O God, thou knowest that is my eyes the eight Paradises hav… - Ibrahim ibn Adham

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O God, thou knowest that is my eyes the eight Paradises have a little worth when they are compared with that honour which thou hast shown me in giving Thy love or that familiarity which Thou hast given me by he commemoration (dhikr) of Thy Name or that freedom from all else which Thou hast granted me when I meditate on the greatness of Thy Glory.

Ibrahim ibn Adham

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Ibrahim ibn Adham (c. 718 – c. 782) is one of the most prominent of the early ascetic Sufi saints.

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If you like to be saint of God, then desire not the things of this world or the next. Empty yourself for God. Turn your face to Him so that He may turn to you and make you His saint.

You know death must overtake you but you make no preparation for it.

You do not so act as to avoid Hell and enter Heaven.

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