and reaches the stage of unicity (Wahidiyat) in a high spiritual state. Thus, Hallaj was not a pantheist.

God transcends all human qualities, and He is other than ‘man’. The mystic only realizes Divine Attributes and reaches the stage of unicity (Wahidiyat) in a high spiritual state. Thus, Hallaj was not a pantheist.

Because of what I have found of the flowing forth of thy love and the fragrance of thy proximity, I feel contempt for the firm mountains and the earth and the heavens. If Thou wert to offer to sell me Paradise for a moment of my time with Thee, or for one moment of the least of my spiritual states, I would not buy it.

Because of what I have found of the flowing forth of thy love and the fragrance of thy proximity, I feel contempt for the firm mountains and the earth and the heavens. If Thou wert to offer to sell me Paradise for a moment of my time with Thee, or for one moment of the least of my spiritual states, I would not buy it.

Whoever desires freedom, let him be constant in servitude.

Whoever desires freedom, let him be constant in servitude.

It is enough for the lover that he should make the One single. It implies that the end of love lies in the total destruction of lover’s individuality.

It is enough for the lover that he should make the One single. It implies that the end of love lies in the total destruction of lover’s individuality.

When Hallaj was in prison, he was asked: “what is love?” He answered: “You will see it today and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.” And that day they cut off his hands and feet, and the next day they put him on the gallows, and the third day they gave his ashes to the wind.

When Hallaj was in prison, he was asked: “what is love?” He answered: “You will see it today and tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.” And that day they cut off his hands and feet, and the next day they put him on the gallows, and the third day they gave his ashes to the wind.

The one possessing insight hits his target with the first (arrow) he loses. He never turns to interpretation, speculations, or suppositions.

The one possessing insight hits his target with the first (arrow) he loses. He never turns to interpretation, speculations, or suppositions.

He maintains the absolute transcendence of God beyond the dimensions of created things, his qidam, the pre-eternity that separates Him forever from the hadees, “What is created in time.”

He maintains the absolute transcendence of God beyond the dimensions of created things, his qidam, the pre-eternity that separates Him forever from the hadees, “What is created in time.”

Love is the very essence of God. It is love which lies at the root of all things; it is the cause of the origin of the world and the heavens.

Love is the very essence of God. It is love which lies at the root of all things; it is the cause of the origin of the world and the heavens.

Do not let yourself be deceived by God, nor cut off your hope from Him; do not wish His love, and do not resign from loving Him. (Some paradoxes).

Do not let yourself be deceived by God, nor cut off your hope from Him; do not wish His love, and do not resign from loving Him. (Some paradoxes).

Suffering is He Himself, whereas happiness comes from Him.

Suffering is He Himself, whereas happiness comes from Him.

The inner reality of love is that you remain always with your Beloved and strip off your own qualities.

The inner reality of love is that you remain always with your Beloved and strip off your own qualities.

The self-awareness proceeds from Him and returns to Him, operates in Him, but they are not logically necessary.

The self-awareness proceeds from Him and returns to Him, operates in Him, but they are not logically necessary.

If the servant fulfills the stations of servitude completely, he becomes free of the hardships of servitude.

If the servant fulfills the stations of servitude completely, he becomes free of the hardships of servitude.

In His Perfect isolation God loves Himself, praises Himself and manifest Himself by love. It was this first manifestation of love in the Divine Absolute which determined the multiplicity of His attributes and His names.

In His Perfect isolation God loves Himself, praises Himself and manifest Himself by love. It was this first manifestation of love in the Divine Absolute which determined the multiplicity of His attributes and His names.

The rose, thrown by the friend, hurts more than any stone.

The rose, thrown by the friend, hurts more than any stone.

The one who truly trusts in God, does not eat anything while there is someone in the land who is more deserving of it than he.

The one who truly trusts in God, does not eat anything while there is someone in the land who is more deserving of it than he.

Love is that you remain standing in front of your beloved, when you are deprived of your qualities and when the qualification comes from His qualification.

Love is that you remain standing in front of your beloved, when you are deprived of your qualities and when the qualification comes from His qualification.

Sufi is solitary by nature. No one accept him, and he accepts no one,

Sufi is solitary by nature. No one accept him, and he accepts no one,

In the beginning, God was a Perfect Unity. He loved Himself and this Divine Act formed His Image manifesting Divine Qualities.

In the beginning, God was a Perfect Unity. He loved Himself and this Divine Act formed His Image manifesting Divine Qualities.

Whoever is afraid of something other than God or hopes for anything other than Him, all doors are closed upon him, and fear predominates over him, veiling his heart with seventy veils, the least of which is doubt.

Whoever is afraid of something other than God or hopes for anything other than Him, all doors are closed upon him, and fear predominates over him, veiling his heart with seventy veils, the least of which is doubt.