Treasury of Sufi Wisdom

Reality is the very failure of both sincerity and worship.

to perceive the traces of the Divine Presence in all things.

foundly no independent reality apart from God, who is at once the sole Principle and Ground of existence.

That “there is no god but God” may be understood simply and straightforwardly as a claim of absolute monotheism, but the Sufi tradition has further seen this as the quintessential statement of the purest metaphysics, for by extension there are not only no other gods, but more pro

“There is no god but I, so worship Me” (21:25).

the Unity of God is only to be realized through the unity of the human self.

as well as a path of self-unification

one-minded and whole-hearted.

Sufism is a vast and varied historical and civilizational phenomenon, touching upon poetic expression and sacred art, ethics and virtue, discipleship and spiritual guidance, humble service and spiritual practice, the nourishment of the heart and the illumination of vision.

lā ilāha illā ’Llāh).