“The mere physical man is like the ant crawling on the paper, who observes black lettering and attributes its production to the pen and nothing more.”

Knowledge exists potentially in the human soul like the seed in the soil; by learning the potential becomes actual.

Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.

No one who possesses snow would find any hardship in exchanging it for jewels and pearls. This world is like snow exposed to sun, which continues to melt until it disappears altogether, while the next life is like a precious stone that never passes away.

If the world had two gods, it would surely go to ruin-this is the first premise. Now it is known that it has not gone to ruin-this is the second premise. From these premises the conclusion must of necessity follow, that is, the denial of two gods.

To completely trust in Allah is to be like a child who knows deeply that even if he does not call for the mother, the mother is totally aware of his condition and is looking after him.

Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be retrieved.

Do not dispute with anyone in any matter as far as possible. For in argumentation lies much harm and its evil is greater than its benefit.

People count with self-satisfaction the number of times they have recited the name of God on their prayer beads, but they keep no beads for reckoning the number of idle words they speak.

Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see – Egoism, Arrogance, Conceit, Selfishness, Greed, Lust, Intolerance, Anger, Lying, Cheating, Gossiping and Slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then will be ready to fight the enemy you can see.

In God, there is no sorrow or suffering or affliction. If you want to be free of all affliction and suffering, hold fast to God, and turn wholly to Him, and to no one else. Indeed, all your suffering comes from this: that you do not turn toward God and no one else.

Whoever says that all music is prohibited, let him also claim that the songs of birds are prohibited.

Half of disbelief in Allah in the world is caused by people who make religion look ugly due to their bad conduct and ignorance.

He who does not arrive at the Intuition of these Truths by means of Ecstasy knows only the name of Inspiration.

Offen love between two people intensifies not because of beauty or some advantage, but because of sheer spiritual affinity.

If you see Allah, Mighty and Magnificent, holding back this world from you, frequently trying you with adversity and tribulation, know that you hold a great status with Him. Know that He is dealing with you as He does with His Awliya’ and chosen elite, and is watching over you.

Love for God is the farthest reach of all stations, the sun of the highest degrees, and there is no station after that of love, except its fruit and its consequences.