A man came to Sahl and told him; “A robber broke into my house and stole my belongings!” Sahl said! “Give thanks to God, if a robber had entered your heart and corrupted your belief in God’s Oneness, then what would you do?

A man came to Sahl and told him; “A robber broke into my house and stole my belongings!” Sahl said! “Give thanks to God, if a robber had entered your heart and corrupted your belief in God’s Oneness, then what would you do?

Not a day passes but that the Exalted cries out; “O My servant, you treat me unjustly. I remember you, but you forget Me. I invite you to Myself, but you go to other. I take away afflictions from you, but you continue to sin. O son of Adam, what will you have to say on the morrow when you meet Me?”

Not a day passes but that the Exalted cries out; “O My servant, you treat me unjustly. I remember you, but you forget Me. I invite you to Myself, but you go to other. I take away afflictions from you, but you continue to sin. O son of Adam, what will you have to say on the morrow when you meet Me?”

The first station of trust in God is that the servant be between the hands of God exactly as the dead body is between the hands of the one who washes the dead.

The first station of trust in God is that the servant be between the hands of God exactly as the dead body is between the hands of the one who washes the dead.

There are three modes of theophany (Rajalli); theophany of the Divine Essence (Tajalli dhat) which is unveiling (Mukashafa), theophany of Divine decree (Tajalli Hukm ad-dhat) which is life in the world to come,

There are three modes of theophany (Rajalli); theophany of the Divine Essence (Tajalli dhat) which is unveiling (Mukashafa), theophany of Divine decree (Tajalli Hukm ad-dhat) which is life in the world to come,

When God created the world, He placed sin and ignorance within satisfaction of the appetite and knowledge and wisdom within hunger. When Sahl hungered, he was powerful, and whenever he ate, he became weak.

When God created the world, He placed sin and ignorance within satisfaction of the appetite and knowledge and wisdom within hunger. When Sahl hungered, he was powerful, and whenever he ate, he became weak.