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Someone asked the one who had lost his son:

"O wise and noble elder,

You smelled his shirt from Egypt,

Why did you not see him in the well of Canaan?"

He replied: "Our state is like the lightning of the world,

Visible for a moment and hidden the next. …

One of the pious men of Lebanon, whose spiritual ranks were well-known in the Arab lands and whose miracles were famous, entered the mosque of Damascus and was performing ablution by the side of the Kallasa pond. His foot slipped, and he fell into the pond, struggling to get out. …

One of the nobles was being praised in a gathering, and they were exaggerating his beautiful qualities.

He raised his head and said, “I am what I know myself to be.”

Enough of this praise, O you who count my virtues

This is my outward appearance, but you do not …

I remember that in my childhood, I was devout, waking up at night, and passionate about asceticism and abstinence.

One night, I was sitting with my father, may God’s mercy be upon him, and I had not closed my eyes all night, holding the precious Quran by my side, while …

A pious man was a guest of a king. When they sat down to eat, he ate less than he desired, and when they stood for prayer, he prayed more than his usual habit, so that they would think highly of his piety.

I fear you will not reach the …

A group of travelers, united in their journey, shared both hardship and comfort. I wished to join them, but they did not agree. I said, “It is strange that the noble ones turn away from the companionship of the poor and withhold benefits and blessings, for I know in myself …

A thief entered the house of a pious man; after searching, he found nothing. He became disheartened. The pious man became aware and threw the mat he was sleeping on in the thief’s path so he would not leave empty-handed.

I heard that the men of God’s path

Do not …

Abdul Qadir Gilani, may God’s mercy be upon him, was seen in the sanctuary of the Kaaba with his face on the gravel, saying, “O Lord! Forgive me! And if I am indeed deserving of punishment, then on the Day of Resurrection, raise me blind so that I am not …

I saw a dervish rubbing his head on the threshold of the Kaaba, saying, “O Forgiving! O Merciful! You know what comes from the unjust and ignorant.”

I bring an excuse for my shortcomings in service

For I have no reliance on my obedience

Sinners repent from their sins

The …

One of the nobles asked a pious man, “What do you say about such and such a worshipper, about whom others have spoken disparagingly?”

He replied, “I see no fault in his outward appearance, and I do not know his inner secrets.”

Whoever you see wearing the garment of piety …