Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi: Quotes about God

Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi was Sufi Maturidi scholar and Hanafi jurist. Explore interesting quotes on god.
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“Detachment from everything is avbsolutely necessary for the saint's unification with God. The meaning of detachment is that one should be detached outwardly from accidents, and inwardly from compensation.”

Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 83

“Love is of two natures; the love which is tranquil, which is found among both the elect and the common folk, and the love which is rapture, which is found only among the elect. This is road which leads direct to God.”

Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 84

“The end of the gnostic is traceable 'when he is as he was where he was before he was.' The gnostic then has made easy effort to discharge his duty to God, and his gnosis is a realization of what God has given him; therefore he truly returns from things to God.”

Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 84