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“4 traits lift a person to the highest ranks, even if their works and knowledge are little:
(1) Forbearance (hilm)
(2) Humility (tawadu`)
(3) Generosity (sakha’)
(4) Good character (husn al-khuluq)–and this is the perfection of #faith.”
—Imam Junaid
[al-Ghazali, Ihya’]
"The punishment fits the sin—even when we are wrongly accused.
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Let he who is without sin complain about injustice." https://t.co/Ix2OWEMicy
#Art by @AgostinoArrivab
He'll often deny faces that way with a flood of light or wash of gold, even leaving a gaping black hole. The artist spoke of this in an interview having to do with a kind of reverence for the mystery/deity.
“the kind of aphoristic insight that the general public has come to expect from philosophers” https://t.co/W4rOkl5nit
“Wear gratitude like a cloak and it will feed every corner of your life.”
#Rumi
"“It’s rigged — everything, in your favor.
So there is nothing to worry about.
Is there some position you want,
some office, some acclaim, some award, some con, some lover,
maybe two, maybe three, maybe four — all at once,
maybe a relationship
with
God?"
#Rumi
#TuesdayMorning
'Who knows the meaning & reality of a thing #Sufis call 'arif (#gnostic) & one who knows merely the verbal expression without keeping the spiritual reality they call 'alim'.
When the Sufis wish to disparage a rival they call him danishmand (possessing knowledge).'
#alHujwiri