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Those travelling to Him

by Ibn Ata' Illah
(1250 - 1309) Timeline

English version by
Victor Danner

Original Language
Arabic
Muslim / Sufi
13th Century

Those travelling to Him
     are guided by the light of turning their faces toward Him.
Those who have arrived
     have the light of face-to-face encounter.

The former belong to lights,
          but the lights belong to the latter
     because they belong to Allah, and are His alone.

"Say: 'Allah'
     then leave them plunging in their games."

 

 

-- from Ibn 'Ata' Illah the Book of Wisdom/Kwaja Abdullah Ansari Intimate Conversations, Translated by Victor Danner / Translated by Wheeler M. Thackston

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Ibn 'Ata' Illah the Book of Wisdom/Kwaja Abdullah Ansari Intimate Conversations, Translated by Victor Danner / Translated by Wheeler M. Thackston

 

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