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Muslim / Sufi
13th Century

About Ibn Ata' Illah

Timeline (1250 - 1309)

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English version by
Victor Danner

Original Language
Arabic

The best you can seek from Him

 
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

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

The best you can seek from Him
     is what He seeks from you.

A sign of being deluded is:
     sorrow over loss of obedience while failing to get on with it.

 

 

-- 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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