Abdelkader El Djezairi Quotes

O my people, I disavow all that you associate [with God]. I orient my face with an exclusive orientation towards Him, who created the heavens and the earth and I am not one of the associators.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Associate Disavow Earth Expression Heaven People Separate
By reason of his elegance, he resembles an image painted in a palace, though he is as majestic as the palace itself.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Elegance Horse Majestic Painted Palace Reason
Fear that man who fears not God.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Fear Glory God Man
Abu Sa’id al-Kharraz said I have never known Allah May He be exalted except through the coincidence in Him of the opposites. ‘He is the First and the Last, the Apparent and the Hidden.’
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Allah Coincidence Exalted Hidden May Opposite
Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Black Camel Death Gate Kneel
Some men, like spaniels, will only fawn the more when repulsed, but will pay little heed to a friendly caress.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Caress Fawn Friendly Little Men Repulsed Spaniel
The diurnal sun sets at night, but the sun of the heart never disappears.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Disappear Diurnal Heart Night Sun
When God wanted to create the horse, he said to the South Wind, “I want to make a creature of you. Condense.” And the Wind condensed.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Condense Create Creature God Horse South Want Wind
Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Inspirational Learning Precious Virtuous Wise
The other world is as to this like the east to the west. We cannot approach the one without turning away from the other.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Approach East Other Turning West World
The absolutely Non-Manifested cannot be designated by any expression which could limit It, Separate It, or include It. In spite of this, every allusion alludes only to Him, every designation designates Him, and He is at the same time the Non-Manifested and the Manifested.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Absolutely Designated Expression Limit Separate Time
It is with a word as with an arrow–once let it loose and it does not return.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Arrow Doe Loose Return Word

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