Ibn Ata Allah Quotes

My god how gentle you are with me in spite of my great ignorance and how merciful You are with me in spite of my ugly deeds

Nothing is difficult, if you seek it through your Lord; nothing is easy, if you seek it through your self.

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

When Allah inspires your tongue to ask, know that He wants to give

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.

When the invocation descends into the heart, if there is darkness within, it illuminates it; and if there is already light, the invocation increases the light and intensifies it.

People praise you for what they suppose is in you; but you must blame your soul for what you know is in it.

The most beloved manifestation of obedience to God is trust in Him

A sign of the death of the heart: lack of sadness about beneficial actions you have missed, and lack of regret about your mistakes.

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.

So long as you are in this world, be not surprised at the existence of sorrows.

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.

If you want a glory that does not vanish, then do not glory in a glory that vanishes

The most excellent of those who perform good deeds are those who most often remember God in all situations.

If you are aware of your humility, then you are arrogant.

Invoking removes darkness and brings forth radiant lights.

Actions are but lifeless forms whose soul is the secret of sincerity in them

It may well be that you are in a bad state, but to keep company with someone worse than you would allow to see good in yourself.

Paraphrased: The way of al-Junayd includes among other things abstaining constantly from resisting God Most High in whatever happens to one, whether good or bad. . . .

One of the signs of relying on deeds is loss of hope when a misstep occurs.

Allah was when there was nothing else than Him, and His Throne was upon the water, and He wrote in the Reminder (al-dhikr) all things, and He created the heavens and the earth.

. . . persist in that invocation until the unity of the world is subsumed for you in a single sphere, so that with the eye of your heart you will see naught in the two worlds save the One.

He whose wealth or children distract him from remembering God is lost; but the one who remembers God experiences delights sweeter than the pleasure of food and drink.

If you do not think well of Him because His qualities are beautiful then think well of Him because of the way He treats you.

I seek refuge in Thee from every hope which would distract me.

Whenever there remains any support for the ego within, even if it be only an atom's weight, then you are pretentious and have a devil who leads you astray.

When the heart becomes empty, the mimbar of the Divine Oneness is placed therein and the sultan of gnosis sits upon it.