Inspiring quotes from the Meccan Revelations (... more)
[ The position of slavery is a position of humiliation and poverty ]
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Servitude is attributed to servitude, and servitude is sincere without attribution, neither to God nor to itself, because it is not acceptable to be attributed to Him, and therefore it did not bring me lineage, so the humble humiliate whoever ascribes to a submissive, in terms of being proud of him, and for this reason it is said, “On earth, humiliation,” with the intention of exaggerating humiliation, because The humiliated trample on it, for it is greater in humiliation than them. The position of slavery is a position of humiliation and poverty, and it is not a divine attribute. Abu Yazid al-Bistami said, and he did not find a reason by which to draw closer to God, as he saw every attribute by which he draws closer to God. Divinity has an entry point. When he was unable, he said, “O Lord, with what can I draw near to you.” God said to him, “with what.” It is God's custom with His saints to address them by saying, "Be close to Me through what I do not have - humiliation and lack.


