He alone is the true gnostic who knows God and whoever is without this knowledge is unfit to be counted among human beings. The gnostic has a heart full of divine love, and his actions are pure and without stain.

He alone is the true gnostic who knows God and whoever is without this knowledge is unfit to be counted among human beings. The gnostic has a heart full of divine love, and his actions are pure and without stain.

He who desires the Palace of the King (Divine proximity) knows that it is more desirable than any other place. It is the habitation of the soul; it is the goal of our desires, the resting- place of the heart, the seat of Truth itself.

He who desires the Palace of the King (Divine proximity) knows that it is more desirable than any other place. It is the habitation of the soul; it is the goal of our desires, the resting- place of the heart, the seat of Truth itself.

THE FIRST STEP IS TO SAY - GOD . AND NOTHING ELSE; THE SECOND IS INTIMACY; AND THE THIRD IS TO BURN.

THE FIRST STEP IS TO SAY - GOD . AND NOTHING ELSE; THE SECOND IS INTIMACY; AND THE THIRD IS TO BURN.

Until a man treads his carnal-self (Nafs) underfoot, how can he find the way to the Abode of Light.

Until a man treads his carnal-self (Nafs) underfoot, how can he find the way to the Abode of Light.

When that sun shines upon the traveler, the dustbin of this world is changed for him into rose-garden: the kernel is seen beneath the rind. No longer does the lover see any particle of himself, he sees only the Beloved. Where soever he looks, he sees always His Face, in every atom he beholds His dwelling- place. A hundred thousand mysteries are revealed to him from under the veil, as clearly as the sun.

When that sun shines upon the traveler, the dustbin of this world is changed for him into rose-garden: the kernel is seen beneath the rind. No longer does the lover see any particle of himself, he sees only the Beloved. Where soever he looks, he sees always His Face, in every atom he beholds His dwelling- place. A hundred thousand mysteries are revealed to him from under the veil, as clearly as the sun.