T hose who have striven for Our sake, We guide them to Our ways (Koran 29:96). Al-Junayd said: "[The verse means] Those who have striven against their desires and repented for our sake, we shall guide them to the ways of sincerity. And one cannot struggle against his enemy outwardly except he who struggles against these enemies inwardly. Then whoever is given victory over them will be victorious over his enemy. And whoever is defeated by them, his enemy defeats him." mosque quote 3134 | Al-Junayd Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, al-Fawa'id, ed. Muhammad `Ali Qutb (al-Iskandariyya: Dar al-Da`wa, 1992) p. 50. share
I t (Tasawwuf) means that you be solely with Allah with no attachments. mosque quote 3133 | Al-Junayd share
T asawwuf means that Allah causes you to die to your self and gives you life in Him. mosque quote 3132 | Al-Junayd share
N ot the profusion of prayer and fasting, but wholeness of the breast and selflessness. mosque quote 3131 | Al-Junayd In al-Qushayri, Kitab al-Sama` in al-Rasa'il al-Qushayriyya (Sidon and Beirut: al-Maktaba al-`Asriyya, 1970) p. 60. share
T he journey from this world to the next (to give up worldly things for spiritual things) is easy for the believer. The journey from the creatures to the Creator is hard. The journey from the self to God is very hard. And to be able to abide in God is harder still. mosque quote 2865 | Al-Junayd Essential Sufism, by James Fadiman & Robert Frager, Harper SanFrancisco, p.38 share