“The spiritual state of nearness of God is a sign of true saintliness. This ultimately results in the experience of love and longing for early union.”

—  Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 264

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