The Book of Love Quotes

“As love grows in you, illumination ensues, and the delusional distinction between life and death disappears. The question was never whether we will transition and live on but, rather, will you enjoy it?”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“Don't look for miracles, but look for love, for where you find true love, miracles are a common, daily thing.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, 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.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“Vehicles may take you from one place to another, but love will take you everywhere.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“Manifesting gratefulness shouldn't be limited to when you receive what you want. Gratitude means to be absolutely grateful for absolutely everything you have received, are receiving, and will receive.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“Realizing that your life–as it is today–is a result of the labor of others, both living and dead, and that your life and theirs, inner and outer, is a continuously coming gift of His, ought to lead you to gratefulness towards others and absolute gratitude to Him.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“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.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“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.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“The wealthy [person] is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“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.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“Live your love and you will love to live; with love there is only life.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“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.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“Go to your beloved — there is no beloved other than Him! There is no one who loves you, cares for you, and knows about you more than Him. There is no one who longs for your closeness to Him, more than Him.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“Beautiful things are beautiful as they are without any additions. Beauty is in simplicity.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“Love is the language of the souls, as well as all that is within the universe; the limitations of language do not apply.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“If you are with Him, you will not need anyone else but Him; but if you don't find Him, then even if you have the whole world, you have nothing. Find Him.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“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.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“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?”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“How long is the path to Him? Take down the veils from your heart, and you're there!”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“The journey to Allah Ta'āla is a journey of the heart. You need to walk to Allah Ta'āla with your heart.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“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.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“Change your thoughts if you want to experience openings.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“Whoever has tasted His closeness and love is repulsed by anything that causes distance.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“Whosoever wants to know how his end will likely be: it is mirrored in his present state. Better your present and you will better your end.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“What you see is a reflection of you; if your heart is pure, you will see beauty everywhere.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love

“What is veiling you from Him is visibly present in your heart — check and clean.”
― Shaykh Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Ninowy, The Book of Love