Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy Biography & Quotes

Source: The Book of Love

“The more love and kindness you generate on the levels of thought, word, and action, the more you nourish your soul and illuminate your heart.”

Love Heart Soul Kindness Illuminate

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“Love is the language of the souls, as well as all that is within the universe; the limitations of language do not apply.”

Love Heart Soul Language

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“The heart is the command. The mind is what points you to do things. The mind points you to the right direction, but can't walk. The heart is the one that walks.”

Mind Heart

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“Live neither in your past, nor in your future; you cannot change the past, nor can you definitively predict the future. If you hold yourself hostage to the sins and bitterness of the past, and occupy yourself with fears of suffering in the future, you will be losing on your presence, hence not living at all. What is worse than suffering itself, is living hostage to such fear. Be assured that Allah Ta'āla is close to you — closer than you think — and closer than you and I could ever comprehend. The question is: are you close to Him?”

Past Suffering Future Present Moment Presence

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“What you see is a reflection of you; if your heart is pure, you will see beauty everywhere.”

Heart Beauty Islam

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“What is veiling you from Him is visibly present in your heart — check and clean.”

Heart Islam

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“The journey to Allah Ta'āla is a journey of the heart. You need to walk to Allah Ta'āla with your heart.”

Heart Journey

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“How long is the path to Him? Take down the veils from your heart, and you're there!”

Heart Path

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“From a spiritual view, the worlds have multiple dimensions: an apparent one and a concealed one. Those who look at things through the lens of their nafs see the apparent, and those who look at things through the lens of their heart see more — just like the earth whose apparent dimension is greenery and water, yet underneath is boiling magma.”

Heart Spirituality Vision Dimensions

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“The heart is a tree that is irrigated by the water of worship and good deeds; its fruits are the emergence of vivid spiritual states.”

Heart Worship Good Deeds Spiritual State

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“Beautiful things are beautiful as they are without any additions. Beauty is in simplicity.”

Beauty Simplicity

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“Don't look for miracles, but look for love, for where you find true love, miracles are a common, daily thing.”

True Love Miracles

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“Change your thoughts if you want to experience openings.”

Inspiration Thoughts New Experiences

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“Hate does not extinguish hate. Darkness does not extinguish darkness. Prejudice does not extinguish prejudice. Negativity does not extinguish negativity. It's only love that extinguishes hate. It's only light that extinguishes darkness. It's only knowledge that extinguishes ignorance.”

Love Light Knowledge Darkness

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“Talk a lot about what you love, not about what you don't. The more you talk about your love, the higher you rise; the more you talk about what you don't love, the more you plummet. You are a companion of and a hostage to what you say or think.”

Love Light Thoughts

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“Our daily life is full of choices between love and no love. The more you choose love, the more you inwardly harness light and energy, until you become completely nūr-ala-nūr.”

Love Light Energy

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Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy Biography

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