#ihyaulummuddin

The totality of man's happiness lies in making the meeting with Allah his aim, the abode of the world to come his dwelling place, this present world his temporary stopping place, the body his vehicle, and its members his servants.

It is the heart which knows Allah. It is the heart who draws near to Allah.

Man, in that he takes nourishment and reproduces, is a plant, and that he has sense perceptions and moves by his own free will, he is an animal, and as regards his figure and his stature, he is like the figure sculptures on the wall; but his distinguishing characteristic is his experiential knowledge of the real nature of things.