ابراہیم بن ادھم کے صوفی اقوال
ne enjoy the gifts of the Lord, but you do not offer gratitude to Him.
ne enjoy the gifts of the Lord, but you do not offer gratitude to Him.
A man brought ten thousand dirhams to him, but Ibrahim refused to take saying; “You want to blot out my name from the register of the Faqeer with then ten thousand dirhams! I will never take this!”
A man brought ten thousand dirhams to him, but Ibrahim refused to take saying; “You want to blot out my name from the register of the Faqeer with then ten thousand dirhams! I will never take this!”
You know that you have many faults, yet you try to find fault with others.
You know that you have many faults, yet you try to find fault with others.
Someone asked Ibrahim; “Why don’t you drink the water of Zamzam? “He answered, “If I had a bucket, then I would drink it.”
Someone asked Ibrahim; “Why don’t you drink the water of Zamzam? “He answered, “If I had a bucket, then I would drink it.”
If you like to be saint of God, then desire not the things of this world or the next. Empty yourself for God. Turn your face to Him so that He may turn to you and make you, His saint.
If you like to be saint of God, then desire not the things of this world or the next. Empty yourself for God. Turn your face to Him so that He may turn to you and make you, His saint.
Wara (abstaining) is the abandonment of whatever is dubious, and the abandonment of whatever does not concern you, means abandoning whatever is superfluous.
Wara (abstaining) is the abandonment of whatever is dubious, and the abandonment of whatever does not concern you, means abandoning whatever is superfluous.
You consign your dead parents to the grave and yet you do not take lesson from the incident (and feel as if you are immortal).
You consign your dead parents to the grave and yet you do not take lesson from the incident (and feel as if you are immortal).
In one of his prayers he said: “O God, thou knowest that in my eyes the eight Paradises have a little worth when they are compared with that honor which thou hast shown me in giving Thy love or that familiarity which Thou hast given me by the commemoration (Zikr) of Thy Name or that freedom from all else which Thou hast granted me when I meditate on the greatness of Thy Glory.”
In one of his prayers he said: “O God, thou knowest that in my eyes the eight Paradises have a little worth when they are compared with that honor which thou hast shown me in giving Thy love or that familiarity which Thou hast given me by the commemoration (Zikr) of Thy Name or that freedom from all else which Thou hast granted me when I meditate on the greatness of Thy Glory.”
You know death must overtake you, but you make no preparation for it.
You know death must overtake you, but you make no preparation for it.
When you desire to commit a sin, get out of His kingdom.
When you desire to commit a sin, get out of His kingdom.
You do not so act as to avoid Hell and enter Heaven.
You do not so act as to avoid Hell and enter Heaven.
Commit sin at a place where He cannot see you.
Commit sin at a place where He cannot see you.
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