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
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When He gives, He shows you His kindness
Posted in Ibn Atallah, Quotes on August 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How can a heart be illuminated..
Posted in Arabic, Ibn Atallah, Quotes on July 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
كيف يُشرقُ قَلْبٌ صُوَرُ الأكوانِ مُنْطَبِعَةٌ في مرآته ؟ أمْ كيف يرحلُ إلى الله وهو مكَبَّلٌ بشَهواته ؟ أم كيف يطمع أن يدخل حضرةَ الله وهو لم يتطهَّر من جَنَابَةِ غَفَلاتِهِ ؟ أم كيف يرجو أن يفهم دقائقَ
الأسرارِ وهو لم يَتُبْ من هَفَواتِهِ ؟
“How can a heart be illumined when the forms of created things [...]
The gaze of Allah is upon you
Posted in Ibn Atallah, Quotes on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How can the public gaze be of any importance when the gaze of Allah is upon you? Leave aside the way of the public and try to see that of God.
Ibn Ata’Allah al-Iskandari
Enough reward
Posted in Ibn Atallah, Quotes on May 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Shaykh Ibn ‘Ata’llah says in his Hikam:
“It is enough reward for an action that He considered you worthy of performing it.”
Laa tatruk al dhikr…
Posted in Arabic, Dhikr, Ibn Atallah, Quotes, Reminders on May 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
يقول سيدي ابن عطاء الله السكندري : لا تترك الذكر لعدم حضورك مع الله فيه فغفلتك عن وجود ذكره أشد من غفلتك مع وجود ذكره . فعسى أن ينقلك من ذكر مع وجود غفلة إلى ذكر مع وجود يقظة ومن ذكر مع وجود يقظة إلى ذكر مع وجود حضور ومن ذكر مع وجود حضور إلى [...]
The real journey
Posted in Ibn Atallah, Quotes on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The real journey is when the world’s dimension is rolled away from you so that you see the Hereafter closer to you than yourself.
-Ibn Ata’Allah
Insignificant beside His generosity
Posted in Heart Soother, Ibn Atallah, Quotes, Tawbah on March 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Do not become so overwhelmed by your wrong action,
that it stops you thinking well of Allah.
Whoever has gnosis of his Lord,
finds that his wrong action is insignificant beside His generosity
- Hikam of Ibn Atallah
The army of the heart is light
Posted in Ibn Atallah, Quotes on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The army of the heart is light. The army of the lower self is
darkness. When Allah wishes to help His slave, He reinforces him
with the armies of light and cuts off the reinforcements of darkness
and otherness.
- The Hikam Ibn Atallah
