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"The beings that He Most High has created are the sites of manifestation (madhahir) of His Names.."

"The tariqa is a deepening of faith, a putting of things in their true perspective until eternal truths are more palpable than the transient world around one."

"But even if there were very good translations, one does not become an Ibn al-'Arabi by reading Ibn al-'Arabi. To benefit from texts of experiential Sufism, one must be with a sheikh until one's heart is opened, or at least understand their meaning from someone on the same page as the author."

"I asked, "Isn't it enough to be intending and doing good acts while having Allah's good pleasure in mind?"
He said, "Undoubtedly, a person who does this has achieved a high rank. But he who is immersed while doing this in the sea of the Divine Immensity is higher in station.""