Quotes by Ibn Ata'Allah
1. If you want gifts to come your way, then perfect the spiritual poverty you have, "Alms are only for the poor."
2. Realize your attributes and He will help you with His Attributes.
3. Realize your lowliness and He will help you with His Sublimity.
4. Realize your impotence and He will help you with His Power.
5. Realize your weakness and He will help you with His Might and Force.
6. Sometimes a charisma is bestowed upon someone whose righteousness is not perfect.
7. He made the service of Him obligatory upon you, which is as much as to say that He made entry into His Paradise obligatory for you.
8. Sometimes darkness come over you in order that He make you aware of the value of His blessings upon you.
9. He who does not know the value of graces when they are present knows their value when they are absent.
10. Do not deem His giving to be slow; but rather, deem your approaching to be slow.
A look from you is as blinding as the sun As stunning as your eyes I lose myself in A look from you is as pure as the clear blue sky When I'm with you Every minute I'm not around you I feel like I left something behind. Every time I'm not looking at you I feel like I am blind ~
"Sade Jism Ne Vakh Vich Is Duniya , Chalo Maniya Tahiyo Aeh Duriya Ne Par Milde Jad Appan Har Janam De Vich, Fer Is Janam Das Ki Majboriyan Ne"
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