[Abu Hafsat]

As-Salaam alaikum,

It is my pleasure to share the following great quotes with you. They contain the essence of morality and wisdom... and instil that spiritual radiation, peeping into the secrets of Divinity:--

(1) "Seek Sweetness in 3 things: Prayer, making Zikr [ Remembrance of Allah] and reciting the Holy Qur'an."--Hasan Basri (d. 728).

(2) "If you seek a friend, Allah Most High is sufficient for you. If you seek comrade, Kiraman Katibeen (re-cording angels) are enough. If you seek consoler, the Holy Qur'an is enough. If you need work, His Worship is enough. If you desire sermon, death is enough. And whatever is said to you is looked undesirable, then Hell is enough for you."-- shaqiq Balkhi (d. 857)

(3) " Devotion is not sound for anyone until he feels no concern for 4 things: hunger, nakedness, poverty and disgrace."--Sahl Abdullah al-Tustari (d. 896)

(4) When asked about some worldly thing Rabi'a al-Adwiyya (d. 801) wanted to have, she replied: " I am ashamed to ask for a thing of this world from Him to whom this world belongs, how can I ask for it from those whom it does not belong?"



For more on such valuable quotes, you may
wish to see: "THE SAYINGS AND TEACHINGS OF THE
GREAT MYSTICS OF ISLAM", by Muhammad Riaz Qadiri.