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The state of the Sufi is the state in which, having controlled and subdued all the other states, one becomes the resplendent sun, the resplendent light of God. One who is in this state is called a Sufi, and the state is called Sufism, or Sufi-Sun. 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But when God‘s words of wisdom are imprinted on our hearts, that is the Qur‘an, that is the Bible, that is the scripture, and nothing can consume them. (p. 18)",{"id":5,"author_name":6,"slug":10,"author_name_first_letter":7,"article_count":8,"image_url":9},{},[61,64],{"id":62,"tag":63},3348842,{"id":16,"tag_name":17},{"id":65,"tag":66},3348841,{"id":13,"tag_name":14},{"id":68,"quote_text":69,"author_id":5,"source_id":32,"has_image":33,"author":70,"source":71,"quote_tag":72,"commentary":9},658242,"So then where is the kingdom of God in man? It is in the heart. That is heaven. That is God. The heart is the station of God. All that matters is there. This is where God, the soul, and the light of wisdom exist. This is a temple of God which is formed as an atom within an atom, heart within the heart, the qalb within the qalb. It is within what is within. It cannot be destroyed by the five elements. You must understand this. 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