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“The author of a book would be pleased to see you reading it and would pay attention to you. The Glorious Qur’an is the book of Allah سُبْحَٰنَهُ وَتَعَالَىٰ, He turns towards the one who recites it and becomes pleased with him.”

Hazrat Maulāna Ashraf ʿAlī Thānwī رحمه الله

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Instead they broke from the world and reached stations in life reserved for a blessed few. Oftentimes the Sufism of today is shallow and empty, but the heroes of the past continue to inspire in the present, and act as beacons for the future. The story of Rabia al Adawiyya is a blessed reminder of what a true Sufi seeks from this life.

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The Sufis of old had a sense of dedication, love and selflessness that is sorely lacking today. In those early years of success, when it was so easy to be enamoured by the temptations of the dunya [material world], there were some who rejected wealth, status, conventional expectations and material success.

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