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Yahya bin Ma'az

830 - 871 | Balkh, Afghanistan

Sufi Quotes of Yahya bin Ma'az

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Gnostic is a man who is both with creation and separated from it. He also said gnostic leaves the world without having fulfilled his aim in two things: weeping over himself and praising his Lord- Glorious and Majestic.

Gnostic is a man who is both with creation and separated from it. He also said gnostic leaves the world without having fulfilled his aim in two things: weeping over himself and praising his Lord- Glorious and Majestic.

Whosoever eats much falls a prey to passion. In an empty stomach settles the grace of the Lord and His effulgence. (Light)

Whosoever eats much falls a prey to passion. In an empty stomach settles the grace of the Lord and His effulgence. (Light)

If one could purchase hunger in the marketplace, then the seeker of the Hereafter would not need to buy anything else there.

If one could purchase hunger in the marketplace, then the seeker of the Hereafter would not need to buy anything else there.

Hunger is a light, and filing one’s stomach is a fire, Passion is like firewood from which fire arises, never to subside until it consumes its owner.

Hunger is a light, and filing one’s stomach is a fire, Passion is like firewood from which fire arises, never to subside until it consumes its owner.

A moment’s faith washes clean the sins of two hundred years.

A moment’s faith washes clean the sins of two hundred years.

O my Lord! I do not say | have repented. I do not return to you because of what I know to be my disposition, I do not swear that I will not sin again, for I know my own frailty. I do not say that I return to you because I might die before (truly) returning.

O my Lord! I do not say | have repented. I do not return to you because of what I know to be my disposition, I do not swear that I will not sin again, for I know my own frailty. I do not say that I return to you because I might die before (truly) returning.

The most difficult thing for the Mureed is to mix with those who oppose him.

The most difficult thing for the Mureed is to mix with those who oppose him.

Solitude is the companion of the veracious.

Solitude is the companion of the veracious.

The saint is fragrant plant placed on the earth by God. The truthful take in his. fragrance, and it comes into their hearts so that they long for their Master. Then they increase their worship according to their different natures.

The saint is fragrant plant placed on the earth by God. The truthful take in his. fragrance, and it comes into their hearts so that they long for their Master. Then they increase their worship according to their different natures.

There are two kinds of abstaining: abstaining in the external sense is that there be no outward movement except for God Most High, and in abstaining in the internal sense is that nothing other than God enter your heart.

There are two kinds of abstaining: abstaining in the external sense is that there be no outward movement except for God Most High, and in abstaining in the internal sense is that nothing other than God enter your heart.

Neither poverty nor wealth will carry any weight on the Day of Reckoning. Only patience and thankfulness will be weighed, thus it will be said: “He is thankful, and he is patient.”

Neither poverty nor wealth will carry any weight on the Day of Reckoning. Only patience and thankfulness will be weighed, thus it will be said: “He is thankful, and he is patient.”

I would rather have a mustard seed’s worth of love than seventy years of worship performed without love.

I would rather have a mustard seed’s worth of love than seventy years of worship performed without love.

A devotee’s heart gets settled at any of the following four places, and nowhere else, viz in solitude, in the mosque, in the graveyard and in the wilderness.

A devotee’s heart gets settled at any of the following four places, and nowhere else, viz in solitude, in the mosque, in the graveyard and in the wilderness.

Poor son of Adam. If he feared the Fire as much as he fears poverty, the world enters Paradise.

Poor son of Adam. If he feared the Fire as much as he fears poverty, the world enters Paradise.

Arrogance toward one who is arrogant to you on account of his property is humility.

Arrogance toward one who is arrogant to you on account of his property is humility.

The saints are servants clothed with intimacy with God Most High after suffering and who embrace rest after striving when they arrive at the station of sainthood.

The saints are servants clothed with intimacy with God Most High after suffering and who embrace rest after striving when they arrive at the station of sainthood.

When fate meets me with a ruse of affliction; I meet it with a ruse of prayer.

When fate meets me with a ruse of affliction; I meet it with a ruse of prayer.

The secret of success in the pursuit of the Spiritual Path is to depend entirely on the Lord and tur askance from the world.

The secret of success in the pursuit of the Spiritual Path is to depend entirely on the Lord and tur askance from the world.

One will not attain true renunciation until he possesses these qualities: action without attachment, speaking without ambition, and glory without having power over men.

One will not attain true renunciation until he possesses these qualities: action without attachment, speaking without ambition, and glory without having power over men.

He who is rich through the grace of the Name of the Lord is really rich; he who is rich through effort is ever poor.

He who is rich through the grace of the Name of the Lord is really rich; he who is rich through effort is ever poor.

To associate with ordinary people is a cure; to be patient with their ways is very difficult. If you feel company with believers, talk with them, befriend them, and try to learn their state so that you can also be with them in the hereafter.

To associate with ordinary people is a cure; to be patient with their ways is very difficult. If you feel company with believers, talk with them, befriend them, and try to learn their state so that you can also be with them in the hereafter.

Every benefaction from God necessitates gratitude, and this is without end,

Every benefaction from God necessitates gratitude, and this is without end,

One single lapse after repentance is more dreadful than seventy before it.

One single lapse after repentance is more dreadful than seventy before it.

To worry about the affairs of the past and to be preoccupied with the affairs of the future takes the blessing out of life.

To worry about the affairs of the past and to be preoccupied with the affairs of the future takes the blessing out of life.

Beware of dining at the table of the rich.

Beware of dining at the table of the rich.

aaj ik aur baras biit gayā us ke baġhair

jis ke hote hue hote the zamāne mere

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