📿 al-Ḥikam of Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh — Wisdom #25 مَا تَوَقَّفَ مَطْلَبٌ أَنْتَ طَالِبُهُ بِرَبِّكَ، وَلَا تَيَسَّرَ مَطْلَبٌ أَنْتَ طَالِبُهُ بِنَفْسِكَ. "No aim is halted that you seek through your Lord, and no aim is made easy that you seek through yourself." When you bring your needs to Allah in true reliance, you grasp the strongest cause — distant goals are drawn near and difficult matters are made light. But whoever leans on his own strength, cleverness, or striving is handed over to himself and left to his own weakness. This holds for every pursuit, but most of all for the path to Allah: the traveler who clings to his Lord finds the road opened, while the one who trusts his own effort finds every gate shut. — Sharḥ al-Ḥikam, commentary by Ibn ʿAbbād al-Rundī #Islam #Hikam #IbnAtaAllah #Tasawwuf #Spirituality