Ahmad ibn Ajiba Quotes

Your desire to withdraw from everything when Allah has involved you in the world of means is a hidden appetite. Your desire for involvement with the world of means when Allah has withdrawn you from it is a fall from high aspiration.

Ahmad ibn Ajiba

• Desire
• Appetite
• Aspiration

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• Your desire to withdraw from everything when Allah has involved you in the world of means is a hidden appetite. Your desire for involvement with the world of means when Allah has withdrawn you from it is a fall from high aspiration.

  

  Ahmad ibn Ajiba
  • Desire
  • Appetite
  • Aspiration