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Plus de 13 000 extraits des grands maîtres de la tradition soufie.
« He said: Truly, God has privileged the prophets and some of the veracious (ṣiddīqūn) with the cog- nisance (maʿrifa) of the blessings (niʿam) that God, Exalted is He, has bestowed upon them, before their disappearance,… »
« (tawḥīd), the fire of alienation consumes hearts, but the fire of love consumes all fires.2 It has been related of ʿAlī b. al-Ḥusayn that once he entered a cave with some of his compan- ions and found a woman alone the… »
« which Sahl replied: As for our companions, they say that this is addressed to a people distinguished by their eminence, because what was demanded of them was not [even] demanded of the prophets (). And as both Abraham a… »
« it is as if scheming in the eyes of your Lord is [as bad] as a major sin to our eyes. Indeed, the Prophet said: ‘Righteousness (birr)7 is what causes an expansion within your breast, and iniquity (ithm) is what sows in… »
« He said: Goodness of conduct (ḥusn al-ʿamal)8 is maintaining rectitude (istiqāma) [in one’s conduct] by [adhering to] the Sunna. The similitude of the Sunna in this world is that of the Garden in the Hereafter. Whoever e… »
« been able to enunciate it. So will anyone take heed of this blessing (niʿma)?’ His words, Exalted is He: [54:52] And everything they have done is in the scrolls, He said: That is, in the books which the recording angels… »
« existence. 41 3 Āl ʿImrān [3:1, 2] Alif, Lām, Mīm. God! There is no god except Him, the Living, the Eternal Sustainer. He [Sahl] said: It [Allāh] is God’s Greatest Name, which is written across the sky in green light f… »
« ḥaqīqat al- (true poverty), 60 farʿ (branch, ramification), 9 and n39, 151 farʿ pl. furūʿ (branch, practical application of religious knowledge, substantive law), 88, 90, 117 and n12, 173 and n18. See also sharʿ; sharῑʿa… »
« baʿd (to proceed), which he was the first to say. Quss b. Sāʿida was the one who followed the precedent of saying this [ammā baʿd].6 It has also been said decisive speech (faṣl al-khiṭāb) is lucidity (bayān) and faith (ī… »
« spirit subsisting by, 172 to Tustarī, xxi, 14 of unveiling, xxxvii withdrawal of, 57 grace, influx(es) of (mawārid / wāridāt sing. wārid), 136 and n3, 213, 222 gratitude (shukr), xxii, xxxiii, xxxix, l, lv n245, 28, 51,… »
« That is so, but this refers to seeking more from Him, as He has said: and with Us there is yet more [50:35]. [Thus] what is meant by His words Guide us is: ‘Support us with Your aid (maʿūna) and empowerment (tamkīn)’. 1… »
« 198 n11, 254. See also humble submission; islām (submission) obedient (inqiyād), 114 religion of, 97 subsistence (baqāʾ) abode of permanent, 306 in / through God, lix, 47 n36, 93 n12 in Paradise, with/ through permanent… »
« yourselves refers to that which you will do. So be wary of Him, that is to say, humbly implore Him concerning it,83 that He should be the one who takes care of your affairs by extending His aid and guaranteeing your succ… »
« of heart in unseen of unseen, 120 heart’s witnessing, xlviii, 14, 270, 277 in innermost secret is certainty, lvii, 52 of outward and inward realities, 156 in Paradise, 271 purifying, through taqwā, 122 and recitation of… »
« revealed to His servant what He revealed [53:10], meaning, ‘The Beloved communicated with the beloved in secret, and taught him and honoured him by granting him the Opening of the Book (al-Fātiḥa) and the closing verses… »
« is contained within the letters which open the sūras, because they are names and attributes, such as when He says Alif Lām Mīm [2:1; 3:1; 29:1 and 31:1], Ṣād [38:1], Alif Lām Rā [10:1; 11:1; 13:1; 14:1 and 15:1], Kāf Ḥā… »
« manifest our real situation of poverty and utter neediness for Him; and that we should choose only what is obligatory for us according to the religious law. »
« shows it to be a reference to those who are murīds. Many Sufis have defined the difference between the murīd and murād, in their treatises. For example, Kalābādhī defines the murīd as ‘the man whose toiling (ijtihād) pre… »
« His words, Exalted is He, concerning this are [an admonition] that you should eat from them [the good things provided by God] in order to sustain yourselves, and should not satiate your- selves to the extent that you rea… »
« 155 murād pl. murādūn ([divinely] sought), xxix, xxxii, liv, 66 and nn14 and 16, 77. See also murῑd; aspirant(s) murāqaba (vigilance, heedfulness), 14, 61, 125, 128, 160, 194, 201. See also rāqib; heedful murīd pl. murīd… »
« which guides to rectitude’ [72:1, 2], meaning, ‘It guides [people] to follow the ways of Muṣṭafā ’. Sahl said: Once I saw in the place that was home to the ʿĀd people of old, a city built of stone, within which there wa… »
« O Moses! 7 The printed edition has fitanan li-nafsika al-ṭabīʿiyya, and this differs from all three MSS (Z515, f. 73a, F638, f. 34a and F3488, f. 245b), which read: fatannā li-nafsik al-ṭabīʿī wa bayyannāhā ḥattā…, with… »
« cultivated or grown there. He had committed no other sin save that of busying his heart with planning (tadbīr) that which was not for him to plan, just as Adam had done [before him].11 7 There is possibly an allusion… »
« that there is no god except God, and who do not shirk with regard to it in any of their deeds, words or states. Neither do they fabricate anything. But God knows best. »