When He gives, He shows you His Kindness; when He deprives, He shows you His power. And in all that, He is making Himself known to you and coming to you with His gentleness. Ibn Ata Allah More Quotes by Ibn Ata Allah More Quotes From Ibn Ata Allah Nothing is difficult, if you seek it through your Lord; nothing is easy, if you seek it through your self. Ibn Ata Allah islamic wisdom self My god Ibn Ata Allah forgiveness religious god When Allah inspires your tongue to ask, know that He wants to give Ibn Ata Allah want giving inspire If you do not know the blessings you have when you have them, then Allah will teach you about them by taking them away from you Ibn Ata Allah teach away-from-you blessing If you make intense supplication and the timing of the answer is delayed, do not despair of it. His reply to you is guaranteed; but in the way He chooses, not the way you choose, and at the moment He desires, not the moment you desire. Ibn Ata Allah islamic wisdom religion The lights of some people precede their dhikr, while the dhikr of some people precede their lights. There is the one who does (loud) dhikr so that his heart be illumined; and there is the one whose heart has been illumined and he does (silent) dhikr. Ibn Ata Allah dhikr light heart People praise you for what they suppose is in you; but you must blame your soul for what you know is in it. Ibn Ata Allah islamic soul people The most beloved manifestation of obedience to God is trust in Him Ibn Ata Allah manifestation beloved obedience If a tablet is not wiped clean of it's figures, nothing can be written upon it. A single heart cannot serve as the place for two things, let alone for several things. If the heart is filled with the forms of sensory perceptions, it is rare that it would perceive the meaning of Allah, even if one were to say Allah a thousand times. When the heart is empty of all that is other-than-God, if one uttered Allah only once, one would find such bliss that the tongue could not describe. Ibn Ata Allah perception heart two A sign of the death of the heart: lack of sadness about beneficial actions you have missed, and lack of regret about your mistakes. Ibn Ata Allah regret mistake heart If He opens a door for you, thereby making Himself known, pay no heed if your do not measure up to this. For, in truth, He has not opened if for you but out of a desire to make Himself known to you. Do you not know that He is the one who presented the knowledge of Himself to you, whereas you are the one who presented Him with deeds? What a difference between what He brings to you and what you present to Him! Ibn Ata Allah islamic wisdom doors Actions are but lifeless forms whose soul is the secret of sincerity in them Ibn Ata Allah islamic wisdom spiritual So long as you are in this world, be not surprised at the existence of sorrows. Ibn Ata Allah sorrow long world Do not despair when in spite of intense supplication, Ibn Ata Allah islamic despair wisdom If you are aware of your humility, then you are arrogant. Ibn Ata Allah wisdom spiritual wise The ambition of the spiritual traveller never wants to stop with what it has been shown save that the voices of reality call to him, "what you seek is ahead of you. Ibn Ata Allah islamic wisdom spiritual The realization of 'La ilaha illa Allah' is one of the states of the heart that can be neither expressed by the tongue nor thought out by the mind. Ibn Ata Allah islamic wisdom heart The most excellent of those who perform good deeds are those who most often remember God in all situations. Ibn Ata Allah excellent deeds remember If you want a glory that does not vanish, then do not glory in a glory that vanishes Ibn Ata Allah glory doe want Your Saying "God is Most Great" does not mean that He is greater than something else, since there is nothing else alongside of Him, so that it could be said that He is greater than it. Rather, the meaning of Allahu Akbar is that He is much too great to be perceived by the senses or for the depths of His Majesty to be reached by reason and logic, and indeed, that He is much too great to be known by an other-than-Him for truly, no one knows God but God. Ibn Ata Allah depth doe mean
