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مَكْتَبَةُ كَتِيبَةِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نُصَيْرٍ

The Honey in the Gnosis of the Eternal - Salman Tahir Abd al-Rahman

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And some of the sages said:

And verily, my Lord has a chosen elite among His servants, Their hearts navigate within the sea of His wisdom.

And their bodies upon the earth are intoxicated with His love

While their spirits journey through the heights towards the loftiness.

They did not halt except for the remembrance of their Beloved

Nor did they ascend out of the touch of misery or harm.

They became pure to one another and submitted, so their hearts flew

To where they see the Unseen by the Unseen, like that which is manifest.

And one of them said: "The believer is occupied with reflection and lessons, whereas the disbeliever is occupied with greed and eating." "The believer is despairing of everyone except Allah, whereas the disbeliever is hopeful of everyone except Allah." "The believer offers his wealth before his religion, whereas the disbeliever offers his religion before his wealth." "And the believer does good and weeps,

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