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

Disavow Expression
By reason of his elegance, he resembles an image painted in a palace, though he is as majestic as the palace itself.
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Majestic Painted Palace
Fear that man who fears not God.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI
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
Death is a black camel, which kneels at the gates of all.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Camel 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 Repulsed Spaniel
The diurnal sun sets at night, but the sun of the heart never disappears.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Diurnal
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 South
Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous.
ABDELKADER EL DJEZAIRI

Virtuous
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

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