Patience has three stages; first, it means that the servant… - Abu Talib al-Makki

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Patience has three stages; first, it means that the servant ceases to complain and this is the stage of repentances; second, he becomes satisfied with what is decreed, and this is the rank of the ascetic; third, he comes to love whatever his Lord does with him and this is the stage of the true friends of God.

Abu Talib al-Makki

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Abu Talib al-Makki, Muhammad ibn 'Ali (d. 996 CE) was a hadith scholar, Shafi'i jurist, and Sufi mystic.

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Alternative Names: Muḥammad Ibn-Alī Abū-Ṭālib al-Makkī

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Patience is a true means for reaching God. In patience the soul rejoices spiritual bliss and kinship with the Beloved. This is stage when the seeker of God heartily welcomes afflictions which appear on the way to Him

Gnosis truly, is a light which God casts into the heart. True knowledge of God is gained when the lover comes in contact with the Beloved through secret communion with Him.

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