p. 83
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Trust in God is the last station on the Divine Path for nothing remains to be attained through mystical efforts after having experienced spiritual satisfaction.
— Abu Nasr as-Sarraj
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Trust in God is the last station on the Divine Path for nothing remains to be attained through mystical efforts after having experienced spiritual satisfaction." in the context of "p. 83" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Abu Nasr as-Sarraj" (Quotes, The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004))
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About Abu Nasr as-Sarraj
Abū Naṣr ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī al-Sarrāj (d. 988) was a Sunni sheikh and ascetic. He traveled widely in the Islamic world, having lived in cities as diverse as Cairo, Tabriz, Ramla, Baghdad, Damascus, Basra, and Nishapur. He is best known for his seminal Kitāb al-luma (Book of Light), which is considered an encyclopedia of the history of early Sufism.
About Abu Nasr as-Sarraj
Abū Naṣr ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAlī al-Sarrāj (d. 988) was a Sunni sheikh and ascetic. He traveled widely in the Islamic world, having lived in cities as diverse as Cairo, Tabriz, Ramla, Baghdad, Damascus, Basra, and Nishapur. He is best known for his seminal Kitāb al-luma (Book of Light), which is considered an encyclopedia of the history of early Sufism.
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