"Dwell in the company of the Lord and forsake the company of the world because one should associate oneself with a friend and there is no friend superior to the Lord."

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“None could tread one step successfully in the Path without the help of the Lord. One could never succeed by one's personal effort and perseverance.”

“O seeker, never think ya hath gained illumination, until for seventy years successively you experience that whilst standing in prayers in Khurasan, you are offering obeisances and bowing in Makkah, and all the treasures of heaven and earth lie bare before your eyes and in spite of all that remain humble and ever in fear lest the Lord many not accept your worship.”

“Some of the friends of the Lord seated in the world can read the scroll of destiny.”

“When people seek the Lord with earnestness and are lost to themeselves, God is met.”

“Continue spiritual practices till the spiritual practices themselves abandon you.”

“A Sufi does not need the light of the sun or the moon, for the Effulgence of the Lord is with him and it is brighter than that of all satellites.”

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