✦⋆· "The ones from among you with the best faith are the ones with the best inner knowledge."

● "The light of inner knowledge is brought about by hunger whereas distance from Allah is caused by satiety. Proximity to Allah is brought about by loving the poor and drawing near to them, so do not eat to your fill lest the light of inner knowledge be extinguished from your hearts."

✦⋆· "Inner knowledge is the light of the heart."

● "The one who attains knowledge of his own self has obtained the greatest victory indeed."

● "How can one who is ignorant of his own self expect to know others?!"

● "The person who knows his self the best is he who fears his Lord the most."

● "It befits one who knows the dignity of his own self to deem it too great for the vileness of this world."

● "It befits one who knows the dignity of his own self to adhere to temperance and self-restraint."

✦⋆· "The acquisition of knowledge is the seed for [the growth of] inner knowledge."

✦⋆· said in one of his supplications, "Make us from among those who have attained inner knowledge of their selves and are convinced of their true abode, such that they spend their whole lives in Your obedience."

✦⋆· said in his advice to Jabir al-Ju'afi, "There is no inner knowledge like your inner knowledge of your own self."