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144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
"As for what is before everything, and with everything, and after everything, in reality there is nothing but God. The one who holds onto the firm rope of God becomes empowered, and he who deviates from God’s noble and generous door is destroyed. For nothing shields one from God’s decree unless He has mercy on him. And there is no guidance except through holding fast to the rope leading to His Proximity, so that one arrives to reality (al-haqiqah)through the Shari‘ah. And this is after one has removed every ugly and grotesque quality from himself—preferring soundness in his path, always maintaining the truth, in the ‘carpet-spread’ of realization, with a sound mind, and a heart constantly turning to God and witnessing His presence; and his placing everything in its place and realizing knowledge and action according to their foundations."