Sustenance of the Soul Quotes

“Another very important approach is for one to deliberate on the fact that Allah (SWT), Blessed and Elevated be His Name, has created highly fixed laws for the development and growth or weakening and decaying for all sorts of plants, animals, and even non-living things. Nothing will flourish and develop without specific reasons that proceeded this, or decay and perish without causes that lead to this. These are the general laws of cause and effect that Allah has set to run our universe.”
― Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Sustenance of the Soul

“Another very important approach is for one to deliberate on the fact that Allah (SWT), Blessed and Elevated be His Name, has created highly fixed laws for the development and growth or weakening and decaying for all sorts of plants, animals, and even non-living things. Nothing will flourish and develop without specific reasons that proceeded this, or decay and perish without causes that lead to this.”
― Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Sustenance of the Soul

“If one does not take up an activity that externally consumes one's time, one's soul will natural turn to internal activity, which would obviously lead to harmful whispers.”
― Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Sustenance of the Soul

“This is why we place emphasis on the person being tested with obsessive self-talking whispers to avoid being alone.”
― Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Sustenance of the Soul

“Allah has created man a social being who instinctively enjoys mixing with other people of his resemblance and who needs the social support of others when suffering any sad experiences.”
― Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Sustenance of the Soul

“Externally, it is very important for the one afflicted to avoid being alone since loneliness would naturally stimulate negative thought and harmful self-talk.”
― Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Sustenance of the Soul

“Another maneuver is for one to understand and realize that life in this world, by its very nature, is not the abode of perpetual joy and happiness, nor the abode of avoiding any loss of loved ones or sought after desires.”
― Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Sustenance of the Soul

“One of these tactics is for the frightened person to realize that in most cases, the fear created by the expectation of a threatening experience is much greater than the real experience itself, if it actually occurs.”
― Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Sustenance of the Soul