Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Tadhkiratul-Awliya ...by Farid al-Din Attar ...


"I went to a wilderness, love had rained and had covered earth, as feet penetrate snow, I found my feet covered with love"



"I stood with the pious and I didn’t find any progress with them. I stood with the warriors in the cause and I didn’t find a single step of progress with them. Then I said, ‘O Allah, what is the way to You?’ and Allah said, ‘Leave yourself and come"

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