Habib al-Jifri Quotes

“A Brother once told Al Habīb 'Alī al-Jifrī privately: "I feel disconnected."Al Habīb: "That is a sign of connection because a disconnected person never feels."Brother: "What shall I do?"Al Habīb: "Do you keep up your litanies (awrad)?"Brother: "Yes"Al Habīb: "A sign of drinking externally only is to feel satiated & a sign of drinking internally is continuing to feel thirsty..so you will continue to feel thirsty, thus, drink more!”

“The difference between the one who remembers Allah and the one who doesn’t is like the living and the dead.”

“sometimes you care and love people but they didn't realize it. they realize it, when you stop caring or loving them but then, everything is meaningless”

“Forge a strong relationship with the righteous and upright people in your area and be unaffected by naysayers. Let not your desire or determination be wavered by the censure of cynics, the criticism of pessimists, the undermining of those that belittle, the jeering of the mockers, or the doubts of the skeptics.”

“why we fear death... life is more scary.....”

“Hope believes there are greater forces against you but that there’s a chance you might win out. Hope is wishing. Faith is knowing. The universe is listening.”

“How you react to the issue, IS the issue.”

“If God is love, and nothing imperfect can exist in the presence of God; then healing is simply the process of bringing love to the places within us that are hurting.”

“Regardless of where I have been, I choose to step into my loving.”

“Give me a book and I may change the world, give me a weapon and there will be no world to change.”