Abdul Khaliq > Abdul's Quotes

“Praise be to God; whose compassion is all-embracing and Whose mercy is universal; Who rewards His servants for their remembrance [dhikr] [of Him] with His remembrance [of them] - verily God (Exalted is He!) has said, 'Remember Me, and I will remember you' - Opening lines from Kitab al-Adhkar wa'l Da'awat of the Ihya ulum ad-Din”
― al-Ghazali

“Live as long as you want, but you must die; love whatever you want, but you will become separated from it; and do what you want, but you will be repaid for it!”
― Abu Hamid al-Ghazali, Al-Ghazali's Letter to a Disciple

“If I told you about a land of love...would you swallow it as a remedy?”
― Yunus Emre, The Drop That Became the Sea: Lyric Poems

“I tried to make sense of the Four Books,
until love arrived,
and it all became a single syllable.”
― Yunus Emre

“A single word can brighten the face
of one who knows the value of words.
Ripened in silence, a single word
acquires a great energy for work.
War is cut short by a word,
and a word heals the wounds,
and there’s a word that changes
poison into butter
and honey.
Let a word mature inside yourself.
Withhold the unripened thought.
Come and understand the kind of word
that reduces money and riches to dust.
Know when to speak a word
and when not to speak at all.
A single word turns the universe of hell
into eight paradises.
Follow the Way. Don’t be fooled
by what you already know. Be watchful.
Reflect before you speak.
A foolish mouth can brand your soul.
Yunus, say one last thing
about the power of words –
Only the word “I”
divides me from God.”
― Yunus Emre

“Hak cihâna tolıdur kimseler Hakk’ı bilmez / Anı sen senden iste o senden ayru olmaz.”
― Yunus Emre, Poemas

“To love the world is to be afflicted.”
― Yunus Emre

“Sufilere sohbet gerek
Ahilere ahret gerek
Mecnunlara Leyla gerek
Bana seni gerek seni”
― Yunus Emre

“If a man spreads his secret with his own tongue and blames another... then he is a fool. If his own breast is too narrow to conceal his own secret, then the breast of the one in whom he places it is even narrower.”
― Imam ash-Shafi`i

“I am Muslim, Islam is Perfect but I am not, If I make a mistake blame it on me, not on my religion.”
― Mohammed Suleman Khan

“If you want to be more alive, love is the truest health.”
― Rumi, The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing

“I am the servant of the Qur'an as long as I have life. I am the dust on the path of Muhammad, the Chosen One.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi, The Quatrains of Rumi: Ruba 'Iyat- Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi

“Bring the pure wine of
love and freedom.
But sir, a tornado is coming.
More wine, we'll teach this storm
A thing or two about whirling.”
― Rumi

“A special spark rises

from the sorrow of a burning heart.

Have you ever heard

how the sigh of a broken heart

touches the Beloved?”
― Rumi

“To me , death is nothing but happiness, and living under tyrants nothing but living in a hell.”
― Imam Hussein Ibn Ali al-Shaheed Tohaf-al- Uqoul P. 245

“You attain to knowledge by argument;
You attain a craft or skill by practice;
If voluntary poverty's your choice,
companionship's the way, not hand or tongue.
The knowledge of it passes soul to soul,
not by way of talk or reams of notes.
Its signs are writ upon the seeker's heart,
yet still the seeker cannot ken those signs
until his heart becomes exposed to light
Then God reveals His: Did We not expose? [Qur'an 94:1]
for We've exposed the chambers of your breast
and placed the exposition in your heart”
― Rumi, Masnavi Mawlana Rumi

“Don't let me wander from Your love,
Don't let me leave Your door,
And if I lose myself,
Let me find myself with You.”
― Yunus Emre

“silence is the language of god,
all else is poor translation.”
― Rumi

“The summary of the advice of all prophets is this;
Find yourself a mirror.”
― Shams Tabrizi

“Precious child, what is the meaning of the saying,
"We must die before death?"
It means we must make all the evil qualities,
all the qualities of satan within us, die before our death.
If those qualities die, then the world within us dies.
And if the world within us dies, then all the sins,
ghosts, demons, and satan's contained within it also die.
The desire for earth, gold, and sexual pleasure
all die along with the world within us.
All that is left is Allah and His power (quadrat).
If all the evil qualities die within us,
then we die before death
and only Allah's qualities, actions and conduct will remain.
Then there will be no death for us.
We will have attained eternal life (hayat).
If we attain eternal life, where will we live?
We will live in heaven, in God's kingdom.”
― M.R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, To Die Before Death: The Sufi Way of Life

“The whole world is a very narrow bridge. And the most important thing is not to be afraid.”
― Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

“Hatem said: You are not safe in this world unless you possess four characteristics - (1) overlook the ignorance of man (2) conceal your ignorance from them, (3) seek their good (4) don't seek anything from them.”
― Imam Al-Ghazali

“A wise man said: When knowledge increases, loquacity decreases.”
― Imam Al-Ghazali

“INTELLECT AND ITS NOBLE NATURE. The noble nature of knowledge has been revealed through intellect. Intellect is the source and fountainhead of knowledge and its foundation. Knowledge is like the fruit of a tree and it flows from intellect, or like the light of the sun or like the vision of the eye. Why should it not be honored when it is the cause of fortune in this world and the next? What is there to distinguish between beasts and men except intellect? Even a ferocious beast which has got more strength than man fears a man at seeing him as it knows that he may put him into snare on account of his intellect.”
― Imam Al-Ghazali

“The learned man who does not act up to his knowledge is like a patient who describes the qualities of a medicine without using it or like a hungry man who describes the taste of a food without eating it.”
― Imam Al-Ghazali

“A learned man said: The learned men are the lights of the ages. Each is a light in his own time giving light to the people of his time.”
― Imam Al-Ghazali

“Another sign of the learned man of the hereafter is that he keeps himself distant from the ruling authorities and avoids their company, because this world is sweet, ever-new and its bridle is in their hands. He who comes near them is not free from their pleasures and harms. They are mostly unjust and do not obey the advices of the learned men. The learned man who frequents them will look to their grandeurs and then think God's gift upon him as insignificant. To keep company with the rulers is the key to evils.”
― Imam Al-Ghazali

“فالكِبر والعُجب داءان مهلكان، والمتكبّر والمعجب سقيمان مريضان، وهما عند الله ممقوتان بغيضان”
― أبو حامد الغزالي, إحياء علوم الدين

“Desire makes slaves out of kings, while patience makes kings out of slaves.”
― Imam Al-Ghazali

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.”
― Rumi