Sincere Action Results in a Sincere State

“Be always on your guard against the people of worldly desires. There is distance from Allah (S) in nearness to them. There is no doubt that when there is withdrawal with its proper conditions, sincere action results. Sincere action results in a sincere state. The results of good actions are good states in one who realises the stations of descent, as the wali [saint/friend of God] Shaykh Ibn ‘Ata’Illah, may Allah be pleased with him! said in his hikam.

“Peace.”

(The Darqawi Way, Mawlay al-Arabi ad-Darqawi: Letters from the Shaykh to the Fuqara, trans. A. Bewley, Letter 84. Edited slightly)