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مُحَمَّد الْعَرَبِي الدَّرْقَاوِي

Muḥammad al-ʿArabī al-Darqāwī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

his portrait is written, not drawn

His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.

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From His Tongueمِنْ كَلَامِهِ

... always flee from sensuality, for it is the opposite of spirituality and opposites do not mix.

Letters of a Sufi Master by Muhammad al-Arābi al-Darqāwi ق. Translated by Titus Ibrahîm Burckhardt.