Signs on the Horizons Quotes

“Here is a man who by all conventions should have been a denizen of the lower depths of society: ignored, illiterate, disfigured, limping, penniless, blind and deaf. Almost anyone in his place would be bitter, miserable and without hope. Yet here is a man whose constant invocation, dedication to service and association with living saints transformed him into an inestimable gift, a man of knowledge, wisdom, certainty, kindness, lightness of heart and peace. He is, for me, the personification of the words of Shaykh Moulay Al-'Arabi Ad-Darqawi: "Certainly all things are hidden in their opposites – gain in loss and gift in refusal, honor in humiliation, wealth in poverty, strength in weakness, abundance in restriction, rising up in falling down, life in death, victory in defeat, power in powerlessness …”
― Michael Sugich, Signs on the Horizons: Meetings with Men of Knowledge and Illumination

“from i t;
and do what you want,
but you will be repaid for it!”
― Michael Sugich, Signs on the Horizons: Meetings with Men of Knowledge and Illumination

“So I asked Sayyid Omar why it was that we are encouraged to desire knowledge that seems to be out of reach for most people. He replied that God is so immensely generous that He gives His servants everything that they ask for, even if only at the moment of death.”
― Michael Sugich, Signs on the Horizons: Meetings with Men of Knowledge and Illumination

“The 18th century Sufi Shaykh Ali Al-Jamal, said, "If people knew how many secrets and benefits are to be found in need, they would have no other need than to be in need.”
― Michael Sugich, Signs on the Horizons: Meetings with Men of Knowledge and Illumination