Ibn Ataillah al-Iskandari: Your postponement of deeds
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Photo: A basket-weaver from Palestine; 1800s.
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Your postponement of deeds till the time when you are free is one of the frivolities of the ego.
(Ibn Ata'illah al-Iskandari)
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Recommended Reading:
'Ibn 'Ata' Illah the Book of Wisdom/Kwaja Abdullah Ansari Intimate Conversations'
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Two early Sufi classics are contained here in one volume. They embody the essence of spiritual life in the Islamic tradition. Ibn 'Ata' Illah (c. 1250-1309) was a Sufi saint and sage who lived in Egypt. Kwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006-1089) was one of major early writers of Persian mystical literature.
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